Tech News – June 23rd 2012 to June 26th 2012
Tech news – June 23rd 2012 to June 26th 2012:
- On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels – WSJ.com –
Orbitz has found that people who use Apple's Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see. - Facebook Changed Everyone’s Email to @Facebook.com; Here’s How to Fix Yours –
Facebook just removed everyone's email address from their profile and replaced it with an @facebook.com email address without asking you. Here's how to easily fix the problem. More » - Facebook Changed Everyone’s Email to @Facebook.com; Here’s How to Fix Yours –
Facebook just removed everyone's email address from their profile and replaced it with an @facebook.com email address without asking you. Here's how to easily fix the problem. More »
- Flipboard Adds Complete New York Times Edition for Subscribers – Peter Kafka – Media – AllThingsD –
Like the New York Times? Like Flipboard? Here’s a corporate mash-up for you: The Times’ subscribers will soon be able read the entire paper on the aggregation/recommendation app.
The news is important for Flipboard because it marks the first time the start-up has convinced a big publisher to give it full access to its “premium” content. Previously it has let users sample bits of stuff from magazines, newspapers and the like.
And it’s important for the Times because it’s the first time it’s given show all text - Flipboard in Content Deal With New York Times – NYTimes.com –
Times subscribers will be able to view articles, videos, slide shows and blog posts inside the mobile app Flipboard, and nonsubscribers will be able to read a free sampling of articles. - ‘Find Friends Nearby’: Facebook’s New Mobile Feature For Finding People Around You [Updated] | TechCrunch –
Facebook has created a new feature that lets users find friends and potential friends nearby. Currently Initially called “Friendshake” and also accessible through a URL that is the abbreviation of “find friends nearby” (http://fb.com/ffn), it’s another step in Facebook furthering its reach into mobile, and creating services to meet new people — rather than building up more connectivity with the ones you already know. And, in keeping with Facebook’s emphasis on being as ubiquitous as possible, f… show all text - Hands-Off: Microsoft Surface Tablet Review –
After seeing yet another “hands-on” review of the Microsoft Surface tablet, I thought it would be interesting to shed more light on what exactly the journalists who assembled in Hollywood this week for the Surface launch event actually got to do with the tablets. In short, not a lot…. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article. - Apple’s Retail Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay –
While consumers tend to think of Apple’s headquarters as the company’s heart and soul, a majority of its workers in the United States are hourly wage earners selling iPhones and MacBooks. - Katherine Losse, the Woman in the Facebook Frat House – WSJ.com –
Memoirs of Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and others from the raucous days of a company in transition from dorm room to Silicon Valley titan. - In bid for patent sanity, judge throws out entire Apple/Motorola case | Ars Technica –
One of the most outspoken judges in the craziness that is the US patent system made a bold move tonight, throwing out a lawsuit in which Apple and Motorola were seeking injunctions against each other's mobile products.
Judge Richard Posner previously canceled a jury trial in Chicago in the case, and then castigated both Apple and Motorola while calling the entire US patent system chaos. Posner, a US Court of Appeals judge who is sitting by designation for this case in US District Court in Illin… show all text
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