Tech News – September 11th 2012 to September 12th 2012
Tech news – September 11th 2012 to September 12th 2012:
- 3 Ways to Create Highly Valuable Blog Content | Social Media Examiner –
Do you struggle coming up with content ideas for your blog?
Or maybe you create plenty of blog posts, but they get few views and even less engagement?
If you find that creating engaging content is challenging, keep reading.
This article will identify some of the best tips, tools and tactics for creating blog content that helps grow your business.
#1: Be the resource your customers really need
What’s your ideal customer’s biggest problem? Your blog is not about your business, it’s about your cus… show all text - Amazon Kindle Fire HD review (7-inch) | The Verge –
To put a review of the Kindle Fire HD in perspective, you have to peer just a tiny bit into the past. It was barely a week ago that the world watched Amazon begin a magical transformation from that of a humble multinational that retails every product ever made in the world, to that of a consumer electronics powerhouse that wants to bring the fight to Apple on the tablet front. During its event last Wednesday, CEO Jeff Bezos was focused on not just the new products, but about what they mean to A… show all text - Zuckerberg: A Facebook Phone is ‘The Wrong Strategy For Us’ –
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg quashed rumors that the company is working on a “Facebook Phone” Tuesday.
“It’s always been the wrong strategy for us," he said during an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt, a tech conference currently being held in San Francisco, California.
Zuckerberg went on to explain that a phone simply doesn’t make sense for Facebook.
“Let’s say we build a phone, “ he said. “We’re not, but if we did, we could maybe get 10 to 20 million people to use it … It doesn’t mo… show all text - Chris Westfall | Keynote Speaker | Business Coach | Marketing Hack Chat with @martikonstant– Chris Westfall –
In this Marketing Hack Chat video, find out the one thing that you can change to make your communication matter.
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- M5.5 – 58km SE of Palaiochora, Greece 2012-09-12 03:27:45 UTC –
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- Data centers could suck up 10% of Northwestern power by 2030 — Cleantech News and Analysis –
Supersized data centers built in the Northwest of the U.S. could consume 10 percent of the region’s power by 2030, if the data center infrastructure isn’t made more efficient, according to an article in The Oregonian. Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon have all built, or are building, huge data centers in the area, looking to take advantage of the cheap power and local tax incentives.
So called data center clusters arise for a variety of reasons — beyond the Northwest, there’s a cluster in North show all text - Technicolor And Dreamworks Joint Venture M-Go Strikes UltraViolet Deals With 5 Hollywood Studios | TechCrunch –
M-Go, which seeks to launch a digital storefront for movies online, has just announced deals with five of the top six Hollywood studios that will allow it to sell UltraViolet-enabled movies and play them back on a number of connected devices. The deals were done with NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, and will include rental and purchase of new films on the same day and date that they become available… show all text - Padres Game Connect on FOXSportsSanDiego.com –
San Diego pro, college and prep sports news, live and on-demand video, photos and more exclusively on FOXSportsSanDiego.com. - M5.6 – 80km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2012-09-12 04:28:14 UTC –
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- Spotzot Launches SpotAds, Claims Realtime Mobile Offers Get CTRs Up To 70% | The Realtime Report –
As of a year ago, only 40% of mobile ad campaigns involved some kind of targeting. Many companies are working to change that ratio–making it easier for… - as the wheel spins, the sun sets #seattle –
- Apple’s big iPhone launch: What could go wrong | ZDNet –
Summary: Let's play the contrarian game. The world says that Apple's iPhone 5 launch will kick off the greatest upgrade cycle in the history of electronic devices. Here are the wild cards that could prove the analysts wrong. - The Ricki Lake Show - –
- Quora Co-Founder Charlie Cheever Steps Back From Day-To-Day Role At The Company | TechCrunch –
Quora co-founder and early Facebook engineer Charlie Cheever is stepping back from a day-to-day role at the company after starting the site in 2009.
He’ll be taking time off after a very long stretch of work, building and scaling Quora (after building and scaling Facebook). He most recently oversaw the launch of the company’s native Android app a week ago with designer Anne Halsall and a handful of other engineers. No word on whether he’ll remain on the board yet, but we’re checking.
Here’s a s… show all text - Zuckerberg’s Biggest Mistake? ‘Betting on HTML5′ –
In his first public interview since Facebook's IPO, CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that making big bets on HTML5 for its mobile apps was a "big mistake."
Facebook was one of the first major companies to embrace HTML5 — not just as the basis for its mobile web experience, but also for its apps for iOS and Android.
That focus was based on the idea that HTML5 would be an easy way to develop for multiple platforms and screen sizes at one time, and that the overall experience would be similar to a na… show all text - US consulate employee killed in Libya attack – Africa – Al Jazeera English –
Angry demonstrations take place in Benghazi and Egypt's capital over amateur film deemed offensive to Prophet Muhammad. - Screw the Black Swans: Ichiro is our role model, not Barry Bonds. | Dave McClure –
There are probably better things for me to do today, however i feel compelled to respond to the Black Swan Farming post by Paul Graham, founding partner of Y Combinator.
Maybe you can call this post “Grooming for Ugly Ducklings”.
While i respect YC & PG immensely – note that 500 Startups has invested in over 40+ YC startups, and we have generously borrowed (COUGH) many excellent & original ideas that YC developed – at the same time, it’s useful to grok the similarities vs. differences between 5… show all text - Livefyre’s StreamHub Goes Live –
TNW has a long relationship with Livefyre, one of the premier commenting services online, as one of the company's first partners. That in mind, if you have been a TNW reader for any length of … - Michael Lewis: Obama’s Way | Vanity Fair –
Hanging out with the president—on the basketball court, in the White House residence, and on Air Force One—provides an eye-opening lesson in what it takes to lead the free world, as well as an unparalleled portrait of Barack Obama. - Increase Sales with Indecisive Shoppers | V3 Kansas City Integrated Marketing and Social Media Agency –
It began with sites like Pinterest and StumbleUpon, with random people clicking through shared images and websites, approving what they liked, passing over what they didn’t and commenting if they found the need. Then businesses began posting images of (and links to) their products, turning visitors into consumers and gaining valuable marketing information via their numbers of likes and dislikes.
The minds behind e-commerce caught on to these trends almost as fast as the web-savvy shop owners. S… show all text - Mark Zuckerberg Speaks For The First Time Since Facebook’s IPO – Business Insider –
At his irst public appearance since his company's tumultuous IPO, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged his company's biggest mistake.
It wasn't the handling of its share sale. It was the company's mobile strategy, which wasn't focused on writing native apps.
He acknowledged that the stock's performance had an impact on employee morale. But he said that he was focused on the long term and the product: "I just want to build great stuff."
Here's a running, lightly edited transcript of the hig… show all text - Facebook’s stock dive is ‘disappointing,’ CEO Mark Zuckerberg says – Sep. 11, 2012 –
In his first post-IPO public talk, Facebook's CEO spoke about the company's missteps — and those pesky Facebook phone rumors. - Google Launches Open Course Builder | TechCrunch –
Google launched an open source course building web application for the growing list of K-12 and big-name universities developing online classes. The barebones website is a lightweight way to bring course material online, track student engagement (with web traffic and surveys), and evaluate performance. - Mark Zuckerberg: Our Biggest Mistake Was Betting Too Much On HTML5 | TechCrunch –
Today, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook's mobile strategy relied too much on HTML5, rather than native applications.Not only was this a big mistake with mobile, but Zuckerberg says that its biggest mistake period was the focus on HTML5. This is the first time that the Facebook CEO has openly admitted this, but things are looking good for the new iOS native app. According to Zuckerberg, people are consuming twice as many feed stories since the update to the new iOS app, which is great. - Boosted Boards – The World’s Lightest Electric Vehicle by Boosted Boards — Kickstarter –
Boosted Boards is raising funds for Boosted Boards – The World's Lightest Electric Vehicle on Kickstarter! Light enough to carry anywhere, fast enough to go everywhere. A revolutionary combination of portability and power. - Verizon launches Mobile Security app for Android as antivirus companies target carriers | The Verge –
Verizon has introduced a McAfee-based Mobile Security app for its line of Android devices, with prices ranging from free to $1.99 a month. The carrier claims that devices are targets "of the same… - Will Apple’s Tacky Software-Design Philosophy Cause A Revolt? | Co.Design: business + innovation + design –
By now it’s almost inevitable given the company’s track record: No matter what Apple unveils tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center (an iPad Mini? iPhone 5?), pundits will herald the company for its innovative thinking and bold hardware design. But the elephant in the room will be Apple’s software, which many inside the company believe has evolved for the worse in the last few years.
Despite consistently glowing reviews from critics and consumers alike, iOS and OS X, Apple’s operating systems which… show all text - Romney’s Insensitivity To LGBT People: ‘I Didn’t Know You Had Families’ | ThinkProgress –
Boston Spirit magazine has dug a bit deeper into Mitt Romney’s past interactions with LGBT people, particularly during his time as governor. Many of these stories are known: his firing of two state employees ostensibly for marrying their same-sex partners, his dissolution of the Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, his blocking of an [...] - What Customers Want From Mobile Websites [Case Study] | V3 Kansas City Integrated Marketing and Social Media Agency –
Want to know what consumers want from mobile websites? Yesterday my husband and I went shopping for tile for our kitchen and our experience is a perfect case study. The good news? It’s certainly not rocket science — in fact, us consumers don’t necessarily need a bunch of bells and whistles. Give us the facts, please!
We got in the car and started driving. He drove, I Googled. Sound familiar yet?
I Googled “tile shop kc” and here’s what I found:I skipped the first result–it’s an ad, and I alw… show all text
- UPDATED: Mob sets fire to US consulate in Benghazi, staffer dies – International – World – Ahram Online –
- Zuckerberg On Search: "At Some Point, We’ll Do It" & Be "Uniquely Positioned" –
Waiting for a Facebook search engine? Eventually, it’ll arrive, says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. But it might not be what you expect. Speaking in an interview today at TechCrunch Disrupt with Mike Arrington, Zuckerberg said that Facebook is doing a billion searches per day, “and… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. - “The Math” | massive greatness by MG Siegler –
Earlier today at TechCrunch Disrupt, Ryan Lawler led a media panel. On it, sat Alison Moore, HBO’s Senior Vice President of Digital Platforms. Naturally, the topic of selling HBO direct-to-consumers via HBO Go came up.
“Here’s the thing: it’s math. It’s a little presumptuous to say that $8 [a month per consumer] is going to make the business whole,” was Moore’s response.
Is it presumptuous to think that any of us know more about HBO’s business than HBO does? Of course. But such a statement shou… show all text - Zuckerberg On Building A Search Engine: Facebook Is Pretty Uniquely Positioned, At Some Point We’ll Do It | TechCrunch –
Mark Zuckerberg is on stage at Disrupt talking about the potential for Facebook to get serious about creating a search engine, saying - Curiosity Cam, Ustream.TV: UPCOMING EVENTSNASA Mars Rover NewsWednesday, Sept.12 at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET)NASA will host a media teleconference to prov… –
- Watch TechCrunch Disrupt SF Live! Facebook’s Zuck Speaks at 2 PM PT | TechCrunch –
This is it. TechCrunch Disrupt is back in San Francisco, and even though the show is sold out, we're still going to bring you all the action on our official Ustream feed and on the site. Disrupt is just too big for one site. Watch TechCrunch's social feeds for even more action! - Expect Labs’ MindMeld iPad App Understands Your Conversations In Real Time | TechCrunch –
We’ve all been there before. You’re on a phone call or video chat when someone brings up a topic you’re unfamiliar with. What are your options? You either lie about knowing what the other person is talking about or you scramble to Google or Wikipedia and search on whatever the topic might be. It happens all the time.
Wouldn’t it be easier if there were a piece of software that could analyze your conversations in real time and pull pertinent information so you’re always in the know? Of course, w… show all text - Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Stock Has ‘Obviously Been Disappointing’ –
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't enjoyed watching his company's stock price plunge this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity to prove his critics on Wall Street wrong. "I would rather be in a cycle where people underestimate us," Zuckerberg said Tuesday. "I think it gives us the latitude to go out and make some big bets." Zuckerberg, 28, spoke to a standing-room-only audience at a tech conference in San Francisco in his first interview si… - TechCrunch –
TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news. - Salesforce To Compete Against Box With New, Cloud-Based File Sharing Product | TechCrunch –
At TechCrunch Disrupt today, Salesforce CEO and founder Marc Benioff revealed the SaaS company's next product—file storage. We don't know much more, but the new product will be announced next week at Salesforce's conference, Dreamforce.Clearly, a file sharing product would compete against the likes of Box and a number of others. We're assuming that the new product will be integrated with some of Salesforce's other offerings including its CRM, Service Cloud and more. - Citing “The Math,” HBO’s Alison Moore Says There Are Still No Plans For Standalone HBO GO In The U.S. | TechCrunch –
Those lucky folks in the Nordics just recently got access to an on-demand, over-the-top HBO service that bears more than a passing resemblance to HBO GO, but we here in the States haven't been quite as fortunate. Our own Ryan Lawler raised the Nordic situation with HBO Senior Vice President of Digital Platforms Alison Moore on-stage here at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, but the conversation quickly shifted to HBO's intentions for the U.S. market. - The TechSpeak To English Dictionary | PandoDaily –
Since there are so many buzzwords in tech, I figured it was time someone made a handy guide that gives the actual, easy to understand translations of what people really mean when they use a term. W… - Zuckerberg Talk Drove Facebook Stock Up 4.6% In After-Hours Trading | TechCrunch –
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's talk with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington drove up Facebook stock 4.58% in after-hours trading today.The stock closed at $19.43 today but rose to $20.32, up 4.58% (at the time of publication) in after hours trading, by the time Zuckerberg left the stage. - The NYT doesn’t need one public editor, it needs a hundred — Tech News and Analysis –
The new "public editor" for the New York Times has been getting good reviews for the way she is handling the job of being a go-between for readers and editors. But wouldn't it be better if every NYT writer and editor did that for themselves? - Zuckerberg: People aren’t seeing how good mobile is for us | Internet & Media – CNET News –
During first post IPO live interview, Facebook's CEO also says the bet on HTML 5 apps was the company's biggest strategic mistake — and that he's learned from it. Read this blog post by Casey Newton on Internet & Media. - Salesforce CEO gets candid about Google, Facebook and Yammer | ZDNet –
Summary: Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff talks philanthropy, Google enterprise products, and Dreamforce '12 hints at TechCrunch Disrupt. - Edd Dumbill – Google+ – Twitter is old mediaWhen I referenced Twitter switching… –
Twitter is old mediaWhen I referenced Twitter switching off RSS access in a post the other day, I was probably a little kind to them, observing instead…
- The Best Sound Bites From Mark Zuckerberg’s First Interview Post-IPO [VIDEO] | TechCrunch –
This afternoon at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington for his first interview since the company's closely watched (and much criticized) initial public offering — and needless to say, it was a pretty big deal. Nearly everything he said was headline-worthy in one way or another.And because of the hard work of the people at TechCrunch TV and SnappyTV, we can both show and tell you about th… - Zuckerberg Says Facebook Stock Drop Disappointing – Ina Fried – Social – AllThingsD –
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it is “disappointing” that the stock has dropped as much as it has but said that the company’s mobile strategy that will guide its growth is “misunderstood.”“The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing,” Zuckerberg said at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference on Tuesday. “We care about our shareholders.”
Some of that drop, though, he attributed to the fact that its mobile strategy, which is both relatively new and also misunderstood.
The real … show all text - Sound Bites | Disrupt SF 2012 | TechCrunch –
TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news. - Automated Insights’ software can write 500 fantasy football articles per second | The Verge –
We've seen software that can write automated stories before, and now Automated Insights is bringing the technology to fantasy football in a big way. Through a number of new partnerships — one… - Startup is the New Hipster. –
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- Founder Collective II – Anything’s Possible –
In late 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, a small band of founders got together and started imagining the fund that we all wished existed when we started our own companies. We felt that there was a gap in the market for a fund that was dedicated to the seed stage and run 100% by founders and for founders – we called it peer-to-peer venture capital.
Founder Collective I was an exciting experiment. We had all been actively angel investing for several years before we started the fund,… show all text - GitHub is Down Again, Major Service Outage –
On Monday, GitHub.com was down. While the company took quite a while to get the issue completely fixed, the service was only completely offline (Major Service Outage as opposed to Partial Service Outage) for a grand total of 19 minutes and 59 seconds. On Tuesday (today), GitHub is down again, and at the time of writing it’s already been longer than half an hour.
A quick check on downforeveryoneorjustme.com shows that GitHub is indeed offline around the world: “It’s not just you! http://github.c… show all text - Twitter / jack: What could have been: when … –
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- TechCrunch Jargon — Daily Intel –
"Swimming in the social stream." "Crowdsourcing app discovery-platform." "Can you talk about getting conceptual liftoff?" "What's your current go-to-market strategy?" "Now, let's talk about disrupting the disruptors." "We're iterating our butts off, dude." "Looks like it's searching for a use case." "We're all about glocal right now." "Collaborative consumption is … More » - Cosmo, the Hacker ‘God’ Who Fell to Earth | Gadget Lab | Wired.com –
I met Cosmo by accident and opportunity, after hackers used social-engineering techniques to circumvent Apple's and Amazon’s security mechanisms and break into my accounts. After it happened I fell into their world and began communicating regularly with the very hacker who jacked me, a kid named Phobia. He introduced me to Cosmo, who wanted to tell me about all manner of other account vulnerabilities. And last month, I flew down to Long Beach to talk to him face to face. - Taking on a new role at work « Word on the Street –
I’m excited to say that I’ve been promoted to a new role at work: managing editor of Poynter.org.
As managing editor, I’ll have many of the same responsibilities that I did when I was associate editor; I’ll be writing and editing stories about the media, overseeing the How To section of the website, moderating live chats, teaching sessions on social media, and helping to grow Poynter.org’s audience. Now, I’ll also be more involved in the day-to-day decisions about what we publish and the storyt… show all text - Twitter Told to Produce Protestor’s Posts or Face Fine – Bloomberg –
Twitter Inc. has to turn over information about an Occupy Wall Street protester’s posts or face a fine, a judge ruled, giving the company three days to show it isn’t in contempt of court.
- Keepsy Launches A Mobile App For Photo-Sharing & Photobooks | TechCrunch –
Last week the former Yobongo team (now at Mixbook) announced their plan to launch an iPhone app for building photobooks, but today a company called Keepsy has beaten them to the punch with an app of their own. Like Mixboook's forthcoming Mosaic app, the Keepsy app aims to deliver a quick utility which will allow its users to build photobooks in just minutes. But it's also offering a few other features related to photos and photo-sharing, such as peer-to-peer sharing of - How to Cover the 11th Anniversary of 9/11? | The Public Editor – NYTimes.com –
The pain continues, but the journalism comes to an end. How does The Times continue to remember the anniversary of Sept. 11? - Web Clipping Service Clipboard Arrives On iPhone, Adds Shared Boards For Groups | TechCrunch –
Clipboard, the recently launched web clipping service with the Pinterest-like layout, is today debuting version 2.0, which brings a website redesign, several new features, and the debut of the Clipboard iOS application. The new app allows users to create and share their clips from their phone, as well as browse through the public clips from others on the service. Although designed for saving snippets of web content from mobile Safari, the app favors visual imagery when browsing through users' s… - Google Expands Free Wi-Fi from Boingo, but Excludes iOS and Windows Phone –
Boingo is offering consumers free Wi-Fi at more than 4,000 hotspots across America as part of a collaboration with Google Play. However, it looks like iOS, Windows Phone and Blackberry users aren’t invited.
The hotspots will be available for all Android users, as well as those running OS X or a Windows computer in hotels, cafes, recreational areas and other “high-traffic locations” across the country. Boingo’s announcement makes no reference to either Apple or Microsoft’s mobile operating syste… show all text - A Journalist With Rare Access to Obama Had to Play by Quote Rule – NYTimes.com –
Michael Lewis says he was given a close view of President Obama's life, but some things were off limits. - This $9 Cardboard Bike Can Support Riders Up To 485lbs | Co.Design: business + innovation + design –
Izhar Gafni has designed award winning industrial machines for peeling pomegranates and sewing shoes. He’s also a bike enthusiast who’s designed a lot of carbon fiber rigs. But one day, he’d heard about someone who’d built a cardboard canoe. The idea drilled its way into his consciousness, and ultimately, led him to create a cardboard bike called the Alfa.
The Alfa weighs 20lbs, yet supports riders up to 24 times its weight. It’s mostly cardboard and 100% recycled materials, yet uses a belt-dri… show all text - Benchmark’s Matt Cohler: No New Investments In 2012 | TechCrunch –
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington sat down with Benchmark Capital’s Matt Cohler this morning at TechCrunch Disrupt SF to discuss the state of tech investing. One of the first questions Arrington asked was about Cohler's own startup investments, and specifically whether or not he had invested in any new companies this year. As it turns out, he has not – but it wasn't a specific decision on his part, said Cohler. He also added that he made more investments last year than a venture investor typ… - Save 50% on Machine Learning Ebooks – Deals - O’Reilly Media –
- IMDB’s Error Page May Be the World’s Most Quotable –
It's not often that a URL misfire brings a smile, but IMDB's 404 page will make you glad you screwed up.
In a brand-appropriate touch, the Amazon-owned movie database site spits out famous movie quotes when you reach its error page including, "What we've got here is… failure to communicate" from Cool Hand Luke, and "This is not the webpage you're looking for," a slight amendment to "These are not the droids you're looking for" from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
SEE ALSO: 35 Entertaining… show all text - Apple Executive Buys on San Francisco’s Gold Coast – Developments – WSJ –
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s senior vice president of industrial design, has paid $17 million for a house on San Francisco’s "Gold Coast," according to people familiar with the deal. - Really? Using a Computer Before Bed Can Disrupt Sleep – NYTimes.com –
A recent study showed that exposure to light from tablets significantly lowered levels of the hormone melatonin, which plays a role in the sleep cycle. - Go Daddy Site Outage Investigation Completed – GoDaddy.com –
- San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Visits A Different Tech Company Every Tuesday | TechCrunch –
Our first group on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is Michael Arrington speaking with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and VC Ron Conway. The group is discussing the amazing growth in tech jobs within the city limits, and Lee makes it a point to visit these companies every Tuesday.He calls it - Google Brings Back Its “Power Searching” Online Lessons | TechCrunch –
Some people are Googling rockstars. No matter what you want to find out, they can pull it up in a search result. Even though Google wants to make searching easy, there are tips and tricks to becoming an absolute pro at search.The company has a program called - The Denton Doctrine, or, what to do when John Gruber is an asshole | Mote & Beam by Joel Johnson –
To sum up: the new HP Spectre One all-in-one PCs are heavily influenced by Apple design. Influential bloggers Marco Arment and John Gruber openly accuse The Verge of pussy-footing around discussion of design similarities because of fear of reprisal from HP or fear of angering commenters, respectively. The Verge Editor-In-Chief Joshua Topolsky rebuffs their accusations, then is pilloried in his own comments for being too sensitive.
Many years ago, when I first started working for Nick Denton, fo… show all text - Apple’s Hacker Fix: Nuke Your iTunes Account, Refuse to Let You Back In –
Last month, Apple's crazy-lax password reset protocol allowed Wired's Mat Honan to be hacked. Hard. It was a wake-up call for the company and its customers, a breach so severe it demanded an immediate solution. More » - Kevin Rose: We’re Not Trying To Lowball Startups At Google Ventures | TechCrunch –
Kevin Rose defended Google Ventures today at Disrupt SF in response to the fracas that Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham caused when, in an internal note, he accused Google Ventures of low-balling on valuations and investments. The note was then leaked by Business Insider. - Intel wants to redefine mobile personal computing via voice, gesture functionality | ZDNet –
Summary: Intel is working to provide "human-like senses" to computing by enabling touch and speech functionality across all devices. - Lee Enterprises to sell North County Times to U-T | UTSanDiego.com –
Local news stories from U-T San Diego; breaking news, business and technology, local and national sports coverage, entertainment neww and reviews, classifieds, auto sales, jobs, and more.
- Benchmark’s Matt Cohler: Ads On Mobile Will Be Better Than On The Web, More Like TV | TechCrunch –
Mobile looks like a threat to the growth of Facebook's profits, because advertisers aren't spending much and users aren't enjoying the experience. But Matt Cohler, thinks that mobile ads are going to be huge, - Cloud Computing In Europe Really Needs A Boost | CloudTimes –
In a new survey conducted by Business Software Alliance, a not-for-profit organization, the results showed that only 24% of the 4,000 respondents take advantage of cloud computing applications like online word processing and email services. The rate is about 10% less than the global percentage of computer users who use cloud services.
According to the survey, a lot of computer users in Europe are not familiar with any cloud computing service while an astounding 65% of the respondents haven’t ev… show all text - Finally! YouTube Just Launched Its Own iPhone App –
YouTube announced Tuesday that its long-awaited iPhone app is now available as a free download in the App Store.
In case that sounds like a news story from 2007, let's clarify: yes, there was a native YouTube app on the very first iPhone, and on every model since. But that app was made by Apple, not by YouTube. It featured an infamously poor selection of YouTube videos.
Until now, any iPhone owner that wanted a full YouTube experience had to go to m.youtube.com in their Safari browser. Apple an… show all text - 9/11 anniversary forgotten on the front page of today’s New York Times | Poynter. –
How do you mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks? For some papers in the cities where the attacks took place, the answer is subtle: It’s time to move on. At The New York Times and the New York… Read more
- The F.A.A. Flip-Flop on Electronics Continues – NYTimes.com –
As the Federal Aviation Administration approves iPads in the cockpit and may soon start allowing flight attendants to use tablets, passengers still must turn off their devices. - Free Apps Account For 89% Of All Downloads; Most Of The Rest Under $3; iOS Store Biggest Of Them All | TechCrunch –
The mobile app market, currently still led by app trailblazer Apple, is continuing to grow at a rapid pace: according to new research from Gartner there will be nearly 46 billion mobile app downloads made this year, nearly double the 25 billion downloads in 2011. Among those downloads, free will continue to reign supreme: 89% of those downloads worldwide will cost nothing. That is also appearing to have a knock-on effect on apps that are sold for a price: 90% of paid apps will cost less than $3… show all text - Undrip Takes All The Nonsense Out Of Your Social Feeds | TechCrunch –
If you’re reading this article, chances are you’re pretty well connected, at least in terms of your various social networks. But it can be overwhelming: there’s Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Instagram. And those are just the major leaguers.
But Undrip, which has just launched out of private beta on our Disrupt stage, is ready to clear out all of the clutter to show you the very best of what’s in your social feeds.
Undrip is an iOS app that pulls in Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Path, Pinte… show all text - Microsoft to deliver Flash update to Windows 8 users ‘shortly’ | ZDNet –
Summary: Microsoft has reversed course on a decision it announced last week. According to an official statement, Windows 8 users will receive critical security updates for Flash Player "shortly." But larger questions remain. - CRM and cloud computing – Salesforce.com –
Customer relationship management (CRM) software & cloud computing from the leader in CRM solutions for businesses large & small. Free 30-day trial. - Techmeme: 9to5 — Last week, 9to5mac published this article … (Marco Arment/Instapaper Blog) –
Marco Arment / Instapaper Blog: 9to5 — Last week, 9to5mac published this article in which the author intentionally derided me and Instapaper, called it “Instascraper”, and initially accused Instapaper of being responsible for the now-debunked “FBI” UDID leak. Despite my attempts to get them to correct what they wrote, they refused. - American Airlines Gets Full FAA Approval For iPads in Cockpits –
American Airlines has become the first commercial carrier to get Federal Aviation Administration approval to kit out their pilot’s ‘electronic flight bags’ with iPads for use in “all phases of flight”. The development was pointed out by Fantastical developer Michael Simmons on Twitter.
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<> Steve Jobs rallies the troops. Redwood City, California, 1988.
Menuez: "Steve gives a rousing pep talk to his employees shortly before the launch of NeXT Computer, while also indulging in a short rant about revenge on Apple and John Sculley."
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Last week, 9to5mac published this article in which the author intentionally derided me and Instapaper, called it “Instascraper”, and initially accused Instapaper of being responsible for the now-debunked “FBI” UDID leak. Despite my attempts to get them to correct what they wrote, they refused.
Instapaper’s reputation was severely damaged by the FBI server raid at its former web host. Even though the host claims that the FBI was never in possession of any disks with Instapaper’s data, hundreds of show all text - Google Wins Major Antitrust Victory In Brazil, Does It Foreshadow Broader EU & US Wins? –
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