March 12th, 2010
Remember Wave? It was the Google app that was getting everyone’s dander up before users refocused their ire against Buzz. The company this week introduced an extensions gallery for Wave, giving developers a distribution for their third-party plug-ins. “The gallery is simply a set of waves containing extension installers
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March 12th, 2010
A new comScore study shows that 17.1 percent of cell phone subscribers visited a social networking site or blog in January 2010, compared with 13.8 percent in October 2009, according to MediaPost . This follows last week’s report that Facebook and Twitter usage on cell phones has skyrocketed in
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March 12th, 2010
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but a new
March 12th, 2010
Want to buy the latest gadget – like, right now? Well, a new version of Google’s mobile Product Search will alert you if an item that you are searching for is sitting in a nearby store just waiting to be purchased. Google has teamed up with stores like Best
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March 12th, 2010
Is your broadband service really as fast as advertised? Are you living in an area that can’t even get high-speed service? The FCC wants to know. The commission this week launched a broadband testing tool that will let you test your connection quality or alert the FCC if you
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March 12th, 2010
A Chinese minister this week said Google’s plan to stop censoring its search results in China is unfriendly, irresponsible, and will have consequences, according to The Wall Street Journal . “If you insist on taking this action that violates Chinese laws, I repeat: you are unfriendly and irresponsible, and
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March 11th, 2010
Not a bad way to spend one’s birthday. The Foursquare team is headed down to SXSW in Austin (along with our own Foursquare fan Dan Costa) to celebrate its first birthday. In one year, the location-based service has aggregated: Over 500,000 users Over 1,000,000 badges have been awarded Over
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March 11th, 2010
As security bulletins go, this March so far, Microsoft has only released a one security bulletin for Windows. But, a Security Release ISO Image was made available for download on March 9, 2010. The ISO image patch is made available to IT Admins who need to get the security patch
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March 11th, 2010
If you think cooking like a man just involves grilling pounds and pounds of meat, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Man Tested Recipes is out to prove that even the most macho of men can grab a saucepan and hit the stove with the best of cooks
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March 11th, 2010
Facebook may not be quite ready to commit to location-based services (at least not until April ), but Twitter is making no bones about jumping onto the super-hot trend. The site today added another question to its long-standing “What’s Happening” prompt: “Where Are You?” Twitter today rolled out the
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