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Following Twitter
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In honor of Twitter’s fifth anniversary the folks at Visually have made the following graphic plotting out key milestones on it's path to 200 million tweets a day. Following Twitter, get it?
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:02:05 +0000) |
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Zing! Larry Page Calls Out ‘Competitors’ (aka Facebook) For Lack Of Social Data Portability
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At the end of yesterday's Google earnings call, CEO Larry Page made a very interesting comment about data portability, Google+, and competitors (aka Facebook). In the call, an analyst asked Page what the most compelling reasons are to switch from existing social platforms to Google+ or if the company sees a future where people can be a part of multiple social networks and platforms (paraphrased, at the 57 minute mark in the call).
Page responded with this statement on Google+ and switch costs: We are really excited about about Google+ improving the overall social experience and making it more like how you would share in real life. That's different than what's out there now. We are getting rave reviews for that. People really like being able to share with more discreet groups in an easy more intuitive way. There's a lot of magic built into the product that causes that
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:15:43 +0000) |
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The Underground Promise Of Turntable.fm
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One of the most prolific vinyl collections belongs to a DJ who only surfaces every now and then. And when he does, legions of fans wait on baited breath, desperate to taste the latest brew from Josh Davis, otherwise known as DJ Shadow. DJs like Shadow usually begin creating underground. Their music is the result of months of sampling and cutting to form entirely new sounds. These new tunes form in darkness, outside the purview of record labels, radio stations, and the majority of listeners. It's a bit romanticized, but there's also much truth to the underground creative process and secretive DJ battles that occur in real life, where other DJs rate their peers. For those who have witnessed a live battle, it's a unique environment where an unknown DJ can conceivably, on any given night, spin records better than pros like DJ Shadow.
Yes, this is another post about Turntable.fm.
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:00:26 +0000) |
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Keen On… Don’t Steal This Book (TCTV)
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"Steal this book," wrote Abbie Hoffman in 1970. So, today, why should we pay for our books - especially in a digital age where intellectual theft is both ubiquitous and pretty much risk free?
According to Gary Shteyngart, the best-selling author of novels like "Super Sad True Love Story" and "Absurdistan," paying for his books means that he doesn't have to work at a gas station or a car dealership. When we pay for one of his books, Shteyngart explained when we spoke earlier this week, it "allows me to produce more work." Buying a book, he insists, represents an investment in creativity.
And creativity - real creativity – may be at a premium today - at least according to Shteyngart. As he argues, the Internet may be killing our eccentricity and transforming all of us into 140-character conformists. Thus, in today's networked age, he says, there is an acute need for writers who can grab our attention and drag us away from broadcasting our boring selves on Facebook and Twitter.
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:00:42 +0000) |
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A Groupon For Solar? Solar@Work Offers Buildings Discounts For Going Green Together
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Group buying is moving into the commercial clean energy space thanks to Solar@Work, a program designed by San Francisco's Department of the Environment to make solar panels more affordable for business owners. Businesses have three options for acquiring solar panels through the program: Purchasing, leasing, and securing a loan. A federal grant covering 30% of installation costs is also on offer.
Solar@Work hopes to sign on at least 20 building owners in the San Francisco area by the end of the year, which could translate to as much as 2 megawatts of solar power.
While the program is innovative in simplifying solar for commercial buildings, it is not the first to harness group buying power for solar. 1Bog has a similar model for home-based solar installations, and SolarMosaic provides a crowdfunding platform for bringing solar to community buildings such as schools and churches.
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:21:22 +0000) |
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Applifier Hits 100 Million Installs, Brings Social Game Discovery Bar To Mobile
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Applifier, the cross-promotional network of social game publishers, announced today that it has delivered over 100 million game installs for free on Facebook. Launched in 2010, Applifier has set out on a mission to help game publishers find new users and get their games discovered on the social network. Connecting over 800 games, Applifier gives the publishers the tools to promote their games across their network of over 150 million monthly active users via bookmarks and retargeting.
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 06:50:14 +0000) |
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Google+ Ad On Facebook Is Banned
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What happens on Google+, stays on Google+. At least that's the way Facebook would like to see things. Web developer Michael Lee Johnson found that out the hard way. He was trolling for Google+ friends on Facebook by running a Facebook ad asking people to add him to their Circles on Google+. Facebook, apparently, did not like him using its site to build his own social network somewhere else. So it pulled his ads.
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 06:31:12 +0000) |
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Trimit Summarizes Emails, Blog Posts, And More With A Shake Of Your iPhone
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Attention spans are short these days, and some might even say the Web isn't helping this phenomenon. Regardless, time is money, and people are ever-looking for more useful ways to maximize what time they have. Many have little tolerance (or time) for long-form digital content, and we're seeing the proliferation of the "tl;dr" (too long; didn't read) mentality as it sweeps the Internet nation. And, for those addicted to Twitter, content that comes in 140 character chunks is the norm, if not the preferred way, to express something shorthand. (Other than emoticons, of course.)
Enter the Trimit time-saver. Trimit is a 0.99-cent app for iOS that allows you to condense content into 1,000, 500, or 140-character summaries. Essentially, Trimit is a text auto summarizer designed to fit all those things you're reading on a mobile device into concise synopses and share those over SMS, email, Facebook, Twitter in .txt form -- all with a few clicks.
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:46:13 +0000) |
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… On Twitter
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Philosophically there is no more arbitrary milestone than the passage of time, each year we celebrate the passing of another year, see what I mean? That's why Twitter’s second five-year anniversary milestone of 350 billion tweets delivered and 600K users signing up daily falls a little flat (Twitter celebrated its "first" five year anniversary -- commemorating when the first tweets were sent -- back in March).
The torrent of tech announcement posts about INSERT COMPANY HERE hitting 100K users or downloads or “shares” or tiddlywinks or badges is perpetual enough that all tech news sort of blends into a river of user numbers and APPLE VS. GOOGLE VS. TWITTER. Sigh.
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| (Published: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:53:48 +0000) |
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CrunchGear PSA: Tech tax deductions
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 I did my taxes recently, and this is the first year that I actually bothered to deduct for all those things that I buy over the year for my job. It was confusing frankly, and I wish I'd read this article before I did it. Hopefully you'll read this in time to do your deductions correctly, and not make the same mistakes I did (which caused me to miss out on several things I could have claimed).
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| (Published: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:00:29 +0000) |
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CrunchDeals: Get an ioSafe Solo for $229.99
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ioSafe is running a great deal with Costco right now, you can buy their ioSafe Solo (which John reviewed) for a great price, and also get an additional year of data recovery for free. The drive is currently on sale for $229.99 (ordered online), and is regularly priced at $259.99 and doesn’t normally include the
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| (Published: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:00:57 +0000) |
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Behold the Clicker: the ultimate lazy man device
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 It's fairly easy to find exactly when most Americans started to get fat. All you have to do is go back to the 1950's. Some would say this is due to our fast food lifestyle, people spending too much time in front of the TV instead of running from animals, or even possibly a plot by Colonel Sanders. I think it's directly related to the invention of the remote control. Now, there's even less reason to get up on the couch thanks to the latest invention: The Clicker.
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| (Published: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:30:20 +0000) |
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The GigaPan Epic Pro is now shipping to eager photographers
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 GigaPan Epic Pro was the Gigapan we were waiting for it. It's, well, professionally epic and capable of using nearly any DSLR camera/lens available thanks to its large magnesium chassis. It was originally going to start shipping sometime in April, but apparently something changed because we just got word from the company itself that its available now.
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| (Published: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:59:55 +0000) |
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A cornucopia of Apple lawsuits
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 Apple doesn't like HTC, not one bit. In fact, Apple recently filed a lawsuit against the Taiwan-based company, alleging that it has infringed 20 iPhone-related patents. This has already been discussed to death, but it gives us an opportunity to look at some of Apple's other forays into the world of lawsuits. It's terribly exciting.
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| (Published: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:48 +0000) |
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Review: Aperture 3
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If you’re a photographer and use a Mac, chances are you’re using Lightroom or Aperture. Probably Lightroom, since Aperture is less popular among pros — and the latest version seems to be an acknowledgment of that. The features added in version 3 are clearly intended to draw casual shooters using iPhoto to the paid image
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:15:06 +0000) |
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Who still buys iPod docks in 2010?
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The year 2004 called, and it wants its iPod dock back. (Yes, I know it works with the iPhone, too.) Seriously, do people still buy these things? Inquiring minds want to know.
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:00:26 +0000) |
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Mosquitos of the future may vaccinate against malaria, instead of spread it
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 Mosquitos are one of the major ways that malaria is spread, causing an estimated two million deaths per year. Wouldn't it be cool if those mosquitos could be genetically modified to spread a malaria vaccination instead of the disease itself? Scientists have theorized about just such a solution for years, but recent work from Jichi Medical University in Japan proves that it's actually possible, not just theoretically possible.
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:00:45 +0000) |
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Warren Lich concept trailer
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Loyal readers, I give you a Steampunk Sin City concept made on 1000 Euros. Now if one of you could kindly tell me what in the world is going on in it?
via [Dvorak Uncensored]
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:30:30 +0000) |
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UMG to lower U.S. CD prices
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There’s been so much push for digital, downloadable content lately that we’ve almost forgotten about our old friend, the compact disc. Even though CD sales are plummeting each time our little planet makes another obit around that bright, flaming thing in the sky, the big boys don’t seem to be willing to throw in the
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:15 +0000) |
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IT in a box: the ClearBOX
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 As a full time systems administrator, I can tell you without equivocation that IT is hard. There are lots of little problems that occur. Operating systems are fragile. Automation is great, but requires constant vigilance. So I approach things like the ClearBOX with much skepticism. An all-in-one IT solution sounds too good to be true, and it very likely is. I'm sure it offers some great features, and in the right environment it can be a good purchase. But there is no holy grail to unified IT services, because every environment is different, and the only constant is change.
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:47 +0000) |
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New packaging concept helps lazy shoppers find fresh produce
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 Don't you hate standing in the supermarket, with all those people standing around you, peering in your cart and passing judgement over your purchases? You can code a beautiful, standards compliant cross-browser compatible website in your sleep, but you're stymied by which head of lettuce is the freshest. Technology is here to help you, comrade: as time passes, the barcode on the packaging slowly fades.
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:30:45 +0000) |
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Hacked Windows Phone 7 emulator demoed on video
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Earlier this morning, the Windows Phone 7 emulator was "unlocked" (so to speak), granting anyone with a few spare minutes and basic tinkering abilities to get a look at a bunch of stuff Microsoft didn't originally include.
Not everyone is prepped and ready to get their hack on, though. Maybe you're on a Mac. Maybe it's Friday and you just don't feel like doing anything. Understandable. Fortunately for you, a couple of videos demonstrating all the hacked ROM have been flying around the Intertubes, and we've embedded them for your viewing pleasure after the jump.
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:15:10 +0000) |
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Henry Morgan wants the word ‘pirate’ back
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 Hollywood (the movie studios, the record labels, etc.) sure does have a knack for causing its own problems. You'll recall that it's en vogue to call copyright infringers "pirates," which is an insult to legitimate pirates like William Kidd and Henry Morgan. Just because you can fire up uTorrent doesn't mean you can take on a Spanish Armada. But, whatever, it's simply easier for Hollywood and its acolytes to call you kids "pirates" than it is to have an adult discussion about the subject.
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:09 +0000) |
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Video: This is easily the coolest thing I’ve seen an iPhone do this week.
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You hear that sound? That's the sound of my mind being blown.
When the folks over in Cupertino strapped a little speaker to the bottom of the iPhone and released an SDK, do you think that any of them thought "Oh, people are totally going to use this to make apps that can push little Styrofoam balls around a fake soccer field." Yeah, probably not. But sure enough, people have.
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:45:57 +0000) |
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Of course there’s a leather couch with an iPod dock
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iPod docks are in everything these days, but this leather sectional from Natuzzi actually makes a bit of sense. Think about it. You and yours are chillaxing on the couch after a hard day working for the man. You want nothing more than some relaxing tunes from the Manilow, but the music is stuck on
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000) |
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Dell stumbles, almost drops to #3 in the top PC manufacturers
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 Bad news for Dell. Despite the fact that it's looking like IT spending is increasing, Dell is still suffering from lackluster sales. iSuppli, the company that tracks worldwide PC shipping, reports that in the ongoing battle for dominance in the PC marketshare, Dell has staggered, and almost slipped down to number three.
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| (Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:57 +0000) |
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Razer announces drivers for the Mac
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 Razer announced today that they are going to be releasing Mac drivers for all of their future products. This comes on the heels of the announcement that Steam is coming to the Macintosh as well.
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| (Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:03 +0000) |
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The Pokemon return: HeartGold and SoulSilver
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So I got a random delivery today, and I was quite surprised to see it was from Nintendo. Even more surprising was when I opened the box and saw they had sent me the two latest Pokemon games, HeartGold and SoulSilver. What was even more interesting was when I started to read the enclosed literature that explained exactly what's new about these two games.
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| (Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:30:48 +0000) |
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Apple’s Magic Mouse: fixed at last
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 I handle a lot of mice in this job (right now I'm using the Mionix Naos 5000) and I have to say that if a mouse were, like the Magic Mouse, shaped completely wrong for human hands, I would throw it away and never speak of it again. Others, while perhaps more crafty, are far less principled, and will go so far as to fabricate a silicone crutch to rest their hand on. There, I fixed it!
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| (Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:49 +0000) |
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