Thursday, September 22, 2011

Facebook looks to extend online reach, sharing (AP)

Facebook looks to extend online reach, sharing (AP)

Facebook looks to extend online reach, sharing (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about history of Facebook during the f/8 conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Facebook is trying to evolve from an Internet hangout where people swing by to share tidbits, links and photos to a homestead decorated with the memories, dreams and diversions of its 800 million users.

Questions and answers on the latest 'New Facebook' (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gestures during the f/8 conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Every year or so — and sometimes more often — Facebook manages to miff a vocal percentage of users by changing the look and feel of its site. As it adds new features, it invariably takes away things that people have grown attached to. It's no different with the changes unveiled this week. Some have already gone live while others will be coming to your Facebook page soon.

Music, media firms pin hopes on new Facebook ties (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about Timeline during the f/8 conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Facebook is dramatically redesigning its users' profile pages to create what CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is a 'new way to express who you are.'(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker."

Discovery of faster-than-light particles would leave Einstein scratching his head (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - The rate at which light travels has been considered the universal speed limit for many decades, but a new discovery made by researchers at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland could throw that notion right out the window. The scientists using a massive …

The Future of Facebook: Out with profile pages, in with the Timeline (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Facebook users have noticed some changes rolling out to the social site in recent days, but odds are they aren't prepared for today's biggest social shakeup. At today's F8 Developers Conference, Mark Zuckerberg took the stage (after look-alike Andy Samberg …

Video-Sharing iPhone App Limits Users to 1-Minute Clips (Mashable)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:52 PM PDT

Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Klip

With Whitman, H-P gets star power, imperfect fit (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2011 photo, Meg Whitman, (then) a republican candidate for Calif. Governor, campaigns at Saigon Kitchen, in San Jose, Calif. Hewlett-Packard is set to name Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO and California candidate for governor, as its new CEO, according to published reports Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Whitman's appointment would be an embarrassing end to Leo Apotheker's 11-month stint as HP's CEO. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s decision to fire CEO Leo Apotheker after just 11 months and replace him with former eBay chief Meg Whitman is another dizzying turn of the executive merry-go-round at a company whose leadership issues are straining a sprawling technology empire.

Competitors circle around as Netflix stumbles (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Missteps by Netflix Inc have opened the door to competitors seeking to grab disgruntled customers who are looking for new options for video rentals and instant online streaming.

ZTE plans to roll out 4G handphones in Q2 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 07:30 PM PDT

The logo of ZTE is seen inside a showroom in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province April 16, 2010. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuReuters - ZTE Corp (0763.HK)(000063.SZ), the world's No.5 cell phone maker, plans to launch 4G (fourth generation) handsets in the second quarter of 2012, aiming to grab more market share by expanding its product range, a senior executive said.

Oracle seeks $1.16 billion from Google in Android case (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Oracle Corp on Thursday estimated it suffered roughly $1.16 billion of damages from Google Inc's alleged copyright and patent infringement of Java technology used in the Android operating system.

Facebook builds tighter integration with music, TV (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduces Timeline, a new feature for Facebook during his keynote address at the Facebook f8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Facebook unveiled new ways for users to listen to music and watch TV, offering tie-ups with the likes of Spotify and Hulu, as it attempts to make media an integral part of its social networking service.

Android Apps Coming to BlackBerry, MeeGo Smartphones (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:26 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - It's no secret that RIM's been working on an Android "App Player" for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. A beta of the App Player was actually leaked to the Internet not too long ago, although getting the Player to work was a hassle since it wasn't quite ready to use yet.

SugarSync tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Appolicious - Android devices are instantly gratifying gadgets of wonder. They give us directions, messages, a camera, endless music and live TV. They also give us access to our files, wherever we've stored them. From SugarSync to Cheetah Sync, Google + and Trend Micro, content syncing and backup is becoming a bonus perk for apps of every flavor. It was also a notable week for several top brand Android apps, including Foursquare, celebrating 1 billion check-ins with an updated app.

Sprint Caps Wi-Fi Data as iPhone Launch Nears (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:14 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Sprint Nextel will no longer allow its Wi-Fi hotspot customers to enjoy the all-you-can-eat buffet of unlimited data, announcing instead that it will cost them $29.99 for five gigabytes of 3G or 4G data, with a nickel per megabyte of overage.

Spotify to start dropping invite-only, will offer 6-month trials (Digital Trends)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:51 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Spotify’s making some moves lately to grab new users. In addition to the announced partnership with Facebook at F8, the Swedish-founded music streaming service may be dropping the exclusive, invitation-only barrier and will be setting up a six month trial period.

Gartner Pegs 2011 Tablet Sales at 63.6 Million (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:31 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Gartner forecasts that global tablet sales will rise 261.4 percent year over year, to 63.6 million units in 2011 -- and with Apple accounting for 73.4 percent of the total by shipping 46.7 million iPad units.

Meg Whitman Takes Over as CEO at HP (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:26 AM PDT

NewsFactor - With back-to-back poor quarterly earnings reports, Hewlett-Packard apparently isn't willing to give Leo Apotheker any more time to turn the company around. Apotheker, formerly the CEO at enterprise-software giant SAP, took the helm at HP about 10 months ago -- soon after the board fired its last CEO, Mark Hurd, amid allegations of misconduct.
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