Thursday, February 2, 2012

Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)

Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)

Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:45 PM PST

AP - Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook's glow just aren't as financially sound as the world's largest social network.

Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:29 AM PST

AP - Facebook is baring its business soul.

'Like' Facebook stock? Experts weigh in on IPO (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:57 PM PST

AP - Facebook's much-hyped initial public offering promises to be an exciting spectacle when the social media giant goes public this spring. But should you update your status to "shareholder"?

Just Show Me: How to see recently used apps in Android 4.0 (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:23 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to find out what apps are running on your Android 4.0 …

How’d they do it? NASA explains the Blue Marble photo (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:14 PM PST

Yahoo! News - A few days ago, NASA published an incredibly detailed photo, dubbed Blue Marble, of the Earth's western hemisphere. Since then, the photo has generated over 3.1 million views on Flickr, making it one of the all-time most-viewed images on the photo-sharing site. So …

Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:50 PM PST

Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

Senate passes insider trading ban (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:39 PM PST

AP - Sagging approval ratings brought Democrats and Republicans together Thursday, as the Senate passed a bill to explicitly prevent members of Congress, their top aides and administration officials from using non-public information for insider trading. New disclosure requirements will require public reports online within 30 days of buying and selling stock.

How Wireless Carriers and Manufacturers Screw Up Android (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:31 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Google recently unveiled its new Android design guidelines, which are meant to help people develop apps for its open-source smartphone and tablet operating system. The guidelines work in tandem with Android Ice Cream Sandwich's visual overhaul, which was designed to "enchant" smartphone and tablet users in a way that Android's previous, bare-bones iterations, did not.

Steve Jobs brought back to life as an Android fan in Taiwanese ad (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:43 AM PST

Yahoo! News - In the months following long-time Apple CEO Steve Jobs's untimely death, we've seen him resurrected in many forms. He's already been brought back in plastic and bronze, but we never thought we'd see him reborn as an Android supporter. Leave it to a Taiwanese tablet …

Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:03 PM PST

AP - The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.

The $23 Android Tablet You Can Buy in India (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:01 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - You can buy it in India if you're a student, that is. According to Jamie Yap of ZDNet Asia, the Aakash tablet is priced at 2,200 rupees, or 45 U.S. dollars, while students pay a special subsidized price thanks to a government contract. 25,000 students have already requested one from the University of Mumbai, and more than 1.4 million people have ordered the tablet so far, with three new factories being set up to meet the demand.

Update for Google Docs app adds offline support, amps up tablet features (Appolicious)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:24 AM PST

Appolicious - Google has done an admirable job of providing web apps that lots of people use every day. Gmail is firmly ensconced as a leader in web-based email, Google Reader provides easy RSS feed access, and Google Docs allows users to create word processing documents in their browser windows and share them with other users.

Gameloft has record quarter thanks to winning mobile game franchises (Appolicious)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:55 AM PST

Appolicious - Big-time mobile game maker Gameloft rode the uptick of sales of iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices to pull down its best sales quarter ever, according to a press release from the company.

New version of Showyou is a Flipboard for video (Appolicious)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:00 AM PST

Appolicious - While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices - 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! - finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.

Man indicted on software copyright charge arrested (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:06 AM PST

AP - Federal prosecutors say a former Baltimore man has been arrested in the U.S. after fleeing to Pakistan before he was indicted on a software copyright infringement charge.

Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:15 PM PST

Reuters - The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday asked federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Megaupload.com file-sharing service to allow users who uploaded material to retrieve it as long as it was not copyrighted material.
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