Saturday, February 25, 2012

A wild online ride hits the digital piracy wall (AP)

A wild online ride hits the digital piracy wall (AP)

A wild online ride hits the digital piracy wall (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST

AP - On his way up, he fooled them all: judges, journalists, investors and companies.

Medical team livetweets beating-heart surgery for the first time (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Subjecting Twitter to a play-by-play account of the contents of your lunch is one thing, but a hospital in Houston just took the micro-blogging service to intimate new heights. Tuesday morning, Memorial Hermann Medical Center livetweeted a beating heart double …

UrbanSitter Helps You Find and Book Babysitters Online (Mashable)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST

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: UrbanSitter

Sprint's board vetoes MetroPCS purchase in defiance of CEO (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 05:59 PM PST

Digital Trends - Sprint’s board of directors has reportedly vetoed the company’s expected purchase of rival wireless carrier MetroPCS. An acquisition largely championed by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and weeks in the making, the estimated $8 billion MetroPCS deal would have saddled cash-strapped Sprint with even further debt. Sprint is the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier.

Android ‘phablets’ could reign at MWC this year (Appolicious)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:00 AM PST

Appolicious - It seems phablets are all the rage, with their larger screens and combined smartphone-tablet capabilities. With Mobile World Congress kicking off in Barcelona next week, we could see quite a few such devices taking the scene. Picking up on a trend made popular by Samsung's 5-inch Galaxy Note, both LG and Panasonic are expected to reveal a phablet at MWC this year. While other device makers are playing catch up in the phablet race, Samsung is skipping ahead to launch more connected devices, including an oven you can control with your Android smartphone.

Study: Facebook gaming declines in 2011, social gaming seeking new growth (Digital Trends)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:46 PM PST

Digital Trends - While Facebook casual gaming has helped to triple the number of gamers in the US in the past three years, new research is saying that the social gaming boom is beginning to calm down, and perhaps seeking to mature. Market research firm IHS iSuppli states that “the honeymooon’s over,” chiefly due to rising barriers to entry, increasing competition and the fact that gaming has fallen in priority for social media users.
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