China punishes social media, websites on coup talk

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• China punishes social media, websites on coup talk
• Apple pledge likely to boost China factory wages
• Groupon says 4th-quarter was weaker than reported
• Dead Stars: GPS for future astronauts?
• FreedomPop offering 1GB of free wireless data, hopes you’ll pay for more
• Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports Social Media?
• Lost data may have exposed 800,000 people in Calif
• In a pinch, these smartphones could be better than most digital cameras
• Visa, MasterCard affected by 'massive' data breach; NYC gangs being blamed?
• China punishes social media, websites on coup talk
• TweetDeck taken offline following discovery of bug exposing Twitter accounts
• Apple pledge likely to boost China factory wages
• The Girls Around Me app: Creepy, dangerous, and a good reminder to update your privacy settings
• Why I'm returning my new iPad and buying a Kindle Fire
• Groupon says 4th-quarter was weaker than reported
• Once-warring actors unions finally merge
• Shoptiques Lets You Shop Boutiques Like a Local
• Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports Social Media?
• Groupon revises results to boost refund reserves
• House kills Facebook password bill — but the controversy wasn't a big deal, anyway
• Great Deal: TurboTax for Android tablets free through April 1 (normally $30+)
• YouTube Earth Hour Campaigns Dare You to Take Action for the Planet
• The open Internet's five deadliest enemies
• 'The Voice' Now Lets You Vote on Facebook Timeline
• Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms
• LG's 55-inch OLED arriving early for the Olympics
• AOL wins, bloggers lose over HuffPo payment suit
• The Evolution of Facebook for Brands
• A look at how some IPO stocks have fared
• This Camera Lets You Take Photos With Your Hands
• WARNING: Factory Resetting your Android may leave private data on your device
• The Raid: Redemption review
• E-books settlement talks advancing: sources
• NBC's 'The Voice' adds Facebook app for voting
• A 155-Year Walk Down Memory Lane with The Atlantic
• Help Investigate 'The Killing' Online
• What earnings reports have revealed about ads
• A look at telecom-industry subscriber reports

China punishes social media, websites on coup talk Posted: China is shuttering more than a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumors of a coup that rattled Beijing in the midst of its worst high-level political crisis in years.

Apple pledge likely to boost China factory wages Posted: Consumers probably won't have to pay more for iPads, iPhones and other popular consumer electronics despite a Chinese company's pledge to trim work hours and raise wages for its hardscrabble assembly workers.

Groupon says 4th-quarter was weaker than reported Posted: Groupon Inc. said Friday that its fourth-quarter loss was wider than initially reported because it needed to increase the amount of money it sets aside for refunds.

Dead Stars: GPS for future astronauts? Posted: Navigating through the stars is a pain. There's no Google Maps, and GPS is worthless once you've left the Earth's atmosphere. But some clever scientists may have found a solution to allow a spacecraft to pinpoint its location with stunning accuracy... by … Continue reading →

FreedomPop offering 1GB of free wireless data, hopes you’ll pay for more Posted: Sick of paying out the nose for wireless data? Well, one enterprising startup may have an option for you: FreedomPop, a wireless service set to roll out in July and September, wants to offer you 1GB worth of 4G WiMAX and LTE wireless … Continue reading →

Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports Social Media? Posted: Meet Austin Schindel, sports fans. You're going to wish you had his new job.

Lost data may have exposed 800,000 people in Calif Posted: A disaster preparedness exercise to ensure California's child support system could be run remotely went smoothly, except for one casualty: the names, Social Security numbers and other private records of about 800,000 adults and children.

In a pinch, these smartphones could be better than most digital cameras Posted: As many photographers will tell you, the best camera you own is the one you have with you at the right time to capture that special moment. While camera technology continues to improve for both smartphones and single-use devices, most of us are not joined at the hip with our cameras wherever we travel.

Visa, MasterCard affected by 'massive' data breach; NYC gangs being blamed? Posted: Atlanta, Georgia-based credit card processor Global Payments Inc. has revealed that is has suffered a "massive" security breach, affecting US banks as well as the likes of Visa and MasterCard. The breach may involve more than 10 million credit card numbers.

China punishes social media, websites on coup talk Posted: China is shuttering more than a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumors of a coup that rattled Beijing in the midst of its worst high-level political crisis in years.

TweetDeck taken offline following discovery of bug exposing Twitter accounts Posted: TweetDeck, the popular Twitter client used by millions, has been taken offline after a possible bug was discovered which appears to give some users access to other people's accounts.

Apple pledge likely to boost China factory wages Posted: Consumers probably won't have to pay more for iPads, iPhones and other popular consumer electronics despite a Chinese company's pledge to trim work hours and raise wages for its hardscrabble assembly workers.

The Girls Around Me app: Creepy, dangerous, and a good reminder to update your privacy settings Posted: It was only a matter of time. Cult of Mac has pointed out this incredibly creepy app, Girls Around Me, which as you might imagine, takes social network check-ins and a user's personal GPS data to locate and broadcast all the surrounding women (and men – although that is not the app's advertised purpose or generating as much hype) in a given area.

Why I'm returning my new iPad and buying a Kindle Fire Posted: Now that I've lived with both, I can safely say that I prefer a smaller, more affordable tablet.

Groupon says 4th-quarter was weaker than reported Posted: Groupon Inc. said Friday that its fourth-quarter loss was wider than initially reported because it needed to increase the amount of money it sets aside for refunds.

Once-warring actors unions finally merge Posted: The nation's two actors unions have merged, nearly a decade after their last attempt, bringing an end to years of conflict that had given Hollywood studios the advantage in labor negotiations.

Shoptiques Lets You Shop Boutiques Like a Local Posted: 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.

Did This Guy Just Land the Coolest Job in Sports Social Media? Posted: Meet Austin Schindel, sports fans. You're going to wish you had his new job.

Groupon revises results to boost refund reserves Posted: Groupon Inc. revised its fourth-quarter results on Friday after the online deal company found it needed to increase the amount of money it sets aside for refunds.

House kills Facebook password bill — but the controversy wasn't a big deal, anyway Posted: As those of you who watch our DT Daily Web show already know, the House of Representatives this week voted against a bill that would have prevented overreaching employers from demanding that job applicants hand over their Facebook passwords. The controversy arose last week, after the Associated Press reported that this troubling practice was becoming a common request of job-seekers. But later reports suggest that the whole thing just got blown out of proportion.

Great Deal: TurboTax for Android tablets free through April 1 (normally $30+) Posted: The big tax deadline is only a couple weeks away, but if you're like me, you probably haven't done your taxes yet. Despite a prevalence of app creators and a booming Internet development community, TurboTax remains the best service to help you do your taxes online and now it has fully functional tablet and smartphone apps out on Android and iOS as well.

YouTube Earth Hour Campaigns Dare You to Take Action for the Planet Posted: YouTube is launching a new platform called "I Will If You Will" for Earth Hour 2012, which lets users challenge others to take an environmentally friendly action for the planet.

The open Internet's five deadliest enemies Posted: The open Internet is under attack. Every day, a myriad of groups, governments, and organizations flex their muscles in ways that challenge the integrity of the open Web and Internet. It is important for Web users to know who these entities are, and keep a watchful eye on their actions. Here, a comprehensive rundown of the Internet's five most nefarious enemies.1. Big Entertainment

'The Voice' Now Lets You Vote on Facebook Timeline Posted: Fans of NBC's The Voice can now vote for their favorite contestants via a new app for Facebook Timeline.

Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms Posted: The Obama administration and five states announced an agreement Friday to speed up consideration of plans for offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition.

LG's 55-inch OLED arriving early for the Olympics Posted: While we're generally reluctant to jump on the rumor mill bandwagon, this one is just too good to pass up. According to Maeil, a South Korean business publication, LG plans to unleash its first 55-inch OLED TV in May during an event to be held at the Cannes film festival in France. The report disclosed the price at "nine million Won" which, according to current currency exchange rates, works out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $8,000 US. That's a whole different kind of 8k.

AOL wins, bloggers lose over HuffPo payment suit Posted: The Huffington Post doesn't have to pay bloggers for providing content for its website in part because they knew from the start they wouldn't be paid and could have taken their work elsewhere, a federal judge ruled Friday.

The Evolution of Facebook for Brands Posted: Jason Weaver is the CEO of Shoutlet, an enterprise social management software company he founded. He has been involved in social media strategy development since its inception for brands that include Disney, SC Johnson, and eBay. Follow him at @Shoutlet.

A look at how some IPO stocks have fared Posted: Facebook has filed paperwork for an initial public offering of stock. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004. Meanwhile, online reviews site Yelp Inc. began trading publicly this month.

This Camera Lets You Take Photos With Your Hands Posted: Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences have created a prototype for a new type of camera called Ubi-Camera that lets you snap a photograph by creating a rectangle with your hands.

WARNING: Factory Resetting your Android may leave private data on your device Posted: It's never fun to have to issue a warning, but a new study by the LA Times indicates that the Factory Reset function on Android devices may not work as advertised. The site worked with a security expert to run a test on BlackBerry, Android, and iOS devices as well as PCs. It discovered that important, sensitive data could be retrieved on a large portion of Android devices even after the Factory Reset feature had been properly used.

The Raid: Redemption review Posted: If you are looking for a film about the beauty of love or maybe the story of how there is an artist trapped within each of us, The Raid: Redemption isn't the movie for you. If, however, you are interested in seeing a film where a guy kicks a drug dealer in the face so hard that he flies backwards off flight of stairs and nearly snaps in two when he hits a lower railing, then this is the film for you.

E-books settlement talks advancing: sources Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department could reach a settlement in the next few weeks with Apple Inc and some of the major publishers suspected of colluding to push up electronic book prices, according to two people close to the negotiations. While negotiations are still fluid, the settlement is expected to eliminate Apple's so-called "most favored nation" status, which had prevented the publishers from selling lower-priced e-books through rival retailers such as Amazon.com Inc or Barnes & Noble Inc , the people said. ...

NBC's 'The Voice' adds Facebook app for voting Posted: NBC's talent show "The Voice" is jumping on Facebook's "timeline" app bandwagon to give fans another way to vote for their favorite contestants.

A 155-Year Walk Down Memory Lane with The Atlantic Posted: "The Atlantic's Facebook Timeline" [Facebook]

Help Investigate 'The Killing' Online Posted: As AMC gears up for season two of The Killing, the network has launched an online interactive case file so that fans can participate in figuring out who killed Rosie Larsen.

What earnings reports have revealed about ads Posted: Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising:

A look at telecom-industry subscriber reports Posted: Here is a summary of reports for selected telecommunications companies and what they reveal about their own and the industry's prospects:

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