Sunday, November 27, 2011

Just Show Me: How to use iMessage on your iPhone or iPad (Yahoo! News)

Just Show Me: How to use iMessage on your iPhone or iPad (Yahoo! News)

Just Show Me: How to use iMessage on your iPhone or iPad (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 06:25 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 use iMessage on your iPhone or iPad once you've …

Tech Buzzwords Make Shortlist for Word of the Year (Mashable)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:28 AM PST

Mashable - The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen its (two-word) word of the year: Squeezed Middle. Last year's word of the year was big society, and the word of 2009 was unfriend. Those who spend time on Twitter might have guessed that OWS, occupy or 99% would have come out on top this year. They didn't come out on top, but they did make the shortlist, alongside some notable tech buzzwords. Gamification, clicktivism and crowdfunding made the U.S. shortlist, while hacktivism, sodcasting (playing music on your phone's speaker in a public place) and -- not surprisingly -- phone hacking made the UK list.

Baidu to invest 3 billion yuan to help Chinese SMEs (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 07:53 PM PST

Reuters - China's largest search engine Baidu Inc said on Monday it will invest 3 billion yuan ($470.6 million) by the end of 2015 to help 2 million small- and medium-sized enterprises expand their businesses.

Black Friday online sales jump 26 percent: comScore (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 06:21 PM PST

Reuters - Online retail sales in the United States on the post-Thanksgiving shopping day known as "Black Friday" jumped 26 percent this year, led by Amazon.com Inc, comScore said on Sunday.

Shoppers spent more cash over Thanksgiving weekend: NRF (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 11:38 AM PST

Reuters - More people headed to stores and websites over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and average spending per person rose 9.1 percent as bargain-hunting shoppers scooped up discounts on everything from gadgets to hoodies, a National Retail Federation survey on Sunday showed.

NSN CEO sees no more cash from Nokia, Siemens: report (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 06:46 AM PST

Reuters - The chief executive of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), the world's second-largest maker of mobile phone network equipment, has warned employees NSN cannot expect any more money from its parent companies, a German magazine reported on Sunday.

Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. governor (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PST

AP - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.

Analysis: Sprint network upgrade may curb unlimited data (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 08:50 AM PST

Reuters - Sprint Nextel may be forced to abandon the biggest advantage it has over its rivals -- unlimited data services for a flat fee -- because of heavy data users and a shortage of wireless airwaves.

Yipit’s personalized daily deal aggregator goes mobile (Appolicious)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 11:30 AM PST

Appolicious - I like saving money (almost as much as I like spending it), but after missing out on a quality offer from my dog's kennel because it was on a site I'd never heard of before, I started to think there has to be a better way to stay on top of myriad deals and coupons. There is. It's called Yipit.com and the personalized deal aggregator has recently arrived for iPhone and iPod Touch in the form of Yipit Deals — Daily Deals, Sales and Coupons.

Threatdown for mobile viruses? Maybe not (Appolicious)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:00 AM PST

Appolicious - In a new report on "threats," McAfee reported that the Android OS from Google is the biggest target for malware. The security software company said that malware aimed at Android had increased 37 percent since the second quarter.
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