Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Social network Path announces more ways to share (AP)

Social network Path announces more ways to share (AP)


Social network Path announces more ways to share (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:11 PM PST

AP - If Facebook is like hanging out at a banquet with a large buffet to feast on, then social network Path is an intimate dinner with close friends. Path is now getting new silverware and table decorations, so to speak, with the release of updated software.

Australian court clears sale of Samsung Galaxy tab (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:46 PM PST

AP - Samsung Electronics Co. is closer to selling its new Galaxy tablet computer in Australia after a court on Wednesday overturned an earlier ruling that favored Apple's allegations Samsung had copied its iPad and iPhone.

Reports say 'Cyber Monday' top online shopping day (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:48 PM PST

AP - Online shoppers spent record amounts on the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, making it the biggest online shopping day in history.

Just Show Me: How to use the volume up button to take a picture on your iPhone (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:18 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 the volume up button to take a …

Photoshopped images could soon come with a warning label (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:11 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Photoshop and software like it can be powerful image editing tools to take your photography from boring to brilliant, but it also makes it relatively easy to alter photographs for less honorable purposes. Advertisers have been airbrushing models for decades …

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week [CHART] (Mashable)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:33 PM PST

Mashable - Which program created the most social media buzz this past week? As we've seen in charts past, social television participants tend to gravitate toward singular, news-making broadcasts. Before, it was awards shows -- this week, Trendrr's social TV chart gets political. CNN's Republican National Security debate last Tuesday spawned educated chatter throughout the social air waves. Also, The X Factor climbed up one spot to number-one in in the broadcast category, while the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ran the middle-road at number six. Finally, scroll down to the bottom of the chart for a nostalgic dose of Nickelodeon. Hey Arnold!

Twitter Hardens Tweets With Android Security Acquisition (NewsFactor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:18 PM PST

NewsFactor - Twitter is showing its followers that it cares about security with its latest acquisition. The micro-blogging service just scooped up Whisper Systems, a small mobile-security software development start-up. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Some FiOS Customers Can Trade in Set-Box for XBox (NewsFactor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:00 PM PST

NewsFactor - In a move that may get more people in new markets signed up for Verizon's FiOS Internet and TV services, the communications giant has announced a way for premium users of Microsoft's Xbox 360 to access 26 FiOS channels.

Cluzee is Android's latest answer to Siri (Digital Trends)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:34 PM PST

Digital Trends - Android users with App envy may be interested in the latest Siri Contender from a startup named Tronton. The company launched Cluzee on Tuesday, labeled as a “talking intelligent personal digital assistant,” and the app has began to create some buzz.

Syncplicity Android app stores and shares in the cloud (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 03:30 PM PST

Appolicious - If you haven't yet explored cloud storage, here's another chance. The Syncplicity app provides an easy way to store and share files, photos, videos and music from your Android device, and Windows and Mac apps allow you to sync with the same storage from personal computers. With a service like this, moving files and memories between all your computers and devices is simple.

Facebook by the Numbers: Ready for Its First Public Offering? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:58 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - The social networking giant Facebook might be extending its reach to raise $10 billion in its IPO -- which company spokespersons deny, but which The Wall Street Journal says might happen as early as next April. As it stands, Facebook, Inc. might be standing on a $100 billion valuation when it's all said and done.

Nintendo wants to keep up Black Friday momentum (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 03:47 PM PST

The new Wii MotionPlus accessory (L) portion of the Wii controller, introduced at the Nintendo E3 media briefing, is shown on display at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles July 15, 2008. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - After a strong Black Friday showing, Nintendo now has to focus on maintaining the momentum for its products over the next five weeks of the crucial holiday season, the company's U.S. president told the Reuters Global Media Summit on Tuesday.


The worst iPhone games of 2011 (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST

Appolicious - When a game app isn't bad because it's unplayable or impossibly broken but because you can see its potential squandered right in front of your eyes, it can be hard to take. A game that's broken is easily discarded, but a game that's disappointingly incomplete keeps calling you back only to disappoint you repeatedly until you've finally had enough. Here are five games that did that to me in 2011.

FCC to let AT&T pull merger application (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:29 PM PST

Reuters - Communications regulators released a staff report criticizing AT&T Inc's $39 billion plan to purchase T-Mobile USA, even though they agreed on Tuesday to let the companies withdraw their request for approval.

Review: iTunes Match wins cloud music war by wisp (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:18 AM PST

This screen shot provided by Amazon.com, shows a page from the Amazon Cloud Player. Released in March, Amazon’s cloud storage system is free for up to 5 gigabytes of storage — roughly 1,250 songs. If you bought Lady Gaga’s latest album, “Born This Way,” in a 99-cent promotion in May, you’ll have 20 GB of space — good for about 5,000 songs. (AP Photo/Amazon.com)AP - In recent weeks, Apple, Google and Amazon.com have each launched the missing puzzle piece in their wireless mobile music systems.


In Australia, Samsung scores rare patent win versus Apple (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:20 PM PST

Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co is set to resume selling its Galaxy tablet computer in Australia as early as Friday, after the South Korean technology firm won a rare legal victory in a long-running global patent war with Apple Inc.

TMX to buy Australian credit risk software company (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 02:27 PM PST

Reuters - TMX Group, Canada's largest exchange operator, plans to buy Razor Risk Technologies, an Australian company that provides credit risk software to stock exchanges and other financial bodies, for about C$10.2 million.

Hackers post UN staffer user names, passwords (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:40 PM PST

AP - A hackers group calling itself "Team Poison" has posted what it says are the user names and passwords of more than 100 United Nations staffers' email accounts it pulled from a U.N. computer server.

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