Saturday, January 7, 2012

For some consumers, surveys breed feedback fatigue (AP)

For some consumers, surveys breed feedback fatigue (AP)

For some consumers, surveys breed feedback fatigue (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:04 PM PST

AP - We appreciate your decision to read this story. Would you take a short survey about your satisfaction with the reading experience? Could you review this article on a website? Rate it for other readers?

Apple may file lawsuit against the makers of disturbingly realistic Steve Jobs doll (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 06:06 PM PST

Yahoo! News - There may be no other statue or figurine made in the likeness of the late Steve Jobs more realistic than the 12" doll by Chinese company Inicons. The action figure even comes with his trademark clothes and a "One More Thing" backdrop. …

How to Find the Right Digital Training Tool for Your Company (Mashable)

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:35 PM PST

Mashable - Peter Bray is the chief marketing officer of Trivantis, a provider of innovative e-learning software, including Snap! by Lectora PowerPoint to Flash software and Snap! Empower Flash interactions builder. Free trials of both solutions can be found at SnapbyLectora.com. Corporate training helps to strengthen a business by focusing on one of the top assets of an organization: the employees. Not only does training and development arm staff with much-needed skills, but it also conveys that the company is invested in its employees' future.

Israel vows to hit back after credit cards hacked (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 01:01 PM PST

Reuters - Israel said on Saturday the online publication of thousands of its citizens' credit card details by a hacker who says he is based in Saudi Arabia was comparable to terrorism, and promised to hit back.

Love and war rage as PBS' 'Downton Abbey' returns (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 12:26 PM PST

FILE - In this July 31, 2011 file photo, actors Michelle Dockery, left, and Dan Stevens from the TV series 'Downton Abbey,' poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. The series returns for its second season on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 on PBS. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - It's an irony that acid-tongued Violet, aka the dowager countess of Grantham, would savor: One of TV's hottest romances is playing out among English nobility, with nary a cell phone or laptop in sight and, most shockingly, on PBS.

2011's Android Winners and Losers (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 01:50 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Early last year, Android overtook iOS as the most popular mobile platform in the United States, according to Mashable's Stan Schroeder. But the latest reports suggest that while Android is winning the market share war, it's Apple who's leaps and bounds ahead of the competition when it comes to making money: About two-thirds of all the profit in the market goes to Apple.

How Farmville Parody 'Cow Clicker' Made Thousands on Facebook (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 01:50 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - The "Cowpocalypse" is already upon us; there are no more cows to be clicked. But at its height in 2011, the Facebook social game Cow Clicker had over 50,000 players, according to Jason Tanz of Wired ... and at least 10,000 were still clicking on empty patches of land as of last December.

Samsung and Best Buy choose Appolicious to power app discovery (Appolicious)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 05:11 PM PST

Appolicious - Appolicious is the "Intel Inside" of app discovery and through web services provides algorithmic-based app search and recommendation technology to third parties. Samsung and Best Buy are among the most recent companies to license Appolicious services, which are informed by the deepest and widest set of app metadata available today. Learn more below.

Android connected devices expected at CES (Appolicious)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST

Appolicious - Just before the end of the year Samsung unveiled two new dual-SIM Android smartphones, the Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos. They're geared towards people sharing a single phone, or business travelers in a transitioning mobile market. But it seems the most exciting Android device news is set to come from CES, the annual event known for debuting gadget prototypes and new products. LG is expected to reveal an Intel Medfield device, while Samsung is offering an early peek at a new line of audio docks that support Android devices.

Could music stream ripping software put Spotify and other music services at major risk? (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:45 AM PST

Digital Trends - The music industry has been forced to reinvent itself thanks to the Internet. Ever since Napster first appeared on the scene, consumers have been finding ways to get their music for free, at the detriment of recording labels and artists. One answer to this issue has been the subscription music model: Services like Spotify, Last.fm, MOG, and Rdio are compromises between a market that is searching for profit models and customers who simply won’t spend what they used to.

The best apps for iPads and Android tablet devices (Appolicious)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST

Appolicious - So you just got a new iPad or Android tablet device for the holidays and are looking for suggestions of what apps to download first. You're in luck! There are more than 100,000 apps developed for the iPad, in addition to hundreds of thousands of iPhone apps that run reasonably well on the larger screen. As well, there are several thousand Android apps that work and play well on dozens of the tablets that run on Google's mobile platform.
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