Linkpost | 10.31.2012
iPad mini reviews • iPad mini review – The Verge • Sizing Up the New iPad Mini – Wall Street Journal • Baig gives the skinny on Apple iPad Mini – USA today • State of the Art: Presenting the Nook HD,...
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• Nokia to Offer Its Maps for iPhones and Android Phones – It’s a service called Here, and the iOS version has already been submitted to Apple for approval. A software development kit will allow the...
View ArticleFacebook turning off users’ ability to hide from search
Got a Facebook account that you don’t want found via the social network’s search feature? That’s too bad, because Facebook is about to take away your option to remain hidden via search. The New York...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.13.2012
• Google Maps is now available for iPhone – iOS users get a full version of Google Maps that’s actually better than the Android version. Wonders do indeed never cease. Read the review by David Pogue of...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.16.2012
• Twitter has started rolling out the option to download all your tweets – It’s being rolled out and only a few people have it now. If you do, it will be at the bottom of your Twitter account’s...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.15.2013
• Dell Said to Be in Buyout Talks With Private-Equity Firms – Bloomberg reports that Dell is talking to bankers about making a bid to take the company private. It wouldn’t be the first time Dell has...
View ArticleFacebook’s new tool: Research your friends
By Caleb Garling San Francisco Chronicle Facebook will empower its users to search within its social networking data with a new feature called Graph Search: an effort to keep people within the walled...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.13.2013
• Stupid, Stupid xBox!! – One of the founders of the Xbox says Microsoft has blown an opportunity to really develop the platform for independent gaming. He says the last 5 years have been “painful to...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.15.2013
• Apple Working on Fix for iOS 6.1 Passcode Hack – Apple says the fix will come very soon. Will it also include the fix for the Exchange bug? • How Lightning Tightens Apple’s Control Over Accessories –...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.16.2013
• To get products into more hands, Google will open its own stores by the end of the year – The first stores should be open before the holiday shopping season. • Facebook computers compromised by...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.9.2013
• Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion – According to documents related to the proposed purchase, Nook tablets would be discontinued and Nook content would be read through software...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.16.2013
From Google I/O • Meet the new Google Maps: A map for every person and place – An update to Google Maps brings a facelift, as well as presenting you with a more customized view of locations. • Google...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.7.2013
• SOPA died in 2012, but Obama administration wants to revive part of it – A proposal would make it a felony to stream illegally posted songs. In theory, it would criminalize covers of songs posted to...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.13.2013
• Windows 8.1 to be made available in October – The software is expected to be finished by the end of this month, but the delay until release will allow hardware makers to work on drivers and Microsoft...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.23.2013
Updated 8:32 a.m. • Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months – Microsoft says Ballmer will retire when the process of picking his successor is completed. Here’s his note to employees. •...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.18.2013
• Google’s Broken Promises & Who’s Running The Search Engine? – Google has broken several key promises it made about how its search engine works. The tough questions are why . . . and who’s...
View ArticleChrome now has hands-free Google Voice Search
Google voice search has come to the desktop version of the Chrome Web browser. If your computer has a microphone, you can now launch Google searches by voice.
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