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Erin Rose
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The NY Times’ online subscription price is way more than other online subscription services, so why would people pay for it? Facebook removes around 20,0009 underage people from the site per day. Apple pulled the “gay cure” app after an…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
The end of cookies? The EU’s new law says websites must now explicitly ask for info from visitors. Facebook is AOL-ifying the net, aggregating a multitude of functions into one blue & white monolith . . . and that’s a bummer.…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Sweden is replacing stamps with text messages. Too much tech use is ruining your sleep. Google controls 97% of mobile search. An amazing and terrifying tour of cutting-edge augmented reality tech.
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Ack! Gmail contacts and emails go missing; Google acknowledges software problems. Rumors about Apple products in new colors really excite tech bloggers. Jurors tweeting from the jury box and other gaffes: how social media is changing legal ethics. A Chinese…
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Should we protect the Internet from “astroturfing” (fake grassroots movements on forums, etc. that are actually run by major companies)? Technology bests the man (again): Smartphone app gets driver out of speeding ticket. The Securities Exchange Commission is investigating Twitter and…
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The NY Times says blogging is waning due to Twitter/facebook/etc . . . but the stats don’t back that up. Despite what Apple and every mobile manufacturer think, some people just don’t really care about tablets. The US Government paid…
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More Middle Eastern countries are blocking some or all web access. Facebook has been cut in Libya and Bahrain is restricting Internet use. The creator of China’s so-called “Great Firewall”, which blocks access to hundreds of thousands of foreign sites,…
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The US Government shut down over 84,000 websites . . . by “mistake.” Google launches a way for publishers to set prices on their digital content. Speaking of publishing, is Apple’s new fee structure for premium content obscenely greedy? Verizon…
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Rumors are wafting, nay, zooming around the interwebz about the new iPhone nano. The US State Dept is now tweeting in Farsi. Iranian revolution, part 2, anyone? Some contributing bloggers are kinda pissed about the Huffington Post’s recent acquisition for…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
A Google employee who played a key role in the Egyptian protests causes people to wonder: Can Google ever really be a neutral source of info? Nokia and Microsoft just announced their partnership. Did Nokia jump out of the frying…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Google or Facebook might buy Twitter? Obama’s plan to expand wireless access. A bizarre and riveting tale of how one man claimed to figure out the members of the Anonymous hacker group, and the vengeance they wreaked upon him. Egypt…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Smartphones just outsold PCs for the first time. Even Bill Gates doesn’t want Microsoft stock. In the Twitter/facebook age, optimizing your site for search engines is like buying the best VCR on the market. The hivemind is upon us: Robots…