WWDC 2011 has just wrapped up and the rumors about next year’s conference have already begun. Macrumors is reporting that the multi-year calendar of San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau has June 10th-15th blocked off for a ‘Corporate Meeting’at Moscone West. The calendar correctly predicted the 2011 dates last year but you should still...
A couple of days ago, a story banged around the news-o-sphere saying that the number of Facebook users in the US had shrunk in May. This set off much hand-wringing about how Facebook was starting to collapse just as everyone was getting excited about the IPO. Trouble is, the story was bunk. According to...
The Arab Spring – the Jasmine Revolution – the hashtag revolts – the uprisings in the Arab World: whatever you call them, they’re ongoing and as long as they go on, their proponents and opponents use, and misuse, technology. Technology played a great role in communications between protesters in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and between...
The number of people who check out e-books via their local library is still pretty small – less than 15% of people in a recent survey indicated that they turned to libraries for their digital content. In part, it’s been difficult for libraries to offer e-books to their patrons, but as the popularity of...
Google has just updated the Google Sync product for iPhone and iPad, adding a universal search in Gmail, control of Google Calendar events and the choice to pick which email address that you send your email as. The iOS mail app has always had issues searching the entire Gmail archive and now Google Sync...
MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser has written a surprisingly critical book about the Internet. In The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from Us, Pariser acknowledges that he once bought the “mythology” that the Internet was providing a richer and more balanced view of the world than traditional large media companies. Pariser, however,...
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Image: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger As if online advertisements don’t permeate our browsing experience enough, Bre.ad wants to put 5-second “banners” up whenever you click a link shortened with its service. These days, most links people share are shortened using a URL shortener like Bit.ly or TinyURL, so in essence, Bre.ad is creating a new...
Lookout, a mobile security company based in San Francisco, today added a new feature to its security software that protects web users from visiting malicious sites on their Google Android smartphones. The Safe Browsing function is part of Lookout Premium, a $29 yearly service that also includes protection from malware and spyware, provides a data backup...