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Daily Archives: September 5, 2011
Facebook Admin removal is a feature not a flaw. But how can hijacking be prevented?
In June last year, we reported that Facebook had finally made it possible for any admin on a company or brand’s Facebook page to delete the original ‘owner’ associated with that particular account. But this has caused some to question whether this is in fact a good idea, given that it opens up a...
With Rama, iPhone becomes tour guide to the past
Tour of the history of the Brooklyn Bridge Smartphone-toting history geeks like myself have probably noticed that apps for uploading geo-tagged historical photos to a map is a popular idea right now. History Pin, the Google-backed non-profit, and What Was There both launched recently with similar ideas: Use the ubiquity of mobile devices to...
The Best Tech People To Follow On Twitter
Image: Ellis Hamburger With so much tech news out there, it’s tough to keep track of what’s new, and what’s important. The best thing to do is turn to Twitter, where reporters and newsmakers share links and gab. We’ve assembled 25 of the best tech people to follow on Twitter. Click the link below...
Here’s What The Apple TV Will Be Like (AAPL)
Image: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger The drumbeat is growing: a lot of people think Apple is going to introduce a TV set in 2012. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reiterated his call for a 2012 Apple TV, and technology grandee Jean-Louis Gassée takes a stab at figuring out what it’ll be like: Imagine a true...
Fiber and caps are the future: A view from a small ISP
Much of the discussion about Internet Service Providers centers around the nation’s largest players in the telecommunications and cable fields, but there are a number of smaller ISPs and it’s worthwhile to talk to them to discover how competition is faring in the U.S. and what might happen if more flourished. Royster Tucker, the...
French Startup Media Company FrenchWeb Raises Almost $1 Million From French Entrepreneurs
The FrenchWeb team Image: FrenchWeb FrenchWeb, a blog and mini-media empire focused on the fast-growing world of French startups, just raised an angel round of almost $1 million from 17 French web entrepreneurs. Founded only in 2010, FrenchWeb says it had 270,000 Google Analytics unique visitors in June. The site, which started out as...
Don Norman: Google doesn’t get people, it sells them
“What is Google? What do they sell?” asks Don Norman, the author of The Design of Everyday Things and a demigod of the design world. It’s a question that gets asked a lot, especially as the company’s power and products continue to expand. In a talk on Friday at the dConstruct conference in Brighton,...
Over 35m UK mobile phone users set to get faster Internet speeds
UK mobile phone customers on Orange, T-Mobile and Three are set to receive faster mobile Internet access, thanks to a new partnership with Virgin Media Business and Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), which will access widened to Virgin’s fibre optic network. Virgin Media Business has announced a £100m+ deal with MBNL which will see...
Foodzy Turns Healthy Eating Into A Game, Launches iOS And Android Apps
A lot has been said about gamification, dubbed badgification by some, and it seems people are still divided over whether it’s a fad or the future. Be that as it may, one area where I think it just might work is health and fitness improvement. Enter Foodzy, a service that enables users to keep...