Daily Archives: November 9, 2011

The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket Just Rules [REVIEW] (T)

November 9, 2011
The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket Just Rules [REVIEW] (T)

Image: Dylan Love Dylan Love The Galaxy S II has been out for almost two months, but it steadily gathered attention once it was announced in February. Samsung touted it as thinner, faster, and just generally cooler than any other phone out there. After spending three days with the phone in my pocket, I’m...

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EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST FAILS

November 9, 2011
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST FAILS

Image: Paul Keleher via Flickr See Also: AMERICA’S BEST COLLEGES: Please Help Us Build The Definitive List! CHAOS AT PENN STATE: Joe Paterno Goes Rogue, ‘Distraught’ Assistant Coach Says He Might Resign Joe Paterno Was In Tears Tonight Talking To Students Out Of His Living Room Window At 2 pm today the National Emergency...

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As We Cut The Cord, Should Netflix And YouTube Recognize The Emergency Alert System?

November 9, 2011
As We Cut The Cord, Should Netflix And YouTube Recognize The Emergency Alert System?

Gather round, friends, for I bring tales of yesteryear. Once upon a time, people young and old huddled around the warmth of their vacuum tubes, welcoming whatever cathode rays came their way in the very same order as they left the tower. You’re watching I Love Lucy? No way! I’m watching I Love Lucy!...

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Value Of Tech M&A Deals Up 22 Percent In Q3 2011 To $56.4 Billion

November 9, 2011
Value Of Tech M&A Deals Up 22 Percent In Q3 2011 To $56.4 Billion

MA activity in the technology sector continues to grow in terms of value. According to an Ernst Young report released today, big acquisitions drove the aggregate value of global technology MA to $56.5 billion in the third quarter of 2011, up 22 percent from a year ago, and up 8 percent from last quarter....

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Calendars & The Consumer Cloud: Still Too Messy

November 9, 2011
Calendars & The Consumer Cloud: Still Too Messy

Oops, Apple Hasn’t Got This Right Yet If you use Apple’s new iCloud, you have an option to turn on calendar sync. But the user experience is less than ideal. In fact it’s downright messy. I use Google Calendar for my personal and work lives. The first problem I experienced with iCloud is that...

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[UPDATED] Facebook Restores the Old News Feed

November 9, 2011
[UPDATED] Facebook Restores the Old News Feed

UPDATED: Today Facebook announced an update to its much contested news feed. This new version builds upon the current hybrid news feed, and has some aspects of the old one. But instead of being able to toggle back-and-forth between “top news” and “recent news,” users will see a “sort” button at the top which...

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‘Read’ and ‘Listen’ buttons reportedly surfacing on Facebook Tickers

November 9, 2011
‘Read’ and ‘Listen’ buttons reportedly surfacing on Facebook Tickers

Some users have reportedly begun to see the Read and Listen buttons Facebook first announced during the f8 2011 conference. According to InsideFacebook, these new buttons only appear after hovering over content in the Facebook Ticker to the right-hand column of the platform. Assuming it isn’t obvious, clicking the “read” button leads you directly...

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Steve Jobs is early favorite to win Time Person of the Year award

November 9, 2011

Steve Jobs is among the early favorites to win this year’s Time Person of the Year award, after the recently passed Apple CEO was praised for helping “change the world as much as the Bible”. Speaking at TIME’s 2011 Person of the Year discussion panel in New York, Chef Mario Mario Batali praised Jobs’ influence with the...

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Facebook restores chronological display option in News Feed

November 9, 2011
Facebook restores chronological display option in News Feed

Facebook on Wednesday began rolling out an update to the News Feed that lets users view the most recent stories first. The move is likely in response to complaints Facebook received when it eliminated users’ ability to view the News Feed in chronological order back in September. At that time, Facebook said its aim...

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Why we shouldn’t be so quick to write Google+ off

November 9, 2011
Why we shouldn’t be so quick to write Google+ off

Although Google+ is still only a few months old, there seem to be plenty of people willing to write it off as doomed, or close to it. Steve Rubel of Edelman says that he has given up on it, Robert Scoble says that its brand pages are a mess, and Farhad Manjoo at Slate...

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