It’s been a pretty busy year for Spotify, what with its US launch and deep Facebook integration, but now it has announced that its BlackBerry app is available to anyone with a compatible BlackBerry handset. The app was first announced back in October but was available only as a preview for users who wanted...
Daily Archives: December 21, 2011
A Huge Verizon Data Outage Is Causing Lots Of Headaches This Morning (VZW)
Image: TechnoBuffalo Customers in the Verizon support forums are reporting widespread data outages in both the company’s 3G and 4G networks. The problem appears to be more or less national — disappointed customers are located everywhere from California to New York to Virginia. If you’re having connectivity trouble on Verizon this morning, you’re not...
Ticketing 3.0: Facebook Becomes A Box Office
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Evolver.fm Editor Eliot Van Buskirk, who has covered and occasionally anticipated music and technology intersections for under 15 years for CNET, Wired.com, McGraw-Hill, and The Echo Nest. He plays a bass, rides a bicycle, and lives in Brooklyn. Once upon a time, we bought our concert...
Now revealed: US Chamber data was accessed by Chinese hackers last year
It has been alleged that Chinese hackers gained access to the US Chamber of Commerce’s entire collection of online data last year, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Sources close to the organisation claim that the attack on the chamber, which is America’s leading business lobbying group, saw the infiltraters gain...
1 Million Articles Auto-Shared Daily, So Yahoo! Expands Facebook Integration To 26 More Sites
Facebook’s Frictionless Sharing integration has been a huge win for Yahoo! News US. After just 2 months, 1 million articles are being shared to Facebook daily leading to 500,000 daily referrals. To build on this, Yahoo! has expanded the integration to 26 more of its news sites. These include many international sites such as...