Over the years, there are few services that have permeated my life so deeply as Twitter. It has become an irreplaceable part of my modern existence. Yesterday, Twitter changed its rules for how developers can build for the platform. While I hold reservations about what Twitter is doing, I am not only happy that...
Daily Archives: August 17, 2012
Oracle, Google file list of paid journalists
A federal judge last week wrote that he was “concerned” Oracle and Google had paid journalists and bloggers to comment on their highly-publicized intellectual property trial and ordered them to provide a list of names. The responses are now in. Oracle’s list is headed by patent propagandist, Florian Mueller, a long-time Microsoft consultant whose...
Meet the sock-puppet: Oracle, Google file list of paid authors
A federal judge last week wrote that he was “concerned” Oracle and Google had paid journalists and bloggers to comment on their highly-publicized intellectual property trial and ordered them to provide a list of names. The responses are now in. Oracle’s list is headed by patent propagandist, Florian Mueller, a long-time Microsoft consultant whose...
Y Combinator-backed Collections syncs Facebook photos, Instagram and Google Docs in one Mac app
Y Combinator’s demo day is coming up next Tuesday, but one of its startups has given us all an early surprise to tide us over. Collections is officially launching the public beta of its content manager Mac app today with initial support for Facebook photos, Instagram and Google Docs. The free software aims to reimagine...
Cartoonist Crusader Launches Fundraiser for Nikola Tesla Museum
Inventor Nikola Tesla may finally get the recognition he deserves if cartoonist Matthew Inman has his way. In a bid to buy the land on which Tesla’s former Shoreham, New York laboratory sits, the creator of The Oatmeal has launched an IndieGoGo fundraising campaign to come up with $850,000 in 45 days. Inman’s efforts...
Geo-Location App Sites Stake Their Claim
Geo-location apps targeting businesses and professionals are fighting hammer and tong to distance themselves from failures in the consumer arena, and to prove that they can offer privacy. After a year of gaffes, idiocies and downright vile crimes committed by people wielding geo-location apps, the market for such software seems ready to address privacy...
Back To School: 5 Evernote Tips for Students
As a part-time college professor, I love Evernote: I can clip articles, make lecture notes and cross reference assignments between different courses. But the more I get into Evernote, the more I see how my students could benefit from using it even more than I do. Here are five top tips for students who...
YouTube Anti-Spam Move Might Spur More Spam
YouTube’s decision to hide search tags – an effort to fight spam – is drawing passionate responses to the move. Some say it’s overdue, and others think it will cause more problems than it is intended to fix. The tags still exist as private information that can only be seen by the video poster....
ReadWriteWeb Recommends: Best Smartphone Pedometers
A good smartphone pedometer tracks how close you’re coming your fitness goal, but finding the right one is the first step. Read on for our recommendation on the best of the best. There i slew of studies suggesting that taking 10,000 steps a day is the easiest way to maintain a healthy weight while avoiding...
LEAKED: This Could Be Samsung’s Next Super Phone
Know Your Mobile got its hands on a picture of Samsung’s sequel to the Galaxy Note, the massive Android phone-tablet hybrid that comes with a special stylus. The coloring and edging on the new device looks quite similar to the original Galaxy Note 10.1, but the display will be bigger, measuring in at 5.5...