Daily Archives: March 23, 2013

The First Apps To Download On Your Google Chromebook (GOOG)

March 23, 2013
The First Apps To Download On Your Google Chromebook (GOOG)

Email More Google’s Chrome OS apps are a bit different. They run in your browser instead of natively on your computer. Here are the first ones to download from Google’s Chrome app store.  amp;amp;amp;lt;divamp;amp;amp;gt;Please enable Javascript to watch this videoamp;amp;amp;lt;/divamp;amp;amp;gt; Produced by Daniel Goodman SEE ALSO:  This LinkedIn Trick Will Help You Get Updates...

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10 Great Apps That Are Still Exclusive To The iPhone (AAPL, GOOG)

March 23, 2013

Ellis Hamburger, Business Insider Apple‘s iOS platform is typically the first choice for app developers. While Android is right behind iOS in terms of developer preference, according to a December report from Appcelerator and IDC, it still lacks some popular apps.  Some of these iPhone-exclusive apps have recently launched, meaning that there’s still hope for...

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The iPad Has Now Displaced The Protest Banner

March 23, 2013
The iPad Has Now Displaced The Protest Banner

We’ve never seen this before, but we doubt it will be the last time. The iPad has now disrupted the traditional protest sign. (The context here is a Cypriot protest in the wake of Russia saying it won’t be providing any significant aid to the troubled island nation. Hence, the angry looking Putin image.)...

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Evernote sees higher average revenue per user on Windows Phone than Android

March 23, 2013

According to CITEworld’s reporting on a panel from this week, Evernote currently derives a higher average revenue per user on the Windows Phone platform than on Android. Naturally, given the massive install base of Android in comparison to Windows Phone, Google’s mobile operating system drives oodles more income for Evernote than Microsoft’s smartphone platform....

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The future of gaming is here, but you’ll need a $1,000 graphics card to render it

March 23, 2013

Videos games have enjoyed steadily improving graphical effects as computers, and programming languages, have improved and matured. While the world is currently fixated on the coming crop of console devices that will sit, plugged into televisions for the next 5 years, Nvidia is pushing PC technology forward. A video clip demonstrating facial rendering software...

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Here’s the Star Trek parody clip that the IRS spent $60,000 of US taxpayer money to shoot

March 23, 2013

According to the Associated Press, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been wrist-slapped by Congress for spending $60,000 on two short films, the lion’s share of which went to shoot a Star Trek parody. Featuring IRS employees. About taxes. It is precisely and exactly as terrible as you would expect. I made it to...

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Why Bitcoin poses an interesting ethical conundrum for journalists

March 23, 2013

Bitcoin is having a wild ride right now. Partly due to the euro crisis, and partly due to a lot of press coverage, some people seem to be taking a keen interest in the crypto-currency — in the last week, its value in relation to the U.S. dollar has shot up by almost 60...

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How to get rid of massive waitlists for college courses and turn professors into rock stars

March 23, 2013

No educational technology or teaching method has been embraced faster or more widely than so-called Massively Open, Online Courses (or MOOCs for short). For the uninitiated, these are online-only college courses where accredited professors teach audiences that in some cases number in the hundreds of thousands. This used to be considered a fad and a...

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Reports: Blackstone and Icahn jumping into fight for Dell

March 23, 2013

Dell may have more than one serious suitor come Monday. After weeks of rumblings, the Blackstone Group and investor activist Carl Icahn are preparing their own rival bids to the Michael-Dell-and-Silver-Lake-Partner $24.4 billion buyout offer, according to reports on Saturday. There has been grumbling since that proposition was made public that Dell is worth...

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(Web) Sandcastles Made Of Sand

March 23, 2013

If there is one sliver lining in the Google Reader shutdown that has enraged the blogosphere (OK fine, the tech blogosphere), it’s the fact that Google offers a way for Reader users to export their RSS subscriptions using its Google Takeout service. Actually, Google Takeout lets users of most major Google services remove their...

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