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  • newCapture an Unexpected Pair for Our Vine Challenge

    Capture an Unexpected Pair for Our Vine Challenge

    Chicken and waffles for breakfast, Seth Rogan and Katherine Heigl as a couple in Knocked Up, Snoop Lion and Miley Cyrus teaming up for a reggae song: some things shouldn't work — yet, they totally do. For our vine challenge, we want you to create…
    - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 11:29am -
  • newPinterest API Documentation Briefly Reappears On New Developer Site

    Pinterest API Documentation Briefly Reappears On New Developer Site

    Remember how over a year ago, everyone was all excited about the forthcoming Pinterest API? CEO Ben Silbermann even teased its release in a March 2012 email to Pinterest users detailing a Terms of Service change. And API documentation even once poppe…
    - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:58am -
  • newTwitter Launches TV Ad Targeting, Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream

    Twitter Launches TV Ad Targeting, Twitter Amplify For Real-Time Videos In Stream

    Twitter today made the latest push in its bid to cozy up to Madison Avenue and the world of big-budget advertising, by tapping more into the kind of mainstream mediums where advertisers like to spend their money. Today the big focus is TV and your li…
    - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:37am -
  • newWisconsin Girl's Touching Artwork Wins Google Doodle

    Wisconsin Girl's Touching Artwork Wins Google Doodle

    The directions were simple: Illustrate your "best day ever." Sabrina Brady of Wisconsin's Sparta High School combined Google's logo with a memorable and moving six-frame story.This is Google's fourth year running the Doodle 4 Google competition. K-1…
    - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:03am -
  • newJawfish Games Launches Its Real-Time, Multiplayer Platform For iOS, Android

    Jawfish Games Launches Its Real-Time, Multiplayer Platform For iOS, Android

    Jawfish Games, a Seattle-based startup run by a former professional poker player and the engineering team that built the Fult Tilt Poker site, launched a gaming platform that can host more than 100,000 simultaneous players in real-time tournaments ac…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:00am -
  • newFacebook for Android: 10 Tips for Power Users

    Facebook for Android: 10 Tips for Power Users

    Facebook is a lot like crystal meth — it's highly addictive and will probably cause your teeth to fall out.* Android users are always one tap away from a snarky status update or a friend's vacation pics.SEE ALSO: 20 Things Your Most Annoying Frien…
    - 8 hours ago, 23 May 13, 5:31am -
  • newFoursquare Debuts 'Super-Specific' Search Filters

    Foursquare Debuts 'Super-Specific' Search Filters

    Foursquare has refined its search capabilities to make it easier for users to look for particular venues.The location-based social network unveiled what it's calling "super-specific searches" for iOS and Android on Wednesday"With today's update ...…
    - 11 hours ago, 23 May 13, 2:57am -
  • newLinkedIn Has Definitely Acqui-Hired Maybe, Omar Hamoui's Polling Startup, Minus Hamoui Himself

    LinkedIn Has Definitely Acqui-Hired Maybe, Omar Hamoui's Polling Startup, Minus Hamoui Himself

    Fresh from closing its purchase of newsreading app Pulse, LinkedIn has made another acquisition to dive deeper into the mobile space. TechCrunch has found out, and confirmed, that the social network has aqui-hired Maybe, the social polling startup fo…
    - 19 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:39pm -
  • newTeens Getting Tired of Facebook Drama, Pew Survey Finds

    Teens Getting Tired of Facebook Drama, Pew Survey Finds

    Though Facebook is still the most popular social network among teens, their enthusiasm for Mark Zuckerberg's network is decreasing, according to new findings from the Pew Research Center.Pew reports that 77% of online teens (ages 12-17) surveyed us…
    - 20 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:39pm -
  • newTwitter Introduces Two-Step Authentication

    Twitter Introduces Two-Step Authentication

    Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to more securely protect accounts, the company announced Wednesday.The move comes after a number of hacks of high-profile Twitter accounts, including The Onion, the Associated Press and E! On…
    - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:38pm -
  • newTwitter Ups Web Security With Two-Factor Authentication Via SMS, But Shared Accounts May Still Be In Danger

    Twitter Ups Web Security With Two-Factor Authentication Via SMS, But Shared Accounts May Still Be In Danger

    After scores of accounts were potentially compromised a few months ago, Twitter today launched two-factor authentication through SMS to protect people from hacks and phishing scams on the web. Unfortunately, it may not help shared accounts like big b…
    - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:18pm -
  • newTwitter Introduces Charts By Genre And Popularity For Its #Music Service

    Twitter Introduces Charts By Genre And Popularity For Its #Music Service

    We've confirmed with Twitter that it has rolled out a new part of its #Music service for the web, charts that we were accustomed to from the company We Are Hunted, that it acquired and now powers the service.
    - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:16pm -
  • 14 Twitter Tips and Tricks for Power Users

    14 Twitter Tips and Tricks for Power Users

    Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from SMS-based status updates to one of the most popular social networks out there. The platform has more than 200 million active users, and odds are you're one of them — but are you using it to its fu…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 9:14am -
  • Urturn Raises $13.4M Series A, Led By Balderton, For Its Social Expressions Platform That Lets Teens Create Memes & Movements

    Urturn Raises $13.4M Series A, Led By Balderton, For Its Social Expressions Platform That Lets Teens Create Memes & Movements

    Urturn, the social expressions platform that soft-launched as stealthily as possible last year by intentionally hiding under a really boring name, is getting ready to turn the volume up to 11 to start seriously recruiting teens and trend-setters to i…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 7:00am -
  • When to Back Off the Social Media Baby Train

    When to Back Off the Social Media Baby Train

    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 5:22am -
  • Rando's 5M Anti-Social Photo Shares Could Be The Canary In The Social Networking Coalmine

    Rando's 5M Anti-Social Photo Shares Could Be The Canary In The Social Networking Coalmine

    Rando only launched in March but the anti-social photo-sharing app that deliberately eschews the standard social network clutter of likes and comments and connections -- simply letting users share random photos with random strangers and get random sn…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 4:29am -
  • What to Do When Social Media Drives You Crazy

    What to Do When Social Media Drives You Crazy

    Is Social Media Anxiety Disorder, known as SMAD, the newest affliction resulting from our love affair with Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites? Researchers have stopped short of actually classifying SMAD as a disorder, but it's…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 3:45am -
  • Google+ Unveils Redesign for Mobile Web

    Google+ Unveils Redesign for Mobile Web

    Less than a week after Google+ unveiled a redesign for desktop, the social network is also getting overhauled on the mobile web.In a post on its official G+ page Tuesday, the service said that posts now appear as "cards" in the stream, making them e…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 2:59am -
  • Why 'Dots' Is the Most Scarily Addictive Social Game Yet

    Why 'Dots' Is the Most Scarily Addictive Social Game Yet

    About 12 years ago, I happened to take my Palm Pilot (remember those?) to a friend's house. A friend of a friend asked if she could borrow it. Sure, I said. She proceeded to download a game called Bubblet, then curled up on the couch with it for the…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 8:01pm -
  • Producteev's Social Task Manager Now Free And Enterprise-Ready As It Preps For Full Jive Integration Later This Year

    Producteev's Social Task Manager Now Free And Enterprise-Ready As It Preps For Full Jive Integration Later This Year

    In November, Jive Software acquired Bay Area cloud-based, collaborative task manager, Producteev, to boost its social business platform. Going forward, as Alex wrote at the time, Salesforce.com and Jive will increasingly butt heads as they compete fo…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 6:28pm -
  • Xbox One Makes The Console Gaming Experience Less Lonely

    Xbox One Makes The Console Gaming Experience Less Lonely

    Gaming has evolved from single-player to head-to-head to massively multiplayer, but also retreated from public arcades to isolated homes. Today's launch of the Xbox One makes the whole console experience social, not just the gaming itself. You'll sti…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 4:03pm -
  • It's Time to Change Mashable's Twitter Profile Picture

    It's Time to Change Mashable's Twitter Profile Picture

    In July 2005, I created Mashable.com on a WordPress blog. In 2007, I created the @mashable Twitter account. In the beginning it was a feed of my personal thoughts and actions. Mainly, I was posting what I was having for lunch. But when I started sha…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 12:41pm -
  • Personal Profile Page Startup About.me Is Ready To Take Your Money With New Premium Service, Plans For Wefollow Integration

    Personal Profile Page Startup About.me Is Ready To Take Your Money With New Premium Service, Plans For Wefollow Integration

    About.me, the online identity platform that spun out from Aol* at the beginning of the year before acquiring the one-time Digg spinout Wefollow, is now lifting the curtains on its plans to generate revenue, with today’s debut of About.me Premium. V…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 11:59am -
  • Vine: 12 Ways to Make Your Videos Stand Out

    Vine: 12 Ways to Make Your Videos Stand Out

    You've had some fun with Vine, but now you want to get serious. Here are 12 tips to turn you into a Vine pro.With Vine, you have six seconds to really impress a viewer. Thankfully, six seconds is more than enough time to dazzle someone, tell a stor…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 11:30am -
  • Why Social Media Is the Front Line of Disaster Response

    Why Social Media Is the Front Line of Disaster Response

    Nearly one million people are affected by natural disasters each year. In the U.S. alone, some 400 people die from disasters that cost the economy $17.6 billion. Helping respond to these cataclysmic events, social media is now a go-to tool for those…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 11:15am -
  • TeamSnap Online Sports Management Platform Acquires Weplay For An Undisclosed Amount

    TeamSnap Online Sports Management Platform Acquires Weplay For An Undisclosed Amount

    TeamSnap, a company that provides tools for managing sports teams, has today announced that it is acquiring Weplay, a social networking site for athletes, parents and coaches to help facilitate coordination for events, games, practices, etc. The te…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 10:14am -
  • With $15M From Omidyar And 35M+ Users, Change.org Wants To Prove Socially-Minded Startups Can Attract Big Numbers

    With $15M From Omidyar And 35M+ Users, Change.org Wants To Prove Socially-Minded Startups Can Attract Big Numbers

    Change.org got its start in 2007 as a social network for non-profits. For years, growth was slow for the fledgling social action platform, but, over the last year, that changed dramatically. Change.org has grown from six million users in early 2012 t…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 9:59am -
  • Facebook Group Helps Tornado Victims Get Their Belongings Back

    Facebook Group Helps Tornado Victims Get Their Belongings Back

    A Facebook group is helping the victims of the massive Oklahoma tornado, which killed 51 people and left many homeless, get their belongings backOn its trail of destruction, the tornado has blown debris from houses — including people's personal be…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 2:42am -
  • 9 Social Marketing Metrics That Actually Matter

    9 Social Marketing Metrics That Actually Matter

    Even the most social-savvy business owners can get caught up in the numbers game: counting and recounting likes, followers, fans, retweets, shares. Not to say those numbers don't correlate to how well your business connects with customers online, but…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 12:59pm -
  • Advice for Clueless Brands on Social Media

    Advice for Clueless Brands on Social Media

    Dear Bob & Doug: We are husband-and-wife proprietors of an Arizona eatery I won’t name, but which rhymes with “Framy's Fraking Frompany Frakery Froutique & Fristro.” Craziest thing: We were having some trouble with staff who seemed to think tha…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 11:44am -
  • Pinterest Partners With Brands to Add Information to Pins

    Pinterest Partners With Brands to Add Information to Pins

    Pinterest just got an upgrade that could make it easier for users to gather information by navigating in its site. Instead of exclusively linking back to the original source, pins from certain brands will now display information such as recipes, movi…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 1:40am -
  • The 7 Habits of Serious Procrastinators

    The 7 Habits of Serious Procrastinators

    Procrastination is a serious business. In fact, procrastinators who are accomplished in their craft have a number of tools to help them — seven tools, to be exact, and counting.SEE ALSO: More Sunday ComicsIn this Sunday Comic, Maria Scrivan sho…
    - 4 days ago, 19 May 13, 10:30pm -
  • What Happens Once Yahoo Owns Tumblr?

    What Happens Once Yahoo Owns Tumblr?

    Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, it was reported earlier today. The initial reactions from many Tumblr users have ranged from skepticism to outright anger, as many fear the acquisition will change the cult…
    - 4 days ago, 19 May 13, 1:46pm -
  • Controversial Video Campaign Sparks Conversation and Other Top Comments

    Controversial Video Campaign Sparks Conversation and Other Top Comments

    There are two sides to every story, even a viral video.In the top comments above, we've highlighted our readers' reactions to the contentious campaign against Abercrombie and Fitch. After the company's CEO Mike Jeffries publicly stated that he "doe…
    - 5 days ago, 18 May 13, 4:30pm -
  • Watch the 6-Second 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Homemade Vine Trailer

    Watch the 6-Second 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Homemade Vine Trailer

    Low-budget recreations of movie trailers are nothing new. We've seen plenty on YouTube, but one Star Trek Into Darkness fan this week leveraged Twitter's six-second video service, Vine, in a crafty way to imitate the new film's trailerFrank Danna of…
    - 5 days ago, 18 May 13, 3:04pm -
  • 5 Things We'd Change About Facebook Mobile

    5 Things We'd Change About Facebook Mobile

    At the beginning of this year, Facebook overtook Google Maps as the most-used mobile app in the U.S. The social network giant also recently introduced a controversial new mobile interface, Facebook Home. Earlier this week, Home hit 1 million download…
    - 5 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:09pm -
  • 15 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

    15 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

    It has been another busy week as summer approaches, and everyone gets restless for the warm weather. If you've been too preoccupied soaking up some rays to check out the news, don't worry — we've got you covered.We at Mashable have rounded up the…
    - 5 days ago, 18 May 13, 10:32am -
  • Where to Find Mashable at Internet Week New York

    Where to Find Mashable at Internet Week New York

    For one week in May, 45,000 Internet professionals come together in NYC to celebrate Internet business and culture at more than 400 events for Internet Week New York 2013, from May 20 to 27Mashable is proud to be a media partner for this year’s eve…
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:43pm -
  • 5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week

    5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week

    Just think about how much smarter you'll be after watching this week's episode of Reddit Facts. In it, we'll learn about exploding pistachios, panda poop and Ryan Gosling's failure to become a Backstreet Boy.Don't forget to subscribe to Mashable's…
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 9:50am -
  • Is Marissa Mayer About to Buy Tumblr for $1 Billion?

    Is Marissa Mayer About to Buy Tumblr for $1 Billion?

    In a deal that would vault Yahoo into the premiere league of social media, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is said to be closing in on a $1 billion acquisition deal with David Karp, the CEO of New York-based TumblrDetails of the talks leaked out earlier Thu…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:02pm -
  • Yahoo Adds Twitter Content to News Stream

    Yahoo Adds Twitter Content to News Stream

    In a move that shows how Yahoo values what industry organizations, outlets and people are saying on Twitter, the company announced it will be integrating tweets into the news stream on Yahoo.com.CEO Marissa Mayer delivered the news in a blog post wh…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 1:38pm -
  • How to Make Social Media Day Official in Your City

    How to Make Social Media Day Official in Your City

    Social Media Day has become a full-fledged global movement since its launch in 2010. The event began with a few hundred Meetups and is now celebrated by thousands worldwideIt has been officially recognized by more than 20 cities, including San Jose,…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 11:09am -
  • 5 Security Tips for Facebook Mobile

    5 Security Tips for Facebook Mobile

    You are your Facebook account. Public or private, its contents define you in a professional, commercial and social nature. Your photos are keepsakes, and personal messages can be confidential exchanges. Either way, it's an identity you want to protec…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 6:55am -

Mobile

  • newSamsung Galaxy Admire 2 and Galaxy Discover joining Galaxy S4 at Cricket

    Samsung Galaxy Admire 2 and Galaxy Discover joining Galaxy S4 at Cricket

    Cricket is not only adding the Samsung Galaxy S4 to its portfolio, but also two other Android smartphones made by the Korean company – Galaxy Admire 2 and Galaxy Discover.The former is already available through US Cellular which is selling it unde…
    - 4 hours ago, 23 May 13, 9:36am -
  • newSamsung selling 4 GALAXY S4 units per second; New color versions coming in the summer

    Samsung selling 4 GALAXY S4 units per second; New color versions coming in the summer

    Samsung has officially announced that its Galaxy S4 has reached the 10 million units sold milestone, adding that the phone is estimated to be selling at a rate of four units per second. Yup, it sets a new record for the Korean company, generating sal…
    - 4 hours ago, 23 May 13, 9:35am -
  • newMid-range HTC Desire 600 with dual-SIM and quad-core CPU unveiled

    Mid-range HTC Desire 600 with dual-SIM and quad-core CPU unveiled

    HTC announced a new mid-range device, Desire 600, which promises to offer quite a bang for the buck. Unfortunately, price was not announced (all we have is “affordable price tag”) but we do have the full specs sheet: it will pack Qualcomm’s Sna…
    - 4 hours ago, 23 May 13, 9:32am -
  • newShazam Revamps Its iPad App For Second Screen Action, Can Now “AutoTag” In Background While You Watch TV

    Shazam Revamps Its iPad App For Second Screen Action, Can Now “AutoTag” In Background While You Watch TV

    Although the majority of Shazam‘s over 93 million U.S. users still use the app on their smartphones to identify, tag and share the songs they’re “hearing,” a growing chunk of that user base – around 10 million in the U.S. last year – has…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:59am -
  • newBlip Blup Is A Minimalist Mobile Puzzle Game That Lets You Play With Pulses Of Light

    Blip Blup Is A Minimalist Mobile Puzzle Game That Lets You Play With Pulses Of Light

    After the aesthetic elegance of Dots, prepare for another injection of minimalist puzzle game beauty. Blip Blup is the new game from London-based design house and app studio ustwo -- maker of Whale Trail, a mobile game that snagged an e-book deal, pl…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:21am -
  • newImagining the BlackBerry Z10′s successor

    Imagining the BlackBerry Z10′s successor

    While I like the new BlackBerry Z10, I found it have a too thick bezel around the display. In fact, at one time I had it home alongside the Sony Xperia T and found Sony’s phone only slightly bigger, despite having a 0.35-inch larger screen (4.55 vs…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:09am -
  • newBlackBerry Q5 video tour

    BlackBerry Q5 video tour

    The new BlackBerry Q5 could easily prove as the company’s most popular smartphone, helping the Canadian company reach customer segments which is now served by other vendors.When BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins officially announced the Q5, it failed…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:07am -
  • newMarvell PXA1088 LTE is a new Cortex-A7-based quad-core SoC with LTE support

    Marvell PXA1088 LTE is a new Cortex-A7-based quad-core SoC with LTE support

    Marvell is joining the “quad-core game” with a mass-market product that will compete in the mid-to-high end of the market. Its new PXA1088 LTE is touted as the industry’s first mass market quad-core 5-mode Category 4 LTE single-chip solution su…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:04am -
  • newSamsung Galaxy Win launching in India as Galaxy Grand Quattro

    Samsung Galaxy Win launching in India as Galaxy Grand Quattro

    Samsung Galaxy Win is coming to India. However, interested folks won’t be able to buy it under that name; rather the Korean company renamed it to Galaxy Grand Quattro. We’re not sure why the name change was needed but what do we know.Anyway, Sam…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:03am -
  • newKDDI’s HTC One variant rocks a microSD memory card slot

    KDDI’s HTC One variant rocks a microSD memory card slot

    So, the Chinese won’t be the only one getting the HTC One variant with a microSD card slot. Japan’s KDDI announced a similar device calling it HTC J One (model number HTL22) that also comes with support for microSD cards (of up to 64GB).Rest of…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:00am -
  • newJawfish Games Launches Its Real-Time, Multiplayer Platform For iOS, Android

    Jawfish Games Launches Its Real-Time, Multiplayer Platform For iOS, Android

    Jawfish Games, a Seattle-based startup run by a former professional poker player and the engineering team that built the Fult Tilt Poker site, launched a gaming platform that can host more than 100,000 simultaneous players in real-time tournaments ac…
    - 7 hours ago, 23 May 13, 6:00am -
  • newAmazon Takes Kindle Fire HD Tablets To 170 Countries As It Ramps Up Its Appstore To Nearly 200 Markets

    Amazon Takes Kindle Fire HD Tablets To 170 Countries As It Ramps Up Its Appstore To Nearly 200 Markets

    No, we still don't have any word from Amazon on where it stands with a smartphone, but it's definitely making its mobile ambitions clear anyway. Today, the e-commerce giant took two more steps in its strategy to scale up its Kindle Fire tablet busine…
    - 10 hours ago, 23 May 13, 3:37am -
  • newVerizon Samsung Galaxy S4 Available On Amazon For $179

    Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 Available On Amazon For $179

    Verizon customers have been given the short end of the stick lately. Not only have they been waiting patiently for the HTC One to come to the carrier, they are the last in the line of the major U.S. carriers to receive the Samsung Galaxy S4. And afte…
    - 17 hours ago, 22 May 13, 8:49pm -
  • newIngress 1.26 Update Brings Improved Notifications, Support for Jarvis Virus

    Ingress 1.26 Update Brings Improved Notifications, Support for Jarvis Virus

    Google has released an update for its awesome augmented reality game Ingress today. The new update brings the game up to version 1.26. Here’s what is new in the update:Portal health and faction control info on Portal Keys in the Inventory carouse…
    - 17 hours ago, 22 May 13, 8:21pm -
  • newCTIA-The Wireless Association Touts 2013 E-Tech Award Winners

    CTIA-The Wireless Association Touts 2013 E-Tech Award Winners

    On Wednesday, CTIA–The Wireless Association, announced the winners for the 2013 Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards. The eighth annual awards ceremony was held at the Las Vegas Sands Expo & Convention Center. Once again, the awards gala honored the…
    - 18 hours ago, 22 May 13, 7:43pm -
  • newLinkedIn Has Definitely Acqui-Hired Maybe, Omar Hamoui's Polling Startup, Minus Hamoui Himself

    LinkedIn Has Definitely Acqui-Hired Maybe, Omar Hamoui's Polling Startup, Minus Hamoui Himself

    Fresh from closing its purchase of newsreading app Pulse, LinkedIn has made another acquisition to dive deeper into the mobile space. TechCrunch has found out, and confirmed, that the social network has aqui-hired Maybe, the social polling startup fo…
    - 19 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:39pm -
  • newGiftCards.com Agrees To Buy Giftly To Grow A Mobile Platform

    GiftCards.com Agrees To Buy Giftly To Grow A Mobile Platform

    GiftCards.com, a Pittsburgh-based company that has been around for more than a decade and has sold 5 million gift cards, agreed to buy San Francisco startup Giftly to grow out a mobile platform. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Giftly h…
    - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:19pm -
  • newAT&T Says You Can Use Any Video Streaming App You Want... Just As Soon As It Can Get The Meter Running

    AT&T Says You Can Use Any Video Streaming App You Want... Just As Soon As It Can Get The Meter Running

    AT&T isn't going to let something like "net neutrality" slow it down from shaking every spare cent out of its customer base. (Source: I'm a customer. Also: see these.) Beginning last year with its blocking of Apple's Facetime app (exempting customer…
    - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:17pm -
  • newWebalo Teams with Citrix for ‘Out-of-the-Box’ Enterprise Apps

    Webalo Teams with Citrix for ‘Out-of-the-Box’ Enterprise Apps

    On Tuesday, Webalo announced a new partnership with Citrix to provide “out-of-the-box” enterprise mobile apps that “seamlessly integrate into the Citrix XenMobile infrastructure.” So far, the announcement is generating a fair amount of buzz f…
    - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:04pm -
  • newAdobe Acqui-hires Thumb Labs To Make Mobile Apps For Behance And Its New Creative Cloud

    Adobe Acqui-hires Thumb Labs To Make Mobile Apps For Behance And Its New Creative Cloud

    Another step for Adobe in its bid to become the go-to place in the cloud for those working in design and other creative industries: it is acquiring Thumb Labs, a bootstrapped, New York-based mobile app design agency. Jared Verdi, one of the co-founde…
    - 23 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:58pm -
  • newDeeplink.me Lets Mobile Users Navigate Through A “Web” Of Apps

    Deeplink.me Lets Mobile Users Navigate Through A “Web” Of Apps

    Have you ever wished that you could navigate through the apps on the phone as easy as clicking links on the web? Such a thing may now become a real possibility thanks to a new service from Cellogic, called Deeplink.me. In a nutshell, it’s a bit.ly…
    - 23 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:40pm -
  • newWalmart Says Mobile Key to Smart Shopping, Bigger Revenue

    Walmart Says Mobile Key to Smart Shopping, Bigger Revenue

    Gibu Thomas, head of mobile for Walmart, says the concept of “smart shopping” will be driven by mobile technology. “The future of retail is the history of retailing,” Thomas said during a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless trade show today.…
    - 23 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:19pm -
  • newMade For The World. Built And Designed In China.

    Made For The World. Built And Designed In China.

    For years, the iPhone has carried a small etching on the back that says ‘Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.’ It’s fueled the stereotype that China is the world’s factory, but hasn’t had a flexible enough education system t…
    - 24 hours ago, 22 May 13, 1:48pm -
  • Foursquare Introduces ‘Super-Specific' Search And Filter Options For iOS And Android To Help You Find New Venues

    Foursquare Introduces ‘Super-Specific' Search And Filter Options For iOS And Android To Help You Find New Venues

    As Foursquare evolves, it wants to help you find either new places to check out or lead you to places where your friends have already been. Mixed in with that is recommendation technology to show you places that you might be interested in based on wh…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 12:18pm -
  • Artkive Turns Your Kids' Artwork (And More) Into Printed Books

    Artkive Turns Your Kids' Artwork (And More) Into Printed Books

    Artkive, an app designed to eliminate the overwhelming guilt you get tossing your children’s brilliant artwork into the garbage, now has another purpose, too: you can order printed out books of their creations. Instead of just hiding the child’s…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 10:24am -
  • Urturn Raises $13.4M Series A, Led By Balderton, For Its Social Expressions Platform That Lets Teens Create Memes & Movements

    Urturn Raises $13.4M Series A, Led By Balderton, For Its Social Expressions Platform That Lets Teens Create Memes & Movements

    Urturn, the social expressions platform that soft-launched as stealthily as possible last year by intentionally hiding under a really boring name, is getting ready to turn the volume up to 11 to start seriously recruiting teens and trend-setters to i…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 7:00am -
  • SumUp, One Of Europe's Many Mobile Payments Startups, Launches In Russia - Now Operating In 11 Markets

    SumUp, One Of Europe's Many Mobile Payments Startups, Launches In Russia - Now Operating In 11 Markets

    SumUp, one of the myriad European Square-style mobile card reader startups, has expanded its coverage footprint by rolling into an 11th European market: Russia. SumUp is now operational in the U.K., Germany, Ireland, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain,…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 5:32am -
  • A smoother Drive app for Android

    A smoother Drive app for Android

    (cross-posted to the Google Drive Blog)The process of creating and accessing your stuff shouldn’t be, well...a process. Today, the Drive app for Android is getting several improvements to make creating and accessing your stuff on-the-go even…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 5:19am -
  • Aiming To Be The Mobile Banking App To Rule Them All, Numbrs Stashes $7.7M Of Fresh Funding

    Aiming To Be The Mobile Banking App To Rule Them All, Numbrs Stashes $7.7M Of Fresh Funding

    Chalk this up as one to watch closely in the world of consumer fintech. Numbrs, a mobile-first banking app founded out of Swiss company builder Centralway, has raised 7.5 million Swiss francs (~$7.7 million) from its parent, capital it will use to bu…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 4:30am -
  • The Saturday Evening Post Finally Comes To iOS, With Help From Yudu

    The Saturday Evening Post Finally Comes To iOS, With Help From Yudu

    The Saturday Evening Post has a prominent spot in the history of American magazines. It's where artist Norman Rockwell made a name for himself, and it has published classic American authors like Edgar Allan Poe and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But if you had…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 9:14pm -
  • OK Go's Damian Kulash Explains Why His Band Built Its Own Mobile Game

    OK Go's Damian Kulash Explains Why His Band Built Its Own Mobile Game

    OK Go (the band behind hit music videos like "This Too Shall Pass" and "Here It Goes Again") launched its very own game for iOS and Android earlier this month.Titled Say The Same Thing, you play the game with one of your friends or with a randomly…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 7:42pm -
  • Opera 14 for Android released
    The new WebKit Opera for Android has been released. "Opera 14 for Android is built on top of Chromium 26, with a total overhaul of the UI in native code, making it fit well with the latest Android design guidelines. Go get the build from Google Play…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 11:53am -
  • EA Sports developer calls Wii U 'crap'
    "At the end of a week in which Electronic Arts confirmed it wasn't developing a thing for the Wii U, one of the software engineers in EA Sports' Canada studio, in a series of since-deleted tweets, disparaged the console as 'crap' and suggested Ninten…
    - 5 days ago, 18 May 13, 5:06pm -
  • Android@I/O: Just press Play

    Android@I/O: Just press Play

    As our developer audience knows, Android is more than simply a phone or tablet. It’s a platform, an ecosystem, and an opportunity for developers around the world to build exciting services and apps that reach millions of people every day. The flexi…
    - 8 days ago, 15 May 13, 6:28am -
  • A fresh new look for Google Play

    A fresh new look for Google Play

    Whether you’re in the mood to listen to Justin Timberlake’s new album, read Harlan Coben’s latest bestseller or discover a new game to play, you want the experience of finding and making your purchase to be quick and easy. Today we’ve started…
    - 44 days ago, 9 Apr 13, 4:00am -
  • Get inside your favorite movies with Google Play

    Get inside your favorite movies with Google Play

    “What’s his name again? Wasn’t he the guy in that movie with the battle of the bands?” Now, while you're watching a movie on Google Play, you can find out that it’s Jack Black (of course!), who was born in Hermosa Beach and is 43 years old.…
    - 57 days ago, 27 Mar 13, 7:32am -
  • The World’s Languages in Your Pocket (No Internet Required)

    The World’s Languages in Your Pocket (No Internet Required)

    Have you ever found yourself in a foreign country, wishing you knew how to say "I'm lost!" or "I'm allergic to peanuts”? The Internet and services like Google Translate can help—but what if you don't have a connection? Today we're launching…
    - 57 days ago, 27 Mar 13, 6:49am -
  • Google Keep--Save what’s on your mind

    Google Keep--Save what’s on your mind

    Every day we all see, hear or think of things we need to remember. Usually we grab a pad of sticky-notes, scribble a reminder and put it on the desk, the fridge or the relevant page of a magazine. Unfortunately, if you’re like me you probably often…
    - 64 days ago, 20 Mar 13, 9:25am -
  • Celebrating Google Play’s first birthday

    Celebrating Google Play’s first birthday

    Accessing digital entertainment should be simple, whether you like toread books on your tablet, listen to music on your phone and computer,or watch movies on all three. That’s why one year ago today we launchedGoogle Play, where you can find and…
    - 78 days ago, 6 Mar 13, 8:01am -
  • New Google Now: More of the information you need, at just the right time.

    New Google Now: More of the information you need, at just the right time.

    When computers do the hard work, you can get on with the things that matter in life. Google Now helps you do just that, giving you the information you need, before you even have to ask. Like updating you with flight times, pulling up your boarding pa…
    - 99 days ago, 13 Feb 13, 7:30am -
  • Introducing Magazines on Google Play for the UK

    Introducing Magazines on Google Play for the UK

    Following hot on the heels of the recent launch of music on Google Play in the UK, we’re pleased to announce that from today, you’ll also be able to buy digital versions of your favourite magazines for reading on the go.Popular titles from som…
    - 13 Dec 12, 5:42am -
  • Sound Search for Google Play widget, now available on Google Play

    Sound Search for Google Play widget, now available on Google Play

    “What's this song?” Starting today, the Sound Search for Google Play widget is available to download from the Play store, so you can start identifying music playing around you, directly from your Android device’s homescreen. Sometimes, yo…
    - 12 Dec 12, 9:52am -
  • New in Google Currents: Scan through your favorite categories, editions and breaking news

    New in Google Currents: Scan through your favorite categories, editions and breaking news

    Keeping up on the news out there can be overwhelming. That's where Google Currents comes in—an app that allows you to discover, share and read your favorite news outlets, blogs and online magazines (what we together refer to as “editions”) on y…
    - 12 Dec 12, 6:22am -
  • New Google Now: the perfect travel companion for the holidays

    New Google Now: the perfect travel companion for the holidays

    Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen! For Santa’s holiday travel this season, Google Now is just the prescription.As you head off this holiday season, the latest update to Google Now makes…
    - 5 Dec 12, 7:28am -
  • Edit spreadsheets on the go with the Drive mobile app

    Edit spreadsheets on the go with the Drive mobile app

    You’re making your list, you’re checking it twice -- and now you can do it from anywhere.Just in time for this year’s holiday season, you can edit Google Sheets on your mobile device, just like you can with Google Docs. From the Drive app on…
    - 28 Nov 12, 5:57am -
  • Google Shopper 3.0 - New features to help with your holiday shopping

    Google Shopper 3.0 - New features to help with your holiday shopping

    As you hit the mall this holiday season, chances are you’ll be accompanied by a reliable personal shopping companion: your mobile phone. Four out of five mobile phone and tablet owners plan to use their device for holiday shopping - for comparing p…
    - 9 Nov 12, 4:02am -
  • Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

    Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

    People increasingly have more than one device, and they switch betweenthem many times a day. Nexus—Google’s hardware line for Androiddevices—gets rid of the hassle. Just sign in with your Google Accountand everything is there ready to go,…
    - 29 Oct 12, 5:24am -
  • Bringing Google Calendar to the Play Store

    Bringing Google Calendar to the Play Store

    Posted by Michael Chan, Tech LeadPreviously available only on select Android devices like Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, you can now download the official Google Calendar app for Android from Google Play. Google Calendar makes it easy for you to manage…
    - 17 Oct 12, 12:17pm -
  • Google Play hits 25 billion downloads

    Google Play hits 25 billion downloads

    Whether you’re looking for directions, checking email or sharing a picture with friends, apps are now an indispensable part of life. And if you’re using Android, it all starts with Google Play, home to 675,000 apps and games. That’s a lot of ch…
    - 26 Sep 12, 12:00am -
  • Turning the page with a new Google Play Books app for Android

    Turning the page with a new Google Play Books app for Android

    Google Play Books enables you to read more than 4 million books on the go, and it's available in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Korea and Japan. Today we’re bringing new features to the Books app to help you better expl…
    - 24 Sep 12, 11:16am -

Gadgets

  • newRhapsody announces new iPhone app, redesigned from the ground up

    Rhapsody announces new iPhone app, redesigned from the ground up

    Not to be outdone by some of its music-streaming counterparts, Rhapsody's releasing a revamped version of its iPhone app today. Taking on a newly minted look, the service promises this version will make it simpler for subscribers to access and mana…
    - 40 mins ago, 23 May 13, 12:49pm -
  • newDarkmatter flaunts its Xbox 360 laptop Kickstarter project at Maker Faire

    Darkmatter flaunts its Xbox 360 laptop Kickstarter project at Maker Faire

    Darkmatter's portable open source Xbox 360 project may have hit Kickstarter with bad timing, but it looks to be drawing crowds all the same. The laptop-like console is available in fully finished or kit form for the Xbox 360, thanks to a 3D-printed…
    - 51 mins ago, 23 May 13, 12:38pm -
  • newHow Do a Building's Guts Help It Weather a Tornado?

    How Do a Building's Guts Help It Weather a Tornado?

    When a big funnel of destruction touches down, it puts everything that's about ground in instant trouble. But exactly how much trouble actually depends a lot on construction, and not just things like structural reinforcement: pretty standard, inheren…
    - 1 hour ago, 23 May 13, 12:26pm -

Howto Videos

How to enable reversed (normal) scrolling on Microsoft SurfaceHow to enable reversed (normal) scrolling on Microsoft Surface
How to enable reversed (normal) scrolling on Microsoft Surface
Retweet: http://clicktotweet.com/9bRZGName: How to enable reverse scrolling on Microsoft SurfaceDescription: A video tutorial that shows you how to enable reversed (normal) scrolling on Surface with Windows RT.Tutorial: http://www.shinysurface.c…
- 24 Nov 12, 10:57pm -
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Tips & TricksAndroid 4.2 Jelly Bean Tips & Tricks
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Tips & Tricks
Article: http://www.phonebuff.com/2013/02/10-tips-tricks-android-4-2-jelly-bean/I go over 10 tips and tricks on Android 4.2 in this video. Now, some of these tips actually come from Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or even Ice Cream Sandwich, but I went over…
- 21 Nov 12, 1:29pm -
Android 4.2 on Nexus 7 (First Look/ Hands On)Android 4.2 on Nexus 7 (First Look/ Hands On)
Android 4.2 on Nexus 7 (First Look/ Hands On)
Be sure to share this video on Twitter and like it on Facebook!Thanks for watching! Nexus 7: http://goo.gl/llqMS4.2 Download: http://goo.gl/rkEuQContact Me: http://goo.gl/sQt1cTwitter: http://goo.gl/WFYdhGoogle+: http://goo.gl/g1duLTAGSAn…
- 13 Nov 12, 4:19pm -
How to copy the Surface's recovery partition to a USB flash driveHow to copy the Surface's recovery partition to a USB flash drive
How to copy the Surface's recovery partition to a USB flash drive
Retweet: http://clicktotweet.com/ZHcN8Name: How to copy the Surface's recovery partition to a USB flash driveDescription: This video details how to backup the Surface's built in recovery partition to an external USB flash drive. Not only is this u…
- 13 Nov 12, 10:46am -
The Android Central Nexus 4 review walkthroughThe Android Central Nexus 4 review walkthrough
The Android Central Nexus 4 review walkthrough
Phil takes a spin around the Google Nexus 4 by LG, and a few of the new features in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Read our full review here: http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-nexus-4-review
- 7 Nov 12, 8:07am -
Prizefight - iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7Prizefight - iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7
Prizefight - iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7
http://cnet.co/RfjhZCThe 7-inch tablet wars bring our biggest throwdown showdown yet. It's Apple's iPad Mini versus Google's Nexus 7. Who will be crowned king of the ring? Watch to find out!
- 6 Nov 12, 7:53pm -
iPad mini versus the Google Nexus 7iPad mini versus the Google Nexus 7
iPad mini versus the Google Nexus 7
Phil takes a look at the iPad mini alongside the Nexus 7 Android tablet.
- 2 Nov 12, 12:40pm -
Video hands-on with Google's new $249 ChromebookVideo hands-on with Google's new $249 Chromebook
Video hands-on with Google's new $249 Chromebook
Google's newest Chromebook, made by Samsung, only costs $249 and offers the same general performance of ChromeOS is a smaller, lighter package. How'd they do it? This model uses the same chip type that powers smartphones and tablets. Take a look at m…
- 18 Oct 12, 1:44pm -
Windows 8 Survival Guide Part 1Windows 8 Survival Guide Part 1
Windows 8 Survival Guide Part 1
Own the 8bit music: http://zweihander.bandcamp.com/http://teksyndicate.com/videos/windows-8-survival-guide-part-1 This video should get your started with Windows 8 (on a desktop computer). The first half of the video covers basics (mostly) and we g…
- 19 Aug 12, 11:25pm -
MicroNugget: Windows 8 Enhancement to Windows ExplorerMicroNugget: Windows 8 Enhancement to Windows Explorer
MicroNugget: Windows 8 Enhancement to Windows Explorer
In this MicroNugget, CBT Nuggets trainer Tim Warner discusses Windows 8 and the new functions to Windows Explorer. Tim will talk about Windows 8 ribbon interface, better handling of file collisions, and disk image mounting. Want to request a MicroN…
- 9 Jul 12, 10:56am -
Samsung Galaxy S3 Tips & TricksSamsung Galaxy S3 Tips & Tricks
Samsung Galaxy S3 Tips & Tricks
A video walkthough filled with some of the must know tips and tricks for the Samsung Galaxy S3. A written guide with screenshots is available here - http://thehandheldblog.com/2012/06/12/galaxy-s3-tips-tricks/Find me on Twitter - http://twitter.co…
- 10 Jun 12, 6:06pm -
Zorin OS 6 Review - Still One Of The BestZorin OS 6 Review - Still One Of The Best
Zorin OS 6 Review - Still One Of The Best
One year later...one year better. http://zorin-os.com/http://totalostoday.blogspot.com/http://www.toscastspodcasts.blogspot.com/
- 23 May 12, 9:46pm -

Open Source

  • newReport: Android-related Projects Far Outpace iOS Projects
    The creation of new Android-related open source projects picked up in a big way in 2012, radically outpacing new iOS projects, according to data released by Black Duck Software. Black Duck manages and secures implementations of open source software,…
    - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:56am -
  • newMeet Pidora: A Custom Version of Fedora for Raspberry Pi
    As the diminutive $25/$35 Linux-based Raspberry Pi devices continue to contribute to imaginative applications, they're also emerging as shining examples of new ways Linux can be deployed. Tinkerers have already put all flavors of Linux on the devices…
    - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:43am -
  • newA Look Inside Tumblr's Architecture
    Yahoo recently purchased Tumblr for a cool $1.1 billion. Tumblr pushes some surprisingly high numbers through their service, so aninside look at the architecture that Yahoo bought is well worth the read. The portion I found most interesting are the d…
    - 14 hours ago, 22 May 13, 11:56pm -
  • newKDE 4.11 to be Long Term Release
    It was just last week we looked at some of the proposed features for upcoming KDE 4.11 as it neared soft feature freeze. Well, today some new information about KDE 4.11 came to light. Aaron Seigo said today that 4.11 would be a "long term release." A…
    - 14 hours ago, 22 May 13, 11:23pm -
  • newThe best new WIMP desktop today: Linux Mint 15 (Gallery)
    If you want an old-style, hard-working, windows, icons, menus, and pointer desktop, then what you want is Linux Mint 15.
    - 23 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:43pm -
  • newMint 15: Today's best Linux desktop (Review)
    Mint isn't just an outstanding Linux desktop, it's the best new desktop operating system of any kind available now.
    - 23 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:33pm -
  • Version 2.5 of Moodle Online Learning Platform Arrives
    In the growing world of online learning, Moodle has carved out a niche for itself. Moodle is a free, open source course management and webinar-production platform that we've written about many times on the OStatic blog. It provides a reat way to reac…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 11:01am -
  • It's Easier Than Ever to Slap Your Favorite Linux Distro Onto a Chromebook
    If you've been in the market for a portable computer, you may very well have considered buying a Chromebook. And, if you favor a particular Linux distro, perhaps Ubuntu or Mint, you may be interested in buying a $200 or $250 Chromebook only to put yo…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 10:48am -
  • When will R. Daneel Olivaw arrive?
    R. Daneel Olivaw is a character in several novels by what I consider the greatest science fiction writer of all time, Isaac Asimov. Daneel is not human, it is not even living but is intelligent. The R in it's name stands for Robot. This robot, Daneel…
    - 2 days ago, 22 May 13, 12:47am -
  • OpenMandriva Picks Name, Releases Alpha
    While the rest of Linuxdom was reading of the Debian 7.0 and Mageia 3 releases, the OpenMandriva gang have been hard at it trying to get their new distribution some attention. The OpenMandriva name was made official and an alpha was released into the…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 11:50pm -
  • Dell Changes Up OpenStack Cloud Plans
    In a major announcement from Dell yesterday, the company announced that its public cloud ecosystem and strategy will be centered on partners Joyent, ScaleMatrix and ZeroLag, and will emphasize recent acquisition Enstratius. The announcement represent…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 11:03am -
  • Raspberry Pis Chained Together Provide Massive Computing Muscle
    As we've covered before, when it comes to the top open source stories of the last 12 months, it's clear that one of the biggest is the proliferation of tiny, inexpensive Linux-based computers at some of the smallest form factors ever seen. The Linux-…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 10:47am -
  • Maintain A Local Repo
    NextStep4it has a nice little tutorial on setting up a local CentOS yum mirror using reposync. Maintaining a local mirror has several benefits, and is a recommended practice for maintaining even modest number of servers. Pointing all your updates at…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 10:23pm -
  • Chromium May Become Default Ubuntu Browser in Version 13.10
    Ever since 2005, Ubuntu has delivered Mozilla's Firefox browser as its default browser, which has made millions of Ubuntu users loyal users of Firefox. But Firefox is hardly the only browser choice that Ubuntu users have. If you've tried Chromium--th…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 11:37am -
  • Samsung Calls Out Developers with $800,000 Galaxy S4 App Challenge
    If you've been following recent market share numbers for smartphones and mobile operating systems, then you know that Samsung has achieved a dominant position with its Android phones, and especially the Galaxy line of phones. Now, Samsung has launche…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 10:51am -
  • Mageia 3 Released with Steamy Goodness
    The third official release of, the popular Mandriva fork, Mageia is now available. After months of delays and a mountain of challenges, Patricia Fraser said, "We still can't believe how much fun it is to make Mageia together, and we've been doing it…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 7:51am -
  • openSUSE 13.1 Off to the Races
    The development cycle of openSUSE 13.1, codenamed "Bottle," was officially kicked off today when Andres Silva announced Milestone 1. He said, "As early version, it is expected that this Milestone is not fully functional or very stable. The most promi…
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 11:23pm -
  • Mozilla Needs More Time Before Blocking Third-Party Cookies By Default
    After much public discussion of the issue, Mozilla has decided to postpone blocking of third-party cookies by default in the next version of Firefox. As noted in this post, the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) had raised a major stink over the issue…
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 11:00am -
  • Is Patenting Open Source Software The New Normal?
    In an interesting new Outercurve Foundation blog post from Penn State professor Clark Asay, he discusses "the tactic of patenting open source software to guard against patent trolls and the weaponization of corporate patent portfolios...gaining momen…
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 10:46am -
  • Google's open video proposal closes door on software freedom
    In case the news from Google I/O this week left you feeling Google can do no wrong, there's a story no one is writing about that lread more
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Linux Mint 15 Most Ambitious Release Ever
    Clement Lefebvre, Mint founder and lead, recently announced the public release of Linux Mint 15 Release Candidate. Mint 15 brings lots of fixes, two new tools, and several new features. In fact, Clem said, "Linux Mint 15 is the most ambitious release…
    - 7 days ago, 17 May 13, 1:24am -
  • Critical Linux Exploit In The Wild
    If you run servers that provide shell accounts, it’s time to take some preventive measures. At least it is if you are running kernel versions 2.6.37 to 3.8.8, or if you are running RHEL 6 or a clone like CentOS, then the bug was backported to 2.6.3…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:24pm -
  • The Beginner's Guide to Inkscape
    In the open source community focused on graphics tools, GIMP gets a great deal of attention, and there are many free online resources available for it, but if you're in search of an open source  illustration tool that can compete with Adobe Illustra…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:04pm -
  • Google Touts Big Share for Chrome, and New Voice Search Plans
    At this week's Google I/O conference, Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome, announced that Chrome has reached the milestone of 750 million monthly users. This number is being misinterpreted by some to mean that 750 million people are using…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:51am -
  • Too much wizz bang for your buck.
    Money doesn't grow on trees, we all know that. Although, in many countries, money is made from trees, the others use the remains of dead animals which are millions of years old. Where ever it comes from, money is much harder to come by than it is to…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:51am -
  • KDE 4.11 Beginning to Take Shape
    It's been just a week since KDE 4.10.3 was announced, but 4.11 is already reaching its first milestone freeze. TSDgeos reminded developers today that the 4.11 Soft Feature Freeze happens in just one more week. What does that mean for users? Soft feat…
    - 8 days ago, 15 May 13, 10:00pm -
  • The New Yorker's Strongbox Anonymity Application Has Some Notable Roots
    The late web activist Aaron Swartz was famous for a number of things, but not everybody realizes that he created an anonymous electronic tip box application at the request of Wired magazine's Kevin Poulsen. In fact, you can read Poulsen's account of…
    - 8 days ago, 15 May 13, 11:08am -
  • Firefox 21 Arrives, Featuring Health Reports, More Social Features
    Version 21 of Mozilla's Firefox browser is out for Windows, the Mac, Linux and Android. You can download the standard browser here, and get Firefox for Android here. If you're already a Firefox user, you should be automatically upgraded. There are qu…
    - 8 days ago, 15 May 13, 10:50am -
  • Antergos Erases Cinnarch with Inaugural Release
    It was just little over a month ago that the Linux community learned that Cinnarch developers were giving up on using Cinnamon as their default desktop because Mint was "1 year behind with upstream code." With that a name-change would also be needed…
    - 9 days ago, 14 May 13, 11:10pm -
  • Unix Architecture Showing it's Age
    High Scalability has a fascinating article up that summarizes a talk by Robert Graham of Errata Security, summarizing the development choices needed to support 10 million concurrent connections on a single server. From a small data center perspective…
    - 9 days ago, 14 May 13, 3:54pm -
  • Debian Linux now Google Compute Engine's default OS
    Want to run Linux on the Google Computer Engine cloud? Starting immediately, Debian Linux is Google's Linux of choice.
    - 10 days ago, 13 May 13, 11:55pm -
  • Anonymous MSFT developer admits Linux is faster than Windows
    This shouldn't come as any great surprise, but Linux is faster than Windows, and at least one anonymous Microsoft developer is willing to admit it and explain why that's the case.
    - 11 days ago, 12 May 13, 9:48pm -
  • What is the best mobile operating system?
    There have been many soap box paundits claiming that the desktop is dead, the sky is falling and microsoft is going out of business. These sort of claims often seem quite unbelievable although some people do like the sound of them. To be truthful,…
    - 11 days ago, 12 May 13, 7:37am -
  • Ubuntu working on new Linux application installer
    Does Linux really need another application packaging and installment system? Ubuntu will be adding another one for its Ubuntu Touch smartphones and tablets.
    - 13 days ago, 10 May 13, 2:57pm -
  • Here's to 20 years of the Web -- may it stay open and free
    Today's business models typically focus on gaining leverage with a large group of people, from software developers to end-users.read more
    - 13 days ago, 10 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Microsoft's most profitable mobile operating system: Android
    Microsoft has had trouble getting people to use its Windows Phone operating systems, however, it might make as much as $3.4 billion on Android phones.
    - 15 days ago, 8 May 13, 10:43pm -
  • Barnes & Noble updated Nook HD Android tablets (gallery)
    See if for yourself: With one major software update, the Barnes & Noble HD e-reader has been transformed into an excellent, low-end Android tablet.
    - 16 days ago, 8 May 13, 12:14am -
  • New software upgrade turns Nook HD into a good Android tablet (Review)
    The recent Google app store software update has turned Barnes & Noble's HD e-reader into a good, low-end Android tablet.
    - 16 days ago, 7 May 13, 11:58pm -
  • Is there anything Linux cannot do?
    I just read recently that Linux is replacing windows for the laptops at the International Space Station. The reasons for this, NASA states, is due to the operating systems reliability and ability to be customised. This caused me to think. Is there an…
    - 16 days ago, 7 May 13, 11:14pm -
  • To the space station and beyond with Linux
    The International Space Station's laptops are moving from Windows to Linux, and R2, the first Linux-powered humanoid robot in space, is now under-going in-flight testing.
    - 17 days ago, 7 May 13, 12:25am -
  • The new Debian Linux 7.0 is now available
    After two years of waiting, Debian Linux, one of the most important core Linux distributions, has a new release: Wheezy.
    - 18 days ago, 5 May 13, 8:34pm -
  • Iron Penguin: First open-source "Iron Man" suit within reach?
    Building on the ground-breaking work of billionaire genius Tony Stark, the first Linux-powered Iron Man suits may soon be within the reach of homebrew builders.
    - 18 days ago, 5 May 13, 2:55am -
  • Barnes & Noble turns its Nook HD line into full-powered Android tablets
    Barnes & Noble seeks to revitalize its Android-powered Nook tablet line over arch-rival Amazon's Kindle tablets by adding Google Play and full Android app support.
    - 20 days ago, 3 May 13, 8:20pm -
  • The Linux desktop is already the new normal
    A debate is smoldering yet again in the Linux community as prominent figures debate whether it's time to give up hopread more
    - 20 days ago, 3 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Red Hat's Gluster community adds new open-source projects
    Red Hat's Gluster open-source community has been all about its namesake, the GlusterFS, but now it's expanding to cover other open-source, software-defined storage technologies.
    - 21 days ago, 2 May 13, 3:40pm -
  • Google Glass's Android code now available
    Ready to start programming for Google Glass? The tools are out there. While only a handful of Google Glasses are out, Google quietly released its Android-based core kernel code.
    - 24 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 5:50am -
  • Oracle's closed approach keeps Java at risk
    Java security updates continue to flow like water.read more
    - 27 days ago, 26 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • Ubuntu 13.04: The Linux desktop for everyone (gallery)
    Linux power users may not love Ubuntu, but everyone else can.
    - 28 days ago, 25 Apr 13, 8:17pm -
  • Ubuntu 13.04 Review: Linux for the average Joe or Jane
    Hard core Linux fans won't care for it, but for the average user the new Ubuntu desktop Linux has a lot to offer.
    - 28 days ago, 25 Apr 13, 7:18pm -
  • Will there ever be a perfect operating system?
    When computers were first developed there was no such thing as an operating system. Programs were written, shoved into the computers guts and that was all the computer ran. Access to hardware devices was handled within the program itself and the idea…
    - 29 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 3:32am -
  • Look out, Oracle: SkySQL and MariaDB join forces
    Oracle's MySQL may be the most well-known open-source DBMS, but now, MySQL's creators are together again with the merger of MariaDB and SkySQL.
    - 30 days ago, 23 Apr 13, 7:50pm -
  • Ubuntu Touch betas are ready for testing
    Ubuntu Touch, the version of the Linux operating system for smartphones and tablets, is now available.
    - 34 days ago, 19 Apr 13, 7:34pm -
  • Forming a software foundation? Think again
    As an open source project gathers momentum and the possibility of corporate engagement beckons, developers can frequently be heard saying they need to start a foundation for their project.read more
    - 34 days ago, 19 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • Open source software moves into all businesses
    A Black Duck survey and the Linux Collaboration Summit both show that open-source software and the open-source method are moving well beyond where you think they live, and into all businesses.
    - 35 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 6:55pm -
  • Why are tablets so popular?
    Tablets are a good thing I have heard. It seems that every man, woman, child and dog has one, except for me :( I have also recently read stories about the downfall of the PC due to everyone moving over to tablets. Is this true? Do people find their c…
    - 36 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 12:00am -
  • 2014: The year of the Linux car?
    You read that right: Not the year of the Linux desktop, the year of the Linux car. Major automotive companies are investing in making Linux their cars' operating system of choice.
    - 37 days ago, 16 Apr 13, 10:40pm -
  • Defend your business from patent attacks
    The patent wars are in full swing.read more
    - 41 days ago, 12 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • Signal me and I'll slot you in
    There is a need in many program languages to respond to asyncronous events. In other words things happen out of order, just like in my life where my money is spent before I earn it :) Usually these sort of events are handled by what is called an e…
    - 42 days ago, 11 Apr 13, 2:30am -

Security

  • newSaudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus
    The total number of deaths in the kingdom is now at 17.
    - 5 hours ago, 23 May 13, 8:11am -
  • new4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national sec…
    - 15 hours ago, 22 May 13, 10:45pm -
  • newHeffernan: Latest tax dodge dulls Apple's luster
    Even teens who once craved iPhones are turning on the company.
    - 20 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:16pm -
  • newAmid Threats From Anonymous, Guantanamo WiFi Shut Down
    Despite cries from the Left, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is still up and running. The same, however, can't be said for Guantanamo's WiFi. The U.S. military turned off wireless Internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base amid threats from…
    - 23 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:22pm -
  • Google Releases Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93
    Original release date: May 22, 2013Google has released Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service con…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 10:04am -
  • The Real Cost of a Data Breach is Your Reputation
    Verizon recently published its annual Data Breach Investigations Report for 2013. There are a lot fascinating findings in this year's edition, enough to inspire numerous blog articles.
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 9:23am -
  • SSL 101: How Do I Get a Secured Connection?
    The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) allows you to communicate over the Internet with a secure and encrypted connection. SSL is probably most associated with web sites and email, but it can be used with almost any Internet service.
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 10:56am -
  • Chinese Army Ends 3-Month Hacking Hiatus
    After a three-month lull, China's People's Liberation Army has resumed hack attacks against United States companies and government agencies. Despite a ballyhooed February report from private security firm Mandiant, and despite public complaints from…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 1:08pm -
  • Managed DNS: Consider Your Options
    The Domain Name System is fundamental to the functioning of the internet and works so well that we rarely consider how it works. Most people do not even realize that we have options to choose from that can improve our internet performance and enhance…
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 1:17pm -
  • Adobe Releases Security Updates for Adobe Flash Player
    Original release date: May 16, 2013Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could cause a denial-of-service condition and potentially allow an attacker to execute arbit…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:44am -
  • Security Updates Available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
    Original release date: May 16, 2013Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of an affected s…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:41am -
  • Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates
    Original release date: May 16, 2013The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities.Firefox 21.0Firefox ESR 17.0.6Thunderbird 17.0.6Thunderbird ESR 17.0.6These vulnerabilities could allow…
    - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 8:46am -
  • Mobile Device Security: The Time Has Come
    In the last year there has been a rush by the internet security firms to release apps to protect your security on mobile devices.Like their counterparts on the desktop, these apps offer protection against viruses and other malware. However, an argu…
    - 9 days ago, 14 May 13, 10:01am -
  • HIPAA-HITECH February 2013 eNewsletter Published
    Clearwater Compliance has published the February 2013 eNewsletter, which includes several complimentary tools and resources to learn more about HIPAA and HITECH compliance. Read about recent HIPAA and HITECH stories in the news and check out all the…
    - 10 days ago, 13 May 13, 6:00am -
  • HIPAA Risk Analysis Tips - Open Appeal to Risk Thought Leaders
    Admittedly, I may be tilting windmills here! Consider helping me out. While the wicked “harm standard” is being removed by the Final Omnibus Rule, published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25, 2013, the confusion around what co…
    - 13 days ago, 10 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Microsoft Releases May 2013 Security Bulletin
    Original release date: May 09, 2013 | Last revised: May 14, 2013Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, Lync, Office, and Windows Essentials as part of the Microsoft Secu…
    - 14 days ago, 9 May 13, 1:40pm -
  • Trust Seals: What They Mean to You
    Many ecommerce sites display "Trust Seals", aka "Trust Mark Logos", provided by third parties who have conducted an independent audit of the site or its ownership.
    - 14 days ago, 9 May 13, 12:31pm -
  • Adobe Releases Security Update for ColdFusion
    Original release date: May 09, 2013 | Last revised: May 14, 2013Adobe has released a security hotfix for ColdFusion 10, 9.0.2, 9.0.1, and 9.0 for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX. This hotfix addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2013-1389) that could allo…
    - 14 days ago, 9 May 13, 9:52am -
  • Top 8 Reasons Executives Need a HIPAA-HITECH Update Due to Omnibus Final Rule
    As expected, the Omnibus Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25, 2013. The Blogosphere, WebinarSphere, SocialMediaSphere and many other sSpheres are lit up with advice, analysis, tips, tools and tricks! In this brief…
    - 15 days ago, 8 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer
    Original release date: May 07, 2013Microsoft is investigating public reports of a remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 and is aware of attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an atta…
    - 16 days ago, 7 May 13, 8:39am -
  • What Business Associates and Subcontractors Need to Know about HIPAA...
    Business Associates (BAs) of Covered Entities under HIPAA, became statutorily obligated to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule in February 2010, a year after the HITECH Act was passed. Additionally, the Final Rule, published in the Federal Register o…
    - 17 days ago, 6 May 13, 6:00am -
  • It's Here! Omnibus Final Rule.
    The Omnibus Final Rule was sent to the Office of Management and Budget in March 2012. Most everyone expected it to be published in the Federal Register in June 2012. Not in an election year!But according to the HHS News Release today, “the fin…
    - 20 days ago, 3 May 13, 6:00am -
  • How the HITECH Act Raised the Ante for HIPAA Compliance
    Did you know there are fifteen significant ways in which The HITECH Act changes privacy and security provisions in the original HIPAA regulations? These changes have major financial, operational and legal risk management consequences for all hospital…
    - 22 days ago, 1 May 13, 6:00am -
  • Attention Crypto Nerds: Gutmann's Godzilla Crypto Tutorial is Available for Download
    My God. It's like I strapped on some scuba gear, dove to the bottom of the ocean, and found a huge treasure chest full of crypto gold. Everything that you could possibly want to know about crypto is located here.Well, everything as of the date that…
    - 23 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 8:04pm -
  • I'm In Love - With Logstalgia
    I, like many of you, am inundated with data. And when I say data, I mean log data.Terabytes and terabytes of log data. From every type of system imaginable.I look at a lot of logs for investigative purposes. I have a strange, almost inappropriate r…
    - 23 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:53pm -
  • The British Have All The Fun
    Reader Dean clued me in to a very cool cyber challenge that is open to holders of a British Passport or Birth Certificate: Hey Chief, I just wanted to follow up on my last message and let you know that I came 7th Overall in the recent Cyber S…
    - 23 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:35pm -
  • 2013 Security Breaches: A Bad Year Already
    Hard to believe, but we are well into the second quarter of 2013. It has been a very eventful year in terms of data and security breaches. In fact, it seems there have been enough major incidents for an entire year.In some cases, there is not a f…
    - 23 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 12:23pm -
  • Authentication: Beyond Passwords
    When the web was first introduced for commercial purposes in 1994, it seemed that authenticating users with a user id and password was good enough. Technically, it is rather simple. All you have to do is take the user entries submitted and try to sel…
    - 23 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 11:49am -
  • Guided Tour of the Clearwater HIPAA Privacy and Breach Notification Assessment Software...
    Did you know that privacy-violation complaints to Health and Human Services have increased more than 40% since HITECH was enacted in 2009, and may reach 12,000 in 2012? The complaints are preventable with the proper controls in place. Find out how th…
    - 24 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • How to Prepare for a Privacy/Breach OCR Audit or Investigation...
    Did you know that the majority of data breaches result from insider actions and not outside hackers? Only five percent of the breaches on the Department of Health and Human Services Wall of Shame are the result of Hacking/IT Incident or Unknown. The…
    - 27 days ago, 26 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • Cisco Releases Security Advisories
    Original release date: April 25, 2013Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco NX-OS-based products, Cisco Device Manager, and Cisco Unified Computing System. These vulnerabilities may allow an attac…
    - 28 days ago, 25 Apr 13, 2:36pm -
  • HIPAA Risk Analysis Tips - $50K Penalty vs. Does Size Matter?
    On January 2, 2013, HHS posted a news release announcing the settlement agreement and $50,000 settlement amount assessed to Hospice of North Idaho. Here’s today’s big tip – learn 7 key lessons from this event (spoiler alert: completing…
    - 29 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 6:01am -
  • Data Security in a Post Boston World
    Earlier this week I blogged about electronic privacy concerns rose by events such as the attacks of 9/11 2001 and the recent Boston Marathon bombings. A second area of concern for computer users and IT professionals is business continuity and disaste…
    - 30 days ago, 23 Apr 13, 11:27am -
  • Privacy in a Post Boston World
    The attacks of 9/11 2001 had a profound impact on computer security and privacy, causing businesses to rethink their disaster recovery plans and the Congress to pass the Patriot Act that expanded the governments powers to conduct electronic surveilla…
    - 31 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 1:04pm -
  • The Truth About HIPAA-HITECH Data Backup Requirements...
    Are you meeting the HIPAA Security Final Rule requirements for Data Backup and Recovery? Are you confident you can recover exact copies of critical patient data? If you receive, store, process or transmit ePHI, watch this webinar on how to meet the H…
    - 31 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • Guided Tour of the Clearwater Compliance HIPAA Security Assessment Software
    Do you know if you are in compliance with the HIPAA Security Final Rule? Are you at risk for data breaches and the associated cost and loss of reputation? Are there gaps in your organization’s compliance program? Do you have an action plan to…
    - 34 days ago, 19 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • Apple Releases Security Updates for Safari
    Original release date: April 18, 2013Apple has released security updates for Safari 6.0.4 WebKit to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service cond…
    - 35 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 1:14pm -
  • Scams Exploiting Boston Marathon Explosion
    Original release date: April 17, 2013 | Last revised: April 18, 2013Malicious actors are exploiting the April 15 explosions at the Boston Marathon in attempts to collect money intended for charities and to spread malicious code. Fake websites an…
    - 36 days ago, 17 Apr 13, 3:16pm -
  • HIPAA Audit Tips - HIPAA New Year 2013 Resolutions
    It’s that time of year when we make lists about more physical activity, better eating habits, finding a new job, paying off debs, going back to school, etc. For those in healthcare (Covered Entities) or those serving the healthcare industry (Bus…
    - 36 days ago, 17 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • HIPAA Audit Tips - Key Points from OCR Head 12-13-2012 Talk in Boston
    Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Media joined forces to create and hold The Privacy & Security Forum on December 12-13, in Boston. Among other speakers, Leon Rodriguez, head of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), spoke and was interviews by Healthcare IT…
    - 38 days ago, 15 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • HIPAA Audit Tips - Know What De-Identification of PHI Really Means
    On Monday, November 26 HHS / OCR issued what some call long-overdue “Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information (PHI) in Accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privac…
    - 41 days ago, 12 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • HIPAA Audit Tips - Do a Privacy Assessment!
    Preliminary OCR observations on the first proactive audits highlighted weaknesses in Privacy training, safeguards, policies & procedures, sanctions, training and mitigation. Make no mistake about it, the HIPAA Privacy Rule is well within scope of th…
    - 43 days ago, 10 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • Is There a Right Way to Handle a Data Breach?
    There is a right way and a wrong way for an organization to handle a data breach. Unfortunately, they are sometimes the SAME way.
    - 44 days ago, 9 Apr 13, 12:14pm -
  • HIPAA Texas Style HB 300 is Here
    HIPAA is considered a non-preemptive Federal Statute and, therefore, only sets a “floor” for privacy, security and breach notification requirements. That is, individual states may pass–and have passed–their own legislation and reg…
    - 45 days ago, 8 Apr 13, 6:00am -
  • HIPAA - Texas Style - House Bill 300 is Here!
    The Texas law House Bill 300 (HB 300) took effect on on September 1, 2012. New health information disclosure rules and penalties apply to HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates as well as “any person … who comes into possession of p…
    - 48 days ago, 5 Apr 13, 6:00am -

Productivity

  • newNews Flash! Tablets Are Not Smartphones
    You probably already knew this, but a new report from Forrester wants to emphasize this seemingly obvious point: Tablets are not simply larger touchscreen smartphones. There are significant difference in wher…
    - 56 mins ago, 23 May 13, 12:33pm -
  • newiCan: 5 Features iPhone Users Take For Granted That Android Can’t Match
    The iPhone is often targeted for its lack of features and functionality. When the bullet points are laid out side-by-side Android appears to have a hoard of extras that Apple’s device can’t match. I don’t buy this arguement, however, because it…
    - 59 mins ago, 23 May 13, 12:30pm -
  • newShazam's New iPad App Is Designed For Watching TV With A Tablet, Too
    Shazam, an app best known for identifying songs playing around you, is making a big move into identifying all kinds of media playing around you.That promises to move Shazam from our pockets, where its smartph…
    - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 11:37am -
  • newTwitter Introduces Login Verification Via SMS For A More Secure Sign-In Process [Updates]
    Twitter has announced a new security feature which resembles the two-factor authentication offered on websites such as Facebook, Google, and Dropbox. The new feature aims to make sure that the person logging into your Twitter account is really you, h…
    - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 11:30am -
  • newGoogle App Engine Cuts Prices By One-Quarter
    Google is reducing Datastore prices by up to 25%, according to an announcement on their Cloud Platform Blog. This price change impacts both App Engines HRD and the new Cloud Datastore introduced last week at I…
    - 2 hours ago, 23 May 13, 11:15am -
  • newBring Your Own Device (BYOD) Saves Companies Money - But Could Cost Users Big
    Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) polices are increasingly popular as a way for companies to let workers use the hardware they like best and are most productive with. But according to a new study from Cisco, that n…
    - 3 hours ago, 23 May 13, 10:06am -
  • newAndroid Dramatically Extends Lead With Open Source Developers
    Despite Google Android's long market-share rise against Apple iOS, developers continued to stick with iOS as their first deployment target. While Android offered superior volume, that volume was fragmented bet…
    - 4 hours ago, 23 May 13, 9:03am -
  • newSquare Storms Japan
    Square, the mobile payment service that has been making strong inroads within the North American retail sector, has announced the availability of its service in Japan. The company is already processing $15 bil…
    - 5 hours ago, 23 May 13, 8:55am -
  • newFitbit Flex vs. Jawbone UP: A Comparative Review
    In today's world, nothing escapes the fact that we are moving in a direction where quantifying and recording stuff obsessively is sort of the norm. We use Foursquare to check into places, we annoyingly take photos of our meals with Instagram, and we…
    - 5 hours ago, 23 May 13, 8:20am -
  • newHadoop: What It Is And How It Works
    You can't have a conversation about Big Data for very long without running into the elephant in the room: Hadoop. This open source software platform managed by the Apache Software Foundation has proven to be v…
    - 5 hours ago, 23 May 13, 8:05am -
  • newMailbox Takes Its Email App To iPad, With Android Waiting In The Wings
    What has Mailbox founder Gentry Underwood and his team been up to since selling the email-app maker to Dropbox for a reported $100 million in March?Mostly working on new versions of the product - like an iPad…
    - 5 hours ago, 23 May 13, 8:00am -
  • newMaking Android Pay For Developers: Checking Out The New Tools In Google Play
    This post is the second in the ReadWrite series Making Android Pay, in which we explore the opportunities and challenges mobile developers face trying to make money from Android apps.How do you get mobile dev…
    - 6 hours ago, 23 May 13, 7:04am -
  • newCool Websites and Tools [May 22nd 2013]
    Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool websites round-ups delivered to your email daily email subscribe here....The post Coo…
    - 13 hours ago, 23 May 13, 12:31am -
  • newWhat Changes Do You Want To See In Windows 8.1? [We Ask You]
    Microsoft released Windows 8 last year to a barrage of criticism from people who didn't like the wholesale changes made to the operating system. Microsoft had legitimate reasons for building Windows 8 the way it did, but it has also listened to feedb…
    - 14 hours ago, 22 May 13, 11:30pm -
  • newIt’s Not Only Wikipedia: 5 Offbeat Ways To Use Your Own Wikis
    You probably have a practical understanding of how Wikipedia works. To sum it all up, anyone can edit the information on a page, and they can do this quite quickly. These are the basic mechanics of how a wiki generally works, and Wikipedia just so ha…
    - 15 hours ago, 22 May 13, 10:30pm -
  • newLove Collectable Card Games? Summoner Wars Might Be The Game For You [iOS]
    Do you love collectible card games like Magic: The Gathering? Do you love strategy games like Risk and Carcassonne? If so, we've discovered an iOS game that perfectly blends these two into an incredibly deep and challenging gameplay experience called…
    - 16 hours ago, 22 May 13, 9:30pm -
  • newThere’s An App For That: 10 Household Items Replaced By Software [iOS]
    Smartphones and tablets have changed the way we live life. No longer can we wake up and lull around in bed without checking our email or Twitter mentions. Nobody worries about getting lost any more unless they're low on battery, the smartphone user's…
    - 16 hours ago, 22 May 13, 9:30pm -
  • newHow Much Does Your PC Cost To Run?
    Almost nothing that you buy is a one time investment. Most things have follow-up costs for maintenance or just for plain being used. With computers these costs are small and easily neglected, but depending on your needs they can add up to substantial…
    - 18 hours ago, 22 May 13, 7:31pm -
  • newThe Tried and True Free Launcher For Android – ADW Launcher
    A confession: I've avoided ADW Launcher for the past two years and I don't know why. Maybe it was the not-so-catchy name of the app. Maybe I just had a bad day once and decided to shun ADW forever. Nonetheless, I regret avoiding this launcher for so…
    - 18 hours ago, 22 May 13, 7:00pm -
  • newHow I Import Internet UFO Sightings Data Into A Google Spreadsheet
    In this article, I'm going to show you how to import any data that might be stored in a table on any website on the Internet, into your Google Spreadsheet. Think about the enormous volume of data that's available on the Internet today in the form of…
    - 19 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:30pm -
  • newLinkedIn's Facelift Continues With New Navigation Bar
    Aligning itself aesthetically more along the lines of social networks like Facebook and Google+, LinkedIn has introduced a new navigation bar to its website. The aim is in line with the company's simplificatio…
    - 19 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:20pm -
  • newSpotify Launches Top Charts For Most Played & Most Shared Songs Worldwide [Updates]
    Popular streaming music service Spotify has launched a new feature designed to showcase the most popular songs. The new feature, called Spotify 50, or Spotify Charts, shows the most played songs on the service according to region. The Social 50, on t…
    - 19 hours ago, 22 May 13, 6:00pm -
  • newUpgrading to Windows 8? Get Settled In Faster with these Tips
    If it's about time you purchase a new computer, that computer is probably going to come with Windows 8. Microsoft hasn't included a tutorial with Windows 8 -- aside from the cryptic "move your mouse into any corner" line -- so you'll need to do a bit…
    - 20 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:30pm -
  • newKeep Boredom At Bay With Playable Google Doodles
    The Google homepage is intentionally minimalist, with a distinct lack of pointless detritus that would only serve to divert people’s attention away from the main purpose of the page. Which is to provide a kicking off point for exploring the wider W…
    - 20 hours ago, 22 May 13, 5:00pm -
  • newDon't Look Now, But We Might Be In A Developer Drought
    Hey, developers! Do you feel like you're in demand? Apparently you should.HubSpot, a Cambridge-based marketing software-as-a-service venture, has started a new initiative to handsomely compensate anyone who c…
    - 21 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:53pm -
  • newHow To Use Your iPad (or iPhone!) As A Second Monitor [iOS]
    Productivity pros swear by multiple monitors, but we don't all have the luxury of carrying around huge screens and endless wallets. On the other hand, the iPad has become pretty ubiquitous, and it can really help you be more productive. What if I tol…
    - 21 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:00pm -
  • newTwitter Finally Gets Two-Factor Authentication
    In a pure case of closing the barn doors after the horses have come home (and so many corporate Twitter accounts have been hacked), Twitter has announced today the option to implement two-factor authentication…
    - 22 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:54pm -
  • Let's Talk About Why Yahoo Really Bought Tumblr: Native Advertising
    If we needed an event to wake people up to the power of native advertising, it's surely Yahoo's $1.1-billion purchase of Tumblr.We'll be talking about this a lot at AdNatively, a one-day conference I'm emceei…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 1:01pm -
  • If Google+ Is Good, Why Does Google Force It On Us?
    Google really, really wants us to like Google+. Google is embedding Google+ into each of its products, making it increasingly difficult to use its services without embracing the Google+ borg, whether you want…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 10:02am -
  • The Sky Is Falling For Smartphone Maker HTC
    Smartphone manufacturer HTC is in disarray. According to a report from The Verge, the company is hemorrhaging executives from its Seattle-based office amid poor sales, internal turmoil and controversy. Withi…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 9:15am -
  • Why Your App Design Doesn't Have To Be All Thumbs
    The debate about app design largely centers around screen size.What if designers worried about digit size instead?Luke Wroblewski, a respected designer who sold a company to Twitter and more recently founded…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 9:03am -
  • How Google Is Wooing Developers To Make Apps For Android First
    This post is the first in the ReadWrite series Making Android Pay, in which we'll explore the opportunities and challenges mobile developers face in trying to make money from Android apps.In December 2011, Go…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 8:03am -
  • Xbox One: The Most Restrictive Game Console Ever Made
    If the Xbox One is the future of gaming, then that future is as grim as everyone feared.In an event Tuesday morning that felt like a casual bar conversation compared to Sony's brain-exploding extravaganza ba…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 6:56am -
  • The Benefits of Procrastinating
    We’ve all been there – staring bleary eyed at a computer screen, digging deep for motivation or inspiration that seems to have taken a temporary hiatus just when we need it most. Or, glued to the television set, watching the minutes tick by as th…
    - 1 day ago, 22 May 13, 5:00am -
  • Xbox One Photo Gallery: A Close-Up Look At Microsoft's Shiny, Shiny Future Of Gaming
    Today in Redmond, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, its vision for the future of home entertainment. The Xbox One will expand Microsoft's Xbox agenda well beyond gaming, blurring the boundaries of gaming and in…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 7:53pm -
  • Xbox One: Microsoft's Big Bid To Pwn The Living Room
    It's not every day one of the big three gaming powerhouses announces a new console. In fact, we've been waiting a solid eight years. In an event on its Redmond, Washington home turf today, Microsoft announced…
    - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 3:11pm -
  • Review: Comindware — A Nifty Project Management Software
    Everyone wishes, they could have more time to get things done at work. When you work for a company that has multiple projects at once, managing these processes can be a daunting task.  Project management has become instrumental just for this purpose…
    - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 5:00am -
  • How to Avoid the Risks of Freelancing
    The only truly effective way to avoid the risks inherent to self employment and freelancing is to not be self employed and to not freelance. That particular way of generating money tends to be one giant risk when compared to full time contract work.…
    - 6 days ago, 17 May 13, 5:00am -
  • How to Save Money and Still Keep Your Employees Happy
    As any boss will know, there’s a fine line between being frugal and tight-fisted. Whether you own your own business or you’re simply in charge of a budget and a camp of hard-working employees, you’ll undoubtedly want to appear generous without…
    - 8 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:00am -
  • 5 Ways to Shortcut the 10,000 Hour Rule
    The older we get, the harder it is to learn something new. Not because it’s actually harder, but because we don’t like feeling like a novice. So, wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to get up that learning curve faster? Well, there is. No d…
    - 10 days ago, 13 May 13, 5:00am -
  • How to Challenge Your Boss & Be Loved for it
    The boss is not always right but all too often people fear that they might be ridiculed or even risk losing their job if they challenge their boss and speak forthright. You might have come up with an efficient solution to an ongoing problem, or an id…
    - 13 days ago, 10 May 13, 5:00am -
  • How to Stop Fearing Your Superpowers
    Have you ever had those days where your confidence is off the charts and you are knocking out amazing work? The thing is most days we hesitate to unleash our superpowers. We hold back because we are afraid of the backlash that might occur. The more y…
    - 15 days ago, 8 May 13, 5:00am -
  • 8 Ways To Be Ultra-Productive In Your Work
    Setting goals and creating plans for achieving success is one thing but actually following through and getting everything done is another. This is often one of the the biggest obstacles that many people face in their business lives, there are never e…
    - 17 days ago, 6 May 13, 5:00am -
  • How the Affordable Care Act Impacts the Job Market
    Remember last year when Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter, right around election time,  said that he planned to cut his employees’ hours as a way to circumvent the major requirements of the Affordable Care Act? Well that was just the beginning, now…
    - 20 days ago, 3 May 13, 5:00am -
  • 5 Tools to Create Your Website
    Have you been smothered with so many online success stories that you are thinking about starting something online yourself? With all the big named stories and biographies, it can sometimes be intimidating with just the thought of starting. It is simp…
    - 22 days ago, 1 May 13, 5:00am -
  • 5 Ways Google Keep will Unclutter Your Brain
    Don't lose your best ideas. A few reasons on why you need Google Keep
    - 50 days ago, 3 Apr 13, 11:29am -
  • How Much Should You Tip in Any Country?
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