February 2012
30 posts
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The Man Who Predicted the Yahoo/Facebook IP War on... →
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AT&T to have app developers pick up bandwidth tab? →
… by allowing companies to pay for customers to have better access to content, the specter of Net neutrality returns.
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Apple Developer IDs Bring Us One Brick Closer to... →
… Developer ID is a way for developers to get Apple’s seal of approval without being distributed through the App store. And it is, unless it’s used for something more obtrusive.
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Facebook's Mobile Push Aims To Cut Apple Out As... →
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Amazon & Google Getting Impatient With Book... →
LA Times Jumps On The Paywall Bandwagon →
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Geolocation’s Potential Heats Up With Geoloqi’s... →
In addition to real-time tracking, Geoloqi’s new SDK also provides access to location-based push messages, geofences, location-based analytics (soon), hosted spatial intelligence, plus support for iOS, Android, Windows and embedded systems.
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Watch(via Dave Morin, Post-Pathgate: Dealing With Unprecedented Scale, Hopeful About The Future | TechCrunch)
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Man Sues Uncle for Posting Embarrassing Facebook... →
… Not surprisingly, a Minnesota court threw the case out, with Judge Natalie E. Hudson ruling that in order for the photos to be considered harassment, they must have a “substantial adverse effect on the safety, security, or privacy of another.”
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Spectrum Crunch: The cell phone industry hits its... →
The problem, known as the “spectrum crunch,” threatens to increase the number of dropped calls, slow down data speeds and raise customers’ prices.
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“Interest-based social networks have a markedly different focus and approach than...”
– Beyond Facebook: The Rise Of Interest-Based Social Networks | TechCrunch
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Security update available for Adobe Flash Player -... →
This update addresses critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.55 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris
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Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need... →
How You Could Get Sued For Using Pinterest →
Startup Pick.fm Lets You Bet on Pop Culture,... →
Similar to betting on sports, the site doesn’t promote any monetary gambling, but Pick.fm aims to be a destination site to show off pop-culture knowledge. Users can collect virtual dollars for prizes.
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With Clik, Your Smartphone Can Control Screens... →
The idea of turning a smartphone into a remote control isn’t new, but using Clik, the process of syncing up a phone to a screen is a ridiculously fast and easy, and it requires no extra hardware.
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“The Chrome folks have put together a Field Guide for Web Applications that is...”
– Chrome Team Releases Field Guide to Web Applications
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Apple: App Access to Contact Data Will Require... →
Today, the company agreed with that assessment, and said that soon, apps that use address book data will require explicit user permission to do so.
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Bring On The Web Apps: StackMob Launches Hosted... →
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Twitter Is The Latest Company To Admit It Uploads... →
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AT&T’s Wireless Data Traffic Doubles Every Year,... →
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“Titanium developers have a great opportunity to score up to $5000 cash money in...”
– Win up to $5K hacking Titanium apps with Box « Appcelerator Developer Center
Path's response to their collection of contact... →
… as a clear signal of our commitment to your privacy, we’ve deleted the entire collection of user uploaded contact information from our servers.
Why Path Pissed People Off →
Sure Path isn’t the only culprit (soon afterwards it was revealed that photo sharing Hipster also does this) and probably hundreds of apps are getting away with this in the iOS store at this second, which begs for a solution from Apple itself — i.e. it should lock down the address book API and notify users itself when apps want to get their grubby fingers on it.
The Price of Free: Path Uploads Entire Address... →
… Path never asked its users if it can do this. It may be using our contacts for the benefit of our user experience, for finding friends on Path, for example. But we need an explanation.
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Google, Facebook Censor Themselves in India After... →
“The newest SU update removes all direct links. Previously, once you were inside...”
– StumbleUpon Says Goodbye to Direct Links
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Facebook: Here Are the 35 Things That Could Kill... →
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“Facebook is updating its status from a private to public company.”
– Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B - Yahoo! Finance
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Don’t check me in: Etiquette in social media →