Ryan O’Connell puts some deep thought into why we use Twitter, and what we could ever hope to get out of it. His piece, On Keeping a Twitter, takes noted author Joan Didion’s essay On Keeping a Notebook (direct PDF link) as its comparison point. The private notebook versus very public tweet disparity is obvious, [...]
Trailrunner7 writes “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a call for proposals this week in a $40m program to encourage research and development in a wide range of topics related to cyber security: from designing more resilient software, to alternatives to passwords and CAPTCHA technology to prevent automated attacks. DHS laid out its areas [...]
heidaro writes “‘As part of its ongoing expansion, has the People’s Liberation Army signed up Goose and Maverick? Chinese bloggers are accusing state broadcaster CCTV of using re-purposed footage from the 1986 film Top Gun for a story on a recent air force drill.’ Is it just me or are communist nations very skilled at [...]
We’re going streaking… at T-Mobile… on February 2nd! Hmm, that may have come out wrong. What we’re trying to say is that Dell’s 7-inch tablet, the Streak 7, will be hitting the shelves of T-Mobile in just two days on February 2nd — a date we’ve heard kicked around before. The device will retail for [...]
Photo from phonenews.com Word is Metro PCS, who recently launched their LTE network are geared to release a phone that’s actually worth putting on a LTE network. The Samsung Indulge (formally the Forte) is a 1GHZ, 2.2 Android, Slider reportedly being released February 23rd. Priced at 399.99, you may gasp until you realize 60 bucks [...]
theodp writes “Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live during host Jesse Eisenberg’s monologue. The real Zuckerberg appeared on stage with both his movie (The Social Network’s Eisenberg) and TV (SNL’s Andy Samberg) counterparts. The Social Network received 8 Oscar nominations last week, although the Academy snubbed KDE 3′s [...]
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Google’s Android dethroned Nokia’s Symbian as the global leader in smartphone software in the last quarter of 2010, ending a reign that began with the birth of the industry a decade ago. Original post by Whitson Gordon
NEW YORK (Reuters Life) – A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky’s art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience. Original post by Whitson Gordon
