New Facebook Status Options Applauded By Gay Users
NEW YORK (AP) – Jay Lassiter is no longer “in a relationship.” Let’s clarify that: Lassiter, a media adviser for political campaigns who lives in Cherry Hill, N.J., is still with his partner of nearly eight years, Greg Lehmkuho. But since Thursday, when Facebook expanded its romantic-status options, Lassiter’s profile there echoes his relationship’s legal … Read more
Art School Runs Afoul of Facebook’s Nudity Police
NY Times By MIGUEL HELFT Published: February 17, 2011 The New York Academy of Art, a graduate university that has been teaching figurative art since 1982, is not the kind of institution you would expect to get into trouble for mischief on Facebook. Yet the school recently received a stern warning from the site: “You … Read more
Cellphones Become the World’s Eyes and Ears on Protests
NY Times By JENNIFER PRESTON and BRIAN STELTER Published: February 18, 2011 For some of the protesters facing Bahrain’s heavily armed security forces in and around Pearl Square in Manama, the most powerful weapon against shotguns and tear gas has been the tiny camera inside their cellphones. By uploading in Manama, the capital, to Web … Read more
Digital Age Is Slow to Arrive in Rural America
NY Times By KIM SEVERSON Published: February 17, 2011 COFFEEVILLE, Ala. — After a couple of days in this part of rural Alabama, it is hard to complain about a dropped iPhone call or a Cee Lo video that takes a few seconds too long to load. The county administrator cannot get broadband at her … Read more
IPad Service Draws Scrutiny
NY Yimes By MIGUEL HELFT Published: February 17, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s new subscription service for iPad andiPhone applications, which has drawn complaints from some publishers, has also drawn the attention of federal antitrust regulators, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The person, who agreed to speak on condition of … Read more
Google Introduces Online Payment System
BERLIN (AP) – Google Inc. is undercutting rival Apple Inc. with an online payment system that lets publishers keep more of the fees charged for reading their digital editions. Google CEO Eric Schmidt unveiled the one-stop payment service, called One Pass, at Berlin’s Humboldt University on Wednesday. Three German publishers, including the nation’s leading Axel … Read more
Samsung Sees Big Jump in 3D TV Sales in 2011
SUWON, South Korea (AP) – Samsung Electronics said Thursday it expects to sell up to 10 million 3-D TVs this year and vigorously defended the technology behind its lineup amid intensifying competition with rivals including LG Electronics. Samsung and LG are expecting sales of 3-D sets to jump this year, with both rolling out new … Read more
American Red Cross: Twitter Faux Pas
By American Red Cross — Twitter Faux Pas Posted on February 16th, 2011 by Wendy Harman Last night we accidentally tweeted from our @RedCross account something that was meant to come from a personal account. Here’s what it looked like: We realized our honest mistake (the Tweeter was not drunk) and deleted the above Tweet. … Read more
The Facebook Obsession – CNBC
Here’s a documentary about Facebook produced by CNBC (follow the link below). Enjoy. – Julian. http://plus.cnbc.com/rssvideosearch/action/player/id/1752879649/code/cnbcplayershare . . . .
Pixels Old School – Amazing Render
Hyper simplifying Earth down to the simplest, most beautiful expression: A Pixel. – Julian.
