A Distinctive Taste
A collection and interpretation of media and influences. Designed for the mindset that appreciates style, substance, and creativity.
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Michael Arrington Steps Down as TechCrunch Editor
TechCrunch founder and editor-in-chief Michael Arrington, who has just launched an AOL-backed venture capital fund, is no longer an employee at AOL or TechCrunch, Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of AOL Huffington Post Media Group, reportedly wrote in an email to Business Insider.
Renewal Talks Break Down Between Netflix & Starz
Starz Entertainment, one of the major sources of newer movie content to Netflix, announced that its content will stop appearing on Netflix’s streaming platform as of February 28, 2012.
Fashion Marketers Voice Public Outcry Against Tumblr
Several fashion marketers and their agencies are speaking out against Tumblr as it prepares to send 16 bloggers to a second season of shows, breakfasts and intimate studio tours at their hosts’ expense.
Foursquare Adds Five New Languages
Foursquare has added five new languages to its app: Bahasa Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Thai.
HTC Announces Two Windows Smartphones
HTC has announced two new Windows Phone 7 smartphones, the 4.7-inch HTC Titan and 3.8-inch HTC Radar.
Acer Unveils Ultra-Thin Laptop
Acer has jumped on the Ultrabook bandwagon — the new class of ultra-portable laptops pushed by Intel — with Aspire S3, which will be available for €799 to €1,199 ($1,138 to $1,707) this September.
Further News
- Oprah Winfrey is coming to Facebook for a live Q&A session next week.
- Google has launched a comprehensive site allowing users to post and vote for questions ahead of the next GOP primary debate.
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Samsung Unveils Bada 2.0 Smartphones
After announcing LTE versions of the Galaxy S II smartphone and Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet, Samsung has unveiled a trio of Bada-powered smartphones: Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y.
Mobile Carriers Invest $100M in Google Wallet Competitor [REPORT]
Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile are planning to invest more than $100 million to take on mobile payment system Google Wallet, according to a report.
Beyonce’s Baby Revelation Breaks Twitter Record
Beyonce’s baby reveal at the Video Music Awards (VMAs) gave Twitter a record bump of 8,868 tweets per second, surpassing Women’s World Cup, Japan’s New Year and Osama bin Laden’s death.
Further News
- The beta for Apple’s cloud-based music service, iTunes Match, has been made available to developers.
- Google has released Google Translate for Google+, a simple browser extension for Chrome that translates posts and comments into more than 50 languages..
- According to a recent study, Walmart-owned online movie service Vudu has eclipsed both Amazon and the Sony PlayStation Store in U.S. revenues.
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UK Government Discusses Limiting Social Media
British officials met with representatives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry to discuss ways of restricting social media use during periods of civil disruption Thursday. Among the items discussed: requiring users to use their real names on Twitter.
WikiLeaks Cables Show China’s Failure to Measure Air Pollution
China has refrained from measuring the most dangerous types of air pollution in an effort to avoid political consequences, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday.
Google Kills Slide in Favor of Google+
Google has allegedly decided to dissolve Slide, a social apps company it acquired last year for $182 million, as it shifts its social networking efforts to Google+.
Apple’s Stock Price Stabilizes
Investors seem to have shrugged off Apple‘s bombshell announcement on Wednesday that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO. The company’s stock price, which had fallen as much as 7% in after-hours trading, was down less than 1% by mid-afternoon Thursday.
Further News
- Tim Cook sent his first memo to Apple employees Thursday.
- Mozilla’s CEO has defended Firefox’s accelerated, six-week release cycle in a blog post.
- Fox Searchlight is shunning traditional promotional opportunities for its upcoming film Martha Marcy May Marlene in favor of an elaborate QR code campaign.
- Flipboard, a social newsreading app for the iPad, is setting its sights on TV and film.
- The Sims Social, a reboot of Electronic Arts’ bestselling $4 billion games franchise, has only been out of beta since last Thursday — but it already has 4.6 million people playing it daily.
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You’re not in Illinois anymore, Motorola employees. Our infographic predicts bumpy weather ahead for “Googlola.”
shout out to:thedailyfeed
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So Funny! This Guy Built An Entire Website To Convince Google To Hire Him
Matthew Epstein built an entire Google-styled website to convince the big G to hire him as a product marketing manager. It’s called googlepleasehire.me.
The site is complete with recommendations, a video in a Parisian mansion, and a black Google+ inspired navigation bar. Googlepleasehire.me got some buzz after making it onto Hacker News.
If this website can’t win Epstein an interview with Google, we don’t know what will. Well, besides really amazing grades in college and a knack for mind-bending riddles.
shout out to:the-goods
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iPhone 5 Launching in October, Not September
The iPhone 5 is making its debut in October, not September, as earlier reports suggested, sources have told AllThingsD.
Facebook Expanding in UK
Facebook is moving into new office space to accompany the expansion of its 70-person team in the UK.
White House Aide Says Tweets Influenced Debt Ceiling Deal
The White House believes that Twitter influenced the recently announced agreement on the U.S. debt ceiling, a White House aide said in a conversation that took place, appropriately enough, on Twitter.
Hackers Target Anders Behring Breivik’s Twitter Account
It appears the hacker group Anonymous has hijacked the Twitter account belonging to Anders Behring Breivik, the man behind the June attacks in Norway.
Foxconn To Bring in 1 Million Robots To Replace Part of Workforce
Foxconn, a company that manufacturers parts used in Apple’s iPhone and iPad, has allegedly told Chinese media that it plans to replace part of its workforce with 1 million robots over the next three years.
Adobe Launches HTML5 Web Animations Tool
Adobe has released a public preview of Edge, the first professional-grade HTML5 editing tool that allows users to create animated content using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript rather than Flash.
Further News
- Apple has won a dispute over the ipods.com domain.
- Google’s web browser, Chrome, is now the second most popular browser in the UK, according to web metrics company Statcounter.
- MTV celebrates 30th Anniversary - 1st video Played “Video Killed the Radio Star”
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Google Releases “What’s New in Google+” Hub
Twitter Will Soon Flag NSFW Tweets
Groupon Deals Will Now Appear on Foursquare
Further News
- Users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer have lower IQ scores than Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Camino users, according to a new study.
- A San Francisco man claims to have seen another man holding the iPhone 5 while riding on a train.
- Apple’s cash reserves are now bigger than the U.S. government’s balance, according to a new report.
- Politico has unveiled this year’s “50 Politicos to Watch” list, which highlights the people to keep an eye on during the 2012 election season. The lists includes bloggers, Twitter users, candidates, fundraisers, consultants and media standouts.
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Nintendo Cuts 3Ds Price After Dismal Quarterly Results
Google+ Traffic Falls As Users Spend Less Time on Site
Accounts of 35 Million South Koreans Hacked
Further News
- A 1,000-participant study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute failed to find correlations between cellphones and cancer.
- Google has added public transit information for London on Google Maps, enabling travelers to plan routes in one of Europe’s largest metropolitan areas.
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Explainers: Making sense of End User License Agreements.
How much easier things would be if legalese was always translated into understandable language. Via Ryan Estrada.
shout out to:futurejournalismproject
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Quote reblogged from the Africa they Never show You
To global search giant, Google, Africa is the next Internet hotspot. Globally, there are 94 domains registered per 10 000 users. However, in Africa, there is only one domain per 10 000 users. As such, there is tremendous potential for growth on the continent in the web space.
Through its Africa programs focused on getting more Africans online, the company is betting that by developing an accessible, vibrant and self sufficient Internet ecosystem on the continent many more Africans would come online. Key among its strategies to develop the continent’s Internet ecosystem is to increase the amount of local African content online.
“If you want to be successful you have to do a good job at localising content,” said Nelson Mattos, Google’s VP of Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at a Google event in South Africa.
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- Google Suspends Realtime Search
- Secret Service Investigates Fox News Twitter Hack
- News of the World Caught in Phone Hacking Scandal of Missing Girl
- Microsoft to Power English Search Services on China’s Baidu
- PlayStation Network To Be Fully Restored This Week
- Twitter Nixes Follow Back Requirement for DMs to Verified Accounts
- Facebook Blocks Friend Exporter Plugin
via:the-goods
