As tech goes, Groupon is a company that could only have started with the internet, but it’s rarely thought of as more than a shopping portal. Groupons have ranged from custom-made clothing to sex toys, so as Thanksgiving approaches, it seems prudent to check out what other basics Groupon suggests you buy for your loved […]
Netflix customers recently received an email about a class action suit and settlement payment from Walmart. If you’re one of the lucky customers who qualifies for the settlement, you may be wondering why you’re getting money from Walmart. A suit brought against Walmart and Netflix charges that the two companies unofficially struck a non-compete agreement to […]
This is a follow-up of sorts to my previous article, “Tasting Gingerbread: A WebOS User Dabbles In The Android Waters”. I’m still using a Palm Pre+ hacked to run on Sprint, but I know this can’t last forever. With webOS’s uncertain future almost certainly not including phones, I’ve continued to look elsewhere. That’s why when […]
Google has a history of leaving projects in beta testing for absurd lengths of time (Gmail lasted five years with a beta tag). So, when Google launched its long-awaited music service this summer under a beta tag, with the proviso that it was “free, for now” there was some concern about whether users could really […]
When AOL first built AIM back in 1997, the messenger was well received as a major contender in the popular new genre of instant messaging clients. By 2006, AIM had more users than any of the other major competitors. With the more recent growth in popularity of “one client connects all” IM software, the ubiquitous […]
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the 22-year old co-founder of Diaspora*, died over the weekend. Police aren’t yet releasing details, pending the medical examiner’s investigation, but friends and family say it looks like he committed suicide. There is already conjecture about whether the stresses of creating Diaspora* in the public eye contributed to his death. Zhitomirskiy, Maxwell Salzburg, […]
In what has become an ongoing problem, a blogger has come forward with reports of troublesome information suppression on Facebook. Jeremy Ryan, of the site Addicting Info, recently reported continued reprimands he’s been getting from Facebook due to people submitting false abuse reports. Trolls are now having activists removed by filing fake Facebook complaints. That […]
For only the third time during his presidency so far, President Obama expects to veto upcoming legislation when he strikes down a bill that would otherwise dismantle the net neutrality provisions adopted by the FCC last year. The bill at the crux of the issue is Senate Journal Resolution 6, which states Congress disapproves of […]
Since the launch of Google+, the search giant has been on a mission to unify their major services with a common theme and user interface. The clean white pages with grey toolbars were first introduced to us in the young social network, but it quickly became clear that this was the new face of Google. […]
In the response to that New York Times article on Netflix’s recent woes, this short paragraph has gotten lost in all the Wall Street Sturm und Drang: Despite the decline in subscribers, the company did well financially in the [third] quarter. It reported net income of $62.5 million, or $1.16, a share, compared with $38 […]
