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The year in social networking, plus what’s next on its dance card
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509 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

The year in social networking, plus what’s next on its dance card

Here are some burning social-networking questions for the tech world in 2012. These questions are by no means listed in order of importance. Also, in case some can't tell, the first is rhetorical. • Will people learn to think before they Read More →
Quoted: Facebook photos of bound children lead to parents’ arrest
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509 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

Quoted: Facebook photos of bound children lead to parents’ arrest

"By the look on their faces, they were in sheer terror. I don't know how this could have been a joke." — Commander Rex Gilliland of the Coconino County Sheriff's Office Arizona, on the arrest of the parents of Read More →
Off topic: Protecting apostrophes, food and flavors, donkeys in Dallas, Samoa cancels Friday
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510 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: Protecting apostrophes, food and flavors, donkeys in Dallas, Samoa cancels Friday

The Apostrophe Protection Society is a little possessive of the "much-abused" punctuation mark. When you're baking and find yourself out of a crucial ingredient, accept substitutes — or maybe this flavor-network infographic will help. Read More →
Tracking the year in tracking
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510 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 5 Comments

Tracking the year in tracking

A report this week from CNNMoney titled "Your cell phone is out of your control," which uses the recent Carrier IQ controversy as its first example, reminds GMSV that there's nowhere to hide nowadays. It was a big year Read More →
Quoted: on Stanford’s Apple history collection
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510 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 6 Comments

Quoted: on Stanford’s Apple history collection

"What they were doing was spectacularly new. The idea of building computers out of your garage and marketing them and thereby creating a successful business — it just didn't compute for a lot of people." — Henry Lowood, Stanford Read More →
Off topic: New Year’s ‘rulin’s', break-up cast-offs, stand-up economist, Bethlehem brawl
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511 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: New Year’s ‘rulin’s', break-up cast-offs, stand-up economist, Bethlehem brawl

"Wash teeth if any," and "love everybody" — it's that time of the year, perhaps Woody Guthrie's "New Year's Rulin's" will inspire you. "Although this dress was one of a kind, apparently he didn't think that I was Read More →
The year of Netflix’s decline: Customer satisfaction, stock price, more
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511 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 8 Comments

The year of Netflix’s decline: Customer satisfaction, stock price, more

Capping off its awful year, Netflix has again made headlines with a steep drop in customer satisfaction, according to a holiday retail survey released today by analytics firm ForeSee. The firm notes that the company used to Read More →
Break it down: iOS and Android activations, Windows Phone apps, Google+ users
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511 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 5 Comments

Break it down: iOS and Android activations, Windows Phone apps, Google+ users

It's a by-the-numbers kind of tech news day: • Is downloading apps a new holiday tradition? Some numbers from Flurry, an analytics firm: 6.8 million Android and iOS mobile devices activated Christmas day, a roughly 140 percent surge from Read More →
Quoted: on the value of a Twitter account
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511 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Quoted: on the value of a Twitter account

"What is the economic value of a Twitter account with recent tweets such as 'Why does the bathroom smell like licorice?' and 'Dude, I was sedated last week' for a business like PhoneDog?" — Jessica Godell of Partridge, a Read More →
Off topic: Package rage, ’80s film quiz, new calendar, U.S. of pop music
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512 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: Package rage, ’80s film quiz, new calendar, U.S. of pop music

Aboxalypse Now, a roundup of packaging-related facts. How many titles can you name in this 1980s film alphabet quiz? (via @brainpicker) Under a new calendar proposed by a couple of Johns Hopkins researchers, Christmas Read More →

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