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10 Bizarre (Yet Real) Wikipedia Photo Captions
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
While not as bizarre as these Photoshop mistakes or Google search suggestions, Wikipedia photos can also be somewhat entertaining, or at least their captions. We've rounded up ten of the funniest captions for your viewing enjoyment, thanks to a f...
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Bing Maps piles on 215TB of new Bird’s Eye imagery, proves it’s a small world after all
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Did you think Microsoft was done with Bing Maps updates after it threw a whopping 165TB of satellite imagery at virtual explorers? You've got another thing coming. The mapping crew in Redmond has thrown another 215TB of data over the fence, this time...
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Hootsuite Opens Up Google+ Page Integration To All Users
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Billy Gallagher. Under: Uncategorized.
Hootsuite, the popular social media management interface, can now offer Google+ Pages access to all of Hootsuite's nearly 5 million users. Since November, when Google allowed Hootsuite to offer Pages on its site, Hootsuite has been limited to only 200 pages. Google lifted that cap today.
However, it still cannot offer Google+ Profile support due to Google restrictions.No Comments
Google Play Music app update brings tweaks to Now Playing, Recent, playlists and widget
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Ever since introducing the Google Music app in beta last year its developers have been hard at work trimming away the rougher edges and that's never been more evident than in the new 4.3.606 version now available for download. While Google Play Music...
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Laser-Based VARIES Starship Will Transform Quantum Vacuum Into Antimatter Fuel
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
Reaching for the stars might actually be easier than we think, if future spacecraft are able to use "solar-powered lasers to coax antimatter fuel out of the quantum vacuum of space." The starship is called VARIES and the basic idea is to create f...
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Twitter Loses Another Comms Director, As Former iMeem Exec Matt Graves Steps Down
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Rip Empson. Under: Uncategorized.
They don't always get a lot of credit for their work, but it's not easy to be the one in charge of communications for a large organization (or really any size for that matter). Depending on the complexity, age and structure within a company, developing communications strategies and maintaining consistency of brand and message across a variety of products and departments -- while reporting directly to the Big Kahuna -- can be anything but an enviable job. And it seems this may be especially true at Twitter.
Twitter's Director of Communications, Matt Graves, announced via tweet this afternoon that he will be stepping down from his post and taking some time off. Graves has been the company's comms director for over two years, joining the company from iMeem, where he was formerly VP of Marketing Communications. Prior to iMeem, he spent 6.5 years as PR Director of RealNetworks.No Comments
Archos 97 Carbon breaks cover at the FCC
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Joseph Volpe. Under: Uncategorized.
Archos' recently outed 97 Carbon is the poor man's Android slate... intentionally. Part of the French outfit's low-cost Elements line, the 9.7-inch ICS tablet saw an official unveiling earlier this month and is now making an obligatory step-and-repea...
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DirecTV and Viacom disagree on their disagreements, standoff continues
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Seeing that DirecTV and Viacom can't even agree on the number of channels that have gone off the air (one says 17, the other 26) as a result of their deal expiring last week, it's no surprise that the two are continuing to challenge each other's stat...
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Women in Tech: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Dave McClure. Under: Uncategorized.
Apologies in advance to everyone I’m going to offend with this post, men and women included. If I appear to be moronic, self-centered, or sexist... it’s only because I am (I’m a guy). Still I believe my heart is in the right place, and unlike my head, hopefully it’s not in my pants. But whether you agree with me or not, I’d like to get past “talking” about gender issues and start taking action... action as in get off your butt and write a check for some startup who could really use the money.No Comments
WD TV Play media hub revealed by the FCC, puts Texas Hold’em on the big screen
Posted On 18 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Western Digital must not want to leave casual TV gaming to the Roku crowd. Our friends at the FCC have just posted a filing that shows the as yet unannounced WD TV Play taking on its set-top rival with a dedicated gaming channel. We're only given a s...
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