iFixit Expands It’s User-Repaired Device Catalog
Anybody with a little Do-It-Yourself attitude and just a little more guts, can go to the iFixit website and view user-generated manuals, how-to’s and tips & tricks on how to repair that beloved (and expensive) Apple product. And the site is up-to-date as demonstrated by their iPad teardown merely two hours after the iPad launched [...]
Read MoreCan Facebook Change User Privacy Settings Without Permission?
Last week the social media platform, Facebook, faced a public outcry regarding it’s new pilot program. Facebook has partnered with Microsoftdocs.com, Pandora and Yelp to personalize Facebook user experiences when visiting any of these third-party websites. These third-party sites are given access to user’s Facebook profile and the profile of their friends. Facebook users are [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 4-30-2010
Posterous Implements Facebook Likes Choosing to waste no time, simple blogging-by-email platform Posterous has implemented Facebook Likes on all blogs via the new Open Graph API. You don’t have to actually do anything to benefit. The like button appears after each post (depending on your theme) and, when clicked, will share a link back to [...]
Read MoreA Twitter Client That Makes Tweets Make Sense
Researchers at the Palo Alto Research Center seem to be creating the ultimate Twitter client. Not because of the number of columns you can have, the types of URL shorteners it supports, or any of the other features that users and developers normally worry about, though. It’s because this particular client aims to make sense [...]
Read MoreDell is bringing the Thunder and Lightning With its Upcoming Smartphones
Dell is next up as a potential contender in the smartphone race. The powerhouse of personal computers looks as if they want to take the smartphone game by storm (Get it? Because of the names…never mind). Even though mobile technology is growing rapidly, Dell has got some work to do if they want to compete [...]
Read MoreApple Finally Shuts Down Lala
Lala is shutting down as of May 31st. Very disappointing news for many users of the service who actually preferred it over iTunes. The service is now closed to new users. Apple acquired Lala back in December of 2009 when it seemed that the cloud-based service was in financial trouble. This is after Lala seemed [...]
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