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13 million US Facebook users have no idea how much information they’re sharing with the public
thenextweb.com
Facebook’s privacy settings can sometimes be a source of confusion for the social network’s millions of users, and in the US, nearly 13 million of them are either unaware of, or simply don’t use, the privacy controls the site offers. In a recent study, Consumer Reports shows exactly why that...
Here’s what our web addiction looks like in 2016
gigaom.com
We’re on pace to generate 1.3 zettabytes of data in 2016, about four times more than we create today, according to the latest data out from Cisco. To put that in perspective, Cisco helpfully tells us that’s more than 38 million DVDs streamed in an hour. Or, you can think...
Ofcom outlines plans to remove the hassle of switching broadband providers in the UK
thenextweb.com
One of the biggest headaches in moving house is the inherent lag-time between moving in and waiting for that broadband connection to get up and running. It’s perhaps a sad state-of-affairs, but I’d sooner do without a fridge for that first week in a new pad than be without the...
IKEA announces furniture with integrated TV, speakers, and Blu-ray
www.extremetech.com
If you long for those balmy days when TVs looked like pieces of furniture, good news: This fall, IKEA will release Uppleva, a range of home entertainment systems that integrate a flat-screen full HD TV, 2.1 sound, and a Blu-ray player. At this point, I strongly encourage you to watch...
Green Blog: On Facebook, Some Friendly Energy Rivalry
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A new app will allow 20 million households served by 16 utilities across the nation to post their energy usage on Facebook pages and invite friends to share their information, too....
ITU: There Are Now Over 1 Billion Users Of Social Media Worldwide, Most On Mobile
techcrunch.com
What does it mean when Facebook says it has 901 million monthly active users on its network? According to figures out from the International Telecommunication Union, it effectively signifies that Facebook is the world’s largest social network by a very long shot. The ITU says in a new report that...
Better Late Than Never: Hulu Plus Finally Arrives On The Wii
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The folks over at Hulu originally promised Wii users would have access to their Hulu Plus streaming service by the end of 2011, but things didn’t exactly pan out the way they had hoped. Well, after a few extra months of waiting, the Nintendo-faithful are finally being rewarded for their...
One quarter of worldwide households have Wi-Fi, says Strategy Analytics
www.theverge.com
According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, 25 percent of all "households" worldwide now have Wi-Fi networks set up. In terms of adoption, South Korea tops the list of the 17 countries the firm researched, at 80.3 percent — followed by the UK, Germany, France, and Japan. The...
Walmart Adds “Pay With Cash” For Online Shoppers At Walmart.com
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Walmart.com is launching a new way to checkout, targeting customers who don’t have credit or debit cards…or money in the bank for that matter. The company is now allowing customers to buy online and pay with cash. The change reflects the current economic conditions in the U.S., as Walmart states...
Orange says it'll bring LTE to all of its EU markets by 2015
www.engadget.com
Orange made a bold pledge to the future of Europe's "digital economy" yesterday, promising to bring 4G / LTE networks to all EU markets by the year 2015, and reaffirming its commitment to Africa and the Middle East. The France-based carrier outlined its plan during an event in Brussels,...
The ‘Dogbnb’ Wars Escalate: Rover Raises $3.4M in Round Led By Madrona
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Finding a place for your pooch while you’re away should be getting easier. Rover, a Seattle-based startup that is trying to disrupt the kennel market, said it has raised $3.4 million in a round led by Madrona Venture Group. It’s one of several startups that are vying to be the online...
THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY IN AMERICA: Average Family Net Worth Collapses 40% In 3 Years
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Yesterday, the Fed released its latest Survey of Consumer Finances. The report included a lot of depressing data about the financial situation of average Americans. But nothing was so shocking and depressing as this: The median net worth of American families dropped nearly 40% from 2007 to 2010. Wow. Most...
Super fast fiber for Kansas City
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Our goal is to build products that will help improve our users’ lives. And when it comes to Internet access, it's clear what provides a better user experience: Fast is better than slow. On the web, nobody wants to wait for a video to buffer or a website to load....
Millions face digital TV blackout due to new mobile services
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Broadcasters say proposed £180m switchover help scheme is insufficient, urging government to use proceeds from 4G auctionMillions of homes face a digital TV blackout because of interference from new mobile services, with fears that a government help scheme to combat the problem will prove inadequate.Around 2.3 million households – all...
Google Fiber launches in Kansas City
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Google opened its announcement of Google Fiber in Kansas City with this animation. Google Google announced its highly-anticipated Google Fiber service today, bringing 1Gbps Internet access to selected residents of Kansas City. The service will be available for a $300 installation fee to households in Kansas City, and will launch...
Yes, It’s True: Kids Are Tablet Fiends. And Gaming Apps Are The Winners
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If you own a tablet and have children, chances are that this will not come as news to you. For those who don’t but work in mobile, it’s something worth remembering when you’re concocting up your next big product: Kids are crazy about tablets. According to some research out today...
Forthcoming 4G networks could interfere with TV in 10 percent of UK homes
www.engadget.com
If you live in the UK and a 4G wireless tower is going up right next to your house, you might want to hold off on the excitement. LTE networks occupying the 800MHz spectrum could cause some serious interference (sound familiar?), capable of knocking out around two million households'...
Plug in Better: A Manifesto
www.theatlantic.com
The trick isn't to unplug from our devices -- it's to unplug from the distractions, information overload, and trash that make us unhappy.A world ruled by spin, in which political influence lasts only until the next embarrassing YouTube video. Industries starved of creative, deep thinking, as focused effort gives way...
Lords' report on superfast broadband must be taken seriously
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The government is not being bold enough in its internet strategy, and more must be done to give UK the network it needsIt will make uncomfortable reading for ministers, but the House of Lords report on the national strategy to speed up and extend Britain's broadband network should be taken...
A Quarter of the World's Households Now Have Wi-Fi, Survey Says
www.pcworld.com
A total of 439 million households around the world had installed a Wi-Fi-based home network at the end of 2011, equivalent to 25 percent of all households......
More than half of all US households own an Apple product
thenextweb.com
Apple has hit the tipping point: 51% of all households in the United States own an Apple product. That means, according to CNBC’s polling information, some 55 million American homes own an iOS device, or a Mac computer. Of course, as products have a physical and software-based lifecycle, this gives...
Ziplist Launches Netflix-like Queue for Meal Plannning
pandodaily.com
Modern households bear little resemblance to the lives of the iconic matriarchs June Clever and Carol Brady who made it seem effortless to plan and execute homemade meals. Today, families are battling countless competing obligations, budgetary constraints, and even paralysis induced by excessive choice. Seeking to simplify this process, the...
New From Google Labs: Orwellian Surveillance Apparatus
allthingsd.com
Google may have put its Street View data collection debacle to rest in the United States with the payment of a $25,000 fine to The Federal Communications Commission. But in Europe it may not get off quite so easily. There lawmakers are calling for a stronger response to Google’s collection...
Amazon Instant Video Comes to Xbox 360
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Amazon just announced that its Instant Video service is now available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360. With the Amazon Instant Video app for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, Xbox users can now access the roughly 120,000 movies and TV episodes available for renting and purchasing on Amazon’s streaming video service. The app...
Half of all U.S. households own at least one Apple product
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Apple’s stock recently crossed the $600 mark and there are no signs that the world’s most valuable company is slowing down. According to a poll from CNBC, half of all U.S. households own at least one Apple product and residents of one-in-10 homes that lack Apple products plan to buy...
MoveInsure Aims To Be Esurance For The Moving Industry
techcrunch.com
Believe it or not, 37 million Americans, or about 16 million households, pick up and move every year. Depending on whom you ask, we move as frequently as once every three years. Yes, moving is a part of life, albeit a stressful and emotional one. Unsurprisingly, the many services and...
Infortrend NAS server family ties up your network and storage needs, brings the cloud to suburbs
www.engadget.com
Infortrend is the latest to step up with a collection of new NAS servers pitched at both households and business and it's now announced. The EonNAS Pro Series offers from two to eight-bay tower systems, while the 1000 series gives you four bays to for cross-platform file-sharing for your...
AlertMe’s ‘huge’ UK gas deal: big data for real people
gigaom.com
Smart energy startup AlertMe has struck a deal that could super-charge its expansion by providing its technology to the U.K.’s largest domestic energy supplier. In an announcement on Tuesday, AlertMe — which runs a cloud-based service that monitors and analyzes people’s energy use and gives them detailed feedback — said...
The iPad as gateway drug
tech.fortune.cnn.com
One in four U.S. iPad owners tell NPD it's their first Apple product Apple Inc. FORTUNE -- It used to be the iPod that got Americans started down the road to dependency. Now, according to a new NPD survey, their first Apple (AAPL) product is more likely to be an iPhone or,...
Loan monitoring startup Credit Sesame banks another $12M
venturebeat.com
Credit Sesame, a credit and loan monitoring startup, has closed a new $12 million round of funding, its third , the company announced today. Credit Sesame’s service is meant to help people keep track of the various kinda of debts, loans, and credit funds, such as mortgages, credit cards,...
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