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UK Internet users hitting up social media for customer service double in 8 months to 18 million
thenextweb.com
According to a study conducted by Fishburn Hedges and Echo Research, as many as 18 million UK Internet users have turned to social media at one time or another to connect with brands. It doesn’t come as a surprise that more and more people are taking to social media as a...
HP eyes 2015 release for 3D integrated photonic chips
www.engadget.com
It's unavoidable -- mention HP and images of the TouchPad come floating to the surface. What most geek folk don't realize, however, is that the company recently famous for open sourcing webOS has been hard at work behind-the-scenes prepping for the next stage in computing: integrated photonics. The project,...
Gap, H&M, and others welcome Wrapp’s awesome social gift cards to the U.S.
venturebeat.com
After finding success in Sweden and across Europe for its effort to revitalize the gift card industry, Wrapp is finally launching in the U.S. today. And to prove it’s serious, the company has more than 25 retailers signed up to use the service, including Gap, H&M, and Sephora. Wrapp’s...
Oracle's Larry Ellison and Pixar's Ed Catmull on Their Friend, Steve Jobs (Video)
allthingsd.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared on the D stage six times before he passed away last October, leaving behind a storied legacy that plenty of memorials have explored and summarized but few have truly managed to capture. Not an easy task, but certainly quite a bit simpler for those who...
Technology should help us share, not constrain us | Richard Stallman
www.guardian.co.uk
Companies like Amazon can control the way we use the ebooks we buy. Instead let's build a publishing model based on freedomI love the detective novel The Jehovah Contract, and I'd like everyone else to love it, too. I have lent it out at least six times over the years....
BMO: Salesforce's Quarter Should Be Better Than the Last One
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Cloud software concern Salesforce.com reports earnings later this month, and analysts are starting to try to get an idea of how its quarterly results are going to look. Karl Keirstead of BMO Capital Markets checked in with a handful of sources, and what he found, he wrote in a note...
Big Jambox review
www.theverge.com
The most appealing aspect of the original Jawbone Jambox is its surprising ability to push big sound relative to its diminutive size. Other battery-powered wireless speakers might be louder or less expensive, but only Jawbone manages to foster a supreme balance of acoustics, portability, and design from such a...
Steve Jobs at D: A Retrospective (Video)
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Between 2003 and 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared six times on the D stage. Here’s the brief video retrospective of those appearances that was shown prior to a panel discussion of Jobs’s legacy by longtime friends — Ed Catmull and Larry Ellison. [ See post to watch video ]...
Chinese mobile subscribers grew to 987.58 million in January
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China is already the biggest mobile market in the world, and it's only getting bigger, as the country's three state-owned telecom companies revealed a 1.2 percent increase in subscribers in January. In total China's mobile subscriber base grew to 987.58 million in January, though only a small percentage of...
Wrapp’s social gift cards are coming to the U.S.
gigaom.com
After launching in Sweden in November and recently expanding its presence in Europe, Wrapp, the Swedish social gifting startup, is now coming to the U.S. to tap America’s love of gift cards. The startup, founded by Rebtel co-founder Hjalmar Winbladh, is coming ashore with a number of retail partners including Gap,...
Verizon to add 27 new 4G LTE markets, expand in 47 others this week
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Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced plans to bring its 4G LTE network to 27 new markets on Thursday and expand its service in 47 existing markets. The additional markets bring Verizon’s total coverage to 230 4G LTE markets across the United States, covering nearly two-thirds on the nation’s population....
All Things D makes all six Steve Jobs conference appearances available on iTunes
www.theverge.com
Last night Apple CEO Tim Cook made his first appearance with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the All Things Digital D10 conference. He was continuing a trend that his former boss started; Steve Jobs appeared at the conference six times between 2003 and 2010. Mossberg and Swisher have...
Next Xbox may already be in production
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A Texas electronics company has allegedly begun production on Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox gaming console, according to a report from IGN. Production of the Xbox 720 is reportedly underway at the Austin, Texas branch of Flextronics, the same electronics company responsible for manufacturing the Xbox 360 and the original Xbox....
Microsoft’s Xbox 720 may have touchscreen controllers
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Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox will use controllers that have “an HD screen surrounded by the traditional 360 buttons and sticks,” according to Xbox World Magazine. The magazine claims Microsoft’s tablet-like controller will have shape closer to Sony’s PS Vita than Wii U’s “bulky unit”. The next Xbox “will be a...
Arduino Grande is a 'comically large,' fully functional microcontroller
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Arduino microcontrollers are small enough that we've seen them used in everything from milk jugs to microwaves, but John Edgar Park wanted something bigger: so he's built the Arduino Grande. Park — who writes for Make magazine and works at DisneyToon Studios — will not only be showing off...
Drobo embraces Thunderbolt, releases Drobo Mini
www.computerworld.com
Drobo today announced two new storage arrays, including its first portable unit, the Drobo Mini, and a larger array with as much as six times the performance of predecessors. The company also announced its support for Thunderbolt and USB 3.0....
Nearly 90% of the World Uses Mobile Phones
battellemedia.com
In the normal course of research for the book, I wondered how quickly mobile phone use got to the 1 billion mark. I figured we’re well past that number now, but I had no idea how far past it we’ve blown.Like, six times past it. We hit 1 billion...
Infrared telescope can pick out the atmosphere on distant planets, smell what the aliens are smelling
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Astronomers in Chile using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope are now able to analyze the atmosphere on faraway planet Tau Bootis b. Using CRIRES, a supercooled infrared spectrograph bolted to the 'scope, the team was able to judge the size of the exoplanet -- and for the...
Infrared telescope can pick out the atmosphere on distant planets, smell what the aliens are smelling
Beauty-in-a-Box Company Birchbox Will Ship Lifestyle and Tech Products for Men
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A New York start-up that has been building a business on oversized samples of beauty products for women is now turning to the other team, with deliveries of grooming products, lifestyle goods and consumer-tech gadgets for men. Birchbox.com, a subscription service that ships monthly mystery boxes containing a handful of...
Leaked document sheds light on next-generation Xbox, Kinect 2
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Even though Microsoft confirmed that we wouldn’t see it, some fans were still disappointed the company didn’t reveal details regarding its next-generation Xbox gaming console at this year’s Electronics Entertainment Expo. A newly leaked 56-page document detailing the “Xbox 720” may ease those frustrations, however. The document, which appears...
How I died in Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition
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Namco Bandai Ars at E3 Nintendo busts out Mario and other classic franchises to sell Wii U Lara Croft shows her vulnerability in new Tomb Raider Creating the beautiful mystery of The Unfinished Swan Live from E3: EA's press conference 30 million-track Xbox Music service coming from Microsoft In...
Rumored Instagram funding may boost its valuation from $25M to $500M
venturebeat.com
Mobile photography application Instagram may be raising a $40 million round of funding, rocketing its valuation from $25 million to $500 million over night. The Wall Street Journal’s sources say that venture capitalists are definitely interested in the 2 year old company, but have some reservations about the high...
Download Demand for Steve Jobs at D Podcasts Strong
allthingsd.com
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a frequent guest at the annual D: All Things Digital conference, where he appeared onstage six times between 2003 and 2010. On May 30, AllThingsD released audio and video podcasts of those legendary appearances on Apple’s iTunes Store. So far, they seem to have...
Has Uber fixed its surge-pricing problem?
gigaom.com
Last year during certain major events — Halloween and New Year’s Eve — Uber introduced surge pricing to deal with high demand for its cars. The thinking was that by increasing rates, it would have a greater supply of drivers, because they would be more likely to work if they...
4 Ways Facebook Can Turn Domination Into Dollars
www.fastcompany.com
Facebook has accomplished something few have: the right to compete for global dominance in the digital landscape. Here's how the social networking juggernaut can turn domination into dollars. For the past six years, I’ve spent nearly every day talking about Facebook. From the early days when MySpace was the enemy,...
Google’s taking a nap: Not one buyout in four months despite 79 acquisitions in 2011
9to5google.com
Google must be napping to reenergize for its upcoming Motorola Mobility acquisition, because it has not completed a single buyout in 2012 despite purchasing 79 companies last year. Google filed its 10-K with the SEC in January that revealed the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine spent $1.9 billion (including...
NetApp boosts entry-level array performance
www.computerworld.com
NetApp announced a significant refresh of its FAS2220 storage array, increasing performance by three times and memory six times for the same price as the previous version....
Microsoft would like you to think that So.cl is for students, but don’t be fooled
thenextweb.com
During the hush of the weekend after Facebook’s IPO bonanza, and Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding, Microsoft unleashed its entry into the social vertical. The site, called So.cl, is positioned as a research tool for students. The project comes out of Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, a division of the company that is working...
Georgia Tech researchers turn an iPhone into a Braille writer with BrailleTouch app
www.engadget.com
It wasn't all that long ago that we saw a student turn a tablet into a Braille writer, and now some researchers from Georgia Tech have done the same thing for smaller touchscreens, too. The Yellow Jackets produced a prototype app, called BrailleTouch, that has six keys to input...
Zillow Completes Its $40M RentJuice Acquisition
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Zillow, the popular online real estate search engine, just announced that it has closed its previously announced $40 million acquisition of RentJuice. With RentJuice, Zillow now owns a rental relationship management service for landlords, property managers and rental brokers that helps them market their inventory and client relationships. RentJuice is currently being...
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