Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Google And Twitter Team Up Again To Give A Voice To Syrians Without Internet - plus my very own links overview

What's been going on in the realm of tech? Who are we checking out?

In our first little group, why don't we take a look at the websites discussing Firehose (band) and Twitter, Inc.:
- Court Temporarily Protects PeopleBrowsr Access To Twitter Firehose, Twitter Says It Will 'Vigorously Defend' Itself from techcrunch.com
- PeopleBrowsr Takes Twitter to Court over Firehose from www.searchenginejournal.com

Syria and Twitter, Inc. seemed to come up rather a lot too:
- Google And Twitter Team Up Again To Give A Voice To Syrians Without Internet from www.webpronews.com
- Nationwide Internet Blackout Underway in Syria from techland.time.com
- Syria Shuts Down Internet In Midst Of Uprising, Mobile Services And Land Lines Partially Down from techcrunch.com

Did you see all the talk about Google and European Union? Here are the most interesting bits:
- Is Bing Right About People Getting "Scroogled" By Google? - "This week, Bing launched an attack campaign against Google, called "Don't Get Scroogled"" - said www.webpronews.com
- Microsoft Claims Google 'Scroogled' Shoppers, But Uses Similar Pay-To-Play Tactics - www.huffingtonpost.com
- UK's House Of Lords Summons Facebook And Google To Talk Convergence And Media Power - techcrunch.com

What else? Well, IPad and Apple Inc. were in the media a fair bit:
- After 3.5M Downloads Of Its iPhone App, Etsy Finally Goes To The iPad - "But its brand strength online - and perhaps the fact that design-led mobile apps like Pinterest and Fab have been a big hit with consumers - have helped Etsy pick up a strong following anyway, with 3.5 million downloads to date, and 1 in 3 visitors shopping on Etsy from mobile devices over the recent Thanksgiving weekend (normal figures, it says, are 1 in 4 visitors).Now it is looking to capitalize on that with a newiPad app" - said techcrunch.com
- iPhone 5, iPad Mini, 4th-Gen iPad Get Release Dates For China - www.webpronews.com













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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Amazon's Kindle Family: Weekend Sales More Than Double On Last Year, Cyber Monday Biggest Of All - and my own blog posts overview

The field of technology is always moving. Let's take a look at which companies have been in the news.

Who shall we look at first? Well, it's Android (operating system) and Windows Phone...
- Kantar Worldpanel: Apple Shoots Back To Top Of U.S. Smartphone Sales On An iPhone 5 Rocket, Android Leading Elsewhere from techcrunch.com
- Nook for Android and IOS Gets Updated, Comes to the UK from mashable.com



What else do we have? Well, there's Kindle Fire and Amazon Kindle:
- Amazon's Kindle Family: Weekend Sales More Than Double On Last Year, Cyber Monday Biggest Of All from techcrunch.com
- Kindle Did Pretty Well For Itself Over The Weekend from www.webpronews.com

Did you see all the discussion about Windows Phone and Microsoft Corporation? Here are the most interesting bits:
- Bing Adds Translator App for Windows Phone 8 - "For Windows Phone users Bing has just released their freeBing Translator appfor Windows Phone 8" - said www.searchenginejournal.com
- Bing Translator App Now On Windows Phone 8 - www.webpronews.com

Let's finish up with a look at iOS and Android.
- Apple Reportedly Fires The Manager Directly In Charge Of The iOS 6 Maps Team - "A report today from Bloomberg claims that Apple SVP Eddy Cue, who took over control of Maps from Scott Forstall when that senior executive and iOS architect departed the company, has fired Richard Williamson (bishop) a manager who oversaw the Maps team" - said techcrunch.com





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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

IBM: Cyber Monday Sales Are Already Up 24 Percent; iPhone Driving Most Traffic To Retail Sites - along with my very own blog posts summary

The field of tech is always moving. Let's see which companies have been making news.

Who shall we look at first? So, it's Google and YouTube, LLC...
- Up Close: Using The "News Keywords" Tag For Google News from searchengineland.com
- Google Shopping Holiday Update for Merchants from searchenginewatch.com
- Googler Makes Case For Value Of Blog Comments To Search Results from www.webpronews.com



Facebook has been getting a lot of press too:
- Facebook Pages Feed: What Does It Mean for Page Owners? from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Facebook Gifts Now Lets You Buy ITunes Credit For Friends And Recommend What They Should Purchase from techcrunch.com
- Facebook Gifts Adds iTunes Gift Cards to Its Options from www.webpronews.com







Did you notice all the discussion about IOS and Apple Inc.? Here's the best bits:
- After 20M Downloads On Android (operating system) Japan's Bitcellar Brings FxCamera To IOS - "Bitcellar, one of the rare Japanese app developers that faces outward from the country and reaches a global audience, is finally making a debut on iOS after a long and successful run on Google's Android platform" - said techcrunch.com
- Nook for Android and iOS Gets Updated, Comes to the UK - mashable.com

Let's end up with a look at Cyber Monday and Thanksgiving.
- IBM: Cyber Monday Sales Are Already Up 24 Percent; iPhone Driving Most Traffic To Retail Sites - "After a record-breaking Black Friday, retailers may be in for a big Cyber Monday as well" - said techcrunch.com



















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Saturday, November 10, 2012

If You Use Facebook Camera Or Messenger, You're One Of Zuck's Guinea Pigs - as well as my links summary

Which organizations have been moving and shaking in the world of tech? Let's see.

In our first little group, why don't we take a look at the sites discussing Google and The Wall Street Journal:
- Google Roundup: JAMs Fast with Chrome, Dumb Phones, and VC Up from www.searchenginejournal.com
- China Blocks Virtually All Of Google's Web Services As 18th Party Congress Gets Underway from techcrunch.com
- China Blocks Google Search, Gmail, Google+, Maps & More from searchengineland.com



Facebook has been receiving a lot of press too:
- If You Use Facebook Camera Or Messenger, You're One Of Zuck's Guinea Pigs from techcrunch.com
- This Is What It Looks Like (on Facebook) When You Lose a Presidential Election from www.webpronews.com



Thanksgiving and Patrice Wilson were mentioned a lot too:
- Watch Out Rebecca Black: Is 'Thanksgiving' the New 'Friday'? - "With "It's Thanksgiving," the only seat you'll be taking is at the dinner table" - said mashable.com
- It's Thanksgiving: Your Holiday-Themed Masterpiece from the Guy That Brought You Rebecca Black - www.webpronews.com

The rest? Well, Barack Obama and Willard Mitt Romney were in the press a fair bit:
- Obama Tears Up While Addressing Campaign Staff - "US-VOTE-2012-ELECTION-OBAMA US President Barack Obama points at supporters as First Lady Michelle Obama gives the thumbs-up, flanked by Vice-President Joe Biden and Second Lady Jill Biden following Obama's speech on election night November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois" - said www.huffingtonpost.com
- Yes We Cry: Obama Tears Up Thanking Campaign Staff [VIDEO] - mashable.com

Source: mashable.com
















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