CEOs Who Use Twitter — Tweets from the Chiefs — In August 2008 we reported on 18 chief executives who use the microblogging application Twitter to clue customers in on new services, help them with questions about their products, and generally get a little bit personal with customers, business associates, and the public. Tweet
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What’s up, bot? Google tries new Captcha method
What’s up, bot? Google tries new Captcha method — Google has released research results about a new test to foil computers pretending to be humans by requiring them to orient an image so it’s upright. Tweet
Kindle owners find out about DRM’s ever-present threat
Amid the general love-fest over the Amazon Kindle, its DRM is beginning to bite some users in the butt as they are getting locked out of their accounts and, subsequently, their e-book purchases. The incidents highlight once again that the customer doesn’t really own the content when it comes to DRM; even when it’s so…
Magnetic "Cloud" sofa floats in mid air
Designer D.K. Wei came up with this awesome furniture concept: A sofa that floats on a magnetic field. It’s called "Cloud." Tweet Source
Google CEO Warns Newspapers Not To Anger Readers
“Google CEO Eric Schmidt has hit back at newspaper bosses, warning them that they risk alienating readers in their war against news aggregators such as Google News. ‘I would encourage everybody to think in terms of what your reader wants,’ Schmidt said at a conference for the Newspaper Association of America. ‘These are ultimately consumer…
FriendFeed lifestreaming goes real-time for better and worse
FriendFeed has unveiled a new beta that brings some rather drastic changes to its lifestreaming service. Users have always been able to import and share their activity from dozens of other communities and create content on the site. Now, FriendFeed is adding granular messaging features and the holy social grail: real-time, automatic updates. Registered users…
Google street view car pulled over by the cops for speeding
There are certain things you don’t do in your car when your employer is paying you to drive around. One thing people may still do even if they are being paid to drive around is speed; maybe not excessively or on purpose but it happens. If you are paid to drive around with a huge…
Think Microblogging is Hip? Try Nanoblogging!
Think Microblogging is Hip? Try Nanoblogging! — With all the hype surrounding Twitter these days, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to outdo them and come out with an even faster and more efficient method of communication. — Enter Flutter. Flutter claims to be a nanoblogging service. Tweet Source
Windows 7 Touchscreen Details Emerging
Microsoft has revealed more about Windows 7 and its support for touch screen technology. The system sounds impressive, however, reports suggest it appears to have a high error rate. In an early version of the system, Microsoft found some problems. For example, both the zoom and rotate functions worked less than 75% of the time,…
Why Microsoft is poised for a massive comeback
The recession is bad. And it could get worse before it gets better. But the downturn will end. And when it does, the consumer electronics and IT industries will look very different from those that entered the recession in late 2007. There will be winners and losers — many companies that have been with us…
