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Facebook has begun the rollout of a new feature, Facebook Questions, which will allow users to get answers to their queries from the entire Facebook community. Similar in concept to Yahoo! Answers, Quora and Mahalo, Facebook Questions gives users the opportunity to ask questions just by clicking the “Ask Question” button on the homepage. Questions […]
EA Sports launched its demo for Madden NFL 11 today, and with the Colts versus Jets trial comes news of a new feature: win the Madden Super Bowl and your team gets a parade and a personal congratulations at the White House from a polygonal President Barack Obama. IGN revealed the upgraded Super Bowl victory […]
The U.S. Library of Congress’ Copyright Office has revised a 1998 federal law that was put in place to block people from hacking past software locks installed on devices by their makers to block unauthorized use. The new exceptions to the law will allow users of the iPhone, for example, to legally “jailbreak” their device […]
In this tech-saturated world, few things are more annoying than car navigation systems that yell at you for making a wrong turn. “Re-CALC-ulating,” the system says in that condescending robot voice, as if it is offended by having to rethink the route. “Turn left at … [sigh] … recalculating …” Such interactions lead people to […]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ hopes of starting the week with “antennagate” behind him in the court of public opinion don’t appear likely. Friday, Jobs addressed concerns raised by Consumer Reports and many blogs about dropped calls from the placement of the antenna on the new iPhone 4 by offering free phone cases to customers, but […]
Apple today issued a lengthy statement about the iPhone 4 and its supposed reception problems. Apple said it was surprised to learn of the signal problems, as its own tests showed the iPhone 4 to have the best reception of any iPhone Apple has shipped. Apple reasserts that holding any phone and covering the antenna […]
T-Mobile USA has decided to discontinue sales of the Sidekick family of devices starting on July 2. A T-Mobile spokesperson said to Phone Scoop in an email, “As T-Mobile looks to further innovate and raise the bar for the next iteration of the T-Mobile Sidekick, as of July 2, the Sidekick LX and Sidekick 2008 […]
Ever want to see what your kids are doing on Facebook.com? The popular website for pre-teens, teens, and college students is so private that predators are not a problem anymore. But maybe you, as a parent, want to keep track of what your child is doing. Well its not as easy as you may want […]
Before the explosion of social media, Ken Altshuler, a divorce lawyer in Maine, dug up dirt on his client’s spouses the old-fashioned way: with private investigators and subpoenas. Now the first place his team checks for evidence is Facebook. Consider a recent story of a female client in her 30s, who came to Altshuler seeking […]
When FacebookChief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a “Like” button that publishers could place on their Web pages, he predicted it would make the Web smarter and “more social.” What Zuckerberg didn’t point out is that widespread use of the Like button allows Facebook to track people as they switch from CNN.com to Yelp.com to […]
MISSOURI CITY— Missouri City will ban texting while driving beginning Tuesday, June 1. Missouri City joins a growing list of cities with bans on texting while driving, including Galveston, West University, Conroe and Bellaire. Kelvin Silva is a young driver and admits he’s sent plenty of text messages on the road. “Yeah, trying to text and […]
