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Feb
07
2012
 
Gadget Lab Podcast: E-Cigarettes, a 3-D Food Printer, the Future of Digital MusicPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizThis week, Michaels Isaac and Calore discuss Facebook’s looming public stock offering, take a gander at a 3-D printer that outputs to a unique fried-food format, and dig into high-definition alternatives to MP3 audio. But the show, quite dramatically, opens with a big puff of smoke.
Feb
06
2012
Employee or Employer: Who Owns the Twitter Followers?Posted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizA blogger may be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in economic damages after allegedly hijacking his former employer’s Twitter followers.
Honeywell, a company long known for its commercial and residential thermostats, filed a patent infringement lawsuit on Monday against Nest Labs, the outfit that launched the highly publicized Nest thermostat last October.
Feb
06
2012
Over 3 Years Later, ‘Deleted’ Facebook Photos Are Still OnlinePosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Feb
06
2012
Commentary | Scoble: I’ll Go Down With The ShipPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Feb
02
2012
Soft Money: How Facebook Can Boost Its Virtual CurrencyPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizIf Facebook is going to develop and diversify its revenue streams ? which it must ? Credits is the natural place to begin.
On Tuesday, Sen. Al Franken tentatively raised his gavel to close a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, saying, in his gravely voice, “I don’t chair that much.” An aide leaned forward to whisper in his ear. “The record will be held open for a week,” Franken then said triumphantly, and brought down the hammer. He’d gotten the ritualistic words right. He had also opened a fired-up discussion about online privacy that has enormous implications for American companies.
Feb
01
2012
Facebook’s $5 Billion IPO: The Next Google? Or The Next Groupon?Posted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
31
2012
Symbols May Make License Plates Easier To Read, RememberPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
28
2012
How Amazon Could Split Netflix and iTunes to Win Streaming VideoPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizEveryone knows that Amazon wants to extend its digital media offerings. Its executives know the long-term trends for sales of DVDs, Blu-Rays and their players. The company that dominates e-book and e-reader sales was already ?beaten first to digital music by Apple. Jeff Bezos never wants that to happen again.
Jan
27
2012
Twitter Censorship Move Sparks Backlash: Is it Justified?Posted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizInternet scorn for Twitter’s announcement that it would censor tweets was swift and unforgiving. But even free-speech and other experts were divided on the service’s move that it might censor tweets if required by law in “countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression.”
After years of speculation and anticipation on Wall Street and across Silicon Valley, Facebook may file for its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday of next week, according to a report citing people familiar with the matter.
Jan
25
2012
Google Works on Internet Standards with TCP Proposals, SPDY StandardizationPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizIn an effort to speed up the web, Google is proposing a number of changes to the standards at the core of the internet — the Transmission Control Protocol, better known as TCP.
Jan
24
2012
Hands-On: Evi App Brings Siri-Like Smarts to iOS and AndroidPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizIf you’re looking for a straight-forward, legal way enjoy Siri-like functionality on Android hardware — or any Apple gear other than the fanciest of iPhones — you’ll have to enlist a Siri copycat app. The latest of the bunch, released Monday, is called Evi, which we’ve been testing for the last 24 hours.
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