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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.
Jan
24
2012
One Big Database Could Save the Music Business with Billions of Tiny RivuletsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
24
2012
"Beloved, not Beliked’: Why TV’s Live and Streaming Audiences Are DivergingPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
23
2012
Why a Cheap iPad Won’t Threaten the Kindle FirePosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizWhen it launched last November, Amazon’s Kindle Fire was touted as the first tablet to seriously challenge Apple’s iPad. Since then, the iPad and Kindle Fire have seemingly been embroiled in a zero-sum war of tablet market dominance. But perhaps that’s not exactly what’s going on.
Jan
23
2012
Who Buys All Those Google Ads? An Infographic BreakdownPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
23
2012
Google Tweaks Search Results to Punish Ad-Heavy WebsitesPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
20
2012
Google Abandons Anonymous Accounts With New Signup FormPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
19
2012
Google Misses in Q4: Where’s That New Revenue Stream?Posted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz
Jan
19
2012
The Best Fictional Scientists From TV and MoviesPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizWith so many great, funny, scary, sexy and sinister fictional scientists on TV and in the movies, it’s hard to pick the best. But we did it anyway. Here is our list of favorites. We like our list, but we know you’ll let us know who we forgot and where we went wrong!
Jan
17
2012
Protest SOPA: Black Out Your Website the Google-Friendly WayPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizGoogle has some advice for anyone who would like to black out their site to protest the SOPA/PIPA/OPEN legislation, while ensuring that doing so doesn?t harm their Google search rank or indexed content.
Jan
17
2012
Apple To Announce Tools, Platform To ‘Digitally Destroy’ Textbook PublishingPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech Biz |
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