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Entries from May 9, 2010 - May 15, 2010
Tuesday
May112010
Brandon DavenportInside the Events of Twitters Insane Follow Bug
Inside the Events of Twitters Insane Follow Bug
I must say, the story that broke over at Mashable was a real shock, and for those of you who did not get a chance to hop in the loop, basically what happened was a major slip-up by Twitter. It was a bug that would allow you to force people to follow you, so you had control over their accounts essentially.
Gizmodo has dug down into the pit of information and brought back some insightful clues into why this all happened, and what actually happened on Twitters end - Read more
Tuesday
May112010
T3ch H3lp Comes in Different Flavors
Of course we are on Twitter, but that means when you follow us you get all of our updates - and if you don’t want all those tweets in your Twitter feed, thats no good. As tech junkies following dozens of people, we know what it is like to have a bazillion tweets in your feed and have to sort through them. All of your problems are solved with “Flavors” from T3ch H3lp - More info after the break!
Tuesday
May112010
Image - What is Cloud Computing?
Image - What is Cloud Computing?
The cloud. What exactly do people mean when they say cloud computing?
Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail are all based in the cloud; They are services that act like applications but aren’t installed onto your physical hard drive and are not found on your computer, but rather the internet, or in this case, the cloud.
Check out the full infographic for information and stats on just what all this cloud business is all about - See it HERE
Tuesday
May112010
WeTransfer - Transfer big files with ease
There are tons of ways to transfer big files over the internet, but email is not one of them. So what do you do when you need to send something that’s over the cap? Sure, there are services like MegaUpload, Rapidshare, and Load2all, but what if you just want to send an obese file just to one person? Well, nothing does it as quick and painless as WeTransfer.
Tuesday
May112010
Google Search's newest changes
Google Search's newest changes
You may have noticed a few changes have been made to the way Google looks. Here are two Google nerds to show you what’s changed and how to get used to it. However, if you don’t like the new look you can always go back to the way it was before.
Copy and past the following URL into your address bar: http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all
(Note: Google may take this down eventually, so better get used to the new sidebar.)
Tuesday
May112010
LittleBigPlanet 2 Officially Announced
Wow, when I heard that Media Molecule was going to make a LittleBigPlanet sequel many fans, myself included, were skeptical. Just what could the developers do to justify the purchase, especially after coming out with so much additional, downloadable content for the original? Turns out they had quite a few ideas.
More info after the break!
Tuesday
May112010
Microsoft's Vision of Future Productivity
Microsoft's Vision of Future Productivity
This video came out a little over a year ago, and I thought it’d be a good time to give people another chance to watch it so you can gauge how far we’ve come in a single year.
From the iPhone 3GS, Kindle, and iPad, 3DTV’s and augmented reality apps, every year, every month, and just about every day, we come closer to a much more digitally connected world.
However, it’s up to the users themselves to make sure if it’s productive or not.
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