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Tumblr Tuesday: Plaid Forever celebrates creative types... Jan 24 2012 15:30:10	The Next Web
Tumblr Tuesday: Plaid Forever celebrates creative types– for the love of plaid! Welcome to our twenty-second Tumblr Tuesday, where every Tuesday we celebrate our love of Tumblr by interviewing the mastermind behind a new blog. Tumblr, a New York City based startup,... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Dash is analytics built specifically for publishers Jan 24 2012 15:18:58	The Next Web
Dash is analytics built specifically for publishers For publishers, being able to write relatable, hot-topic content is somewhat of a Holy Grail. Here at TNW we have a staff of 11 (at present) full-time writers. I can... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Orange to drop Wikipedia data charges for 70m mobile us... Jan 24 2012 15:01:28	The Next Web
Orange to drop Wikipedia data charges for 70m mobile users in Africa & the Middle East Mobile network Orange is teaming up with the Wikimedia Foundation to make Wikipedia available for free on mobile phones to more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Wi-Fi access to roll out to 120 Tube stations in time f... Jan 24 2012 14:07:21	The Next Web
Wi-Fi access to roll out to 120 Tube stations in time for 2012 London Olympics After many will-they, wont-they reports circulating last year, Transport for London (TfL) has today announced it will roll out Wi-Fi access to 120 Tube stations by this Summer, The Telegraph reveals. The announcement comes after a successful trail at Charing Cross station, enabling Tube travellers to access online services when waiting on a platform. However, [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Facebook says it’s worth £2bn to the UK economy, as it ... Jan 24 2012 13:59:42	The Next Web
Facebook says it’s worth £2bn to the UK economy, as it announces free ads for SMEs A new Deloitte study has analyzed the impact of Facebook Pages used by businesses, and it suggests that the social network has supported 35,200 jobs and contributed £2.2bn to the... Read the full article on The Next Web »
French startup Twenga files the tenth anti-trust compla... Jan 24 2012 13:23:10	The Next Web
French startup Twenga files the tenth anti-trust complaint against Google in Europe Google can’t seem to catch a break these days. Its latest major feature, social search, has made its way into the FTC antitrust probe the company is facing, and we’re still... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales: MPAA CEO Christopher Dodd shou... Jan 24 2012 12:00:25	The Next Web
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales: MPAA CEO Christopher Dodd should be fired Speaking about Wikipedia’s blackout and further support to abolish the controversial SOPA and PIPA bills, Jimmy Wales went on record at the DLD Conference in Munich to call out Motion Picture Association... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Julian Assange is set to host his own TV show focusing ... Jan 24 2012 11:20:54	The Next Web
Julian Assange is set to host his own TV show focusing on “the world tomorrow” Despite an extradition to Sweden hanging over his head, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to host his very own TV show, which will see him interview “key political players, thinkers... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Japan plans alerts to remind Web users that it’s illega... Jan 24 2012 10:41:52	The Next Web
Japan plans alerts to remind Web users that it’s illegal to download pirated content The Japanese government is planning to carry out a rather interesting project to deter Internet users in the country from downloading content through file-sharing sites. While the US government is... Read the full article on The Next Web »
eBay CEO John Donahoe says he wants the company to inte... Jan 24 2012 10:04:05	The Next Web
eBay CEO John Donahoe says he wants the company to integrate with Google+ The DLD Conference is a global conference network covering innovation, digital media,  science and culture, and The Next Web has been covering all the key events from this week in... Read the full article on The Next Web »
In a bid to reach India’s younger audiences, Prime Mini... Jan 24 2012 09:12:50	The Next Web
In a bid to reach India’s younger audiences, Prime Minister Singh joins Twitter India’s Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has joined Twitter to boost his communication with the country and young people in particular. The account — @PMOIndia — will communicate key announcements... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google quadruples top prize for Pwn2Own hacking contest... Jan 24 2012 08:58:40	The Next Web
Google quadruples top prize for Pwn2Own hacking contest, incentivises Chrome crackers Google has again stepped up to become the sponsor of the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, putting its money where its mouth is by quadrupling the top prize to $60,000 and... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Microsoft reportedly to kill Microsoft Points, align pr... Jan 24 2012 08:03:00	The Next Web
Microsoft reportedly to kill Microsoft Points, align pricing across its platforms Microsoft is reportedly in the process of dropping its Microsoft Points virtual currency system, looking to phase it out by the end of the year, sources have indicated to Inside Mobile... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google: We never left China and continue to thrive there Jan 24 2012 07:13:22	The Next Web
Google: We never left China and continue to thrive there Google has refuted claims that it abandoned its operations in China, as Daniel Alegre, president of the company’s Asia-Pacific operations, told Bloomberg that the company “continues to thrive” and focus... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Anonymous hacks into the FTC online security site, warn... Jan 24 2012 05:24:30	The Next Web
Anonymous hacks into the FTC online security site, warns of more protest action Anonymous has brought down yet another US government website, as the FTC’s federal online security site was hacked by the anonymous collective, as it continues to attack sites in protest at a... Read the full article on The Next Web »
TopCom is a social network to improve communication bet... Jan 24 2012 04:51:07	The Next Web
TopCom is a social network to improve communication between world leaders Here’s a different take on social networking, Indian-born businessman Vivek Ranadivé is introducing a ‘Facebook for world leaders’ through TopCom, a private social network that combines Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, texting, and Skype, according to Esquire. The site is targeting the world’s elite and, as such, it will launch at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter-inspired ‘Republik Twitter’ set to hit cinemas ... Jan 24 2012 03:22:57	The Next Web
Twitter-inspired ‘Republik Twitter’ set to hit cinemas in Indonesia next month Twitter-mad Indonesia is set to take its passion for 140 characters to another level with a new Twitter-inspired film, Republik Twitter, coming to the big screen in the country next... Read the full article on The Next Web »
The Next Web is Hiring an Australia Editor Jan 24 2012 01:47:14	The Next Web
The Next Web is Hiring an Australia Editor We’re looking for a full-time (maybe PT if necessary) Australia based tech writer. You need to be incredibly passionate about technology, startups, entrepreneurship and Internet culture. You’ll be keen to... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter acquires ex-Googler’s Internet security company... Jan 24 2012 00:48:55	The Next Web
Twitter acquires ex-Googler’s Internet security company Dasient for ‘revenue engineering’ team Internet security company Dasient has announced via its company blog that it has been acquired by Twitter. Dasient’s team will be moving to Twitter to join its ‘revenue engineering’ team.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
The Twelve South PlugBug: What a difference one extra U... Jan 24 2012 00:41:08	The Next Web
The Twelve South PlugBug: What a difference one extra USB port makes Hi, my name is Matthew and I’m a packaholic. I have a long history of taking way too much stuff with me when I travel. Half of what I pack... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Ask.com users are wordier when it comes to web searches Jan 24 2012 00:32:42	The Next Web
Ask.com users are wordier when it comes to web searches When it comes to searching for things on the web, everyone goes about it in a different way. For example, I still know people who search for “YouTube” on Google... Read the full article on The Next Web »
This will be the best 1 minute and 58 seconds of your day Jan 24 2012 00:01:03	The Next Web
This will be the best 1 minute and 58 seconds of your day Here’s something that just might blow your mind — that is, if a strangely adorable manatee and gorgeous cinematography appeals to you. If not, continue on your way. Sirenia Shadows is a short but deep look at a West Indian Manatee off the shores of Florida. It was filmed by Built By Wildman, an interactive design studio based out of SA Cape Town. From the [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
TNW Sessions: ACTA, Anonymous and bad Internet behavior... Jan 23 2012 23:51:08	The Next Web
TNW Sessions: ACTA, Anonymous and bad Internet behavior [Podcast] The Next Web Sessions returns with a look at the top headlines from the past week. We’ll also tell you about what apps or sites we’ve found that we can’t... Read the full article on The Next Web »
‘When Larry Met Sergey’ is a gorgeous interactive guide... Jan 23 2012 23:44:03	The Next Web
‘When Larry Met Sergey’ is a gorgeous interactive guide to everything Google When you’re trying to find out information and learn something about a company as big as Google, you can definitely find everything that you need on its Wikipedia entry. The only thing about that is that it’s not interactive and it doesn’t offer a particularly interesting way of displaying the information. You could also search [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Yes, I am biased and you should be too Jan 23 2012 23:30:07	The Next Web
Yes, I am biased and you should be too Let me cut to the chase – I am biased toward certain products, brands, people and other nouns. I’m also completely unashamed of that bias, because I understand the process... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google+ new name policy: Too little, too late Jan 23 2012 23:14:15	The Next Web
Google+ new name policy: Too little, too late As we reported, Google+ has finally answered the criticism its real name policy received, and its VP Product Bradley Horowitz has just announced several changes. However, negative comments have already started... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Hacker Olympics is the first anti-hackathon in NYC Jan 23 2012 23:07:39	The Next Web
Hacker Olympics is the first anti-hackathon in NYC We love hackathons here at The Next Web. In fact, sometimes we even participate. In New York, hackathons (likely held at the wonderful General Assembly) have helped build a wonderful... Read the full article on The Next Web »
The EFF publicly thanks Reddit for its efforts to defea... Jan 23 2012 22:32:00	The Next Web
The EFF publicly thanks Reddit for its efforts to defeat SOPA The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s activism team has personally posted on Reddit to thank the service and the users of the service for everything that they have done to defeat the... Read the full article on The Next Web »
This Virgin America jet has a name inspired by Steve Jobs Jan 23 2012 22:27:36	The Next Web
This Virgin America jet has a name inspired by Steve Jobs Steve Jobs has left an impression on all of us since he stepped down as CEO at Apple, and then passed away last year. So much so, that MacRumors is... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Missing Snake ’97 on your old Nokia? Here’s how to play... Jan 23 2012 22:00:53	The Next Web
Missing Snake ’97 on your old Nokia? Here’s how to play it on the phone you’ve got now A muggy classroom filled with the droning sound of a teacher who could care less. Beads of sweat crop up between the shoulder blades of girls wearing spaghetti strap tops.The... Read the full article on The Next Web »
According to Google, 20% of Google+ users who submit na... Jan 23 2012 21:42:21	The Next Web
According to Google, 20% of Google+ users who submit name appeals would prefer to use a pseudonym. Now they can. When Google+ launched back in June, it was met with an instant backlash for its Common Names Policy, and we took a look at some of the very real dangers... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Githero.es lets you nominate your favorite rockstar dev... Jan 23 2012 21:13:51	The Next Web
Githero.es lets you nominate your favorite rockstar developers on GitHub While marketing professionals and executives of companies tend to get all of the accolades when it comes to popular services that we use on the Internet, the actual developers and... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Microsoft may dub the Windows 8 beta a ‘Consumer Preview’ Jan 23 2012 20:50:17	The Next Web
Microsoft may dub the Windows 8 beta a ‘Consumer Preview’ Could the age of betas be slowly slipping past? It’s a real possibility, if a move that Microsoft is rumored to be making is true, perhaps reshaping how the public... Read the full article on The Next Web »
President Barack Obama approves this official ringtone,... Jan 23 2012 20:23:55	The Next Web
President Barack Obama approves this official ringtone, so go download it In case you weren’t watching TV or using the Internet in the past week, President of the United States, Barack Obama, caused quite a stir with his rendition of “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green. In his push for a second term in 2012, Obama is showing us some of the laid-back charming sense of [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Looks like you’re not following someone on Twitter but ... Jan 23 2012 20:18:06	The Next Web
Looks like you’re not following someone on Twitter but you are? Don’t worry, it’s a bug There has been a bug floating around the Twittersphere recently that is driving a lot of people nuts. It manifests itself in a way that makes it appear as if... Read the full article on The Next Web »
No Google, I don’t want to ask my friends about itchy r... Jan 23 2012 19:56:51	The Next Web
No Google, I don’t want to ask my friends about itchy rashes Hi Google. First off I have to say thanks for what you folks do. I use a lot of your services every single day and I’m a big fan of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
File sharing sites scramble to avoid raids, one bans th... Jan 23 2012 19:51:25	The Next Web
File sharing sites scramble to avoid raids, one bans the US altogether The recent Megaupload raid has sent chills through many of the most popular file sharing sites on the web, and now they’re scrambling to avoid a similar fate. Earlier this morning... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Microsoft picks up salacious domain to run defense for ... Jan 23 2012 19:37:29	The Next Web
Microsoft picks up salacious domain to run defense for Halo Microsoft, according to DomainTools, owns around 40,000 domain names. It’s the norm for companies of its size to own such vast domain portfolios, as doing so is a method of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
The Absinthe jailbreak for Apple’s A5 devices was downl... Jan 23 2012 19:27:39	The Next Web
The Absinthe jailbreak for Apple’s A5 devices was downloaded 1 million times in one day It appears as if jailbreaking is still a hugely popular option for those looking to extend or modify their iOS devices. The newly released Absinthe jailbreak for iPhone 4S and... Read the full article on The Next Web »
No one’s going to be able to bring down Facebook…not ev... Jan 23 2012 19:23:02	The Next Web
No one’s going to be able to bring down Facebook…not even Anonymous The “hacktivist” group Anonymous, which took down various government and media sites last week in protest of Megaupload’s takedown and arrests has a new site in its crosshairs, Facebook. In... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Uncasting the Spell of Productivity Jan 23 2012 19:16:25	The Next Web
Uncasting the Spell of Productivity I was toggling back and forth between two open browser tabs when suddenly I realized a trend I had sensed coming, had finally shown up rather blatantly on my screen.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
NBC News is launching a Publishing arm to bring video i... Jan 23 2012 19:10:35	The Next Web
NBC News is launching a Publishing arm to bring video into the e-book format The US broadcaster NBC News is launching a new venture called NBC Publishing, Digital Book World reports. A division of NBCUniversal, this new unit will focus on e-books, many of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
HopStop rockets past 1M downloads and launches a brand ... Jan 23 2012 18:52:49	The Next Web
HopStop rockets past 1M downloads and launches a brand new iPad App HopStop, a much-loved website for public transit, cab, walking and biking directions, can get you to and from wherever you want to go in 57 major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Russia. Today, the team has just announced a major milestone of 1.25 million app downloads, and expects to hit 2M this summer. Although Google maintains [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
TNW Sessions: CES, gadgets and German privacy oh my! Jan 23 2012 18:07:43	The Next Web
TNW Sessions: CES, gadgets and German privacy oh my! The Next Web Sessions returns with a look at the top headlines from the past week. We’ll also tell you about what apps or sites we’ve found that we can’t live without. Yes, we really are back! We promise! It’s been a long road but we’re dedicated to bringing you discussions on the best news [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Slipping Windows revenue: Short blip, or critical tremor? Jan 23 2012 18:00:21	The Next Web
Slipping Windows revenue: Short blip, or critical tremor? Before Microsoft’s earnings, we brought you comments from the company that seemed to indicate that Windows revenue was set to decline in its most recent fiscal quarter. Gartner estimated that... Read the full article on The Next Web »
A UK juror has been jailed for researching a defendant ... Jan 23 2012 17:55:11	The Next Web
A UK juror has been jailed for researching a defendant online A university lecturer who was called up for UK jury duty in an assault trial, has been jailed for contempt of court after researching the defendant online and informing fellow... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google nags ego-searchers to complete Google+ profiles Jan 23 2012 17:47:19	The Next Web
Google nags ego-searchers to complete Google+ profiles I’ll admit it, I Google myself from time to time. There’s no excuse for it really, it’s pure vanity. I’m sure that I’m not alone in this practice, and apparently... Read the full article on The Next Web »
TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 minutes [... Jan 23 2012 17:39:46	The Next Web
TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 minutes [Audio] Anonymous hacks the FTC. London will get Internet on the Tubes…sort of. Julian Assange is going to host a talk show. But who would actually want to end their career... Read the full article on The Next Web »
New data indicates that Nokia is stomping other Windows... Jan 23 2012 17:32:00	The Next Web
New data indicates that Nokia is stomping other Windows Phone OEMs Given fresh information, it appears that Nokia is storming the Windows Phone world, gobbling up market share that had previously belonged to other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It’s not difficult to come... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Mozilla is going to crowdsource the translation of the ... Jan 23 2012 17:20:55	The Next Web
Mozilla is going to crowdsource the translation of the State of the Union address With the State of the Union speech coming up, Mozilla has launched an initiative opening up the speech, and its translation, to a worldwide audience. Mozilla announced today, together with... Read the full article on The Next Web »
YouTube launches OneHourPerSecond to visualize how much... Jan 23 2012 17:10:36	The Next Web
YouTube launches OneHourPerSecond to visualize how much video is uploaded each second Earlier today we reported that YouTube was racking up four billion video views per day, representing a whopping 25% increase in the past eight months. It also transpires that YouTube... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google announces ‘Your Interview With The President’ on... Jan 23 2012 16:58:48	The Next Web
Google announces ‘Your Interview With The President’ on January 30th Two days ago, the White House joined Google+. It has announced its first order of business: a post State of the Union Google+ Hangout where you can ask the President... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Big improvements to Tumblr content discovery are on the... Jan 23 2012 16:41:52	The Next Web
Big improvements to Tumblr content discovery are on their way in 2012 Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp admits that one area the blogging network hasn’t performed well enough at thus far is content discovery – and you can expect to see... Read the full article on The Next Web »
This Kickstarter project turns your smartphone into a s... Jan 23 2012 16:30:56	The Next Web
This Kickstarter project turns your smartphone into a sleek car stereo Kickstarter, a site which makes it easy to crowdfund new projects from concept to reality, recently revealed some pretty interesting statistics on some of its successes in 2011. Today, a new Kickstarter... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Graphicly now lets you upload once, distribute everywhe... Jan 23 2012 16:10:30	The Next Web
Graphicly now lets you upload once, distribute everywhere in the $23 bn publishing market While self-publishing has arguably gotten easier in the world of Kindle and iBooks, there’s been a notable gap left in the market when it comes to image-based content. Who better... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Dropbox CEO: Apple MobileMe team wanted Dropbox-style f... Jan 23 2012 15:51:20	The Next Web
Dropbox CEO: Apple MobileMe team wanted Dropbox-style feature in OS X, Finder team refused Apple’s MobileMe could have had a Dropbox-style feature built into the OS X Finder, but it was nixed by internal Apple politics, according to Dropbox founder and CEO Drew Houston.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace engineers use Google’s own a... Jan 23 2012 15:32:01	The Next Web
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace engineers use Google’s own algorithm to build a better social search Much has been said about Google Search plus Your World, a new feature which places a whole lot of Google+ in your search results. Twitter even made a public statement in which they expressed their concern over the new feature, saying that it was “bad for people, publishers, news organizations and Twitter users.” Twitter gave a [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Lynx turns to F-Commerce to sell grooming products to w... Jan 23 2012 15:26:38	The Next Web
Lynx turns to F-Commerce to sell grooming products to women in the UK Unilever, the UK/Netherlands company that owns the Lynx brand of male grooming products, is set to double its target audience and begin selling its first female-focused items in the UK, kicking things off by selling the products directly from its Facebook Page. Lynx is better known as Axe in the Americas and elsewhere in Europe [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Microsoft: Windows Phone updates will accelerate Jan 23 2012 15:09:39	The Next Web
Microsoft: Windows Phone updates will accelerate In a recently published interview, Microsoft laid out its plan for future Windows Phone updates: slow and steady as before, with an eye towards speeding up the process. The company pointed... Read the full article on The Next Web »
New RIM CEO to focus on marketing, execution and consum... Jan 23 2012 14:50:06	The Next Web
New RIM CEO to focus on marketing, execution and consumer markets. Is that enough? New Research in Motion (RIM) CEO held his first official conference call as head of the BlackBerry-makers this morning, detailing his plans to reverse the company’s fortunes following the resignation... Read the full article on The Next Web »
SoundCloud hits 10 million users, adding 1 million more... Jan 23 2012 13:59:59	The Next Web
SoundCloud hits 10 million users, adding 1 million more per month Audio sharing platform SoundCloud has announced that it has signed up a total of 10 million users, rapid acceleration in takeup for the startup which launched in 2008 and had... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Ofcom to borrow public sector wireless spectrum for the... Jan 23 2012 13:46:32	The Next Web
Ofcom to borrow public sector wireless spectrum for the London Olympics The 2012 London Olympics poses far more ‘space’ problems than simply how the city will accommodate such a massive influx of visitors. UK communications regulator Ofcom has been working since... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple saw 350,000 textbook downloads from its iBookstor... Jan 23 2012 12:42:17	The Next Web
Apple saw 350,000 textbook downloads from its iBookstore in 3 days, says analyst Apple may have recorded more than 350,000 textbook downloads from its iBookstore in the three days following the company’s education event, where it announced its new iBooks 2 platform, new textbook features... Read the full article on The Next Web »
YouTube hits 4 billion daily video views, a 25% increas... Jan 23 2012 12:36:05	The Next Web
YouTube hits 4 billion daily video views, a 25% increase in the past eight months YouTube is now streaming more than four billion online videos each day, representing a 25% increase in the past eight months, reports Reuters. This figure is across all platforms, including... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Groupon’s Mason: We are a technology company with an im... Jan 23 2012 12:06:13	The Next Web
Groupon’s Mason: We are a technology company with an important human core Groupon, the world’s leading daily deals website, is a “technology company with an important human core”, according to its founder and CEO Andrew Mason, who was discussing the growth of the company at Munich’s Digital Life Design (DLD) conference this morning. Referring to the human side of the company, Mason distances Groupon from traditional technology companies [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
How I used Airbnb to fund a hit iPhone app—and you can ... Jan 23 2012 11:57:32	The Next Web
How I used Airbnb to fund a hit iPhone app—and you can too! Once upon a time, while helping my girlfriend prepare for a trip, I noticed that she took a photo of every outfit before packing it. “What are you doing?” I... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Rupert Murdoch calls out the “ignorant argument” surrou... Jan 23 2012 11:42:24	The Next Web
Rupert Murdoch calls out the “ignorant argument” surrounding the copyright-stealing debate Media mogul Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter less than a month ago, and he’s already caused a great deal of controversy what with calling Google a ‘piracy leader’, whilst he also... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Dropbox rival Yahoo Box! reaches 1 million users in 3 m... Jan 23 2012 10:10:09	The Next Web
Dropbox rival Yahoo Box! reaches 1 million users in 3 months in Japan Though it may be beleaguered and rumour-ridden in the West, Yahoo is very much a core Internet in player in much of Asia, as the success of its new online... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Tumblr now serving 120m people, 15 billion pageviews a ... Jan 23 2012 09:31:38	The Next Web
Tumblr now serving 120m people, 15 billion pageviews a month Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp announced today at the Digitial Life Design (DLD) conference that the service is now serving 120 million people and 15 billion pageviews every month.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Korean startup Jellybus forgoes convention to build hig... Jan 23 2012 08:33:36	The Next Web
Korean startup Jellybus forgoes convention to build high-speed, quality camera apps JellyBus is a mobile app startup based in Seoul which has seen over 1.2 million users in 16 different countries download the company’s iPhone camera app qBro since its release in... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Megaupload case triggers online storage site Filesonic ... Jan 23 2012 06:40:08	The Next Web
Megaupload case triggers online storage site Filesonic to disable file sharing The take down of Megaupload by the US government has produced its first chain reaction, as online storage service Filesonic voluntarily disabled file sharing between its users today. A banner on the... Read the full article on The Next Web »
SOPA and PIPA aside, here are the next two grievous aff... Jan 23 2012 05:49:11	The Next Web
SOPA and PIPA aside, here are the next two grievous affronts to your privacy While SOPA and PIPA might be laying quietly for now, you can bet that they’ll rise again. For now, we have a couple of other targets to take down, Internet.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
New RIM CEO: “BlackBerry will remain among top three pl... Jan 23 2012 04:32:21	The Next Web
New RIM CEO: “BlackBerry will remain among top three players worldwide” The new CEO of Research In Motion (RIM) has ruled out the possibility that the trouble Canadian mobile firm will see its BlackBerry smartphones drop further market share, claiming that... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Hand-drawn letterpress is as beautiful as it is inspira... Jan 23 2012 04:06:48	The Next Web
Hand-drawn letterpress is as beautiful as it is inspirational For you font junkies out there, this is like a walk through a museum. Reddit user seanwes (and on Twitter as the same name) has a lot of time on... Read the full article on The Next Web »
RIM’s new CEO says he would consider licensing BlackBer... Jan 23 2012 03:04:45	The Next Web
RIM’s new CEO says he would consider licensing BlackBerry 10 to other makers In a relatively optimistic statement, RIM’s newly minted CEO Thorsten Heins has stated that he would consider licensing the company’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 software to other manufacturers. The statement came... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Move over Twitter, Sina Weibo clocked 32,312 messages p... Jan 23 2012 02:51:46	The Next Web
Move over Twitter, Sina Weibo clocked 32,312 messages per second during Chinese New Year Sina Weibo, China’s cult Twitter alternative, broke its record for the average number of tweets per second during Chinese New Year last night, beating even Twitter’s own best. According to a report from Do News [Chinese], the microblogging service saw an average of 32,312 messages sent per second, as an astonishing 481,207 messages were sent during the first [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
RIM’s Co-CEOs stepping down, replaced by COO Thorsten H... Jan 23 2012 02:16:43	The Next Web
RIM’s Co-CEOs stepping down, replaced by COO Thorsten Heins Beleaguered mobile firm Research In Motion will be getting a change in leadership as its much-maligned co-CEO’s Jim Ballsillie and Mike Laziridis are stepping aside, reports The Wall Street Journal.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
7 lesser-known ways to make money from your content online Jan 23 2012 00:30:41	The Next Web
7 lesser-known ways to make money from your content online Do you remember ‘Charlie bit my finger’? Charlie’s family certainly does: they made £120,000 in YouTube earnings. Yet, this remains an exception; unless they go incredibly viral, YouTube videos aren’t... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Online privacy: Do we have a right to be forgotten? Sho... Jan 22 2012 23:51:23	The Next Web
Online privacy: Do we have a right to be forgotten? Should we ‘embrace solitude’? In Germany, Google is famously compelled to give citizens the right to have their houses blurred out of Street View to protect their privacy – an option many of them... Read the full article on The Next Web »
UFC website gets hacked due to its support for SOPA Jan 22 2012 23:00:45	The Next Web
UFC website gets hacked due to its support for SOPA The website of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s most popular martial arts organisation, has been hacked and visitors redirected to the hacker group’s site at Ugnazi.com. The motives behind... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Frrole is your guide to finding what’s hot on Twitter i... Jan 22 2012 19:52:39	The Next Web
Frrole is your guide to finding what’s hot on Twitter in your city Frrole is an Indian service that is bidding to follow the success of paper.li and become the next social newspaper to cut through Twitter’s noise to provide contextual and useful... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Why the iPhone should have a dedicated physical shutter... Jan 22 2012 18:29:29	The Next Web
Why the iPhone should have a dedicated physical shutter button There are two things that are completely clear at this point. First, Apple wants as few buttons as possible on the iPhone. Second, Apple is trying to position the iPhone... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Is Google selectively censoring content on its blogging... Jan 22 2012 17:37:48	The Next Web
Is Google selectively censoring content on its blogging platform, Blogger? Today, Egyptian blogger and activist Ramy Raoof shared a post on his blog in which he called Google out for censoring one of his Blogger posts, based on what they... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter to hire a team in Germany, the country it was p... Jan 22 2012 16:37:09	The Next Web
Twitter to hire a team in Germany, the country it was partly developed in Following its offices in London and Dublin, it seems that Germany is next on Twitter’s list to get a physical presence. At the DLD conference in Munich today, Twitter chairman... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Turn your iPad into a serious music-making machine with... Jan 22 2012 12:27:30	The Next Web
Turn your iPad into a serious music-making machine with these new accessories Those of us who are inclined towards music making are of course aware that the iPad (and to a degree other iOS devices) has started to be viewed as a serious music-making device in the past year. We’ve been inundated with music apps for the device from straightforward digital audio workstations and sequencers such as [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
The end of a micro era: When to quit that meme Jan 22 2012 11:08:12	The Next Web
The end of a micro era: When to quit that meme Finding a new meme is like those first few dates with someone you just met and are really into: you laugh all the time, you’re excited about everything they do, you want to hear every word they have to say. If you really like them, you are checking back with them constantly, giving them all [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Here’s a record player that was hacked to translate a t... Jan 22 2012 08:52:22	The Next Web
Here’s a record player that was hacked to translate a tree’s rings into music If you’re a fan of experimental technology, Arduino hacking or post-modern music, this project is going to make you smile. Years is a piece by Bartholomäus Traubeck, and it consists of a record player that plays slices of wood. Yep, you read that right. As you probably know, you can estimate how old a tree is by [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
This new subscription service ships startup schwag righ... Jan 22 2012 07:32:13	The Next Web
This new subscription service ships startup schwag right to your door Do you love collecting startup shirts? Are you itching to sport gear from your favorite companies, all while showing off exclusive merch in front of your friends? In the same spirit as... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Megaupload drops its lawsuit against UMG over ‘Meguploa... Jan 21 2012 23:56:11	The Next Web
Megaupload drops its lawsuit against UMG over ‘Megupload Mega Song’, for now Megaupload is clearly gearing up for legal warfare amidst its takedown and indictments this week. According to The Hollywood Reporter, as it prepares for those legal proceedings, the company has... Read the full article on The Next Web »
That didn’t take long, ‘Ask on Google+’ links start sho... Jan 21 2012 20:43:49	The Next Web
That didn’t take long, ‘Ask on Google+’ links start showing up in Google search results Just three days ago, the Google+ team announced a new social feature that let you start a conversation based on any search you did on the service. In my post... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Pro-Israeli hacker posts what he says are log-in detail... Jan 21 2012 18:34:11	The Next Web
Pro-Israeli hacker posts what he says are log-in details for 100,000 Facebook accounts While most of the attacks between Arab and Israeli hackers seem to have quietened down, a pro-Israeli hacker who goes by the name Hannibal has released log-in details of what... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Paper iPads and iPhones help honor the deceased during ... Jan 21 2012 17:41:27	The Next Web
Paper iPads and iPhones help honor the deceased during Chinese New Year Apple may miss out on the lucrative New Year sales in China due to low stock, but the company and its products have penetrated the heart of the festival across... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Number Crunching: The Top 51 stats for Generation Y mar... Jan 21 2012 16:35:34	The Next Web
Number Crunching: The Top 51 stats for Generation Y marketers We all know that Generation Y uses technology to connect with the world around them in more diverse ways and in greater numbers than any other age group. But how... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Summit Series Basecamp: Falconry, robots, tech talks an... Jan 21 2012 16:21:05	The Next Web
Summit Series Basecamp: Falconry, robots, tech talks and mountaintops In 10 years time, you won’t remember reading this article. In order to remember a moment in the past, it has to be strikingly memorable. It sounds obvious, but people... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Behavioral Pricing: A consumer’s worst nightmare, a mer... Jan 21 2012 11:53:38	The Next Web
Behavioral Pricing: A consumer’s worst nightmare, a merchant’s dream What if when you bought a new Macbook, the price was higher because your tweets constantly referenced your love and devotion for Apple? What if Orbitz used the fact that... Read the full article on The Next Web »
There’s no ‘I’ in iPlayer: Here’s why the TV licence fe... Jan 21 2012 11:44:09	The Next Web
There’s no ‘I’ in iPlayer: Here’s why the TV licence fee must be preserved in the UK Last week, the word on the street was that the BBC was considering charging users to access archived content on iPlayer. The proposed new system would mean that iPlayer would... Read the full article on The Next Web »
VisitBritain launches ‘Best of Britain’ Android app wit... Jan 21 2012 09:39:46	The Next Web
VisitBritain launches ‘Best of Britain’ Android app with Samsung, but with limited availability VisitBritain has launched The Best of Britain app for Android in partnership with Samsung Electronics, but it has pretty restricted availability. Samsung is an official Olympic Partner, and the launch of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple facing new accusations in lawsuit over publisher ... Jan 21 2012 09:25:01	The Next Web
Apple facing new accusations in lawsuit over publisher e-book price fixing A law firm representing e-book purchasers has amended its class-action lawsuit to include fresh allegations of price-fixing and offers evidence from Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography to backup claims that... Read the full article on The Next Web »
This new typeface was made just for interface designers Jan 21 2012 01:56:29	The Next Web
This new typeface was made just for interface designers Modern Pictograms is new typeface created for interface designers and programmers. It was designed to work on-screen at sizes down to 18 pixels, and is remarkably pixel-perfect and useful as... Read the full article on The Next Web »
7 ways to start learning how to code right now for free Jan 21 2012 01:27:00	The Next Web
7 ways to start learning how to code right now for free Learning to code is one of the most powerful and satisfying things you can ever do. If you’re a designer, learning to code can help you understand what you’re creating for,... Read the full article on The Next Web »

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