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New Vizio HD-TV breaks wide-screen barrier for movies, apps

The shape of TVs to come might be even wider than wide-screen. Today's high-definition sets evolved to a rectangular 16-by-9 shape from the more square analog TVs. But a wider 21-by-9 display standard is in ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Online activity grows in a similar pattern to those of real-life networks

The activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users, according to a model recently published in the European Physical Journal B.

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social networking sites 'keep deleted photos' - research

User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.

Technology / Software

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Viewdle lets Android smartphones recognize friends

Northern California startup Viewdle on Wednesday released software that lets Android-powered smartphones recognize people's faces.

Technology / Software

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google buys photo editing site Picnik

Internet giant Google announced Monday that it had bought Picnik.com, a website that allows users to edit and store photos online.

Technology / Business

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's semantic -- easier solution to annotate and search images

(PhysOrg.com) -- Innovative software developed in Europe that makes it easier to organise, search and navigate collections of digital images will soon be available to media agencies, photographers and, potentially, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

What happens to your Facebook when you die? Digital assets oft forgotten

When most people think about bequeathing their belongings, it's the obvious: the house, the car, bank accounts, the sentimental family mementos.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the Internet and online social networks (OSNs) news and gossip now spread literally like wildfire -- uncontrollably and seemingly without any order. But according to one Ryerson ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A look at Roku's new line of digital media players

Getting video from the Internet to your TV used to be a difficult, costly procedure. That's no longer the case.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facial recognition in use after riots

(AP) -- Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Flickr lets all users upload video snippets

Flickr on Monday began letting users of its free online photo-sharing service upload snippets of video to the website in a budding challenge to Google-owned YouTube.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

White House checks in with foursquare

The White House, in its latest social media foray, has joined the popular location-sharing service "foursquare."

Technology / Internet

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Getty Images in deal to distribute Flickr photos

Getty Images and Yahoo! on Wednesday announced a deal which the digital media company will distribute pictures shared at Yahoo!'s Flickr website.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Web makes 15 mins fame a lifetime of shame

Thought the Internet was a place for anonymity? Ask Christopher Lee, who resigned as a US congressman this week.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Flickr

Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular website for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. As of June 2009[update], it claims to host more than 3.6 billion images, up from 3 billion in November 2008.

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