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Music, media firms pin hopes on new Facebook ties

Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker."

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created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook changes spark online complaints

Facebook users on Wednesday took to complaining about changes intended to make it easier to manage the torrents of updates from friends at the world's largest social network. ...

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created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facebook finetunes news feeds from friends

Facebook on Tuesday began rolling out the latest in a rapid-fire series of enhancements to the leading social network as nascent rival Google+ opened its membership to the world.

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook boosts photo size, makes them load faster

(AP) -- Facebook is increasing the size of photos that people post to its website and making them load twice as fast as before.

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created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Microsoft adds a collaboration feature to the Word Web App

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft is looking to make a move into Google's office suite functionality on the web. They announced on the Windows Live blog that they are adding a new feature to the Word Web App and ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

AP gets Knight funding to create journalistic tool

(AP) -- The Associated Press will be among 16 news organizations and Internet entrepreneurs sharing $4.7 million in funding to design innovative ways to find and deliver news in the digital age.

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created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google cranks up search speeds with images, voice (Update)

Google on Tuesday ramped up Internet search speeds by letting people use speech or images to express what they want faster.

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Twitter offers new button for attracting followers

(AP) -- Twitter is trying to make it quicker and easier to track the world's most interesting people on its short-messaging service.

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created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firefox 5 beta released for desktop, mobile

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of Firefox 5, a popular cross-platform web browser, now has release versions ready for both the desktop and the mobile browser user groups. The beta does not have many noticeable ...

Technology / Software

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Google sends local news to smartphones

Google on Friday began letting US smartphone users stay abreast of local news whereever they happen to be.

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created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service.

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Report: Newest iPhone model costs $179 to make

(AP) -- Research firm iSuppli says Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone costs just a few dollars more to make than the previous model.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple's small new 4-gigabyte iPod shuffle can talk

(AP) -- Apple Inc. unveiled a minuscule new iPod Shuffle on Wednesday that takes its "smaller is better" mantra to a whole new level.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft testing new Internet search engine Kumo

Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed it is testing a new Internet search engine it hopes will power the US software giant out of distant third place in a market dominated by Google.

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created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

We're not buying it: Product add-ons influence consumer judgment

Charging extra for "add-on" features on a product may backfire on merchandisers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3