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No SOPA Chrome Extension Helps You Take a Stand

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No SOPA Chrome Extension
No SOPA Chrome Extension

We’ve been hearing about the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, for some time now. Whether or not you have been following the developments and arguments about it, there is no going around the fact that if this act does get passed, our lives will change. Well, unless you do not really use the Internet all that much. (As unthinkable as that may be, there ARE people who do not see the Internet as their life.)

Also known as H.R. 3261, this bill was introduced in October by Representative Lamar Smith, in cooperation with 12 other co-sponsors. One can discuss the bill at length, but the bottom line is that it aims to give more power to copyright holders and the U.S. Department of Justice to take web sites to court; that is, web sites that are accused of copyright infringement. [Read more…] about No SOPA Chrome Extension Helps You Take a Stand

Facebook to Blame for 33% of British Divorces

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Facebook Divorce
Are you really surprised? I think I have written about how the effect of Facebook usage on relationships before, but I can’t seem to find the entry anymore. In any case, this “new” development is the result of a survey conducted by Divorce-Online, an – you guessed it – online divorce service in the UK.

According to the survey, one third of filed divorces in the United Kingdom in 2011 include the word “Facebook”. So what is the relationship between the lifeline of a lot of people social networking site and divorce petitions? In the cases involving Facebook, the people filing for divorce note down instances such as “inappropriate messages to members of the opposite sex, comments posted about each other, and Facebook friends reporting when a spouse has been up to no good”. ((Source: Crave)) [Read more…] about Facebook to Blame for 33% of British Divorces

Feast Your Eyes on the LG 55-inch OLED TV

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LG OLED
LG 55-inch OLED

It would be hard to deny that 2011 was the year of humongous eye candy TVs. Everywhere you look, you can find all sorts of tantalizing TV sets. As for 2012, it does not seem as if the winds are blowing in a different direction.

As early as the first week of the year, we are already hearing about new TVs that will wow everyone. Even those who may not normally be into the high end devices. According to 9 to 5 Mac ((9 to 5 Mac)), LG has announced the mother of all HDTVs: the LG 55-inch OLED. [Read more…] about Feast Your Eyes on the LG 55-inch OLED TV

2011 Social Media Review

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Social Media infographic
It’s the last work day of the week for most of us. How satisfied are you with 2011? If you work in social media, you might have a lot to say about the things that have happened in the past year. Have you taken a look at the big picture?

If you take even only a minute to ponder on the past year, you will realize that it was huge for social media. So many developments, so many news highlights, and so many more people became engaged on various platforms. Big brand Media Bistro has not overlooked this fact, and it has created an infographic (surprise!) about what mattered most in 2011 for social media. ((Media Bistro)) [Read more…] about 2011 Social Media Review

Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 50,000 Milestone

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Windows Phone
Windows Phone Marketplace

Just in case there are some of you who have a Windows Phone…I think I am not wrong in assuming that. The Windows Phone Marketplace is what the Android Market is to Android phones and the iTunes App Store is to iOS devices. So the news is that the Windows Phone Marketplace has now reached a milestone, that of 50,000 apps.

If you do not think about any other platform, 50,000 is not a small number. Then again, with the explosion of mobile devices these days, this figure may be a milestone for the Windows Phone Marketplace but it is still lagging behind the two other major platforms. [Read more…] about Windows Phone Marketplace Hits 50,000 Milestone

MyRobots: The Social Network for Robots

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MyRobots
MyRobots
So you have a robot. Now what? You can always play with it. Invite your friends who are crazy about robots. Take a video while you are all having fun, and probably upload it to YouTube. What if you are alone in your enthusiasm? What if you love your robot – or robots, for that matter – but want to interact more with other people who have the same passion?

There’s an app for that! Ooops – not an app, but a social network!

I kid you not. There is now a social network specifically targeted at robots, and it is the brainchild of RobotShop, which is supposed to be the world’s most popular e-commerce site that specializes in service robotics. What does MyRobots offer? [Read more…] about MyRobots: The Social Network for Robots