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As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks (AP)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:49:13 +0000

AP – Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google, whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago. [Source] AP

Siri rival Speaktoit gives old iPhones the personal assistant experience (Digital Trends)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:49:13 +0000

Digital Trends – Way back in the fall of 2011, when we were just being introduced to Siri in all her (short lived) iPhone 4S exclusivity glory, we wrote about Speaktoit. It was among the first valid answers to Siri that came hot on the heels of the iPhone 4S announcement. Â

[Source] Digital Trends

Red-hot valentines for the guys, gals, and geeks we love (Yahoo! News)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:49:11 +0000

Yahoo! News – Chocolates that you picked up from the grocery store on the way home from work a few minutes before the big V-Day date areÂ not sexy. In the world of fine taste, they rate somewhere aroundÂ squirt cheese,Â Spam, andÂ tuna casserole â which …

[Source] Yahoo! News

Toymakers gear up for year of the “AppCessory” (Reuters)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:48:18 +0000

Reuters – Having found this holiday season that they cannot beat iPad, iPhone and iPod, toymakers have decided to join them, lining up a host of playthings that come to life when hooked up to the devices, gadgets that kids love to play with.

[Source] Reuters

Apple’s iOS surpasses Mac OS X in web traffic (Appolicious)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:48:18 +0000

Appolicious – Apple’s mobile devices apparently have been taking a bite out of the larger PC market, but they’re plus eating up some of Apple’s own computer market share, a new web traffic study suggests.

[Source] Appolicious

Droid 4 Launches on Verizon (ContributorNetwork)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:48:18 +0000

ContributorNetwork – The Verizon Droid line of smartphones has been the carrier’s flagship since its launch in 2010. With “Droid Does” commercials, which emphasized the things an Android-powered smartphone could do that the iPhone couldn’t, it turned the gadget made by Motorola into one of Apple’s first real competitors.

[Source] ContributorNetwork

When Facebook Friends Become Real Life Enemies (ContributorNetwork)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:48:17 +0000

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Social networkers used to nag about who they friended on Facebook; after today’s news of an unfriending that escalated into murder, concern about unfriending is taking center stage. [Source] ContributorNetwork

The Hidden Tax on Every Smartphone and Tablet You Buy (ContributorNetwork)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:48:16 +0000

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | You weren’t charged it when they rang your smartphone up at the register, and your receipt won’t have any mention of it. But whether you bought an Android smartphone in the last year or so, odds are you paid Microsoft $5 for the privilege of using Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard as quoted in Business Insider. Meanwhile, Google stands to gather about a billion dollars a year from Apple on detail of humans who buy the iPhone, according to John Paczkowski of AllThingsD.

[Source] ContributorNetwork

Google working to patch Wallet defense holes (Appolicious)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:46:33 +0000

Appolicious – One of the big pushes Google is making for the future of its Android mobile platform is in Google Wallet, the near-field communication software that lets users assemble purchases in brick-and-mortar stores using only info stored and broadcast by short range by their smartphones.

[Source] Appolicious

Facebook Death — Be Careful Who You Defriend (ContributorNetwork)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:46:32 +0000

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | As a Facebook user, I have been known to “defriend” public. Who hasn’t? We all might want to be careful about who we defriend in the future, though. According to Reuters, this seemingly harmless act of deciding who you no longer want to share your photos and status updates with could lead to violence.

[Source] ContributorNetwork