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Gizmodo to Apple's Steve Jobs: 'Right Now, We Have Nothing to Lose'

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

The affidavit in the missing iPhone case contains an e-mail exchange that could spell trouble for the Gizmodo editor who resisted when Apple CEO Steve Jobs requested he return the top-secret prototype.

Deputy District Attorney Chris Feasel told reporters on Friday that police are still investigating and that media organizations that commit crimes can be prosecuted. According to the affidavit prepared by Det. Matthew Broad of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, Jobs contacted Gizmodo Editor Brian Lam on April ...

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What's a Facebook Fan Page Worth?

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2010

Vitrue, a social media research firm, has rolled out a tool for company's trying to figure out how to value its Facebook fan page.

Dubbed Social Page Evaluator, the tool attempts to help companies determine the page's potential revenues and marketing impact.

Visitors need only to input a Facebook fan page's URL into the search box and click the “submit" button. From there, the tool processes the page, looking at the number of fans it has, how many posts the ...

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Rockin' out with the Fender G-Dec 3 Amp

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2010

In the past few years, as music has become computerized, many aspiring and homegrown musicians may have forgotten about that old standby, the practice amp.

Fender's new G-DEC 3 attempts to correct that equation.

You can plug your guitar straight into the amp and rock out, but additionally, as you could do with a music program like Apple's Garage Band or Logic, you can use Fender's built-in software to give your guitar a different sound.

Fender G-DEC 3 amp has ...

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4th-Gen iPhone 'Found' in Vietnam, Contains A4 iPad Chip

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2010

My Vietnamese is terrible, but this video demo is still pretty clear. What you see is a newer version of the 4G iPhone that was bought by Gizmodo.

This iPhone surfaced in Vietnam, and may or may not have been bought on the black market for US$4,000. It certainly looks legit, and in a more finished state than the Gizmodophone: the ugly screws in the base of the handset are gone, for example.

The video, from the Vietnamese site Tinhte, ...

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Revamped Microsoft Office Will Be Free on the Web

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2010

Microsoft has created a chimera in its new Office 2010 software, part desktop software and part Web app. This latest version of Office, which includes applications like Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, is Microsoft's long-awaited effort to modernize one of its most lucrative products and to thwart rivals like Google that are nipping at its heels with free Web software. For the first time, Microsoft will provide a free online version of Office that lets people store their documents on ...

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NYU Students Aim to Invent Facebook (Again). We've Got Your Back.

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2010

Remember when Facebook really was a private club? In the days before we called anything a “social network?" When “sharing" and “connecting" wasn't bait for the switch of “monetizing" the stuff and nonsense of our lives?

Well, four NYU students do, and they are so nostalgic for those halcyon days way back in 2004 that they have set out to re-invent that wheel -- for the good of mankind. The New York Times reports Wednesday that Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 20; Dan ...

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Move over Jobs, Android Just Passed iPhone in U.S.

Source: HypeBot
May 12, 2010

Google's Android mobile operating system continued to shake up the U.S. mobile phone market in the first quarter of 2010, moving past Apple to take the number-two position among smartphone operating systems, according to The NPD Group. Based on sales last quarter the Android moved into second position at 28% behind RIM Blackberry at 36% and ahead of Apple iPhone at 21%. Strong sales of the Droid, Droid Eris, and Blackberry Curve encouraged by special promotions ...

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Online Concerts to Get Social with Big Live

Source: HypeBot
May 11, 2010

Schedule to launch in June, Big Live is social networking platform that connects users around a shared entertainment experience. Users can watch full-length “live" concerts by joining one of multiple simultaneous streams to experience the content with a group. Fans can see who they are watching with, filter the group (friends and non-friends), communicate with them, and connect via social network. If a user doesn't like a certain group or concert, they can move to a different stage to discover ...

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