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The Difference Between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2010

FINALLY: The Difference between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained by a Venn Diagram

To all of you nerds and geeks who like me have been unfairly and inaccurately labeled dorks, only to then exhaustively explain the differences among the three to a more-than-skeptical offender, I say: You're welcome. This nerd/dork/geek/dweeb Venn diagram should save you a lot of time and frustration in the future.

To those of you who have been called dweebs, I say: Stop hanging out ...

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Ning Abandons Free Service, Lays off 40% of Staff

Source: HypeBot
April 19, 2010

Ning has announced that it will phase out its free custom social networks in favor of an all paid model. Ning is popular with musicians and marketers building custom fan communities.

“Existing free networks will have the opportunity to either convert to paying for premium services, or transition off of Ning," said new CEO John McDonald. “Our Premium Ning Networks like Friends or Enemies, Linkin Park (both music sites), Shred or Die, Pickens Plan, and tens of thousands of others ...

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For Chinese, Web is the Way to Entertainment

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2010

The daily Web habits of a typical 18-year-old college student named Li Yufei show why American Internet companies, one after another, have had trouble penetrating what is now the worlds most wired nation. Li Yufei, an 18-year-old student at Shanghai Maritime University, finds Korean television shows online, plays video games and has 300 Web buddies. Gary Wang, founder of Tudou, a video-sharing site. He writes a blog, downloads Korean television shows, manages two Web sites devoted to music and plays ...

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Hands on New 4G iPhone

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2010

Gizmodo has managed to get its hands on the next-gen iPhone, and has posted videos and photos of the new handset. At this point were pretty much certain it is this summers new model. Our good friends at the Giz have had the handset for a week, and despite not being able to get past the connect to iTunes screen of any new iPhone, they have fully documented it and even opened the thing up. Somebody at Apple is in ...

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Print from iPad, Cellphones with 'Google Cloud Print'

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2010

After the lack of Flash support and the “missing" camera, one of the biggest complaints about the iPad is that you can't print from it, with or without a wire.

Google is about to solve this problem with cloud-printing, which will send your documents from a mobile device to any web-connected printer. I tend to view printing as something like the floppy disk, a legacy technology that nobody really needs anymore. And before you light up the comments telling me ...

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Rolling Stone's Archive Going Online... for a Price

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2010

For the first time Rolling Stone is inviting its readers on the long, strange trip though the magazine's 43-year archive, putting complete digital replicas online along with the latest edition. But you'll have to pay to see it all.

With a new site launching Monday, Rolling Stone will become one of the most prominent magazines to decide that adding a “pay wall" is the best way to make money on the Web.

To many publishers and media analysts, charging for ...

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As Apple Barricades Flash, HDTV Embraces It

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2010

Everyone from Steve Jobs to a member of the Mozilla team we spoke to at SXSW blames Adobe Flash for crashing their technology, and the lack of support for it on the iPhone OS

Even for apps that began their lives as Adobe creations has sparked controversy all over the web. Adobe even says Apple's ban might actually “harm"their business. But it's too early to ring the death knell for Flash. Not only will Google Android smartphones and tablets run ...

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Myspace Launches Events and Ticketing Platform

Source: HypeBot
April 15, 2010

How does MySpace plan to stop the outward flow of traffic to Facebook and Twitter. Apparently, by connecting with them and an ongoing series of launches rather than a single splashy makeover. And today's announcement might have actually given artists and music marketers a reason to keep their MySpace profiles more up to date. Late on Wednesday, the social networker unveiled MySpace Events, a calendar and ticketing platform that allows artists and fans to create and share events. Each event ...

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