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Check the Hype -- There's No Such Thing As "Cyber"

Source: All About Jazz
March 28, 2010

How can you tell the difference between a real report about online vulnerabilities and someone who is trying to scare you about the security of the internet because they have an agenda, such as landing lucrative, secret contracts from the government? Here's a simple test: Count the number of times they use the adjective “cyber." Nobody uses the word “cyber" anymore, except people trying to scare you and trying to make the internet seem scary or foreign. (Think, for instance, ...

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The Apple Ipad Won't Change the World

Source: PC Magazine
March 28, 2010

Get a grip, folks. The product's release will be exciting, but the iPad—and other tablets like it—won't change your lives. The Apple iPad is a laptop without a keyboard. Got it? It's not some futuristic “god-like" device that will change our lives. I, like many others, believe that the time is ripe for the iPad and other tablets to succeed as a tech market segment. I won't go into all the reasons again. I've done so before. However, I am ...

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How Did I Miss This Derek Sivers Created Site?

Source: HypeBot
March 27, 2010

I guess MusicThoughts has been around for awhile. But somehow I missed it; and I'm a person that loves music and loves quotes. It took a tweet of a post on The Indie Connect Social Network to click through and discover it.

“If you're going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if you're going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don't be jivin'." - Carlos Santana

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Report Shows Big Jump in Smartphone Web Usage

Source: HypeBot
March 27, 2010

Mobile ad delivery platform AdMob has released a report that shows that smartphones accounted for 48% of its worldwide traffic. That's up from 35% in February '09 fueled by heavy app usage on iPhone and Android devices. Mobile internet devices experienced the strongest growth, increasing to account for 17% of traffic on AdMob's network. Although the vast majority of traffic in this category comes from the iPod touch, it also includes devices like the Sony PSP and Nintendo DSi.worldwide traffic. ...

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Spotify Targets 3rd Quarter for U.S. Launch

Source: HypeBot
March 27, 2010

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New iTunes Rules Complicate iPad Magazine Opportunities

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2010

Apple this week revised the terms of service for its iTunes software, adding a new feature to send apps as gifts. However, the new feature comes with restrictions that may limit the flexibility of magazine publishers to market their wares as they see fit. Apple prohibits the gifting of “in-app purchases, in-app subscriptions, [and] upgrades" which means you can't buy someone virtual goods within an iPhone or iPad app. So you won't be able to buy a friend an in-app ...

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13 Apps in 30 Days: An Update on Apps That Teach Japanese

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2010

I didn't expect to have an update on learning Japanese through iPhone apps in just a few days, but I've already had a few good and bad experiences with specific apps that I thought I should share. I'm also realizing that Japanese isn't exactly a walk in the park, and apparently the State Department agrees with me. The Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department has a list of 63 languages that it ranks in terms of difficulty. According ...

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Create an iPhone App for $200 with Appmakr

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2010

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