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How the iPad Will Change Mobile Computing

Source: PC Magazine
February 2, 2010

When Apple unveiled the iPad last week, most everyone saw the device as an update to the tableta mobile computing form factor than has been around for nearly 20 years. The device is, in a sense, a more consumer-friendly version of the tablets we've been seeing for the past two decades, but the iPad will have a much more far-reaching impact on the market than its competitors. With the iPad, Apple has introduced a completely new portable computing model. The ...

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Chrome Climbs Above 5 Percent of Users; Firefox Stalls

Source: PC Magazine
February 2, 2010

After passing Apple's Safari just a month ago to become third most widely used Web browser, Google's Chrome browser has now topped the 5 percent mark, according to data from Net Applications. Chrome was the top gainer during the period, with more than a half percentage point increase, rising from 4.63 percent in December to 5.20 percent in January. Apple's Safari also gained, but only by a tenth as much as Chrome, moving from 4.46 percent to 4.51 percent. Internet ...

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ReverbNation Gets a Makeover

Source: HypeBot
February 2, 2010

ReverbNation has become the marketing hub of choice for many indie artists, but it often didn't look and feel like the cutting edge service it was striving to be.

But a new redesign - still being rolled out - along with some new functionality go a long way towards fixing RN's shortcomings. Just a couple of days ago Ferol Vernon and the RN development team also started unveiling some important upgrades including greater customization of artist pages and more social ...

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The Three Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now

Source: Michael Ricci
February 2, 2010

In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site.

The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only--no one else even had access), now seemingly wants to compete with more open social networks like the microblogging media darling Twitter.

Why Facebook Is Wrong: Privacy Is Still Important

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Privacy, Facebook and the Future of the Internet

Source: Michael Ricci
February 1, 2010

Today is the 3rd annual international Data Privacy Day and a whole bunch of companies are listed on the organization's website as participants. Google, Microsoft, even Walmart. Facebook is not listed as a participant and has stirred up a lot of controversy with changes to its privacy policy lately.

Why are these corporations singing out loud about protecting our personal privacy? According to the website, “Data Privacy Day is an international celebration of the dignity of the individual expressed through ...

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Momentum of HTML5 the Emerging Web Standard

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2010

Why Flash Isnt Going Anywhere, iPad Be Damned. The arrival of the Apple iPad is still months away, and already the tech pundits are declaring the demise of Flash. The view is based largely on the fact that the iPad, like the iPhone, will likely not support Adobe's plug-in, but its also a result of the enthusiasm surrounding the current momentum of HTML5. The emerging web standard, which is quickly being adopted by browser manufacturers and developers, offers native video ...

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Mobile Devices Are Splintering the Web

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2010

Smart phones, with their app platforms, and now tablets, with their, um, app platforms, are segmenting Internet content, according to a post by Advertising Age.

Are the days of any device being able to access anything on the Web quickly becoming numbered?

Editors note: DUH! Turns out this is a Tweet, which exactly makes his point as I don't tweet, I can't read half of the web. This was posted as news on LA Times as ...

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Five Social Media Tips for Indie Musicians

Source: Michael Ricci
February 1, 2010

To tweet or not to tweet. That is no longer the question.

Musicians who don't take advantage of social networking tools will soon perish in the La Brea tar pits of old-school media.

At least that's what the “social media rock stars" told the audience at an event this afternoon hosted by the Recording Academy as part of its Grammy Awards festivities this weekend. Panelists included Pete Cashmore of Mashable, Kevin Rose of Digg, David Karp of Tumblr and actor-musician ...

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