Craigslist Censored: Adult Section Comes Down
Bad news for Craigslist users who like to peruse the [Erotic Services] Adult Services section of their site. It's gone, replaced by a large black and white “censored” logo. — I've reached out to Cr...
Apple's Ping tops 1M users in two days, but it's no Google Buzz
Apple announced just a few hours ago that it's new music-centered social network Ping has surpassed 1 million users in a mere two days. — While the announcement may seem impressive, if you consider ...
AirDropper lets people put files into your Dropbox ... without signing up for Dropbox
Given my fondness for Dropbox, I can't believe I didn't find out about AirDropper before today. It solves one of the biggest problems with Dropbox: getting files from friends or clients who don't wan...
Untangling the social web
Software: From retailing to counterterrorism, the ability to analyse social connections is proving increasingly useful — TELECOMS operators naturally prize mobile-phone subscribers who spend a lot, ...
Texas Probes Google on Ranking of Search Results
The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, the first United States case to strike at the heart of the company's main search business. — Th...
iOS 4.1 confirmed for September 8th on Apple's UK website
According to Apple's UK website, iOS 4.1 will hit on Wednesday, September 8th. The US website still displays the non-commital “Coming Soon” message, so we'll have to keep our eyes peeled. We're goin...
Can Ping be saved?
10 things Apple can do to rescue its experiment in social networking — Apple (AAPL) announced Friday that less than 48 hours after its launch more than 1 million people had signed up for Ping, its n...
Eminem Wins Appeal Over Universal Music: iTunes Downloads Should Be Accounted Differently Than CD Sales
Well, well, well. A few years back, we noted that Eminem's publisher was upset about the royalty cut they were getting from sales on iTunes, and they eventually sued both Apple …
MapRejuice Is SETI@Home on Steroids
Millions of Web surfers have spare computer cycles—why not use browsers to tap them? — Unless a flash ad in one of your open browser tabs has gone rogue, it's likely you've got a few spare processor...
The Struggle for What We Already Have
For something that seems so simple and straightforward, “net neutrality” has sure created one big mess. — Net neutrality, of course, is the principle that Internet service providers should not be al...
Want To Use Gmail Priority Inbox With IMAP? Tough Luck
Curious what Google's Gmail Priority Inbox means for those of us that use an IMAP or POP client like Mac Mail or the Mail function on an iPhone? Well as of yet the feature is not fully enabled on eit...