Category Archives: Technology

The ‘Record Breaking’ Online Response To Steve Jobs’ Death By The Numbers

Posted on October 8, 2011 by PixelBean

After the visionary Apple co-founder’s death was announced, Twitter users spread the news with 10,000 tweets per second ” and they weren’t alone. Source:http://theweek.com/article/index/220040/the-record-breaking-response-to-steve-jobs-death-by-the-numbers

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Italian Wikipedia site gets disabled to protest privacy law

Posted on October 8, 2011 by PixelBean

User-generated encyclopedia Wikipedia shut down its Italian website yesterday to protest a proposed privacy law drafted by the Italian government, reports The Atlantic. The law would force websites to remove any information identified as defamatory to an individual within 48 … Continue reading →

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What would the world be like if Steve Jobs had never existed?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by PixelBean

It is February 24 1955. AT&T has just created the first transistor, the Pentagon has just started developing the first nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, and in San Francisco… in a hospital in San Francisco, Steve Jones is born. Source:http://www.extremetech.com/computing/98791-what-would-the-world-be-like-if-steve-jobs-had-never-existed

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RapidShare Fights for The Cloud in Washington

Posted on October 8, 2011 by PixelBean

Its common knowledge that the entertainment industry is lobbying extensively in Washington to get tougher copyright laws adopted. In a counter-move the file-hosting company RapidShare has hired lobbyists of its own. TorrentFreak got a chance to talk to RapidShares general … Continue reading →

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Did Dropping Acid Make Steve Jobs More Creative?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by PixelBean

Apple founder and tech visionary Steve Jobs died on Wednesday. Jobs was heavily influenced by 1960s counterculture, and once told a reporter that taking LSD was one of the two or three most important things he did in his life. … Continue reading →

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus full specs revealed; Verizon Wireless exclusive

Posted on October 7, 2011 by PixelBean

Well, now that Apple has announced the iPhone 4S, theres only one other flagship on the horizon that people are eagerly anticipating and thats the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Source:http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/06/samsung-galaxy-nexus-full-specs-revealed-verizon-wireless-exclusive/

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Steve Jobs: How He Made The Nerd Cool

Posted on October 7, 2011 by PixelBean

Steve Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56, causing a communal mourning that shook the internet. He was quite possibly the greatest inventor of our time, which, for our purposes, is as much an artistic descriptor as it … Continue reading →

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How Newspaper Front Pages Honor Steve Jobs

Posted on October 7, 2011 by PixelBean

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away yesterday, with the news breaking just before 8pm Eastern time. Newspapers scrambled to re-organize their front pages, with many putting the tech visionary front and center. Source:http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,3253,l%3D288749%26a%3D288745%26po%3D1,00.asp?p=n

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Google pulls ‘Is My Son Gay?’ Android app

Posted on October 7, 2011 by PixelBean

App is removed after gay rights advocacy groups complain that app is offensive. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on InSecurity Complex. Source:http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20116328-245/google-pulls-is-my-son-gay-android-app/

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Google’s Homepage Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs

Posted on October 6, 2011 by PixelBean

Google has put rivalries aside to pay tribute to late Apple founder Steve Jobs on its homepage. Under the companys trademark search box, a mess Source:http://www.google.com/

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