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Y2K Bug Deja Vu: Y10K Bug Hits German Banks
Y2K seemed like a real threat to us all, and that was only ten years ago. Now a 2010 bug has affected millions of German bank customers, rendering their credit cards useless until the glitch was fixed. A real life scare, based in a technological overlook. It seems as though the German banks would have ...
Microsoft’s Mobicast Heralds a New Twitter Generation
The new wave of the Twitter generation is upon us. A new project from Microsoft’s Labs in Egypt are working on a video synthesis product that recognizes when uploaded content from multiple cell phones are being recorded from the same location. Called Mobicast, the service would then combine the videos in order to create ...
Facebook Needs Better Customer Service
Will Facebook and other social networks eventually need to create a larger focus on their customer service and related tactics? Social media has offered a certain air of democracy for individual end users, providing platforms for personal sop boxes and giving everyone a change to be revered as an authority on any given topic. Yet ...
Looking Forward at Facebook’s Next 25 Million Users
Facebook has hit the 350 million milestone, months after exceeding the 300 million user base earlier than expected. With such rapid growth, Facebook could see 375 million users by the end of the year, and that is officially less than a month away. An open letter from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg indicates some ...
The Impending Doom of Black Friday Upon Us?
It happens to the best of holidays. Commercialization. Even George Washington and Abraham Lincoln haven’t escaped the extreme cliche of "Huge Savings" on Presidents Day. Thanks to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the same holds true for Thanksgiving. On a global scale. Blame it on Christmas. The shopping we need to achieve between Thanksgiving and ...
Livescribe App Store: Should Everyone Be Doing It?
Livescribe is a pen that records audio and tracks the text that you write. It’s also a electronic toy (device) that has its own developer’s platform. That’s right. A pen has its very own platform for developers to create applications to run in cooperation with its device. It’s kind of a cool idea but it ...
What MySpace’s Acquisition of Imeem Means
So MySpace has acquired Imeem. It seems like an attempt for MySpace to continue its aim to revive its socil network. Will it work? MySpace likely purchased Imeem for a relatively low price, according to GigaOm. That indicates that MySpace is looking to have quick implementation towards achieving its revamping goals. It’s something that many ...