Ross LaRocco

Section Editor at @SiliconAngle, Online Media, Community Relations, Cancer Survivor, Tea Drinker, Gold's Gym Rat, Video Blogger, Wine Drinker, Mac Head

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Firefox 5 Supports “Do Not Track” on Multiple Platforms

Firefox released version 5 of their web browser today.  Besides the usual performance and security enhancements, it’s now the first browser to support the “Do Not Track” feature on multiple platforms.  Users are now starting to have more control over sites tracking their footwork. Security is a big concern with many browsing experiences.  This could ...

Foursquare Surpases 10M Members. Location Services Here to Stay?

The popular location based service Foursquare announced the 10,000,000 members mark today.  This represents the importance how location awareness is reaching a massive audience.  I’m a big fan of seeing a company grow.  View the full infographic here. And, to commemorate this pretty crazy occasion, we put together a little infographic. Be sure to click through ...

Woman Uses Facebook Instead of 911. The Future of Urgency?

There is no arguing with an emergency.  When something unfortunate happens, the urgent thing to do is call 911.  However, I think about all the people who are alone at the time of an accident. This woman was unable to reach her phone. Cindy Lincoln has been at Heartland Health Care Center in Palm Beach ...

Spotify’s US Injection: The All-You-Can Listen Buffet!

There are some big changes about to take place with Spotify coming to the United States.  Other music services, such as Pandora may start seeing it’s users get hunger pains. We’re starting to see plenty of choices to choose from now. “Consumers here have a lot of choice when it comes to scratching that itch ...

Your Time is Precious. Are You Using the Right Social and Mobile Solutions?

New applications are coming out every day that make our lives easier, or claim to. The right combination is a challenge, since performance and accessibility can be transparent to the human eye. If you download one application for a few bucks, why should you have crank out more of your hard earned cash to get ...

Slacker Radio iPad Launch Heightens Mobile Music Wars

Competition between streaming music services are becoming pretty stiff as far as choices go.   I use Pandora as my choice between desktop, iPhone, and iPad. Now that Slacker as launched an iPad app,  I’m curious again. Hot on the heels of rival Pandora’s IPO yesterday, Slacker Radio has its own offering for the public: an iPad app. ...

What Facebook for iPad Should Look Like

I’ll believe this when I see it.  Facebook is taking it’s dear sweet time when it comes to optimizing it’s service for mobile devices.  This has to be a polished launch in order to be taken seriously. The app needs to have all current Facebook features,  and no mention of anything “coming soon.”   For ...

Can Facebook Knock Down Apple with an HTML5 Platform?

Many reports are cycling around the fact that Facebook is targeting Apple with a new HTML5 platform that takes a stab at Apple’s mobile browser Safari.  Taking control away from Apple by implementing features which will in turn give them more control.  Using Apple’s own browser against them doesn’t seem like a clear objective. As ...

Evernote Spreads to More Platforms, but Can it Curb the Competition?

Windows Phone 7 users have to wait no longer.  Evernote is clearly a pedestal for those who depend on it.  Search for “Evernote” using the Marketplace application. Evernote for Windows Phone 7 lets you save and find your ideas and memories any time, anywhere. As you would expect, it seamlessly syncs with every other version of ...