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Facebook Loses Members’ Notification Settings. What Will They Lose Next?
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In case you've noticed more notifications from Facebook in the past 24 hours, it's probably not because you've suddenly become more popular. It looks like Facebook's email notification problem is getting worse. Facebook lets members turn email notifications on or off for more than 30 different ... (original story)
10,000 iPhone Apps
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148Apps, which tracks and reviews iPhone Apps, says 10,000 applications have now been released on the iPhone App store (the site is named after the fact that you can add up to 148 applications to an iPhone or iPod touch). A tribute page shows a mini icon for every application. And it also gives som... (original story)
Non-threatening CCTV Cameras Shaped Like Dolls Help Japanese Feel Safer
Posted from TechCrunch 21 hours ago
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Surveillance cameras can sometimes give you a creepy feeling (especially the ones you can't directly see) but the nation of cute- and friendliness, Japan, now offers two solutions for that problem. One example of a "friendly" CCTV camera is the Daruma surveillance doll. Daruma is a wish doll in Nippon so that many Japanese people see the little guy in a positive light by nature (even though it says "security camera" on the doll in the video after the jump). (original story)
Three Reasons Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good Enough
Posted from TechCrunch 21 hours ago
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The debate about Netbooks, which are very small and very cheap laptop devices, is beginning to heat up. The category is only about a year old but sales are expected to top 5 million this year. Lots of people think Netbooks are the next big volume market because they allow people who previously cou... (original story)
Joost Launches A Broken iPhone App
Posted from TechCrunch 21 hours ago
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Joost launched their iPhone application on the App Store this evening, giving users access to 46,000 Joost videos, including major television shows and films. The iPhone has a built in YouTube application already, giving them a serious head start when it comes to video on the iPhone. But archrival Hulu doesn't yet - giving Joost a little room to maneuver for now. I'm sure it's a temporary issue, but the application just doesn't work yet. I tried to play multiple videos, including the full length version of Men In Black, but an error message reads "The connection to the server was lost. This m... (original story)
Papervision Parlor Trick Puts 3D Flash Character Into Web Video
Posted from TechCrunch 21 hours ago
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A digital design shop in Australia, Boffswana, shows off a neat parlor trick in the video above. It places a 3D Flash character made with Papervision into a regular Webcam video using nothing more than a paper printout. (Update: Oh, and you can print it out yourself and add the character to you... (original story)
Set Your Phones a’Jingling With Free Calls From Santa
Posted from TechCrunch 21 hours ago
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The holiday season is officially in full swing, and Santa is prepping for his big night by offering phone calls to anyone who may need a little extra motivation to stay good through the end of the year (or who would just love to hear from the big man himself). To request a call, visit ChristmasDi... (original story)
Survey Suggests Nearly 30 Percent Of Online Holiday Shoppers Plan On Spending Less This Year
Posted from TechCrunch 21 hours ago
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The theme this holiday shopping season is frugality. J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan expects online sales to be flat this year. In a survey of U.S. consumers conducted by J.P. Morgan, nearly 30 percent of online shoppers say they plan on spending less this year during the holidays than last year. ... (original story)
A Modest Proposal For The Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars
Posted from TechCrunch 21 hours ago
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Everybody these days has some advice for the beleaguered U.S. auto industry. Bail them out. Break up the unions. Do something about the dealerships. Do something about spiraling health care and pension costs. Design cars people will love. Etc. There's always the "be more like Apple" advice that's b... (original story)
Never Mind That $1.7 Billion Loss, Jonathan Schwartz Has A New Plan To Save Sun
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Never mind that Sun Microsystems just announced a $1.7 billion loss for its most recent quarter (mostly due to write downs of pricey acquisitions like the $4.1 billion it spent on StorageTek). Never mind that its market cap is only $4 billion, despite having three times as much annual revenues and... (original story)
Awdio raises 1.5m Euros for its live club music shop
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Paris Based Awdio will announce today a first round table of 1.5 million euros (about 2 million dollars) closed with Ventech. Awdio offers a unique music service that connects the best clubs around the world to the internet and allow them to broadcast live their music online. (original story)
Validas May Have The Perfect Recession Pitch
Posted from ReadWriteWeb 30 days ago
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Start-ups should have a simple value proposition that is easy to understand. In a recession, that proposition should be "we save you money, NOW". Or maybe, a tad harder, "we bring you new revenue, NOW". With the emphasis on urgency. You can always save money by making sacrifices. But if you can save... (original story)
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Despite Recent Outages, Google Claims 99.9 Percent Reliability For Gmail (And Other Apps Too)
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Tens of millions of people rely on Gmail, and some even pay for the "premier" edition through Google Apps for Enterprises (which boasts one million businesses as customers). So when some enterprise customers had to suffer through a Gmail outage two weeks ago that lasted 30 hours, it made some hea... (original story)
Yoono Announces Support For IE, New Services
Posted from TechCrunch 30 days ago
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Yoono, the slick browser plugin that serves as both a social network aggregator and media hub, has announced its impending support for Internet Explorer which will be available on November 7th. In conjunction with the the new version, Yoono is also announcing integration with both imeem and MyS... (original story)
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