TECH.BLORGE.com http://tech.blorge.com Top Technology news Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:33:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple are readying new devices for later this year Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple are reading new devices for later this yearThe Nook and the Kindle [...] Related posts:
  1. Amazon and Barnes & Noble prep e-book apps for the iPad
  2. Barnes and Noble enters tablet market with Nook Tablet to rival iPad, Kindle Fire
  3. Barnes & Noble Nook chases the iPad
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/11/barnes-noble-amazon-and-apple-are-readying-new-devices-for-later-this-year/ iPhoneography, a worthy college course The first course in iPhoneography, or iPhone photography, is being offered at Kensington and Chelsea College, London. Which I personally think is a fantastic idea.

Veteran photographer Richard Gray is the man behind ‘iPhoneography: An Introduction to Photography with the iPhone’, a [...] Related posts:

  1. Smartphone snaps on the rise
  2. Google Apps flaw leaves college inboxes open to others for three days
  3. College students receive 10 years for $4 million email scheme
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/10/iphoneography-a-worthy-college-course/ Monkey Island makers destroy Kickstarter records Monkey Island makers destroy Kickstarter recordsThe man who created games including Monkey Island has found a simple way to literally make a million dollars over night. It turns out all you need to do is ask.

Tim Schafer now runs a studio named Double Fine [...] Related posts:

  1. Wii can’t do this: PS3 enters into Guinness Book of World Records
  2. The Pirate Bay movie, TPB AFK, on way
  3. Man raises $2K to launch Android phone into space
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/10/monkey-island-makers-destroy-kickstarter-records/ Growing number of homes choose broadband + broadcast TV More than nine in 10 homes pay for cable television. However, with new economic realities and a competitive climate change is in the air. Whereas cable’s share has decline, the number of homes with broadband internet continues to rise and, interestingly, many of those with fast internet are choosing to get television the [...] Related posts:
  1. How much is a U.S. Broadband map worth?
  2. Chattanooga gets 1Gbps Broadband
  3. Could metered broadband be a good thing?
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/10/boardband-broadcast-tv-homes-on-the-rise/ Kodak killing cameras, digital picture frames The Rochester, NY-based company synonymous with photography that once employed tens of thousands, but has been acting more like a patent troll of late, is getting out of the business snaps and will focus instead on printing solutions. Momma done took our KodaChrome away and is coming back for the camera — the [...] Related posts:
  1. Kodak focuses on style-savvy consumer with its new M-Series zoom digital cameras
  2. Kodak puts its digital patents up for sale
  3. Samsung digital picture frames come with unwelcome Christmas bonus
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/09/kodak-killing-cameras-digital-picture-frames/ Privacy group demands government action on Google Privacy group demands government action on GoogleThe Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing the Federal Trade Commission over Google’s decision to change its privacy policies. That may sound a convoluted way to go about things, but EPIC thinks it’s spotted an important legal loophole.

As [...] Related posts:

  1. Google Buzz ‘auto-follow’ feature violates Gmail privacy
  2. US government demands for Google data up 29 percent
  3. European group calls for tighter social media privacy
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/09/privacy-group-demands-government-action-on-google/ Almost 500k ‘App-Related Jobs’ In U.S. Almost 500,000 “app-related jobs” have been created in the U.S. thanks to the emergence of smartphones, tablets, and social networks.

Michael Mandel of SouthMountain Economics, in a new study sponsored by TechNet, estimates that the App Economy generated $20 billion [...] Related posts:

  1. Steve, bring the jobs
  2. Fake Steve Jobs retires – Dan Lyons kills The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
  3. IT jobs scant for college grads, what to do? Open Source of course
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/08/almost-500k-app-related-jobs-in-u-s/ This is future of watching the Super Bowl How far has world come in 45 years? Believe or not, the television audience for the first Super Bowl in 1967 totaled more than 51 million people — it was broadcast (few people had cable back then) on both NBC and CBS. For latest iteration of the event, over 111 million watched on [...] Related posts:
  1. Watch Super Bowl XLIV to see the new Google ad – Nexus One or Search?
  2. Groupon pulls controversial Super Bowl commercials
  3. HD DVD uses the Super Bowl to aid in the HD DVD vs Blu-ray war
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/08/nbc-2-1-million-streamed-super-bowl/ Online dating algorithms don’t work Online dating algorithms don't workWith Valentine’s Day approaching, online dating companies aren’t feeling the love. They’ve just been hit by a scientific review that claims most of their services don’t really work as advertised.

The claims comes in a forthcoming issue of the Association for [...] Related posts:

  1. Scummy online dating company is building your profile
  2. Online dating sites get into a war of stats
  3. Czech fraudsters work MySpace for Russian dating scam
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/02/08/online-dating-algorithms-dont-work/ Amazon eyeing up chain of retail stores When a company which has single-handedly killed off many bricks-and-mortar retailers plans a chain of retail stores itself, you know the world has gone mad.

Amazon can be blamed for forcing many companies out of business. They, and the [...] Related posts:

  1. Amazon to open retail stores in the U.K.?
  2. Amazon owns Christmas, future of retail
  3. 7 things electronic retail stores don’t want you to know
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