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Bits: Creating a Language for the Web
Posted: May 6th, 2012, 12:17am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Companies are creating words and symbols that are gaining recognition on the Web and followers. Examples include the “like” of Facebook and the abbreviation LOL (laugh out loud).
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Bits Blog: Mobile Clout Gets Instagram $1 Billion From Facebook
Posted: April 9th, 2012, 10:44pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Facebook said it would make its largest acquisition yet, buying Instagram, a social network built around photography and an out-of-nowhere Internet hit.
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Bits Blog: Mobile Clout Gets Instagram $1 Billion From Facebook
Posted: April 9th, 2012, 10:44pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Facebook said it would make its largest acquisition yet, buying Instagram, a social network built around photography and an out-of-nowhere Internet hit.
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Bits: In Online Dating, Taking a Chance on Love and Algorithms
Posted: April 7th, 2012, 7:50pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Online dating sites defend the usefulness of their scientific approach. But a social psychology professor says that “technology is not the way to figure out who is compatible and will never be.”
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Pinterest Aims at the Collector Hidden Inside All of Us
Posted: March 12th, 2012, 1:19am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Pinterest, the most talked about start-up of the spring, lets users curate photographs online, essentially making scrapbooks that link back to the original source of each image.
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Bits: Facebook and Its Users, Mutually Dependent
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:51pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The symbiotic relationship between Facebook and its users came into sharp focus when it filed for its initial public offering — revealing just how valuable that codependency is.
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Facebook’s Mobility Challenge
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:47am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Although more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook on a mobile device, the company has not yet found a way to make real money from that use.
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AT&T Posts $6.7 Billion Loss on Failure of T-Mobile Deal
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:00am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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AT&T posted a substantial $6.68 billion loss for the fourth quarter, primarily from the breakup fees incurred after the company’s failed bid to buy T-Mobile USA.
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Public Outcry Over Antipiracy Bills Began as Grass-Roots Grumbling
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 12:55am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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It is no coincidence that the social sites with the loudest voices in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act had the most to lose if it passed.
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With Blackouts and Twitter, Web Flexes Its Muscle
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 1:33am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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In an unusual orchestration, the Web buzzed with protests large and small on Wednesday, and some opponents of Congressional legislation took their opposition offline, too.
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For Some Internet Start-Ups, a Failure Is Just the Beginning
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 8:13pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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More entrepreneurs are choosing to pivot in an entirely new direction in the hopes of transforming a dud of a business into one that might have a shot at success.
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Bits Blog: Wikipedia to Go Dark on Wednesday to Protest Bills on Web Piracy
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 8:24pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Wikipedia is the latest Web site to plan a blackout for Wednesday to protest two Congressional bills intended to curtail copyright violations on the Internet.
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Bits Blog: Wikipedia to Go Dark on Wednesday to Protest Bills on Web Piracy
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 8:24pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Wikipedia is the latest Web site to plan a blackout for Wednesday to protest two Congressional bills intended to curtail copyright violations on the Internet.
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App Makers Face Holiday Cutoff for Apple Store
Posted: December 19th, 2011, 1:17pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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On Thursday, Apple will stop accepting app submissions until after Christmas, and developers are scrambling to beat the deadline.
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Facebook’s New Design Brings Back User’s Past
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 10:33am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The social network is rolling out a revamped profile design called Timeline that makes a user’s entire history of photos, links and other items much more accessible with a single click.
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Facebook’s New Design Brings Back User’s Past
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 10:33am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The social network is rolling out a revamped profile design called Timeline that makes a user’s entire history of photos, links and other items much more accessible with a single click.
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The Last-Minute Gift That’s Sure to Please
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 1:30am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Some sleek services have emerged that let people create wish lists that can be e-mailed to family and friends, essentially ensuring that they get what they want.
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As Facebook Aims at Millions of Users, Some Are Content to Sit Out
Posted: December 13th, 2011, 10:59pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Facebook, which is preparing for a public offering, has more than 800 million active users around the world. But some people, even on the younger end of the age spectrum, just refuse to participate.
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Emoji in iPhones Signals a Shot at Mainstream Success
Posted: December 7th, 2011, 2:44am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Emoji, the more elaborate cousins of emoticons, are available to in-the-know smartphone owners via apps, but Apple’s update to its iPhone software paves the way for them to go mainstream.
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Emoji in iPhones Signals a Shot at Mainstream Success
Posted: December 7th, 2011, 2:44am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Emoji, the more elaborate cousins of emoticons, are available to in-the-know smartphone owners via apps, but Apple’s update to its iPhone software paves the way for them to go mainstream.
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AT&T Profit Is Hit by Slowing iPhone Demand
Posted: October 20th, 2011, 10:20am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The nation’s biggest telecommunications company said it activated only 2.7 million iPhones in the third quarter, the lowest number in awhile.
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Online Music Tools and Services Help You Find New Tunes
Posted: October 20th, 2011, 1:10am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A host of new tools and services can help you make sense of the abundance of music available on the Web.
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Bits Blog: Is New York's Tech Boom Sustainable?
Posted: September 27th, 2011, 11:24am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Paul Graham, creator of the start-up incubator Y-Combinator, considers whether New York can give rise to the next generation of Facebooks, Twitters and Googles.
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YouTube Founders Aim to Revamp Delicious
Posted: September 12th, 2011, 12:48am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The revamp of Delicious involves an overhaul of the site’s design and the software and the systems used to tag and organize links.
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Bits Blog: One on One: Cole Stryker, Author of 'Epic Win for Anonymous'
Posted: September 2nd, 2011, 7:22pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A conversation with Cole Stryker, the author of a new book exploring the dark recess of 4chan and its community.
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T-Mobile May Suffer if AT&T Deal Fails
Posted: September 1st, 2011, 11:23pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Should the Justice Department’s lawsuit kill the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA, some analysts say it could harm T-Mobile, its competitiveness sapped by months of limbo.
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T-Mobile May Suffer if AT&T Deal Fails
Posted: September 1st, 2011, 9:50pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Should the Justice Department’s lawsuit kill the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA, some analysts say it could harm T-Mobile, its competitiveness sapped by months of limbo.
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iPhone Bolsters Verizon Results
Posted: July 22nd, 2011, 8:56am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Net income and revenue surpassed analysts’ expectations in the second quarter, helped by new iPhone 4 subscriptions.
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To Pique Interest, Start-Ups Try a Digital Velvet Rope
Posted: July 18th, 2011, 2:33am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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These days it can be hard for a new Web site to attract attention. So many companies have tried creating a sense of exclusivity.
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Music Site Lets Users Play D.J. to Virtual, and Discerning, Crowds
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 9:59am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Turntable.fm and other new sites try to recreate the feeling of being with friends at a concert when listening to music at home.
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Ping: Focusing on the Social, Minus the Media
Posted: June 5th, 2011, 1:10am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A start-up, Grubwithus, tries to connect people the old-fashioned way: over dinner.
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Bits: Rent the Runway Takes Flight
Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 11:36am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Rent the Runway, a New York start-up that lets women rent designer dresses, has grown to a million members and recently began turning a profit.
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A Web Edge for Makers of Real Stuff
Posted: April 21st, 2011, 2:58am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Bringing a physical product to market can be risky, but inventors are getting around the hurdles — in part by using the Web to find backers and buyers.
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Ping: Feel Like a Wallflower? Maybe It’s Your Facebook Wall
Posted: April 9th, 2011, 2:22pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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When constant updates on social media show your friends having fun without you, it’s easy to develop a case of FOMO, or “fear of missing out.”
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Gadgetwise: True Confessions of a Digital Hoarder
Posted: February 7th, 2011, 4:00pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Nearly limitless storage is great, in that you never have to delete anything, but how do you stay on top of things with so much digital detritus?
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Bits: Verizon Sells Out of iPhone 4 Preorders
Posted: February 4th, 2011, 2:34pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Verizon said it sold out its preorder stock of the iPhone for current Verizon customers in less than a day.
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Apps Alter Reading on the Web
Posted: February 1st, 2011, 6:00am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Applications like Readability and Read It Later are changing how people read on the Web, putting articles and blog posts into cleaner or more attractive visual displays.
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Verizon’s Earnings Fall Short of Expectations, but Growth in Wireless Users Is Strong
Posted: January 26th, 2011, 1:24am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The company reported 872,000 new contract customers for the fourth quarter, and said that nearly 75 percent of them purchased smartphones.
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Battle Is Set As Verizon Adds iPhone
Posted: January 11th, 2011, 8:37pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The highly anticipated move marks the end of a five-year agreement of exclusivity between Apple and AT&T.
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Angry Birds, Flocking to Cellphones Everywhere
Posted: December 12th, 2010, 1:10pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A game is one of the least likely pop-culture crazes of the year, and perhaps the first to make the leap from cellphones to the mainstream.
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Bits: Android’s Architect Talks Success
Posted: December 7th, 2010, 10:58am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Andy Rubin, Google's vice president of engineering and the chief architect behind Android, took the stage in San Francisco to discuss the company's mobile strategy.
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A Facebook Founder Begins a Social Network Focused on Charities
Posted: November 30th, 2010, 1:10am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Chris Hughes is starting Jumo to do for charities “what Yelp did for restaurants.” His site will index charities so users can find and evaluate them.
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Bits: The Kinect Hacks and Apps
Posted: November 23rd, 2010, 2:24pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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From 3D holograms to animated puppet shows, new and novel applications for the Microsoft Kinect are appearing online every day.
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Bits: HauteLook Brings Flash Sales to Facebook
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 1:51pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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HauteLook is bringing online private sample sales to Facebook.
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With Kinect Controller, Hackers Take Liberties
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 9:40am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Programmers, roboticists and tinkerers are getting Microsoft’s new Kinect gaming device to do things it was not meant to do.
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Chatroulette Gives Rise to a Genre
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 12:30am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A number of Web entrepreneurs are hoping to spin the concept of serendipity and human connections into business opportunities — while keeping the creep factor to a minimum.
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Facebook Offers Local Deals for Mobile Users
Posted: November 3rd, 2010, 9:10pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Facebook’s deals program borrows heavily from location-based social networks like Foursquare, Loopt and Gowalla.
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Bits: Aro Mobile Wants to Simplify Your Mobile Phone
Posted: October 26th, 2010, 11:21am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Kiha, a Seattle start-up, wants to simplify the way people interact with their mobile phones.
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Ping: Turning Customers Into Creators
Posted: October 23rd, 2010, 10:40pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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PlumWillow, a shopping Web site for teenage girls, has enlisted a team of 15- and 16-year-old interns to make sure the experience is authentic.
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Verizon Profit Falls as Customer Growth Slows
Posted: October 23rd, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The company cited pension settlements resulting from layoffs and voluntary separations for the drop.
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Bits: Intel Bets on Social Gaming
Posted: October 21st, 2010, 12:23pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Intel continues to spread the wealth, this time, targeting a mobile social gaming upstart.
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Microsoft’s Bing Gets a Social Lift From Facebook
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 2:30am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Adding a social feature to the Bing search engine is aimed at sharpening the competition with Google.
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Bits: Facebook and Microsoft on Social Search
Posted: October 13th, 2010, 4:39pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Bing is adding a social layer to its search results, with a little help from Facebook.
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Verizon Expects a Lot More Devices for Its Old Network
Posted: October 7th, 2010, 2:44pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Verizon Wireless says it expects to sell devices --phones and tablets--that would work on its older 3G network well into the next decade.
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Search Takes a Social Turn
Posted: September 13th, 2010, 7:33am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Sites are trying to make search more helpful by showing what your friends — or other people like you — like.
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From Viral Video to Billboard 100
Posted: September 6th, 2010, 12:44am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The “Bed Intruder Song” was a rare case of a product of Web culture jumping the species barrier and becoming a pop hit.
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Ping: Neighborly Borrowing, Over the Online Fence
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 4:04am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Online start-ups are allowing people to rent out their belongings locally, for a small fee.
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The Sofa Wars: Alternatives to Cable TV Crop Up, via the TV Set
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 1:07am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Unless you are tech-confident, the ways to get shows and movies off the Internet and onto your TV set are a little daunting.
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D.I.Y. TV: How Are You Watching?
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 1:01am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Although still in the minority, some TV viewers are ditching pricey cable subscriptions and cobbling together programming from the Web and other sources. Have you cut the cord? Why or why not?
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When Life Lived Online Is Sanitized, Do We Lose Something?
Posted: August 18th, 2010, 2:38pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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If living our lives on the Web also means the end of forgetting, what do we need to do to ensure our digital personas don't come back to haunt us?
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Exemption Will Allow ‘Jailbreaking’ of iPhones
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 4:20pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Owners of iPhones will be able to run applications that have not been approved by Apple.
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Fraternity of the Wired Works in the Wee Hours
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 2:22am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Members of Nightowls gather in the wee hours with laptops and caffeinated beverages to work on pet projects and side ventures.
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As Older Users Join Facebook, Network Grapples With Death
Posted: July 18th, 2010, 1:54am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The world’s biggest social network has had trouble figuring out when one of its 500 million users has died.
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Apple Reports 600,000 Orders for New iPhone
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:21am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Technical flaws on Web sites prevented many preorders of the phones from going through.
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Apple Gets More Than 600,000 Orders for iPhone 4
Posted: June 16th, 2010, 12:37pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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AT&T said presale orders for the iPhone 4 were 10 times higher than they were for the previous version of the iPhone.
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Problems Mar First Day of Sales for iPhone 4
Posted: June 15th, 2010, 11:33pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Buyers were greeted with error messages on the Web sites of Apple and AT&T, where many reported difficulty retrieving their customer data.
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I Can Has Cheezburger Blog Leads to a Web Empire
Posted: June 14th, 2010, 2:26am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Traffic to the I Can Has Cheezburger blog has ballooned over the last three years, encouraging its owner to host 53 sites propelled by reader submissions.
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Facebook Will Introduce Simpler Privacy Controls
Posted: May 25th, 2010, 11:55am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Responding to user complaints, Facebook will alter its privacy controls to make adjusting the settings much easier.
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Social Networks Capitalize on Facebook Privacy Fears
Posted: May 23rd, 2010, 9:51pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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For small start-up networks, privacy is a selling point as Facebook users are becoming fed up with the site’s efforts to broadcast personal information.
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Ahead of ‘Lost’ Finale, Fans Shut Off Virtual Hints
Posted: May 21st, 2010, 8:57pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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For the show’s finale, ABC is taking steps to keep online chatter from ruining the suspense across the time zones.
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Ahead of ‘Lost’ Finale, Fans Shut Off Virtual Hints
Posted: May 21st, 2010, 8:20pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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For the show’s finale, ABC is taking steps to keep online chatter from ruining the suspense across the time zones.
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Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls
Posted: May 14th, 2010, 1:01am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The growth in voice minutes has stagnated, while the volume of text messages and other data has soared.
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Case of the iPad
Posted: May 5th, 2010, 12:04am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Although Apple said iPads were selling faster than the original iPhone, it's still rare to see them in public.
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Is Apple's Spell Wearing Off?
Posted: April 20th, 2010, 7:58pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A quick spin through the comments to blog posts about the loss of Apple's iPhone reveals a surprising amount of vitriol.
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For iPhones, Unauthorized Repair Shops Flourish
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 7:30pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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With Apple selling millions of iPhones, it was perhaps inevitable that a cottage industry of iPhone repair shops would follow.
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Apple Sold 300,000 iPads on Day One
Posted: April 5th, 2010, 3:11pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Apple says that more that 300,000 iPads were sold on the first day and that more than a million apps were downloaded.
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Developers Rush to Buy iPads and Test Their Apps
Posted: April 5th, 2010, 10:24am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The creators of the iPhone game Doodle Jump spent Saturday with their new iPad — but they were working, not playing.
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Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not)
Posted: March 15th, 2010, 12:59am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cellphones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.
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Facebook Helps Social Start-Ups Gain Users
Posted: March 13th, 2010, 12:40am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Facebook Connect can help nascent Web services recruit a healthy crowd of users in a hurry, and help the users find their friends on those sites.
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New York Isn’t Silicon Valley. That’s Why They Like It.
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 3:26pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A decade after the dot-com bust, the Internet economy in New York is springing back to life.
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New York Isn’t Silicon Valley. That’s Why They Like It.
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 3:26pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A decade after the dot-com bust, the Internet economy in New York is springing back to life.
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Apple Bans Some Apps for Sex-Tinged Content
Posted: February 23rd, 2010, 12:05am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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With Apple hoping for a family- and school-oriented future for its new iPad, it is looking more closely at what is for sale in its App Store.
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Apple Bans Some Apps for Sex-Tinged Content
Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 11:01pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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With Apple hoping for a family- and school-oriented future for its new iPad, it is looking more closely at what is for sale in its App Store.
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Looking for a Date? A Site Suggests You Check the Data
Posted: February 13th, 2010, 1:04am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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OkCupid uses statistical tools to analyze traffic on its dating site and publishes the insights, such as to look intriguing, not just attractive, in your profile picture.
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As Data Flows In, Families See the Dollars Flow Out
Posted: February 9th, 2010, 1:05am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games.
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As Devices Pull More Data, Patience May Be Required
Posted: January 28th, 2010, 10:05am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Even as carriers struggle to meet the demands on their networks, they are encouraging the use of more sophisticated devices that hog bandwidth.
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A Smaller Player Mounts Must-See Events
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 12:09am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Monster Cable made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show, part of its strategy to curry favor for its products.
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AT&T to Sell Smartphones Using the Android System
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 2:16am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The wireless carrier will offer five new devices by makers including Dell, Motorola and HTC.
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Hamstrung by Delays, Fitbit Explains and Tries to Deliver
Posted: December 11th, 2009, 12:27pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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It is a classic start-up story: entrepreneurs with a hot idea generate excitement, then run into problems making and delivering their product.
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AT&T to Urge Customers to Use Less Wireless Data
Posted: December 10th, 2009, 1:36am EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Unprecedented growth in wireless data use is prompting AT&T to consider ways to urge consumers to conserve.
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Apple’s Game Changer, Downloading Now
Posted: December 5th, 2009, 11:50pm EST by By JENNA WORTHAM
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As the Apple App Store evolves, it is changing the goals of developers, bolstering sales of iPhones and causing competitors to overhaul their product lines.
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Palm Seeks to Unclog App Bottleneck
Posted: October 6th, 2009, 2:55am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The smartphone maker is betting that wider availability of applications will add up to more sales of its Pre phone.
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Intuit Buys Mint, a Web-Based Finance Competitor
Posted: September 15th, 2009, 10:33am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Mint, a free Web-based personal-finance application, will continue to compete with Intuit, its former rival and new owner.
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Palm Unveils a Smartphone for Younger Users
Posted: September 9th, 2009, 12:50pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Smartphones are finding a growing acceptance among users who don’t necessarily need them for business.
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Customers Angered as iPhones Overload AT&T
Posted: September 3rd, 2009, 2:12am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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AT&T’s network is straining to meet iPhone users’ demand, resulting in dropped calls and delayed messages.
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iPhones Overload AT&T, Angering Customers
Posted: September 2nd, 2009, 11:11pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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The cellular network is straining to meet iPhone users’ demand, resulting in dropped calls and delayed messages.
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The Race to Be an Early Adopter of Technologies Goes Mainstream, a Survey Finds
Posted: September 2nd, 2009, 2:02am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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A new study shows that wide swaths of America play video games, use broadband Internet and have cellphones and PCs.
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Coupons You Don’t Clip, Sent to Your Cellphone
Posted: August 28th, 2009, 9:54pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Mobile coupons — usually text messages with discount codes sent to a cellphone — are becoming the blue-light specials for the digital age.
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Dollar by Dollar, Patrons Find Artists on the Web
Posted: August 24th, 2009, 8:49pm EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Kickstarter, an Internet start-up, chooses artistic projects it deems worthy of support, then invites mini-patrons to contribute money.
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Bits: Using Twitter as a Collective Mood Ring
Posted: August 11th, 2009, 10:18am EDT by By JENNA WORTHAM
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Two Vermont statisticians are analyzing Twitter's river of messages to monitor the public's changing moods and what affects them.