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Wikipedia losing contributors, to streamline editing

Thu, 08/04/2011 - 22:15
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the user-generated encyclopedia is losing volunteer contributors, and must simplify its editing procedures.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

See what's new in Thunderbird

Thu, 08/04/2011 - 21:07
As Thunderbird joins Mozilla's rapid-release program, the e-mail client reorients itself for a new road map. But where's it going? See what the Outlook alternative offers in this new First Look video.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Twitter revamping mobile site for iPad users

Thu, 08/04/2011 - 15:48
The company is tweaking its mobile twitter.com site using HTML5 to make it more user-friendly for iPad users.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

How to tweet like a man

Wed, 08/03/2011 - 21:33
Sociolinguistics gives us the keys to more masculine or feminine tweeting. Hint, guys: Google my jeep my ni$$@, http it up, bro. 4 sale. need $.

Originally posted at Crave

Gmail voice calling offering lower international rates

Wed, 08/03/2011 - 16:13
Accessible through Gmail, Google's phone call feature is being rolled out in 38 new languages with cheaper rates across more than 150 countries.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Yahoo Mail suffers outage; users react

Wed, 08/03/2011 - 15:51
Mail service was down for many, and affected users took to Twitter to complain. Yahoo now says all's well again, after acknowledging problems for "some users in certain locations."

Originally posted at The Digital Home

Google+ speeds to 25 million users in first month

Wed, 08/03/2011 - 14:41
Growing at around 1 million members per day, Google+ captured 25 million visitors as of July 24, becoming the fastest site to reach that level, according to ComScore.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Twitter ready to close the door on old site

Wed, 08/03/2011 - 02:30
Popular microblogging site says it will migrate users still on old home page interface to the redesigned home page this week.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Start-up ZocDoc announces $50 million funding round

Wed, 08/03/2011 - 02:02
The medical appointment booking service plans to use the DST Global investment to expand its presence to more cities nationwide.

The major players in mobile payments

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 23:21
A who's who of the most recent partnerships for the hot, and rapidly growing, mobile payments sector.

Chrome 13 delivers Instant Pages

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 21:46
The latest update to Google Chrome brings the new Instant Pages feature to the stable version of the browser, along with print preview--but not for all.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Facebook buys digital bookmaker Push Pop Press

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 20:44
Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, but the social network makes it clear that it won't be getting into the book-publishing industry.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

Airbnb revamps policies in response to vandalism

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 15:02
After a customer's home was vandalized by a guest, travel marketplace Airbnb makes a slew of changes to its policies to help guard against future incidents.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Firefox could get even more Chrome style

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 02:25
Preliminary designs for the nightly build of Firefox indicate that future versions of the browser could look even more like its Google competitor.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Square handling $4 million daily in mobile payments

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 21:51
The mobile payments company says that its credit card reader attachment for mobile devices has raised daily transactions by another million since late May.

Originally posted at News - Wireless

Facebook makes it easier to announce pregnancy

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 21:09
Site adds "expecting" option to its family member section--replete with anticipated date of birth and baby name--which is then published in the member's news feed.

Originally posted at News - Health Tech

A tale of Facebook woe: Nobody 'Likes' me anymore

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 18:03
A technical glitch disconnects a CNET editor from all the people who "Like" her, leading her to ponder what it even means to be "Liked" in the first place.

Originally posted at Crave

Security firm warns of new Twitter threat

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 17:21
Compromised Twitter accounts are being used to scam people into signing up for a "make money fast" Web site, security firm Sophos says.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

Google Plus plots demise of private profiles

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:59
Google had warned that it planned to start deleting Google+ profiles that had not been made public sometime after yesterday, July 31. It's unclear whether this has started happening yet.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Google+ to delete private profiles starting yesterday

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:59
Google had said it planned to start deleting Google+ profiles that had not been made public beginning sometime after yesterday, July 31. It's unclear whether this has started happening yet.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media