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In Depth iMac Teardown Turns Up Glue Galore
Gizmodo - 2 Dec 2012 01:45
Just after the iMac went on sale Friday, a haphazard Japanese teardown turned up scant details about the new iMac's innards. Now iFixit has gotten in there for a much more in depth teardown and have found lots more. As y...
John McAfee Captured?
The Huffington Post - 2 Dec 2012 18:21Pinterest, Flipboard and Yelp tell how to save big bucks in the cloud
GigaOM - 2 Dec 2012 23:30
At the AWS Re: Invent conference, engineers from Pinterest, Flipboard and Yelp detailed some of the strategies their companies employ in order to keep costs low as computing demand increases. The keys are keeping an eagl...
Why the critics are wrong about mobile advertising
GigaOM - 2 Dec 2012 22:00
To a lot of observers, mobile's ascendence spells inevitable heartache. But Victor Malachard, of Adfonic, says it's very early days, and, in fact, our best ones are still to come.
Startup Claims That Party Call, France Telecom’s Facebook Calling App, Was Its Idea
TechCrunch - 2 Dec 2012 20:38
Two weeks ago, France Telecom-owned carrier Orange announced Party Call, an app Orange said it created in "partnership" with Facebook for users to make mobile calls via the social network. Now a small startup, Telesoc...
Sharpen Your Marketing By Measuring What Matters Most
Forbes - 2 Dec 2012 19:57
Something I always tell my clients is to measure what matters most because you will get what you measure, that’s for sure.  Make certain you are rewarding the right customers and employees for the right beh...
Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week
Mashable - 2 Dec 2012 19:34
1. I Kissed a Girl "@katyperry looks like its official ... me and you." -- Niall Horan, One Direction Photo stats: 81,796 retweets Click here to view this gallery. Time for a good ol' fashioned round up. Check out the 10...
SHARK JUMPED: ‘Glee’ Covers Gangnam Style [VIDEO]
Mashable - 2 Dec 2012 18:00
On Glee's Thanksgiving show, this hyper-produced version of "Gangnam Style" happened, with lots of well-tuned singing and wooden dancing. Ouch. More About: GLEE, gangnam style, trending
SAP co-founder sells shares worth more than $155 million
Reuters - 2 Dec 2012 17:06
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - SAP's co-founder Hasso Plattner sold shares in the German business software maker worth 120 million euros ($155.74 million), divesting a portion of his overall stake, the company said on Friday.
From the experts: Debugging an Android application like a boss
Android Central - 2 Dec 2012 14:04
Remember how you can tap things and do a little voodoo to enable developer options in Android 4.2? Most of us still won't need to enable any of these other than USB debugging, but folks who are developers have some serio...
A Full-Stack Web Team Will Provide Much-Needed Breadth And Depth To Your Startup
TechCrunch - 2 Dec 2012 09:00
Editor's note: Phil Freo leads the engineering team at ElasticSales. I have had to explain, even to technical recruiters, the differences between the roles on a web engineering team and that the lines that separat...
Steve Rosenbaum: NYC Tech Scene Rising
The Huffington Post - 2 Dec 2012 23:57Satellite view treats you to a Grander Canyon
NBC News - 2 Dec 2012 23:56Rome to bring Formula E to Europe, joins a growing eco-racing scene
Engadget - 2 Dec 2012 23:42
Although Formula E racing is still very much in its infancy, all the ingredients are quickly coming into place: Rome has just volunteered itself as the first European city to host the electric-only circuit. It's just the...
The demise of yet another thin film solar maker
GigaOM - 2 Dec 2012 23:25
Another thin film solar company stumbles. Global Solar appears to be a casualty of an imbalance of supply and demand that has persisted for two years and knocked out dozens of solar manufacturers worldwide.
5 Questions With Platinum Games and Kojima Productions About 'Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'
Forbes - 2 Dec 2012 23:15Some iMacs labeled 'Assembled in USA,' teardown shows
CNET - 2 Dec 2012 23:14
Is Apple assembling some iMacs in the U.S.? That would be a departure from its custom of assembling virtually all products in Asia. [Read more]
5 Signs You’re a Computer Addict [SUNDAY COMICS]
Mashable - 2 Dec 2012 23:08
Are you computing too much? Our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy of The Joy of Tech will help you diagnose your situation with this handy guide. More About: Sunday Comics, computer addiction, trending
China's dot-com darlings tap cheap global credit
Reuters - 2 Dec 2012 23:06
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc paid a lower interest rate than Google Inc when it sold $750 million in 10-year bonds last month.
iPad 4 impresses in speed tests
CNET - 2 Dec 2012 23:05
The iPad is a speed demon. And that can grow on you. [Read more]
Tackling an around-the-world plane flight -- without fossil fuel
CNET - 2 Dec 2012 23:00
Adventurers discuss challenges faced in bid to become first to circumnavigate the globe without fossil fuel in the Solar Impulse, first solar-powered plane that can fly at night. [Read more]
Gift Guide: Philips Hue
TechCrunch - 2 Dec 2012 23:00
Philips Hue are wireless LED lightbulbs that are controlled via an iOS app -- allowing you to change the shade and intensity of light they beam out, turn the bulbs on and off remotely, and set them to come on at schedule...