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Virgin starts charging for Tube Wi-Fi in London today
Virgin Media is beginning to charge for access to its Wi-Fi service on London’s Underground.
Google sued for snooping on Apple users
Apple customers in Britain have begun to seek compensation after the search giant bypassed security settings on their iPhones and Mac computers, allowing it to track their browsing habits.
Don’t be evil Google.
Acer prez says Windows 8 ‘not successful’, lauds Chromebooks
Acer’s president says Windows 8 has not been successful, but heaps praise on the U.S. sales of Chrome OS notebooks.
Google to push for government email surveillance reform
Eric Engleman, Bloomberg: Google officials say changes in the [Electronic Communications Privacy Act] are needed to prevent law enforcement from obtaining certain e-mails and other content without search warrants, and to give documents stored on cloud services the same legal … Continued
Barnes & Noble to close 200 stores
Barnes & Noble’s CEO says the company will close 20 stores a year for the next decade.
Atavistic androids
600 million Android handsets, and two-fifths of them are running outdated versions of the operating system.
“Immovable object” vs. “unstoppable force” – which wins?
I was doing good following along with the logic behind this until the last line then – MIND BLOWN.
Pixelmator
Pixelmator is a great image editing app and all that I use on my Mac.
AT&T grabs spectrum for 4G LTE buildout
AT&T is buying 700MHz spectrum from Verizon to assist with its 4G LTE buildout.
Which microphone should I use for podcasting?
Podcaster, musician and man about town Dave Hamilton shares his podcasting microphone advice.
“A dramatic surprise on an ice-cold day”
The lesson for you kids out there? DON’T PUSH THE RED BUTTON!
Moving past brogramming
Klout is catching some shit for a three year old recruiting poster.
How to accurately determine the value of Apple stock
Nitrozac & Snaggy explain how AAPL stock value is determined.
More CNET bullshit
CBS is at it again with CNET. What bullshit.
Clarifying Facebook’s platform policies
Facebook doesn’t like to share anymore.
Internet foreplay
Mad libs for Internet foreplay.
‘Why I dread going to the Apple Store’
Scott McNulty has some problems with the Apple Store. I can’t blame him. I have to wear pants, and that makes me cranky.
Crossover: We Met at a Tequila Bar
Dan is joined by Jim Dalrymple and Merlin Mann. They talk about intense heat, hotels, writing, the evolution of the link blog, advertising online, guitars, and more.
Amplified: Touchey and Typey
Jim and Dan discuss Blackberry 10, Apple’s profit falling, 3 Monkey Amps, and Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal.
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How to spread an Xbox rumor
It’s really easy to spread rumors in the tech press – here’s just one example.
Just fork over the money and we’ll all forget this ever happened
Things aren’t looking good for Windows 8 when signs like this pop up.
Surface Pro pricing
MG Siegler responds to Microsoft’s pricing of the Surface Pro at $899.
Which free blogging platform should you use?
TechHive examines five popular free blogging services.
White House blog backs National Day of Civic Hacking this June
The White House blog is promoting an event called the National Day of Civic Hacking, on June 1-2, 2013.
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NLRB social media policy supports labor beefs but not idiocy
The National Labor Relations Board supports employees using social media to talk about wages and working conditions, but not to post stupid shit.
Tim Cook should be replaced by Jony Ive
Some dipshit at Forbes thiks Apple should replace Tim Cook with Jony Ive.
Montreal college expels student for uncovering data security breach
A Canadian college expelled a student after he uncovered a serious data security flaw, but he’s already getting job and scholarship offers.