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Ofcom: Texting is more popular than talking
Ofcom's annual report into the communications habits of Britons has revealed that it's not just geeks who stare in annoyance when the phone rings. The general consumer is now abandoning voice calls is favor of texting in a big way, making five percent fewer calls than they did the previous year. The numbers also showed that on average, people send 50 texts a week, smartphone ownership was up 12 percent and tablet purchasing shot from 2 to 11 percent in a single year. The trend isn't slowing, … -
This awesome news!! #BoycottApple
This awesome news!! #BoycottApple
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UK judge forces Apple to state on its site that Samsung didn't copy the iPad
Apple is being forced by a British judge to tacitly state that Samsung didn't copy its iPad design. According to Bloomberg, Judge Colin Birss said that Apple has to post a notice both on its website and several British newspapers and magazines, to help correct the "damaging impression the South Korea-based company was copying Apple's product." The online part will reportedly stay there for six months. Apple lost its case against Samsung in the UK earlier this month, with the same judge awkwar…Google+: View post on Google+
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Asus comes through again! #asustransformer
Asus comes through again! #asustransformer
We certainly expect Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to make its way to ASUS Transformer devices sooner rather than later. Let’s face it, ASUS has one of the best track records for updates as the Transformer Prime received the Ice Cream Sandwich update in January, and the original Eee Pad Transformer (TF101) received it February. We fully expect Jelly Bean to land on the higher end devices, but there was a rumor floating around that the Eee Pad Transformer and the Eee Pad Slider might not be so fortuna… -
The Best Android Tablet Apps
With the Nexus 7 now available, Android tablets are no longer poor iPad copycats. They're real, banging for your buck affordable and most importantly, really good. -
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Trailer
The full-length, live action trailer for "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn", the live-action prel -
Neighbor Saves 7-year-old Girl Falls from Third-floor Window in Coney Island,NY
Neighbor Saves 7-year-old Girl Falls from Third-floor Window in Coney Island,NY
A bystander has filmed the moment a neighbour saved a seven-year-old US girl from injury after she f -
Do People Love Google+ Or Just Really Hate Facebook?
The annual American Consumer Satisfaction Index has been posted, and there's some shocking data about our feelings towards online services. People are remarkably satisfied with Google+. -
Good to see the numbers continuing to climb! #Google+
Good to see the numbers continuing to climb! #Google+
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Google+ grows 43% in June – reaches 31,9 million unique visitors in the US, new numbers from Compete shows
The June social network traffic numbers from Compete are now available, and confirms that Google+ had a huge visitor and traffic increase in June. This month Google+ had 31,9 million visitors to it's site, compared to 22,3 million visitors in May, an increase of 43,1%.
Has gained 14,2 million visitors in 2012
Since the year started, Google+ has gained 14,2 million visitors, from 17,6 million visitors in December to 31,9 million visitors in June.
For the first time, according to Compete statistics, Google+ is now larger than Linkedin, who had 24,6 million visitors in June. Linkedin had a 6,5% decrease in visitors in June compared to May.The Social Networks
These are the social network numbers (in million visitors) for June, including the percentage change compared to May.
Facebook 158,6 (+1,0%)
YouTube 153,8 (+0,75%)
Twitter 42,6 (+0,9%)
Google+ 31,9 (+43,1%)
Linkedin 24,6 (-6,5%)
MySpace 21,9 (-8,0%)
Tumblr 21,6 (+0,1%)
Pinterest 19,4 (+0,4%)Over 100 million worldwide visitors from desktop only?
The Compete numbers are US only and desktop only. If US still representents about 30% of the Google+ global community, as earlier statistics have shown, Google+ now has more than 100 million worldwide visitors via desktops each month.
During the Google I/O Conference in June, Google’s +Vic Gundotra announced that the Google+ mobile traffic is now larger than the desktop traffic. Gundotra also announced that Google+ has 250 million accounts, 150 million active users during a month and 75 million active daily users.
The June statistics from Compete seems to confirm the published figures from Google.Hitwise visit numbers also confirms the growth
Also according to Experian Hitwise, Google+ had a great June.
According to Experian Hitwise Google+ had 0,85% of the visits to US social networks in June, compared to 0,63% in May.
While the Compete statistics records unique visitors, Experian Hitwise numbers record uniqe visits. Experian Hitwise numbers are also US only and desktop only.Google+: View post on Google+
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Neighbor Saves 7-year-old Girl Falls from Third-floor Window in Coney Island,NY
Neighbor Saves 7-year-old Girl Falls from Third-floor Window in Coney Island,NY
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NASA releases a Mars Rover Landing video game for Xbox 360 [Space]
To drum up even more excitement over what is already a ridiculously exciting mission, NASA decided to team up with Microsoft to turn the Curiosity landing into a video game. It made its debut earlier today on the Xbox 360, it's free, and it actually sounds kind of fun. More » -
Hands On The New Microsoft Office: It's Finally Getting Better [Video]
Does anyone really want to use Microsoft Office? Of course not. It's a work tool. It's a utility. But does it have to be so utilitarian? So bleak? No—not anymore. The new Office is the best Office. More » -
BlackBerry PlayBook has 19% of the Canadian tablet market share, iPad drops to 56%
It’s a good thing there’s rumours of a smaller iPad coming to market soon. According to a study by the Solutions Research Group (SRG) the 9.7-inch tablet is losing market share to smaller tablets such as RIM’s BlackBerry Playbook and from Asus and Acer. In SRG’s quarterly Digital Life Canada study they state that Apple’s Canadian tablet Q1 2012 market share is sitting around 56%, a huge drop from the over 80% in Q1 2011.
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Final season of Fringe, looks like it’s gonna be awesome!
Final season of Fringe, looks like it's gonna be awesome!
Comic-Con 2012 takes place July 12-15 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. Stop by t -
Estimate How Much Propane is Left in Your Tank with a Glass of Water
You don't want to run out of propane halfway through your outdoor dinner party. Culinary weblog Chow shares a quick way to estimate how much propane is left in your tank; -
Final season of Fringe, looks like it's gonna be awesome!
Final season of Fringe, looks like it's gonna be awesome!
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Gaze upon the zombie insanity of The Walking Dead Season 3 trailer
We hit their Comic-Con panel earlier today — read our full synopsis here — now check out the full-tilt undead madness in the debut third season trailer. -
XBMC for Android app revealed; source code available now, beta APKs soon (video)
Surprise surprise, after popping up on the iPad last year, XBMC developers revealed tonight that they've created a version of the media center that runs as an Android app. Currently the team has it stable on the Pivos XIOS DS set-top box, and posted a video (embedded after the break) showing it running on a phone and a tablet. Of course, the different varieties of Android hardware audio and video decoding is mostly a software only affair, but universal hardware decoding is in the plan. The tr… -
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Apple threatens retailers: Stop selling Samsung Galaxy devices now or else
It's bad enough that Apple uses patents to bully competitors. Now the company threatens retail partners, demanding they remove two Samsung devices from store shelves. Apparently, court orders aren't g…Google+: View post on Google+
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Google delivers My Tracks 2.0 for Android, includes playback in Google Earth and aggregation of statistics
We've long since been fans of Google's My Tracks app — perhaps the only issue is the Android exclusivity, at least for those -
Since it’s BBQ season I might just have to try this!
Since it's BBQ season I might just have to try this!
The classic two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese (..) sandwich isn't that hard to recreate at home (in fact, we've got two DIY recipes for you to choose from), but there's no more auth…














