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How Pinterest Is Changing Website Design ForeverEven if you haven’t ever visited popular visual bookmarking site Pinterest, you might recognize its design elements — which have been popping up everywhere since the startup burst onto the mainstream scene in 2011. The site doesn’t use traditional web building blocks. “It&... Former Zynga Engineer: One Player Spent $100,000 on Mafia WarsAn anonymous user, claiming to be a former Zynga engineer, has been posting allegedly internal information about the company to Reddit. Among other things, the ex-employee says some customers spent outlandish sums on virtual goods and services in many games — including one user who spent $... Anonymous Takes Revenge on Oakland Officials, Posts Private DataVigilante hacker collective Anonymous made public personal information of Oakland, Calif. city officials Tuesday, in response to what the group calls violent behavior toward Occupy Oakland protestors. Information released by Anonymous contains names, birthdays, home and work addresses, and phone... Pandora vs. Spotify: Who Will Win the Battle for Streaming Music?Matthew Bryan Beck is an NYC-based singer-songwriter, producer, editor, graphic designer and photographer. He writes the tech/social media blog Sludgr. Follow him on Twitter and Subscribe on Facebook. Once upon a time, the future of streaming music rested squarely on the shoulders of Pandora Radi... Airplanes Didn’t Use GPS — Until Now. Will Your Flight Be Faster?The Federal Aviation Administration is finally making the leap from radio-based navigation to a modern GPS system. Congress passed Monday a $63 billion bill to fund and extend the FAA’s programs through 2015, reports ABC News. For the past four years, the FAA has been surviving on life sup... Airplanes Can Now Take Off and Land With GPS. Will Flights Be Faster?The Federal Aviation Administration is finally making the leap from radio-based navigation to a modern GPS system. Congress passed Monday a $63 billion bill to fund and extend the FAA’s programs through 2015, reports ABC News. For the past four years, the FAA has been surviving on life sup... How Much Do Tech Companies Make Per Employee? [CHARTS]As the U.S. limps back from recession, the tech industry has been hailed as a boon for growth and job creation. But upon closer inspection of multi-billion dollar valuations and scrappy startups on their way to profitability, you might notice that the revenues these companies command are wildly disp... Teen Sends Her MIT Admissions Letter to Space [VIDEO]A 16-year-old accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched her admissions letter 91,000 feet to the edge of space and videotaped its journey. Erin King of Georgia used a weather balloon, GPS-equipped ham radio transmitters, a GoPro Hero camera and a helium tank to turn he... How Facebook and Twitter Help Sound the Official Earthquake AlarmWhen a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Philippines Monday, residents and local media outlooks used Twitter and Facebook to alert residents and quell tsunami-inspired panic. But they’re not the only ones using social media to sound a digital alarm when disaster strikes. Officials in the... Google Chrome for Android has Arrived, But It’s Only for the 1%Google Chrome, the search giant’s signature browser, has arrived for Android mobile devices — or some of them, at least. In an official Google Chrome blog post published Tuesday, the company emphasized that the mobile browser is all about speed and simplicity. The new browser boasts se... |