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Kindle Fire: The Good, The Bad and The Indifferent [META REVIEW]Amazon’s Kindle Fire may have started shipping early, but the reviews are already rolling in. So far, everyone seems in agreement that $199 for a tablet is a remarkable feat. However, some are a little more enthusiastic about the device and its features than others. Read on to see who ga... What 11/11/11 Looked Like On Twitter [VIDEO]Nerd New Year, the alternate name for 11/11/11, has come and gone. And just like the regular New Year, when Twitter records have been broken, it was a popular day to tweet. This video, created by Twitter’s in-house data visualization specialist Miguel Rios, puts a geographic spin on that fac... The Gates Foundation’s New Education Documentary to Incorporate Social MediaThe Gates Foundation’s non-profit education organization, Get Schooled, will partner with filmmakers Adam McKay and Jason Pollock on their new feature documentary about the dropout epidemic in America’s struggling school system. The documentary will use social media to connect the voi... RIM Announces BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380RIM has announced two new BlackBerry smartphones, both sporting BlackBerry OS 7 – the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. BlackBerry Bold 9790 offers a standard BlackBerry form factor, with a physical QWERTY keyboard and a 2.44-inch screen with a 360 x 480 pixel resolution. It also sports a 5-mega... Why Do Freemium Games Get Such a Bad Rap?The current hot-button topic in gaming is the freemium business model. Employed in social games like FarmVille and Tap Zoo, freemium means offering access for free, but charging for in-game content (customization, gameplay advantages, etc.). The obvious benefit of this business model is the abil... Facebook Acqui-hires Email Prioritizer MailRankFacebook on Tuesday announced it was hiring the co-founders of MailRank, a startup that focused on prioritizing email. Co-founders Bethanye McKinney Blount and Bryan O’Sullivan will be joining Facebook in December and shutting down MailRank, the two announced on MailRank’s blog. R... Cat Fight! Are These Viral Videos Suspiciously Similar? [UPDATED]Welcome to meme fight club. In the red corner: a YouTube short about a new movie studio devoted to making cat videos. In the blue corner: a YouTube short about a new advertising agency devoted to making cat videos. Gentlemen, sharpen your claws. Toronto-based ad agency John st. decided to generate s... Media Consumption Showdown: Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2After our initial Kindle Fire review, we wanted to take a closer look at how Amazon’s new tablet compares with the iPad 2 as a media consumption device. Like Apple, Amazon has paired the Kindle Fire with a complete end-to-end media solution. Users can buy apps, books, music and video files ... Disney CEO Bob Iger Joins Apple’s Board of DirectorsApple has added Disney CEO Bob Iger to its board of directors and appointed former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman. Levinson first joined Apple’s board of directors in 2000, when he was still Genentech’s CEO. He has served as the co-lead director of the boa... After a Day of Waiting – And Tweeting – Occupy Wall Street Eviction UpheldUpdated: A judge has ruled against the Occupy Wall Street protesters, meaning that the protesters will not be allowed to camp in the park, the New York Daily News reports. The Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City is awaiting the decision from a judge that could allow it to stay in Zucco... |