Thursday, December 13, 2012

Voting closes on Facebook policy changes, only 299 million votes short


Voting closes on Facebook policy changes, only 299 million votes short

Facebook's flirtation with democracy has come to an end. If it wants to, the social network can now change its policies without user approval.

How to see your 2012 highlights on Twitter


How to see your 2012 highlights on Twitter

"My Year on Twitter" lets users see, among other things, their most popular tweet. CNN Tech's? The death of "Mr. Trololo."

(CNN) -- You may already know that President Barack Obama's "Four more years" was the top post on Twitter in 2012.
But what was yours?

Yahoo Mail finally gets a revamp and new apps


Yahoo Mail finally gets a revamp and new apps


Yahoo's email overhaul aims modernize and speed up its Web and mobile apps.

Yahoo on Tuesday rolled out an entire suite of email apps for every major relevant platform: all-new Apple iOS and Windows 8 apps, plus redesigned clients for Android and the Web.

Yes, Yahoo Mail still exists. The update is one of the first major product overhauls released by new CEO Marissa Mayer, who pledged to revamp Yahoo's languishing collection of Web sites and apps.
Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) once dominated search and email, and it was one of the earliest players in instant messaging and online news aggregation. Then, of course, it all went south.

Google's maps app back on iPhone

Google's maps app back on iPhone

                                               Google's maps app is now available for download on the iPhone.

Google's maps app is once again on the iPhone.After a five year relationship, Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) had ditched Google's mapping data in favor of its own in September. The results were less than spectacular.

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If you can make a girl laugh – you can make her do anything.
Marilyn Monroe

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
Yogi Berra