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A Chrome extension, created by former Threadless CTO Harper Reed, now lets you bask in Wikipedia programmer Brandon Harris’ warm glow all over the internet. Simply install the ProgrammerAppeal extension and wait for Harris to randomly pop up on your browser.
Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, in a blog post announcing Spotify’s new app platform. Apps will appear in the left sidebar of the Spotify desktop application, with launch titles from the likes of Last.fm, Rolling Stone, TuneWiki and Pitchfork. Say hello to Spotify Apps [Spotify.com]
New York City-born Reggie Fils-Aime, president and COO of Nintendo of America, was in the neighborhood and stopped by the TIME offices to talk to us about Nintendo’s plan for the holiday season, which sounds promising as Nintendo bounces back after a disappointing financial forecast released last month, with strong sales for the Wii and the latest Zelda release.
We’ll take a look at three different options for portable monitors you can use with your laptop.
Move over, VEVO; Facebook has now become the second most popular online destination for online video viewing (behind YouTube), with roughly a third of its visitors in October watching at least one video on the site.
Imagine: Your printer suddenly powers up while you’re away, tendrils of smoke leaking from its crevices, threatening to burst into flames, all through the machinations of hackers, remotely instructing the machine to self-combust.
Research firm Forrester has conducted a survey that supposedly reveals that consumer interest in Windows-based tablets–once quite high–is now tanking. If I were a Microsoft honcho, these results wouldn’t worry me much, for several reasons.
Good morning and happy Wednesday! Here’s what’s going on in tech so far…
It sounds like Samsung’s singing a happier tune this morning, after an Australian appeals court overturned an Apple-petitioned ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, a ban Apple pursued because it claimed the Galaxy Tab was too much like its iPad.
In an update to the Google Maps appication for Android, Google is unrolling a new indoor mapping feature that reveals floor plans for airports, shopping malls and other public spaces.
Sony’s Tablet S is an awkward device, but not because of its unusual wedge-shaped design. It is awkward because it catches Sony in the middle of a transition, from an iconic hardware maker to an Apple-like company that sells software, services and the devices to run it all.
