In response to questions about Google’s rumored Facebook killer, "Google Me," CEO Eric Schmidt summed everything up pretty succinctly.
"Everybody has convinced themselves that there’s some huge project about to get announced next week. And I can assure you that’s not the case," said Schmidt at Google’s Zeitgeist
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Today’s the big day that multiplayer fanatics and fans of the Halo-verse have been waiting for, when they can finally get their hands on the last Halo game produced by Bungie. We at Techland have been covering the game in-depth for months now and are placing the best of our coverage in one handy place for you guys to enjoy:
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For most of its history, Twitter hasn’t exactly had a reputation for rushing headlong into major changes. Actually, the company has been remarkably conservative–for as long as people have been using the service to share photos, videos, maps, and other information, it’s been obvious that would be cool if you could see all that stuff …
“Nothing says ‘I’m sorry’ like a tuna cheese casserole.” – Tara from True Blood
Blizard Prepares to Ban StarCraft II Cheaters [Kotaku]
Gadgets:
Nation of Israel Buys @Israel Twitter Account From Miami Porn Site Owner [Fast Company]
Grasshopper robot to pave the way for …
We can’t believe it took this long, but Twitter finally launched their official app for the iPad.
Fully utilizing the touch interface, you’ll be able to touch tweet your thoughts. Oh, and it’s free!
- Panes open to the right of each tweet that expand the video, photo or text links that the user shared.
- You can …
“We’re not gonna die. We can’t die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so…very…pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.” – Mal from Firefly
On nerd news tonight:
Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber to Sue Bluewater Comics (Bleeding Cool)
Single Serving …
In the future, we will invariably die two deaths: The first will be physical (Hospitals, loved ones, tombstones). The second, and potentially more noticeable death will be digital (Facebook memorializing, stagnant Twitter accounts, lost passwords). Just recently, Twitter established a policy to handle accounts after the death of a user. …
The team at Microsoft who’s in charge of mice, keyboards and other peripherals has turned to Twitter to tease out an upcoming product.
We caught a glimpse of said new product on July 27 with a spliced image revealing the corner of a matte black finish peripheral. Yesterday they offered the following hint: “Don’t be so …
Friday, July 30, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
I Tweet, Therefore I Am [NYT]
Our Worst Nightmare Realized: Subway Stations To Have Cell Service, Wi-Fi [NY Mag]
Steve Jobs’ Secret Porn Experience [Gawker]
Could The EU’s Digital Agenda Force Apple To Put Flash On The iPhone? [The …
Last week Twitter announced @earlybird, a promo stream for the company’s advertising partners. The account will dole out exclusive deals to its followers, as given by said ad partners and deal sites Groupon and Gilt. The first deal was announced this morning and after all the talk, frankly, it was a bit of a let down. The offer, good at …
I imagine the meeting for @earlybird at Twitter went a little something like this:
Twitter 1: “We need to start making money, guys.”
Twitter 2: “Affiliate sales!”
Twitter 1: “Genius.”
Or something more asinine than that. Anyway, if you choose to follow @earlybird you’ll get twitters about special time-sensitive …
Twitter is an unusual tool. We’re able to read and reply to our friends’ quips in real time. It’s a news hub, a land of hilarious viral videos, social activism and Roger Ebert.
So, imagine if you will, the stark contrast that hit me when a friend retweeted Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, moments after he’d given word to have …
