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		<title>Study: Tablet Users Read More News, More In-Depth Stories</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/26/study-tablet-users-read-more-news-more-in-depth-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tablet devices aren&#8217;t just changing the amount of information that users read, they&#8217;re also changing the kinds of information, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center&#8217;s Project for Excellence in Journalism about the online habits of tablet users. The study, carried out in association with the Economist Group, established that 11% of American adults now own a tablet computer of some kind, and of that number, 77% use their tablets daily, spending around 90 minutes per day on the device. The three most common uses for that time, according to those surveyed, are general online browsing (67% of respondents admitted to that), reading and answering email (54%) and consuming news (53%). (MORE: Study: E-Readers Win the Hearts of Your Mothers) The rise in the importance of news consumption compared with those using laptop or desktop computers is underscored by the fact that 77% of tablet users say that they are now spending more time getting news than they did before they had a tablet, with 33% saying that they are getting news from new sources since using a tablet, and 42% confirming that they are also reading longer and more in-depth stories on tablet devices than they would on a computer. Forty percent of users still access news reports through internet browsers, with only 21% preferring apps (the remainder either use both equally, or are unsure which has the edge), with two thirds of the 1,159 adults taking part in the study admitting some reluctance towards the idea of paying extra for a news source, whether app or subscription to a website (only 14% of tablet users currently do so). MORE: Study: Most Mobile Users Stream Video Near an Actual Television Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=100989&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo Partners with ABC for New Online News Organization</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/03/yahoo-partners-with-abc-for-new-online-news-organization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo&#8217;s long-term future may still be uncertain, but the company has today announced a partnership that suggests it&#8217;ll be just fine in the short-term. According to an announcement this morning, Yahoo is forming a strategic alliance with ABC News for online news programming designed specifically for the internet. The partnership launches today with the first episode of a web series based around sit-down interviews with important figures called Newsmakers. The first episode of which will see ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos interview President Obama live from the White House, streamed live at 2:35pm EST on Yahoo.com and ABCNews.com. Other series of original video content are planned as well, including Around the World with Christiane Amanpour and weekly tech and innovation show This Could Be Big. (MORE: Yahoo Releases Memo to Reassure, Confuse Employees) The new relationship will also see GoodMorningAmerica.com launch, allowing audiences to participate in conversations about the show as it airs, as well as the integration of ABC News content throughout the Yahoo network. &#8220;This relationship will give ABC News an unrivaled ability to reach across the Web, combining Yahoo’s vast distribution and cutting-edge technology with our award-winning journalism,” according to president of ABC News Ben Sherwood, with Yahoo&#8217;s EVP Americas Ross Levinsohn adding that the company&#8217;s &#8220;deep collaboration with ABC News further strengthens Yahoo! as the No. 1 online news source, greatly enhancing our already robust news content.&#8221; New shared content and concepts will continue to be created through 2012, according to both companies, with the two integrating news bureaus in New York, L.A. and Washington D.C., to co-producing coverage for major stories. MORE: Yahoo Rumored to Buy New York Times! Wait, What? Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=98748&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too Many Flipboards: Google Reportedly Prepping &#8216;Propeller&#8217; News App</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/09/19/google-propeller-and-too-many-flipboards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is rumored to be making a news reader app, called &#8220;Google Propeller,&#8221; that&#8217;s kind of like Flipboard. And if unnamed sources are to be believed, it&#8217;ll be a leader in the field of Flipboard clones. That&#8217;s right. &#8220;Flipboard clones&#8221; is pretty much a genre of apps now. AOL has &#8220;Editions.&#8221; CNN recently bought Zite. Yahoo is working on a reader called Livestand. And then there&#8217;s Pulse, which actually preceded Flipboard but never gets the same level of respect. Details on Google Propeller are scant, but the app will run on iPads and Android tablets, according to All Things Digital. And it&#8217;s going to be &#8220;mind-blowing good,&#8221; a source tells Robert Scoble. (MORE: Flipboard iPad App Makes a Magazine from Twitter, Facebook) These apps all use the same basic formula: Gather up the news from a bunch of sources&#8211;reputable publications, social media feeds, RSS feeds and individual curators&#8211;throw everything into a slick-looking tablet interface (bonus points if it resembles some form of dead-tree media) and present each article in an easy-to-read format. I hate to be a downer, but enough is enough. What I&#8217;ve discovered with these apps is that you spend too much time curating content and not enough time reading it. You&#8217;ve got to pick the sources and types of news that you like. You&#8217;ve got to create Twitter lists to filter the useful stuff from the junk. You&#8217;ve got to &#8220;Like&#8221; the articles you like so that the algorithms can learn what you like. And every time someone creates a new app, you&#8217;ve got to do all this self-curation all over again. If you put in the effort, the experience can be rewarding. But too often I find myself gravitating toward aggregators with less friction, like Techmeme, Google News or StumbleUpon. Or, I&#8217;ll use apps by individual news services, like NPR or the BBC &#8212; not because I favor those publications over others, but because they save me the hassle of curating the curators. And a lot of times, I just go straight to Twitter because it&#8217;s more<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=97351&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Rumors</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/news/rumors/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Study: Online News Is Casual, Social and Not Video</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/05/09/study-online-news-is-casual-social-and-not-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 17:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The future of online news is social&#8230; and surprisingly casual. The Pew Research Center&#8217;s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released results of a study into audience behavior for the top 25 news sites in the U.S., and those results underline existing wisdom and offer a new idea of who is reading their news online, and how often, at the same time. The study describes the importance of &#8220;casual users,&#8221; people who visit a news site only a few times per month and spend less than five minutes once there; 34% of users fall into that category, with a much smaller percentage (7% on average, although that number can be as high a 18% on sites like CNN.com) described as loyal readers or &#8220;power users.&#8221; The front pages of the sites were the most viewed pages for a majority, with online video ranking low on internet users&#8217; lists of most viewed pages on all but two sites (CBS News, which may have been skewed by one particularly popular, much-linked story during the survey, and CNN). Unsurprisingly, Google remains the &#8220;primary entry point&#8221; for most news sites, with Google searches and Google News acting as the biggest single driver of traffic to sites (Responsible on average for around 30% of all traffic). However, Facebook is described as &#8220;a critical player in news,&#8221; driving traffic to all but one of the top U.S. sites (Google News, itself an aggregator, is the holdout); Twitter, by comparison, only plays &#8220;a relatively small role in sharing of links to news sources.&#8221; Whether news companies learn from the study &#8211; making their sites more searchable, reducing the amount of video and finding some way to more successfully monetize the casual readership, for example &#8211; remains to be seen, but let&#8217;s see if their Twitter streams suddenly become a lot quieter in the next few days&#8230; More on Techland: Bad News for Murdoch: The Daily on the Decline As Viewers Increase, What Is The Future Of Online News Video? Why It&#8217;s So Hard to Give a Pulitizer<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=81283&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Twitter</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/companies-2/twitter/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>News.me Plans to Bring the News to (Dot) You</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/04/20/news-me-plans-to-bring-the-news-to-dot-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing that iPad users don&#8217;t lack, it&#8217;s a way of staying on top of what&#8217;s going on. Apps like Flipboard, Zite and Decks, or services like Summify or PostPost, give users the chance to sit back and let the internet sort through the noise to find specific signals based on criteria they&#8217;ve selected to such success that it&#8217;s no surprise that the big boys want a piece of that app action. And, with the launch of News.me, they&#8217;re looking to get it. Developed by the New York Times and Bit.ly, and powered by the latter, News.me aggregates news feeds using your friends&#8217; social network links, a la Summify, and puts it into a nice, easy-to-read magazine format, a la Flipboard (It will also be available as a daily email digest, again following Summify&#8217;s lead). At 99 cents a week, or $34.99 annually &#8211; Someone&#8217;s been looking at the pricing structure of The Daily, I think &#8211; the app will share its revenue with those its licensing material from, with partners including the NYT, the Associated Press, AOL, Forbes, Gawker Media and other media conglomerates. It&#8217;s an attractive-looking package, but I wonder whether there&#8217;s still space in the market for it, given all the alternatives already available. Perhaps if it had launched at the end of last year, when originally promised, things would be different&#8230; More From Techland: Flipboard iPad App Makes a Magazine from Twitter, Facebook Move Over, Flipboard: Zite is the Latest Personalized iPad Mag Exhausted by Social Media? Let Summify Read The Internet For You<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=77849&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Gaming &amp; Culture</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/apps-web/gaming-%c2%a0culture/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Twitter Your Way to a Free New York Times</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/03/18/the-new-york-times-starts-charging-for-website-march-28-you-can-still-read-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you hear about the news yesterday? Well, it’s a good thing it’s still free because the Gray Lady of news, the New York Times, is going to start charging readers for access later this month. If you’re a frequent user of the Times website, be prepared for a shock come March 28. Readers will still be able to read 20 articles a month without paying. After you hit your limit, though, you’ll be able to choose from three options depending on how much of a news junkie and connected you are. So how much will readers pony up? People can decide between a monthly fee of $15 per month for website access and a mobile phone app, $20 per month website access and an iPad app, or $35 per month includes free-for-all access. There are annual plans as well, but they seem a bit silly to sign up for, as they are more expensive when it is broken down by month. But if you’re really smart, you’ll know a home-delivery package includes a full digital subscription. So instead of paying $35 per month, why not just pay $14.80 a month? It’s still more economical than the cheapest web option. Just don’t forget to recycle the actual paper. Also, let’s not forget about the search loophole: Not all visits to NYTimes.com will count toward the 20-article limit. In an effort to reduce losses among the Web site’s more than 30 million monthly readers, The Times will allow access to people who arrive at its Web site through search engines like Google and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. There will, however, be a five-article limit a day for people who visit the site from Google. So after readers hit their limit, they can copy and paste the headline of the article they want to see into Google, up to five times a day. Don’t forget, Google is not the only search engine in the world. And then, there was Twitter. An account has been set up at this Twitter<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=71483&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Earth Satellite Images Capture Japan Quake Damage</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/03/14/google-earth-satellite-images-capture-japan-quake-damage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Ho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s Friday earthquake estimated death toll is in the thousands; and while the story can be told in words, nothing can describe the videos and photos that have followed. ABC News in Australia has pooled together some interactive Google Earth aerial satellite images surveying the before and after photos of the chaos on the ground. Japan is one of the most high-tech and efficient countries on the map, and arguably the most advanced, so it&#8217;s no surprise that so much high-tech footage of the natural disasters have popped up on the web. After all, where&#8217;d you find cell phones documenting an oncoming tsunami? (via ABC News) More on TIME.com: Listen to the Raw Data of Japan&#8217;s Earthquake Earthquake Preparedness Apps to Help You In Case of an Emergency Japan Captures Tsunami, Quake Footage with Camera Phones<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=70180&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uh Oh: More Privacy Changes Come To Facebook</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/17/uh-oh-more-privacy-changes-come-to-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late Friday night, Facebook announced a new round of privacy settings for third-party applications via the company&#8217;s developers blog. (More on Techland: Facebook Forecast 2011: E-Commerce &#38; Mobile) In essence, the changes are minuscule. From now on, users who accept the terms and conditions of a Facebook app will grant that developer access to their mobile telephone number and address, if listed on their profile. This seeks to benefit apps geared more toward e-commerce, one of the company&#8217;s largest initiatives for 2011. Though the request is clearly marked on the app&#8217;s pop-up permission box, my guess is most users won&#8217;t pause to scan the box for any new terms, simply because most Internet users aren&#8217;t trained to do so. We&#8217;re not conditioned to read the fine print and instead skip straight to the dotted line as a time saver. Still, can we blame Facebook for our own discrepancies? It&#8217;s clear the company is beginning to cash in on our personal information, one of its greatest potential revenue streams for the future, but the new setting will also mean users run the greater risk of having information farmed by malicious rogue apps. Scams are carefully monitored by the Facebook team, but can usually exist for at least a few days before they&#8217;re shut down, meaning that cybercriminals will have time to trick users into downloading the faux app and gaining access to even more personal info that could be used against them. (More on Techland: Five Tips For A Savvier Facebook Profile) The problem is easily fixed by clicking &#8220;Don&#8217;t Allow&#8221; &#8211; the application will still work just fine &#8211; but without thorough warning and instruction, it&#8217;s not likely that a majority of the Facebook body will realize that.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=63485&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collectors Are Tracking Down Debtors Through Social Media</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/14/collectors-are-tracking-down-debtors-through-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In debt? Mind your Facebook wall. Debt collection agencies are now turning to social networks to track down on-the-run debtors by cataloging tidbits of evidence that may prove you have money to spare. (More on Techland: AMBER Alerts Are Now Dispatched Via Facebook) A recent CreditCards.com story claims that investigators turn to Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and even Twitter and Foursquare to not only seek out the location of past-due defaulters, but to search through online profiles for proof of shopping trips, vacations – even phone numbers and employment info. Michelle Dunn, a former collector turned “how-to” collection author, said that agencies scour specific sites depending on the type of debt a person holds. “Most are using Facebook for consumer debt,” she told CreditCards.com, “but for the younger set would be MySpace. Business-to-business credit would be LinkedIn.” Even your friends’ accounts could be considered valid proof of your ability to pay up, meaning the next time you and a friend wait in line for the latest gaming console and he tweets as much, you’re more or less screwed. (It&#8217;s fratricide 2.0.) And yes, they really can do that. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the rule book for all third-party collectors, was passed before the Web boom in 1978 and hasn&#8217;t been updated since. Under current regulations, your digital social sphere is fair game, so long as they&#8217;re only looking. A friend request or message on any social site from creditor to debtor would be a violation of the rules, which seems sensible. As for collectors, they&#8217;ve got their own place in cyberspace to swap war stories. Accountrecovery.net is &#8220;like Facebook for collectors,&#8221; and a place for professionals to trade tips and even debate ethics. (More on Techland: 5 Tips For A Savvier Facebook Profile) But how to keep the collection agencies from using your new t-shirt against you? Privacy settings. Keep strangers out of your profiles. Period. Or you might &#8211; quite literally &#8211; pay for it.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=63178&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AMBER Alerts Are Now Dispatched Via Facebook</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/12/amber-alerts-are-now-dispatched-via-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a partnership with the National Center for Missing &#38; Exploited Children, AMBER Alerts will now be available on Facebook. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Laurie O. Robinson made the announcement in a press conference today, saying, &#8220;These efforts demonstrate the high priority this Administration places on child protection. While we can&#8217;t fulfill every parent&#8217;s dream and completely insulate children, we can promote programs and partnerships that protect children and help bring them home.&#8221; The AMBER Alert program has recovered 525 children since its beginning in 1996, and with social media’s continuing prevalence in the way we receive our news, the organization is hoping some of Facebook’s 140 million U.S. users will lead to more tips regarding missing children. (More on Techland: Humanity Disappoints Again, Believes &#8220;Facebook Is Ending&#8221; Rumor) Facebook has already set up an AMBER Alert hub leading to 53 separate pages, one for each state and U.S. territory. Social sites like Facebook and Twitter allow agencies and police to broadcast information on a global scale, something they wouldn’t have the financial means to do on other mediums, but to receive notice users must opt in for the alerts by signing up on their state’s specific page. Superintendent of the Virginia State Police Steven Flaherty also spoke at the conference to credit the recent success of finding 12-year-old Brittany Mae Smith to online users after an alert was posted on the Virginia State Police Facebook page. The girl and her abductor Jeffrey Easley were found in San Francisco days later after they were recognized. Flaherty and Robinson both expect an expanded community watch program cultivated by Facebook&#8217;s strong user base. More on Time.com: Is The First &#8216;Facebook Phone&#8217; About To Make An Appearance? 10 Things You Shouldn&#8217;t Do On Facebook New Year&#8217;s Resolution: A Savvier Facebook Profile<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=63013&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Switch Your iPhone Service From AT&amp;T To Verizon</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/11/how-to-switch-your-iphone-service-from-att-to-verizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With today’s Verizon announcement that it will begin to carry the iPhone 4 in early February, some users are eager to ditch AT&#38;T’s network for Verizon 3G. Of course, it won’t be easy. AT&#38;T will likely do everything in their power to prevent you from switching services with high early termination fees and little wiggle room for negotiating your way out of your current contract. (More on Techland: Everything You Need To Know About Verizon&#8217;s iPhone 4) AT&#38;T customers who signed up before June 1, 2010 are all subject to a $175 early termination fee, with an additional $5 off for each full month of service you’ve completed. Those who signed up after June 1 agreed to a $325 early termination fee when they signed, though the cost depreciates $10 for every month you’re with the network. So, all AT&#38;T iPhone 4 users who signed two-year agreements on June 23 (when the phone was released), would still be required to pay a $255 fee seven months into their contract. Another blow for consumers is the fact that they won’t just need new contracts; they’ll need entirely new phones. The competing 3G networks use slightly different technologies, meaning that the devices must be altered for use on a specific network. This means very little for the user, except that Verizon’s iPhone 4 will only operate on Verizon’s U.S. 3G network and a few outside countries – a potential problem for frequent travelers. SIM cards will transfer, but chips will not, meaning that buying a new phone is unavoidable. This may be fine by those who’ve resisted and held on to their third generation iPhones, but our guess is that the body of AT&#38;T iPhone 4 owners won’t be so ready to make the high-cost jump to Verizon, especially given that Verizon’s version only operates on its 3G, not 4G network. That said, AT&#38;T customers mat have a few exit doors. Life Hacker has a great explainer of how to actually negotiate your way out of your AT&#38;T contract by logging the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=62916&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official: The iPhone 4 Comes To Verizon In Early February</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/11/its-official-the-iphone-4-comes-to-verizon-in-early-february/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of speculation, Verizon announced it will carry the iPhone during a special press conference in New York City. In early February, the company will offer the the iPhone 4 to its customers. It will run on Verizon&#8217;s 3G network, despite the company&#8217;s recent extensive marketing campaign for its 4G LTE network. &#8220;If the press writes something long enough and hard enough, eventually it comes true,&#8221; Verizon CEO Dan Mead told the room. &#8220;Today two industry innovators are coming together to provide something customers have been hungry for for years.&#8221; Existing Verizon customers will be able to pre-order the iPhone 4 on Feb. 3, with in-store and online orders opening up to everyone on Feb. 10. The 16GB iPhone 4 will cost $199 and the 32GB will cost $299. (More on Time.com: Verizon&#8217;s iPhone: A Marriage Years in the Making) Shushing those who doubt Verizon&#8217;s network would be able to support the volume of iPhone users, Mead talked at length about the investments the company has made into its infrastructure, calling it &#8220;future proof.&#8221; He also made swipes at competitors&#8217; 4G networks saying, &#8220;With all of the re-branding going on, we debated over calling this 6G LTE, but it&#8217;s not in our DNA, so we&#8217;ll stick with 4G for now.&#8221; If anything, Verizon wants you to know its iPhone will be supported by a faster, reliable network. Even with more 4G touting, the two companies made no announcements on iPhone/Verizon 4G plans, with Apple&#8217;s COO Tim Cook noting that &#8220;the first generation LTE chip sets force some design compromises, some of which we would not make.&#8221; The talks started in 2008, Mead said, noting that they&#8217;ve been testing the device for about a year before they began to carry the iPad, the iPhone&#8217;s &#8220;magical&#8221; sibling. &#8220;We have been talking to Verizon for a while,&#8221; Cook told the room. &#8220;This is just the beginning of a great relationship between Apple and Verizon.&#8221; Mead also said Verizon would make no announcements on network/data pricing, but noted that the company would make<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=62789&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Internet Grows As America&#8217;s News Source While TV Decreases</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/05/study-internet-grows-as-americas-news-source-as-tv-decreases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new survey by the PEW Center for the People and the Press, 44 percent of Americans get their news from the Internet with a little less than one-fifth of those questioned admitting that it is their main source. The web has become the second most popular place for world and local information, up 17 points from 2007. This survey marks the first time where people under 30 prefer rely on websites more than watching news television programs, with eighteen to 29-year-olds who use the Internet as their main news source doubling. There is also growth in Web news as a main source for those 30 to 49, and that group is expected to join their younger counterparts in relying on the Internet for their information in 2011. TV news still is more popular among those who are less educated, while college graduates are split almost evenly between TV news programs and reading and watching on their computers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=61845&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As Facebook Hits A $50 Billion Valuation, Will It Go Public?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/03/as-facebook-hits-a-50-billion-valuation-will-it-go-public/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a $500 million investment from Goldman Sachs and a big time Russian investment firm, Facebook ‘s value jumps to a stunning $50 billion, making the company worth more than competing companies eBay, Yahoo and Time Warner. (More on Techland: Facebook Forecast 2011: Mobile &#38; E-Commerce) The new investment comes at the beginning of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into both parties: Facebook is under fire for potential overinflated value by way of limited shareholder trading and Goldman over alleged misleadings during the market collapse in 2008. Under pressure to go public from the SEC prod, we should expect a Facebook announcement soon, but is there a rush? Yes and no. Though threats of investigation won’t really manifest for a few months, the last thing Facebook wants is the Commission digging around its sock drawer. So far, both Facebook and Goldman have declined to comment on the investment or the possibility of an IPO, though now the stage is set for the inevitable. As Reuters reported earlier, Goldman is now in the driver’s seat to take the company public, becoming Facebook’s personal banking operation, so-to-speak. (More on TIME: Is Facebook Really Worth $50 Billion?) So what will that mean for users? Initially, not a thing. The money will eventually allow to Facebook to bank another round of high-profile hiring poaches from its competitors, and who knows, perhaps it will make another pass at Twitter, which we now know turned down an initial buyout for a $500 million stake in Facebook stock. CEO Biz Stone told the Financial Times that the company declined the offer in order to create a real revenue stream out of the microblogging platform, a plan Stone has been unsuccessful at so far. As of now, Twitter still runs at a loss despite it’s $3.7 billion valuation, dwarfed by Facebook’s now $50 billion value and a projected 2010 revenue of $2 billion. Perhaps it’s time to rethink?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=61571&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Forecast 2011: Mobile &amp; E-Commerce, But What About China?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/27/facebook-forecast-2011-mobile-e-commerce-but-what-about-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no denying: Facebook had a hell of a year. From a media standpoint, its copious (and sometimes scandalous) headlines were a dream – even Hollywood agreed. There have been few stories to match Facebook’s, and when they come along, the world seems to pounce. But mistaking the company (or its 26-year-old billionaire CEO) as pure blog fodder would be a mistake. Projected to hit a wowing $2 billion in revenue this year, Facebook’s star is just beginning to rise. (More on Techland: Facebook Photos, Now With Facial Recognition Tech) A few weeks ago, Facebook Manager of Corporate Development Michael Brown hinted at just a few of the site’s planned points of strategy for 2011: an aggressive push for more e-commerce, broader mobile use and even more talent poaching &#8211; nothing out of order there. As Forbes reported a few weeks ago, Facebook has been cultivating virtual currency system Facebook Credits since last year, and while its greatest success so far is a 30% cut from its partnership with Farmville creators Zynga, that’s no small feat. Don’t be surprised if a changed Facebook Marketplace heads to users this year. As the company sees more opportunity to put money into its Credits tool, not to mention it’s new deal-based tool Facebook Deals, more opportunities for spending will surface. Whether these will take the shape of an exclusive Facebook app store, or more third-party partnerships is unclear, but an all-in-one Facebook shopping center wouldn’t shock me in the slightest. Whatever Facebook’s next round of moves will be, expect them to be radical. “We’re looking for hackers,” Brown told the audience at a San Francisco startup seminar earlier this month. “We’re looking for men and women who want to drink Red Bull or Mountain Dew and stay up all night, and turn an idea into an ugly-looking prototype that they can buy some Google search traffic on and test, and see what people think of it. We’re looking for people who are impatient. Who like to write code. Who want to crank stuff<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=60799&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Blocks j.mp Links Over Spam Concerns</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/23/facebook-blocks-j-mp-links-over-spam-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to a tidal wave of spam-filled links from Bit.ly’s j.mp URL shortener, Facebook has temporarily blocked the links from the site. “As part of our effort to keep Facebook and the people who use our service secure, we closely monitor the content shared on the site for spam and malicious content,” Facebook said of the blockage. “At the time we blocked j.mp, more than 70% of j.mp links pointed to spam or other security issues. We are working with bit.ly to resolve the issue.” Links from the regular Bit.ly shortener are still working properly on the site, as it seems just j.mp has been affected by the spike in malicious links. Earlier, Tech Crunch reported that Bit.ly has extensive measures in place to weed out corrupt destination sites, though it looks like a substantial amount of spam came through undetected. &#160; More on TIME: PostPost: A Social Newspaper for Facebook Users Facebook Won&#8217;t Block WikiLeaks Just Yet Facebook: Cartoon Pics Not Linked To Pedophiles<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=60637&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photos, Comments Come To Foursquare</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/20/photos-comments-come-to-foursquare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social check-in network Foursquare is getting in to details. With its new iPhone app, users will now be able to add photos and comments to their activities. (More on Techland: How To Find The Best Location-Based Deals) From now on, users will be asked to add photos upon check-in that will be visible to their Foursquare friends as well as other networks you’ve synced Foursquare to by early next year. (Yes, like Facebook.) Comments are exactly what you’d expect: See that a friend is at your favorite java haunt? Recommend the Colombian roast. For now, comment threads are only visible to your Foursquare friends, cross-commenting via check-ins posted to Twitter and Facebook are available, too. It’s hard to believe Foursquare hadn’t already implemented some key ingredients to social networking, but the change will help drive the site via social connections, maybe drawing in users who weren’t lured by “mayorships” and the occasional free latte. All of your activity – comments, photos, check-ins, etc. – will be logged in a new “History” feed, which will also allow you to continue conversations and update photos/comments when necessary. (More on Techland: Facebook Photos Now Use Facial Recognition Tech) Android users can expect the new app later this week, while Blackberry users will have to wait until after the new year. More on Techland: Gowalla 3.0: All-In-One Check Ins Are Here Why Facebook Deals is Bad News for Foursquare The Future Of E-Commerce: Groupon Becomes Social Shopping Network<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59837&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As Yahoo Crumbles, Delicious Will Be Sold &#8230; Or Donated?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/17/what-a-mess-as-yahoo-crumbles-delicious-will-be-sold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, it seemed as if social bookmarking site Delicious was to be shuttered by Yahoo, and the blogs lit up with the usual pomp and circumstance – but it wasn’t true. At least, not exactly. After a steep round of layoffs, Yahoo is looking to drop Delicious, but will cut it loose to stand alone instead, a stay of execution for the portable bookmark. (Update is appended.) (More on Techland: Why Is Google Trying To Ban Ads For A Gay History Book?) In most ways, this a great opportunity for Delicious. Aside from a 2.0 launch, site has done little updating since it was bought by Yahoo in 2005, which leaves me wondering if Yahoo was unwilling to put more funds into its investment after the departure of founder Joshua Schachter, which as slightly small time as the site may seem now, it was – and is – a pretty neat idea. The site promised that it wasn’t going anywhere any time soon, a post on the company’s blog made it clear that it has no post breakup home. “We’re actively thinking about the future of Delicious and we believe there is a home outside the company that would make more sense for the service and our users,” the company said in a statement. “We’re in the process of exploring a variety of options and talking to companies right now. And we’ll share our plans with you as soon as we can.” (Note: A “FOR SALE” sign is sure to follow.) In the meantime, this info blip is just further proof of how hopeless Yahoo has become. TechCrunch has declared that the company has finally “hit rock bottom,” and really, it’s no wonder. Things haven’t been good for Yahoo for years, as some of the company’s top executives began to jump ship. Former senior vice president Brad Garlinghouse’s now infamous “Peanut Butter Manifesto” reads sadly prophetic, a warning about company’s failings that no one seemed to take to heart. (More on Techland: The Tweets Of 2010: Brought To You<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59756&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Could Twitter Games Replicate Farmville-Sized Success?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/17/could-twitter-games-replicate-farmville-sized-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fledgling social gaming company play140 wants to make your microblogging habit into addictive game play. No doubt attempting to recreate the success of social gaming giant Zynga, the creator of online juggernaut Farmville, play140 is trying to jumpstart gaming a la tweets. And the company will make its attempt with very little competition. Zynga currently supports games through Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo and Apple’s iPhone only, leaving the Twitterverse as unclaimed territory. (More on Techland: Are Video Game Developers Growing An Audience For Apple Devices?) Yesterday, the company announced the beta launch of its site and the first iteration of games played solely through Twitter and SMS. T.A.G. (The Acronym Game), Be Greedy, and Robot SMASH Battle are up and running in beta preview only and though wrapping my head around using Twitter as a non-location centric game (I haven’t forgotten you, Foursquare) was a little difficult at first, how could these ideas be any more unlikely to hit success than a game about virtual farming? (Which, also just announced the soon-to-be-published Farmville For Dummies guidebook.) Here’s a breakdown: Be Greedy: “A game of strategy and greed where players race to collect the most gold before the end of the game.” T.A.G.: “The game’s account will tweet an acronym and a category, and players create a response that matches the letters and fits the category. The players then vote for their favorite answer, with the top answers facing off at the end.” Perhaps massively multiplayer online games (MMO) via Twitter just don’t have a market quite yet, but I think there’s something to be said for it in the future, if this “Twitter” thing catches on. Which, I think it just might. More on Techland: Top 10 Arcade Games Zynga&#8217;s Cityville Is Company&#8217;s Biggest Game Launch Yet &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59647&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Photos: Now With Facial Recognition Tech</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/16/facebook-photos-now-with-facial-recognition-tech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Townsend</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a second phase of a photo tool overhaul, Facebook has added facial recognition technology in a new “Tag Suggestions” feature, the company announced on its blog Wednesday. The software, which will roll out to U.S. users next week, will identity familiar faces within a specific photo album, eliminating the need to tag each person individually. Though Facebook engineer Justin Mitchell makes it clear that the new tool won’t always have an identification for you since the software is only able to suggest the correct tag by “grouping similar photos together and, whenever possible, suggest the name of the friend in the photos.” (The key words there being, “whenever possible.”) (More on Techland: Facebook&#8217;s New Profile: Keep Calm &#38; Carry On) Still, this is a huge update to Photos, but don’t think it’ll be the last. It’s no secret Facebook has been busy scraping time off most of its photo functions, which in a lengthy album, could get tedious. Photos are undeniably one of the site’s largest lures for users, as the company claims there are some 100 million tags to pictures every day. Facebook has been rolling out Photos changes lately, which included a similar upgrade in Group Tagging and a new profile photo bank that debuted alongside the new profile earlier this month. (More on TIME: Person Of The Year: Mark Zuckerberg) Like with any Facebook upgrade, privacy concerns aren’t far behind. With the new Tag Suggestions tool, comes a snazzy “Suggest photos of me to friends” – complete with an automatic “ON” switch. Users will be able to opt out once the new tool goes live through their Privacy Settings, though even with the “Suggest” feature turned off, friends will be able to tag you manually. More on TIME: PostPost: A Social Newspaper for Facebook Users Facebook Won&#8217;t Block WikiLeaks Just Yet Facebook: Cartoon Pics Not Linked To Pedophiles<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59441&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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