A new study from Microsoft Research India and Max Planck Institute for Software Systems shows that companies are taking gender preferences into account when posting their ads on Facebook. Though that is completely logical, they also found out whether or not you reveal your sexual orientation on your profile, companies still somehow have …
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CarWoo: Haggling for a Great Car Price, Without the Haggling Part
When I bought my first car, in 1987, I don’t think computers were involved in any way. I bought another one in 1991, and may have done some research on CompuServe–I don’t recall. By 1996, I used a couple of snazzy CD-ROMs to help me pick a ride. And in 2004, I did most of my research online and got a decent price on the car I still own …
Facebook Finally To Create A Dislike Function… Sort Of
The moment you have been waiting for has arrived: You can finally show your disapproval for your friend’s posts. No more comments of “I dislike this” or liking something but really meaning you are commiserating with the person.
It’s not so clear cut though. Now you can rate a status up or down, and a percentage of how many people like …
Google Uses Video For Google Doodle In Honor of John Lennon
R.I.P. John Lennon
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Sites Finding Out That Libyan Government Controls Your .ly Domains
Who would have thunk that .ly was actually the top-level domain code for the Libyan government, just like .ca for Canada and .us for the United States? Probably not the creators of bit.ly, owl.ly, smel.ly and other .ly URL shorteners that are out there.
Now it’s causing problems: One URL shortening website is reporting that they’ve …
Facebook May Be Getting A Facelift
Facebook is inviting the press into their headquarter today at 10 AM PST, which only means one thing: Something is about to change.
The invite didn’t say much, but people are guessing what the reveal could be. Many sites, including TechCrunch, are pointing to a site wide redesign. Some users are already seeing the Facebook chat …
Foursquare and HealthMonth Partner To Bring Users Badges
Foursquare announced today that they’re partnering with HealthMonth, an app that helps you set resolution type goals and reminds you to keep them. Now with the aid of the social media tool, you can compare goals with friends and earn badges once you reach your goal. Instead of having to brag about how you’ve channeled your inner energy, …
Facebook Pics in High Def Will Show Us Who Is The Fairest of Them All
Get ready to click that untag button, ladies and gents.
Facebook is going to post your most unflattering moments in high-definition for all your friends (and since the privacy updates keep changing, pretty much all the users) to see. According to their official blog, you can now upload pictures with higher resolution. Not only will …
Every Continent Has Been Google Street Viewed
Remember when Google Street View launched in 2007? Countless hours were spent exploring the streets of NYC, Miami, Denver, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Some folks got pissy over privacy issues and others were caught with their pants down or something like that. Didn’t one of the Street View cars capture a crime in progress or …
Facebook and Skype Are Beginning a Beautiful Friendship
Get ready for Grandma to say hello more often on Facebook.
According to All Things Digital, Facebook and Skype are getting ready to announce a “significant and wide-ranging” partnership. The companies hope to bring SMS, voice chat and Facebook Connect all together so you’ll have no need to use any other service to contact your friends …
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Internet TV’s Killer App is the Entire History of TV
For this week’s Technologizer column for TIME.com, I wrote about the new generation of Internet TV boxes, including Roku, Apple TV, Google TV, and the Boxee Box. As I say in the story, I love the idea of canceling my cable-TV service and depending on one of these gizmos to do my consuming of episodic entertainment. But here’s a shocking …
AOL Buys TechCrunch
This is kind of inside baseball, but it’s a big deal in the tech blogging world: TechCrunch has just been acquired by AOL.
Financial details of the deal are unknown, but the acquisition specifies that “TechCrunch and its associated properties and conferences will join the AOL Technology Network while retaining their editorial …