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 …
Thanks to everyone who entered yesterday’s contest for the computer gaming bundle. Please consider that contest now closed. We’ll get post the winners this afternoon.
Today, we’ve got even more stuff for the gaming fans. Two bundles, two winners.
Tony Hawk Ride for Xbox 360: Includes game and wireless skateboard …
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 …
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 …
Thanks to everyone who entered yesterday’s gadget giveaway. Please consider the contest now closed. We’ll announce a winner this afternoon.
Today we’ve got one prize bundle for the computer gamers:
To enter, please answer the today’s …
YouTube is getting into the forecast business.
With new analytics hub YouTube Trends, user-generated is getting a long awaited ranking system. Intended a zeigeist of viral videos, Trends will essentially function as a blog that highlights YouTube uploads with viral potential – not unlike the hundreds of feeds doing just that on a …
Thanks to everyone who entered yesterday’s DVD giveaway. Please consider the contest closed. We’ll announce a winner soon. (And a winner for Monday’s books giveaway.)
Today, we’ve got four little bundles to send out. First, we’ve got some Marvel superhero iPhone (3G & 3GS) skins from Gelaskins as well as a pack of iPhone 4 cases from …
Can we consider our conversations sponsored? It’s easy to argue that hot topics have always been spurred in one way or another by advertisers who attempt to bend public groupthink to their advantage, but in the past it’s been done by way of billboards, print advertisements or commercials. Now, a nice slice of our online banter has …
Thanks to everyone who entered to win yesterday’s book giveaway, though as of now, no one has entered to win our monster romance bundle. (Note: Seeing as there’s currently no competition, they wouldn’t be hard to snag…) We’ll announce a winner this afternoon.
Today, we’ve got two movie bundles to pass out:
DVD:
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Today marks just twelve days to get that Christmas gift list scratched off. Saturday marks one week until we get all holly and jolly for a day, and if you’re anything like us, you’re not anywhere close to being done buying gifts. We’ve got this year’s best in headphones, movies and games – so make a little more room on your …
We had a huge turnout for Friday’s contest (albeit digital), so thank you to all who participated. Consider that contest closed. We’ll have a winner picked shortly.
Today’s contest is again, for the literary-inclined. We’ve got two book bundles to bestow, so let the best comment win.
Zombie book bundle:
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In a morning swimming in cyber attacks, Twitter is now fending off one of its own. A new acai berry Twitter scheme has compromised thousands of accounts, spamming followers with dangerous links.
Mashable reported that the spam was spreading at a pace of 10,000 tweets per minute early this morning, with tweets linking to an …
