Despite a few incompatibility issues that were causing it to crash with developer versions of iOS 5, the Google+ iPhone app is a hit. It’s already the top free app in Apple’s app store (though it’s noticeably missing from both the “Featured” tab and the “What’s Hot” tab— what gives, Apple?), and it’s already amassed 1,664 ratings with …
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San Diego Comic-Con, Day Zero: Has the Nerd Bubble Burst?
When you’re a professional, when you’re going there for work, the sad truth is that you do not go to Comic-Con with a feeling of joy in your heart. You go with a weary sense of inevitability.
You’re not complaining, God knows! But Comic-Con is too big and sweaty and busy to really enjoy. And when you’re working — when you’re covering …
Apple Rolls Out OS X Lion, Faster MacBook Airs, Kills MacBook
With little more than a noiseless digital “rawr” and an abrupt homepage image swap, Apple’s Mac OS X 10.7, codenamed “Lion,” is now officially available via the Apple Store—make that the “Mac App Store” that lives on recently updated “Snow Leopard” Macs, not to be confused with Apple’s online web store, an actual Apple retail store, or …
Why Google+ Shouldn’t Be Chasing Celebrities
Lady Gaga is not on Google+. Nor is Oprah Winfrey, Justin Bieber or many other mega-celebrities, but apparently, Google wants to change that.
CNN reports that Google is drawing up a “celebrity acquisition plan” for its new social network, including a way to verify famous people as the real deal. Google won’t confirm the plans, but CNN …
Reddit Co-Founder Aaron Swartz Indicted for Data Theft, Could Face 35 Years in Prison
Aaron Swartz, a 24-year old programmer who helped popularize nerd-news depository Reddit.com, was indicted on data theft charges (PDF) for illegally downloading over 4 million documents from JSTOR, a research database typically used in academia.
The New York Times‘ Bits blog has the scoop, reporting that if found guilty, Swartz could …
‘Deluxe’ and ‘Technicolor’ Prepare for the Death of Film
It’s the end of an era: Deluxe Entertainment Services Group and Technicolor, two iconic names in the movie industry for almost a century, have signed subcontracting deals that, more than likely, herald the end of actual film being used for motion pictures.
The two companies have signed three-year contracts that will see Technicolor …
The Google+ iPhone App Is Now Available Through iTunes
The official Google+ iPhone app is finally available for download in the iTunes App Store. You can access it here.
Per the app’s description:
“Google+ for mobile makes sharing the right things with the right people a lot simpler. Huddle lets you send super-fast messages to the people you care about most. And no matter where you are,
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OS X Lion Coming Tomorrow (Or, You Know, Someday)
Let’s be honest: no one has much of a clue when Apple’s planning to release OS X 10.7 Lion, Cupertino’s latest mammoth overhaul of the company’s Mac operating system. Sure, we know it’ll be sometime this month, which is what Apple’s been saying for weeks—unless the company changes its mind, which, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, it …
LulzSec Hacks ‘News of the World’ and ‘The Sun,’ Plants Fake Murdoch Death Story
It looks like LulzSec are back at it again, and this time they have News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch in their crosshairs.
The off-again, on-again hacking group has just announced via Twitter that they have hacked two Murdoch-owned publications in the United Kingdom: The recently shuttered News of the World and daily tabloid The Sun. …
NBC and Facebook to Tag-Team New Hampshire Primary Debate
NBC announced today that Meet the Press will team up with Facebook to host the final GOP primary debate before the New Hampshire primaries.
The event will take place at 9 a.m. ET in the Chubb Theatre at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH, and air live on MSNBC and New England Cable News (NECN). It will also be streamed …
What’s in a Name: Twitter Was Almost Called ‘Jitter’ or ‘Twitch’
The first tweet ever sent out by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in 2006 read “just setting up my twttr.” Thankfully, he and business partner Biz Stone had the sense to add discernible vowels to what we now know as Twitter— the rest, as they say, is history.
But in a new interview with WNYC News, Dorsey reveals a few alternatives …
Will App Developers Be Scared Away by Lawsuit Threats?
Are patent infringement lawsuits endangering app development?
PaidContent is reporting that developers are withdrawing their apps from both the U.S. Apple and Android app stores for fear of being sued over intellectual property rights that they may not even be aware of. The report describes a mass exodus of European developers from …