Has streaming music online replaced radioplay? As some British music labels are moving towards offering songs to buy online as soon as they’ve been played on the radio, REM seems to be moving in the opposite direction, releasing their new album Collapse Into Now to stream for European fans through Spotify a week before it’s available to …
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Q: Which Has Shorter Shelf-Life: E-Books or Chocolate Syrup?
A. If the book in question is a library e-book from HarperCollins, you should be putting your money on Hershey’s.
The Library Journal broke the news on Friday that all new e-books licensed from that publisher — which brought us such modern classics as Sarah Palin’s America By Heart and Justin Halpern’s Sh*t My Dad Says — will be …
‘Like’ Something on Facebook? Prove It.
The new Facebook “Like” settings have changed, triggering the always-dependable user panic we’ve seen from previous Facebook alterations like “Privacy-Gate” or the not-to-be-underestimated “News Feed Revolt.” This time, change comes to the little blue thumb.
(More on Techland: Facebook Adds “Civil Union” To Its …
AT&T Rolls Out Location-Based Text Messages for Nearby Deals
Last week I was in New York at TIME HQ for some no-holds-barred internal strategy sessions involving overhead projectors, calendars, spreadsheets and speakerphones.
On the way through Times Square one morning, I was informed by not one, but two gentlemen representing separate business establishments that I—and I’m paraphrasing …
Libyans Used Coded Messages on Dating Site to Thwart Government Scrutiny
The Libyan government may have had its eye on popular social networks like Twitter and Facebook, but there was one means of communication on the web that it forgot to check.
Protesters slipped under the radar by using the Muslim dating site Mawada to send clandestine messages organizing the revolution. As revealed to ABC News, the …
The U.S. Wants to Create a Political Geek Squad in Egypt
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Jerry Brito, a policy wonk and web developer based in Washington, D.C.
After what some are calling a “Facebook revolution” in Egypt, you’d think that the Egyptians would have something to teach us about digital civic activism, and not the other way around. But the State Department has
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Top 10 Monday Tech Deals
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Barnes & Noble Nook Color e-book reader: $199 at eBay (today only)
As part of eBay’s daily deals, Barnes & Noble is offering $50 off its color Nook e-book reader. Use coupon code CBARNESDD at checkout to get the savings.
This deal is good today only, while supplies last.
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Hungry? Donteat.at Will Tell You If That Restaurant Should Be Shut Down
Everybody loves those hidden gem restaurants, but it’s hard to find them without occasionally having a misstep. Luckily, there’s an app for that.
With the help of FourSquare, donteat.at will let you know if a restaurant is likely a lovable hole-in-the-wall or an actual health code violation. Despite its somewhat bitter moniker, …
Dictionary Update: Welcome to English 2.0
As our software gets updates, so does that old-fashioned gum-flappin’ language we use to describe our techy lives. To that end, Oxford Dictionaries Online has expanded their database, giving us definitions of terms from clickjacking to bloggable.
First, a snippet of the tech-world words coming online:
bandwidth (secondary …
Three Ways to Enhance Your Oscar Viewing Experience
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday, and while you might not have a ticket, it doesn’t mean the only way you can experience the ceremony is by watching it from your couch.
Here are some ways to expand your Oscar viewing experience. We can’t guarantee that it will help you win any of your office pools, but it beats just …
Emanata: Remembering Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne McDuffie, the comics and animation writer, editor and producer who died this week following complications from surgery, wasn’t a particularly flashy writer: His aesthetic was to get out of the way of the way of the story. But he was a forward-thinking creator, and he quietly wrote a stack of comics and animated TV shows that stuck …
Android Market Gets Books, but What About Movies and Music?
Google has added electronic books to its increasingly popular Android Market, further expanding the influence of the web store. As of Thursday, users were able to access and purchase electronic versions of popular titles, reports Engadget. But wait, there’s more.
Going to http://market.android.com/movies/ and …