Tech News For Busy People
updated at 4:19am on 1/28/2012
Top Meme
SlashGear — According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook could file its initial public offering as early as next week. The social network is currently being valued between $75 billion to $100 billion with Morgan Stanley close to winning the lead against rival Goldman Sachs as underwriter for the IPO. Citing a source...
Secondary Memes
Relax: Twitter’s New Censorship Policy Is Actually Good for Activists
Mashable! — A lot of digital ink has been spilled about Twitter’s announcement that it can now censor tweets on a country-by-country basis. The move has prompted a growing number of users to organize under the hashtag #TwitterBlackout and pledge to boycott the service on January 28 by refusing to tweet. But these...
Coming Soon to a Laptop Near You: Microsoft Kinect?
Technologizer — OK, now this sounds nifty: Microsoft is experimenting with building its Kinect gesture-input system into notebook computers running Windows 8, says The Daily’s Matt Hickey: A source at Microsoft has confirmed that the devices are indeed official prototypes of laptops featuring a Kinect sensor. In terms...
Tertiary Memes
As HP ejects WebOS, its creator departs HP
InfoWorld News — Jon Rubinstein, the force behind the WebOS mobile operating system, has quit Hewlett-Packard, where he's...
Urology journal finds robotic prostate surgery not meeting expectations
SlashGear — It was perhaps one of the biggest hopes in the advancement of robot-assisted medical surgery, but...
Samsung Galaxy S III may have appeared in support pages
Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks — Samsung continues to send out conflicting signals about when its future flagship phone, the Galaxy S III...
Two Weeks In, Google Says “Search Plus Your World” Going Well, Critics Should Give It Time
Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing — Two weeks ago, Google launched Search Plus Your World. Since then, Google has faced strong criticisms that...
Yahoo kills a bunch of mobile apps you’ve never used
Mobile — Yahoo is cleaning house on the mobile product side, announcing Friday that it is “decommissioning” a long...
RIM’s new CEO is shaking up the BlackBerry world but is it enough?
iMore - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog — RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, spoke to Kevin Michaluk of our sibling site, CrackBerry.com, about some his...
Below the Fold
Student tech entrepreneurs win Imagine Cup grants from Microsoft
Adscend Denies Facebook, AG Allegations
Tim Cook: 'We Care About Every Worker'
Sony Ericsson buyout approved by EU- Harvard wants the next Zuckerberg to stay at Harvard
Nintendo Network will replace Nintendo’s current online infrastructure
LG to bring 3D Max smartphone to MWC: report
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This edition of refinr was published on 1/28/2012 at 4:19am. The previous edition was posted on 1/28/2012 at 3:21am.
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| Memes Found | 16 |
| Articles Grouped | 122 |
| Words Tracked | 10575 |
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