Monthly Archives: December 2010
Drop.io Offline After Facebook Acquisition
In October 2010, Drop.io announced that they have been acquired by Facebook. Apparently Facebook bought “most of Drop.io’s technology and assets.” They also hired former Drop.io CEO Sam Lessin. Now Drop.io has stopped all of their services. If you miss Drop.io, I’d suggest using Dropbox, Windows Live Sky Drive, and/or MediaFire. [Lifehacker]
Categories Drop.io, Sam Lessin
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OneMoreFace Concept Gives Your Phone A Front-Facing Camera Feel
OneMoreFace is a product made of prisms and mirrors designed by Ciccarese Design. So let’s say that you have an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS, you can attach this to your phone and see what it feels like to have a front-facing camera. OneMoreFace fits on all smartphones and is currently in concept mode. Ciccarese plans on putting it into product at some point. [GizmosForGeeks]
Categories Ciccarese Design, OneMoreFace
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Google Nexus One To Get A Gingerbread Update
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced that Nexus One owners will get a Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update over-the-air in the next few weeks. This is good news if you recently bought a Nexus One only to find out that the Nexus S is already packing the new OS. Google confirmed the news in a tweet embedded below:
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Categories Android, Google, Google Android, Google Nexus One
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Passes $1 Billion In Sales
Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops has passed $1 billion in sales. This is faster than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Black Ops sold $650 million in the first 5 days since it released worldwide on November 9th.
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Groupon Poaches Amazon.com VP of Finance Jason Child, Appoints Him As CFO
Groupon has hired former Amazon.com VP of Finance Jason Child to work as their CFO. He had spent 12 years at Amazon.com and was most recently in charge of Amazon’s $14 billion International business. Before Amazon.com, Child worked at Arthur Andersen for 7 years. “Groupon is one of the most amazing businesses I have ever seen. I am thrilled to join a great team that is attacking one of the biggest opportunities in e-commerce today,” said Child. [TechCrunch]
Categories Amazon, Amazon.com, Groupon, Jason Child
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Sulia Raises $3.5 Million For Sorting People To Follow On Twitter
Sulia is a website that finds and sorts influential Twitter users and groups them into categories. It is a good starting point for Twitter beginners. Sulia has raised $3.5 million in a round led by FirstMarket Capital. Other investors in this round include Village Ventures, IA Ventures, Founder Collective, and SV Angel. Sulia used to be known as TLists. [AllThingsD]
Categories FirstMark Capital, Founder Collective, IA Ventures, Sulia, SV Angel, TLists, Village Ventures
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Google User Experience Researcher Paul Adams Joining Facebook To Work On Groups
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) user experience researcher Paul Adams has joined Facebook to work on the Groups product. “After ~4 years in the awesome Google UX team it’s time for a change + I’m excited to be joining Facebook in the New Year,” said Adams in a tweet. Facebook has successfully poached engineers and valuable execs from Google for years now. Adams is known for compiling a lengthy report that criticizes Facebook called “The Real Life Social Network.” This report points out the deficiencies Facebook has at separating work friends from personal friends. The Real Life Social Network report is embedded below:
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Categories Facebook, Google, Paul Adams
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Boston Univ. Researchers Say E-Cigarettes Are Safer Than Real Cigs
Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health said that e-cigarettes are much safer than normal cigarettes. E-cigarettes are nicotine inhalers to help cigarette smokers quit the bad habit. The BU researchers said that there are “few, if any” chemicals in e-cigarettes that have serious health risks. Carcinogen levels in e-cigarettes are thousand times lower than in real cigarettes. But one of the biggest advantages of e-cigarettes is demonstrated in the below video:
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Super Talent Announces 500GB USB 3.0 Storage Hard Drive For $99
Super Talent has announced a new USB 3.0 500GB Storage Pod. This ultraslim black box can transfer files using SuperSpeed USB as it can transfer files at up to 90MB/second. You can buy it next month for $99. Check out the video demo below:
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Categories Super Talent, Super Talent Storage POD 500H
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SEC Investigating Reasons For Mark Hurd’s Departure From HP
The SEC is investigating the departure of former Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd. Hurd is believed to have shared inside information with a former H-P event hostess in 2008 about the company’s $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS.
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