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Although details are scant, Mashable is reporting that Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy has died at the age of 22. Cause of death for Zhitomirskiy has not been disclosed, but friends of the entrepreneur confirm that he did indeed pass away last […]
One of the more interesting features that is coming with Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich, aka 4.0, release is the ability to you your face as the unlock mechanism for the main screen. This is done using facial recognition software, which […]
Well, that’s one way to force people to act right during the emotionally charged period surrounding the dissolution of a marriage. In modern breakups, often the presence of social media and dating apps makes moving on while simultaneously twisting the […]
It’s official, the BlackBerry is no longer cool, according to the Los Angeles Times. While the line of devices has been slipping in prominence steadily since the iPhone was introduced and an army of Droids followed, the paper has declared […]
The New York Times is beefing up its coverage of the business of tech on its Bits blog, and has brought on three new people to work on the expansion in scope and content. In addition to news that is […]
I have never been much of a believer in the whole marketing aspect of social media services like Twitter or that people want to become friends, or followers, of brands. As far as I am concerned, especially after being a […]
![Amazon Kindle Fire To Offer Free 3-Month Subscriptions [Wired, New Yorker And More]](http://www.medacity.com/wp-content/themes/cadabrapress/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://images.medacity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Amazon-Kindle-Fire.png&w=&h=&zc=1)
When the Amazon Kindle Fire goes on sale this Tuesday the company plans to offer more than 400 magazine and newspaper subscriptions to go along with various other Amazon App Store programs and now we’ve learned that some of those […]
Google on Thursday confirmed that in-page search firm Apture has been purchased for an undisclosed sum, a move that will likely bring the search platform into the Google Chrome web browser fold. Apture’s main piece of technology is a product […]
I’m not a fan of Kate Gosselin and her now defunct Kate Plus 8 show on TLC but apparently enough women follow her advice that top online coupon website CouponCabin.com has hired Gosselin as their newest resident blogger despite no […]
The last time I used MapQuest in was March 2005 and I remember thinking “nothing could be more cool when traveling than using Mapquest” one month later I completely abandoned the program if favor of Google Maps and since that […]
Ah, autocorrect. The feature available on iPhone that apparently was developed part-time by the guys who post up ad hoc signs on supermarket doors and public restrooms- so poor is its spelling and grammar- has spawned a cottage industry of […]
Tech blog VentureBeat has entered into a “content sharing partnership” with newspaper and news site the Washington Post, both companies have announced. VentureBeat wrote up a post on the new pairing, and says that a selection of VentureBeat’s daily offerings […]
Celebrity gossip is a huge driver of traffic on the web, and Entertainment Weekly‘s EW.com has surpassed the one billion pageview mark, it has been reported. The brand has experienced strong “digital media growth across platforms” in 2011, hitting the […]
Citing “people familiar with the talks,” the Wall Street Journal says Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are close to an accord on the issue of user privacy. The dominant social network has come in for user criticism too many times […]
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