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New York Times yanks its BlackBerry app
I’m pretty down on RIM, and not just because I’m bigoted against Canadians. The reality is the smartphone maker is facing some serious problems, it’s bleeding money and absolutely nothing that can fix this will come before early next year.
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So Skype is listening in on your calls now
It wasn’t so long ago that Skype insisted that its peer-to-peer network and complex network meant that law enforcement couldn’t tap its calls. Then they got purchased by a gigantic corporation and now, suddenly, shockingly, they’re changing that tune.
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Google buys Sparrow, hopefully to overhaul the GMail app
If there’s one word that inevitably comes up when you discuss Gmail on iOS, that word is ass. Seriously. It’s an ugly freaking app.
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How to use three apps to never get stuck in traffic again
You hate being stuck in traffic. I'm just assuming, here, since I've never met a person who likes inching their way to work and wasting gas. Well, if you're sick of it, and you probably are, here's how to avoid it with some apps installed on your smartphone.
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Vyclone is both a great and terrible app
Vyclone is, at root, a great idea. The app networks between up to four other phones to allow you to film the same thing. It then automatically cuts the footage. Just one small, tiny problem can be demonstrated by this video of the app in action…
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Checkmark is a better reminder app
We’ve all done it. We go out, we run errands, we come home, and then we realize; crap, we should have taken care of something else on the way. Checkmark is an app designed to prevent that.
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Skype just sending your messages to whoever
Think of the worst possible glitch you can have for a messaging system. Would that happen to be “sending your messages to just whoever regardless of whether you know them or not, forget whether or not you actually want them to see that message?”
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The funniest YouTube comments ever
If you’ve been on YouTube lately you know that some of the comment sections on there are just as entertaining as the clips they’re talking about.
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Facebook finds new way to shame humanity
We’re all members of a Facebook group. If you’re on Facebook, it’s completely unavoidable, especially since you can be forcibly added to groups against your will.
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Facebook wants to be a bank? Seriously?
So, on top of all the other stuff Facebook wants to do in your life, it wants your financial information. You know, because that’s not an absolutely horrific idea for Facebook in any way, shape, or form. Why is Facebook even thinking about this?
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Browser plug-in gives YouTube commenters what they deserve
YouTube is a wonderful thing, enabling the spread of viral videos, news clips, and other information across the world. Unfortunately, it also tends to prove that the world is full of complete freaking morons. Now somebody is doing something about it.