After a recent update to its mobile app, Facebook users can now set reminders for upcoming airings of their favorite TV shows when using Android devices. More than a push to add convenience for users, this update is a signal that Facebook is jumping even deeper into the world of television to ensure competitor Twitter… Continue reading New on Facebook: Set Reminders for Your Favorite TV Shows
Month: November 2013
Attention Developers: Facebook Introduces New Like and Share Buttons for Your Blog to Make Life Easier
Back in 2010, Facebook introduced the Like button to the world. The Like and Share buttons are viewed over 22 billion times each day contributing to a ton of referral traffic on over 7.5 million websites. The problem is that Facebook itself hasn’t officially supported the Share button. Instead, the feature was available through many… Continue reading Attention Developers: Facebook Introduces New Like and Share Buttons for Your Blog to Make Life Easier
Blockbuster Throws in the Towel: Remaining Retail Stores and DVD by Mail Service to Close
It appears that Blockbuster is giving up on physical DVD rentals. Dish, the owner of Blockbuster, announced today that the video rental store we used to know as the place to get film on demand will close the approximately 300 remaining Blockbuster stores in the U.S. by early January 2014. The company will also end… Continue reading Blockbuster Throws in the Towel: Remaining Retail Stores and DVD by Mail Service to Close
3 Ways Video Games Screw Women Over
Almost half of Americans who play video games are women, so it’s no surprise that both scientists and players have started wondering how video games affect women. It’s true that video games can be a force for good – a slim majority of parents say video games are a positive part of their child’s life… Continue reading 3 Ways Video Games Screw Women Over
How to Make the Most of an 11,000-Person Meeting: Lessons Learned from the Dublin Web Summit
A few days ago I got back from the Summit, which turned out to be the biggest tech conference in Europe in 2013 with some 11,000 attendees (I didn’t even know 11,000 tech entrepreneurs existed, but let yourself be surprised). Sitting on the plane back to Berlin I asked myself, was it worth it? I… Continue reading How to Make the Most of an 11,000-Person Meeting: Lessons Learned from the Dublin Web Summit
Top 10 Free E-Learning Authoring Tools
Technology and the Internet can be used in many different ways, and you can benefit a lot if you learn how to use them wisely. You won’t realize the full potential of the Internet and your gadgets until you start using tools that will enhance your learning and authoring potential. There are many tools that… Continue reading Top 10 Free E-Learning Authoring Tools
Have You Claimed Your Custom Google+ URL Yet?
Since the beginning of time Google+ has allowed only certain users, like popular businesses, celebrities and Google employees, to claim vanity URLs. The rest of us have suffered as Google+ assigned us unpersonalized and seemingly never-ending combinations of letters and numbers and called them our profile URLs. Linking to our profiles was always a pain,… Continue reading Have You Claimed Your Custom Google+ URL Yet?
The Backwards Evolution of American Technology
A month after its launch, Healthcare.gov is still more of a hindrance than an aid to people who want to opt into a new health insurance plan using the Obamacare marketplace. The $400 million project might be the biggest internet fail in history, especially considering the political upheaval (aka the government shutdown) Obamacare opponents have… Continue reading The Backwards Evolution of American Technology
