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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Behind the Scenes of China’s iPhone Apps

Juliet Ye

Statistics tell us that there are already more than two million iPhones in China, and the number is expected to rise (at least a little) following the recent official launch of Apple’s iPhone 3G in the country through local telecom carrier China Unicom.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

How Facebook Ruins Friendships

Elizabeth Bernstein

Notice to my friends: I love you all dearly.

But I don’t give a hoot that you are “having a busy Monday,” your child “took 30 minutes to brush his teeth,” your dog “just ate an ant trap” or you want to “save the piglets.”

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Box-Office Weekend: Brüno a One-Day Wonder?

Richard Corliss

In the old days–like, until yesterday–movie studios judged the success of their big pictures by how much they grossed on the opening weekend.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Iranians Using Tor to Anonymize Web Use

Andrew LaVallee

As the Iranian government continues a cat-and-mouse game of limiting or blocking access to social networking sites, instant messaging, cellphone service and the Internet in general, citizens and onlookers keep developing workarounds to help protesters stay online.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Web’s Role in Terrorism May Be Overstated

Marisa Taylor

The Internet might be the best and cheapest way to spread an idea, but its role in furthering terrorism has been overestimated by Western governments, says a new study by the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The End of Instant Messaging (As We Know It)

Douglas MacMillan

It’s the end of instant messaging as we know it. Those chat boxes once commonplace on a computer desktop amid documents, Web browsers, and spreadsheets are giving way to a new breed of user-friendly, real-time conversation tools that Internet companies hope will keep users engaged with their content–and the advertising that appears alongside it.

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Monday, June 30, 2008

I Freed Myself From Email’s Grip

Luis Suarez

Earlier this year, I became tired of my usual morning ritual of spending hours catching up on email. So I did something drastic to take back control of my productivity.

I stopped using email most of the time. I quickly realized that the more messages you answer, the more messages you generate in return.

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Monday, June 9, 2008

Keep It Short, Make It Instant

Dan Mitchell

Some of us find those bouncing or flashing icons on computer screen to be disruptive and distracting. But apparently, many workers believe instant messaging causes less interruption than other forms of communication like phone calls, e-mail and talking face to face.

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