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Microsoft Reveals Windows Store in Bid to Crash Tablet PartyDeveloper-friendly revenue sharing, new app capabilities unique to Windows 8 and easy compatibility with touch or mouse-and-keyboard devices were among the upcoming Windows Store features that Microsoft touted at a special preview event for developers and media Tuesday evening in San Francisco. ... Facebook Timeline Is Here: Are You In?This is it. This is what your invite to Facebook Timeline will look like. In New Zealand, and possibly other parts of the world, Facebook members are waking up to this new reality: Timeline is officially transitioning from beta to all-out feature. Eventually, Facebook Timeline may be the default... Future Tech: 8 Ways We Could Recycle Our Wasted HeatJulian Taub is a freelance science writer and performance poet in the East Village of NYC. He writes a nanotechnology blog called Julian’s TechSplurge, and runs Late Nite Labs’ science blog. You can follow him on Twitter: @JulianTaub. Every electrical appliance — from a humble light bul... 30 Cutting-Edge Tech Projects From Around the WorldFrom bike-sharing in Toronto to geothermal technologies in Reykjavik to accessible laptops in India, civic projects and startups alike are using tech to make a difference in the way everyone lives. These efforts are making traffic easier to navigate, energy consumption a little greener, and people h... Facebook Begins Official Timeline RolloutFacebook officially took the “beta” label off its much-publicized Timeline this evening, but it’s rolling out the new feature gradually. New Zealand is currently the only country to get Timeline, the company said in a blog post this evening. Other regions will get it in the R... Damn You Auto Correct Founder Discusses the Cringe Behind the TextsJillian Madison, the founder of Damn You Auto Correct, once texted a guy friend to see if he wanted to come over for “fellatio.” Of course, she meant “gelato.” But her iPhone made the switch before she noticed and off she sent it. “I decided to keep screen captures of autocorrects ... Facebook’s Secret to High Emotional Engagement? Faces [STUDY]If you’re trying to understand why Facebook elicits such an emotional response, look no further than the name. A study commissioned by Facebook examined how consumers’ brains responded to the site as well as to Yahoo’s and The New York Times‘s homepages. NeuroFocus, the B... Beyonce’s Baby Inspired More Tweets Per Second Than Steve Jobs’ PassingThe onstage confirmation of Beyonce’s pregnancy during MTV’s Video Music Awards shattered Twitter’s tweets-per-second record in August. To this day, the event still tops the TPS chart, ahead of significant moments involving Steve Jobs, FIFA Women’s World Cup, New Year’s Day... Live Tweeting the GOP Muppet HearingsIt sounds like the plot of a Muppet movie: A right-wing TV network accuses Jim Henson’s popular creations of being Communists, and a multitude of fans rise to their defense throughout the country. That’s the story being played out on Twitter right now. It all started when Fox Business... Netflix CEO Compares Company to Bank of America and Oakland A’sOuch. Reed Hastings addressed a room of investors and media experts this week in a bid to reignite confidence in his company. After his curious speech, it’s unlikely many of them will be jumping back on the Netflix bandwagon anytime soon. During a Q&A in a New York ballroom, Hastings s... |