Fact-Check The News With Grasswire
We all know you can’t believe everything you read but with Grasswire, you can at least “refute” it. Austen Allred’s new venture allows news junkies to confirm and refute posts about breaking news. The...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Team Up With Google Against Amazon
In an interesting move designed to counter the rising power of Amazon in the physical bookselling space, Barnes & Noble has debuted a pilot program with Google for same-day delivery of books in...
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Turn Any YouTube Video Into A GIF
Want to turn something on YouTube into a GIF, but don’t want to spend time downloading third-party apps or digging around for an online converter? Here’s a an easy-to-use trick: just add “GIF” to the...
View ArticleWordPress shames Janet Jackson for bullying bloggers
The blogging platform WordPress is becoming more forthright in its defense of its publishing partners. Last week, it introduced a “Hall of Shame” to highlight those that abuse copyright law in an...
View ArticleA new global home for finding Incubators, VC Partners and Investments
Revealing the fruit of that labor, the CrunchBase Venture Program now includes over 1,000 venture firms, incubators, and accelerators. That’s 60% of the active investment firms in the U.S., but more...
View ArticleInterstellar Movie Has Partnered With Google For An Immersive Web Experience
It’s becoming a new trend for a film to have an official web site or tie-in materials for fans online. Alternate reality games and promotional items have popped up several times in the past, but very...
View ArticleApple is now crowdsourcing business listings to help make Maps better
For years you’ve been able to report inaccurate or otherwise lacking information from Apple Maps listings. The company has also employed what’s known as “ground truth” personnel, people whose job it is...
View ArticleMozilla, EFF Work Together To Provide Free SSL Certificates
Mozilla, EFF and others are working together to make every internet connection a secure connection to prevent others from spying on your surfing habits. However the difficulties are price and the...
View ArticleApple Online Store Begins Accepting PayPal
Apple.com shoppers in the U.S. and the U.K. have a new way to pay for the latest iPhone or iPad: PayPal. Previously available as a payment option only in Apple’s app and content stores, PayPal is now...
View ArticleUS and UK to engage in cyber attacks against each other
This year, Wall Street and the City of London will be subjected to a series of attacks that is being described as “unprecedented”. These “war games” are part of a venture between the two countries to...
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