Apple may be working with AT&T on iPhone tethering plan (2)
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Apple is discussing with U.S. wireless carrier AT&T the possibility of offering iPhone 3G users the option to purchase an additional data plan that would allow the handset's 3G connection to be shared with notebook computers. A $10 application ...
Beijing’s Post-Olympic Architectural Plan (1)
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While China’s striking Olympic stadium and village currently houses the world’s greatest sporting event, it was only decided four years after construction began that the faux-bamboo-covered Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium would become a future NBA China League arena. Following the trend of revamping the way tremendously expensive Olympic venues are originally designed so they can be transformed into usable facilities after the games finish, Kansas City Architect David Manica is charged with the retrofitting the ...
Story of flying without ID (28)
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Sherri Davidoff wrote about what it was like to go through airport security without identification. The TSA kept telling her, “you need to have identification to pass through security,” but they eventually let her get on the plane. Here's here analysis of the experience: • Recall that to indicate that I required extra screening, staff wrote in red Sharpie on my boarding pass. If I had simply printed off a second boarding pass at home, ...
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ocular avulsionist said:
Not completely true in that you have to show ID at the medal detector with your boarding pass.
Facebook’s Redundant Ad Rating System (10)
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If you’ve bothered to look at the ads on Facebook lately (don’t worry, nobody else looks at them either), you might have noticed little thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons at the bottom of each ad. If you click on one of these, a box pops up asking why you liked or didn’t like the ad. This presumably will help Facebook target ads at you more effectively in the future. The ad-rating feature was quietly rolled at ...
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dupola said:
digg 都加到广告上了。很好很强大。
Proposal 2.0 (3)
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The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.We're romantics at heart here at Valleywag — don't you know that's why we're so bitter? — but even we can't get behind Google employee Michael Weiss-Malik's marriage proposal, pictured above. It's not because we don't appreciate how clever it was of him to make a sign and wait for the Google Street View car to drive by — as smooth a move as ...
Jerry Yang dances with Matt Harding [Caption Contest] (9)
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Matt Harding, the round-the-world dancing guy, was flown out to Yahoo to provide a morale booster for the beleaguered troops — and CEO Jerry Yang put on quite the show in a video broadcast to all employees. Shareholders might wonder "Why is this man smiling?" Write your own caption for this post and we'll use the best one as its new title. Yesterday's winner is trisomy21 for "Apparently there's a glitch in the Google Trends ...
All subway stores in Shanghai to close for a month from today (3)
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"All stalls and businesses inside Metro stations will be shut for a month from today, including news stands, because of public security concerns for the Olympic Games. Shentong Metro Group, owner and operator of Shanghai's Metro, said it had decided to close them because of local government requirements to step up public security at stations. The suspension of business will affect 1,080 stores as well as up to 12,000 square meters of commercial areas inside ...
Yao Ming calls it quits for future Olympics (1)
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With the opening Olympic tournament game against Team USA just around the corner, a less than fully recuperated Yao Ming finds himself sandwiched between angry fans on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Chinese fans blame the Rockets for the stress fracture Yao Ming sustained during this last NBA season, thus jeopardizing his upcoming performance and China's chances to shine in the Olympic tournament. American fans hurl back that it is the year round obligations ...
Oops of the Day: Yahoo and the New York Times (1)
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On display on Yahoo!'s news site for a good 24 hours: a picture of the five Olympic mascots standing on Tiananmen Square ready to welcome visitors under the headline "Tiananmen Square Massacre Remembered". Yahoo! has since blamed the boo-boo on an "automated gallery feature", writes Tania Branigan of The Guardian.Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap spotted this "anonymous" China sourcing which we still can't for the life of us believe made it to the New York ...
Live Search : New home page helps you explore more on the Web (2)
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Today we're releasing an update to the Live Search home page that received positive feedback from customers in trials last month. The new design features background images that will change frequently, augmented with what we call "hotspots." These interactive areas highlight parts of the image and help you explore search results related to the highlighted area. Users who have tested this new home page have found it both engaging and a great place to start ...
100-year-olds use Wikipedia too [The Olds] (5)
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A survey of 100 centenarians (PDF) published by healthcare coordination program Evercare found at least two very wired respondents. Three of the 100 said they've used Wikipedia. The full results: 19% use cell phones 12% have used the Internet 7% have used email 4% have sent or received digital photos by email 2% have “Googled” someone 2% have visited someone’s personal Web site 1% have used text messages 3% have dated someone they met through ...
Microsoft heir apparent looks for life after Windows (2)
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Looking past the fail that is Vista, Microsoft is working on a next-generation operating system codenamed "Midori." Eric Rudder, a senior vice president at Microsoft whose name has been floated as Microsoft's next CEO, will be developing the new OS. Shockingly from a company known for slogging away at version after version of its existing software, Midori won't even be based on Windows. Programming for Midori will also be different, designed for many kinds of ...
Google afraid of Cuil? No. Google afraid of Cuil's press releases? Hell yeah [Great Moments In Pr] (6)
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Now we get it: Publicists at Google knew that Cuil was going to launch today, with coverage in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere. How did they know? Because reporters called them for comment last week, seeking a response to Cuil's claim that it has the largest index of any search engine. That's why last Friday, Google's flacks hastily typed up a blog post announcing that Google had reached the 1-trillion-URL ...
Microsoft Scores Facebook Search Deal (25)
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Microsoft SVP Satya Nadella has announced that the company has expanded its deal with Facebook to integrate Microsoft’s Live Search into the social network. There are few details at this point, but Microsoft will be serving up advertising (both traditional and sponsored search results) through Facebook by the end of the year. Microsoft previously bought a $240 million stake in Facebook at a massive $15 billion valuation, in exchange for global advertising rights. The news ...
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Powera said:
For some reason I doubt Facebook's plan for success involves "Aggressively co-brand with Microsoft".
Walking Directions in Google Maps (51)
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As anticipated two weeks ago, Google Maps added walking directions. "Starting today, you can tell Google Maps that you want walking directions, and we'll try to find you a route that's direct, flat, and uses pedestrian pathways when we know about them. Just get directions as you normally would. If you're going 10 km or less (some call this 6.2 miles), we'll show you a link that you can click to get Walking directions," informs ...
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Devin said:
yay!P.s. What google property isn't in beta? Haha
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acmpires said:
os mapas do sapo já têm isto há muito tempo.
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imma said:
The walking directions also apply to the 'walk' part of public transport - no longer do i just get a curved arrow which ignores the terrain :) eg: http://ub0.cc/D/9
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Hervé said:
Enfin !!
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Ryan said:
@Devin: The search app.
Yahoo rejects Microsoft/Icahn bid [Yahoo Raid] (1)
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From the Wall Street Journal: "Yahoo Inc. disclosed Saturday night that it had received and rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft Corp. and Carl Icahn for a restructuring that the Internet giant said would have included the acquisition of its search business by Microsoft." Kara Swisher at AllThingsD has a longer report with quotes from Yahoo and Microsoft execs that weren't in the official statement.
Whoa, That Airplane Is Really Close To Ours [JetBlue] (2)
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Jon was freaked out when flying on Jetblue and his flight came in close proximity to another aircraft. He wonders if he should, and how he might, report such an incident. His story, and advice we got from an Air Force Pilot, inside... Jon writes: We were about 20 minutes into the flight when the plane made a very sharp (~30 degree) bank to the right and went nose down. A few seconds after the ...
Apple: Sorry We Wrote On Your Macbook Screen With Pen And Then Lost It, Here's A New Laptop [Happy Endings] (1)
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Reader Brandon's Macbook had some cracks and stuck pixels, so he sent it in to be repaired. When he got it back the cracks were fixed, but someone had written on his screen with pen. So, naturally, he sent it back. This time, they lost it. Don't worry, there's a happy ending. Brandon writes: I'll try to keep it short. Last month I went to my local Apple Store to get some cracks on my ...
