This week, we take a look at April Fools’ Day on the web, Apple’s rumored upcoming TV set vs. existing console-based options, and bad news for Yahoo, as Facebook strikes back, plus these hot tech headlines: Instagram comes to Android, details on Sony‘s next-generation Playstation, Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs, Apple addresses worker violations [...]
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This week, The Drill Down team (& Lidija Davis) talk about the issues and reactions that have emerged in the two weeks since the launch of Apple’s new iPad. Also, we look at employers asking prospective new hires for their Facebook (and other social) passwords, and Facebook’s reaction to that. See the full post on [...]
This week, we talk to three top contributors to Social news site Reddit.com as we find out what makes them do what they do to make Reddit one of the internet’s premier destinations. See the full post at Geeks of Doom The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Sign up here to be alerted by [...]
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This week, we look the science of habit formation and how retailers and other businesses are using that data to fine tune their marketing focus. Also at how Google bypassed privacy settings in Apple‘s Safari and Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer to track users web browsing. See the full post at Geeks of Doom! The Drill Down [...]
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This week, following last week’s coverage of the Path debacle, we take a look at other companies that are storing your data without your permission, and later, we examine whether tech journalists today are really putting research and expertise into their work, or merely using sensationalism to chase pageviews. See the full post at Geeks [...]
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