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|  I dare you to Facebook Like or even comment on this post. You can't, because the Facebook Javascript API, the backend system which allows developer applications and Facebook's own apps like Likes and Comments to communicate with the data available on the social network, is down, and has been down for at least an hour as far as I can tell, begging the question, "If article falls on a blog and no one Likes it, does it make a sound?" | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:22:57 GMT |
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|  Those of us who have been following the social gaming industry already know that Zynga has made up a big portion of Facebook's revenues. But lots of public investors only seem to have gotten the memo on Wednesday evening, when Facebook's S-1 filing revealed that the developer made up 12% of its total revenues, or $445 million.
In the two days since, Zynga's stock has gone up more than 26%, to close at $13.39 this evening. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:54:13 GMT |
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|  I just donated $40 to Wikipedia, because I promised myself I would every time I poked fun at its Holiday donation drive and then just never got around to it. Did you know that you could actually donate during the off-season (Via the covert?"Donate to Wikipedia" link at the far left of each individual entry page)? I didn't, before I asked Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales whether it was possible to donate in the off-season. Spoiler alert, it is.
My 40 bucks got me, in addition to the very sweet 'Thank You' letter below, the satisfaction of paying duly for something I use all the time. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:27:07 GMT |
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|  In interesting but ultimately not very shocking news, Google has signed on as a major sponsor of the Conservative Political Action Conference, which is more or less what it sounds like. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just a little odd seeing Google, which is becoming increasingly political, listed next to such organizations as the Koch Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and the NRA.
But this isn't the moment Google comes out as a closet Republican. It's actually quite in keeping with Google's position of aggressive neutrality. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:09:02 GMT |
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| | Macworld | iWorld is much smaller than the cavernous expos of old. Still, I found myself intrigued and often surprised by some of the products on display. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:55:01 GMT |
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|  Want to watch the big budget Super Bowl commercials, but can't wait till Sunday or don't care about football? Facebook and USA Today have just launched Ad Meter, a Facebook app where you can watch many of the TV spots right now. Then from kickoff until Tuesday night you can vote for your favorites. Traditionally an offline poll done live with handheld meters, USA Today has finally brought Ad Meter online so you can judge ads both in real-time and post-game. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:48:56 GMT |
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| | According to a leaked internal Telus document, Research In Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook has hit the end of its road. A photograph on MobileSyrup shows Telus stating that "all 3 PlayBooks are End of Life" and "inventory will not accept any returns on these devices."
RIM's tablet, which Telus is [...] | | Knowlton Thomas - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:19:00 GMT |
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|  It's the Super Bowl season, when a host of services and apps debut just in time for the biggest television event of the year. And, if you're a fan of Madden's NFL Superstars (a web app that's available through Facebook), then you'll like this launch: the game is now available as a Pokki right here.
Pokki, for those that haven't used it, is a platform that lets you install lightweight apps that live in your Windows Taskbar (a Mac version is on the way). Each app gets its own icon?-?click on it, and the app will pop open immediately, click away and it'll hide itself, and when you click it again, it'll pick up right where you left off. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:32 GMT |
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|  Silicon Valley absolutely, positively doesn't need a nap room because in theory we don't sleep, let alone nap (and if we do need to nap -- like in an emergency -- we take that shiz home, far far away from hungry competitors!).
Please Aol Mr. Sr. Facilities Manager, take that money and buy us a bunch of Diet Coke to drink late at night or that great beef jerky we used to have or a copyediting slave intern or passes to Burning Man or anything but a room specifically designed for being less productive. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:48:36 GMT |
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|  Earlier this afternoon Droid-Life noticed something strange: the Android developer devices page had been modified to remove the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, leading the site to question whether Google may have removed support for the device because of its spat with Verizon over Google Wallet. ?Which would stand to infuriate a lot of new Galaxy Nexus users (including myself), who are looking forward to receiving device updates directly from Google and not having to wait for Verizon to get around to pushing their own releases.
Thankfully, we've confirmed this isn't the case: Google says it will indeed be updating the Verizon Galaxy Nexus in the future. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:29:23 GMT |
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| | For the first time in history, smartphones are outselling PCs worldwide.
Canalys released its full report on smartphone and PC shipments for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the numbers are incredible. Over 158 million smartphones were shipped globally in Q4, blowing away PC shipments—which [...] | | Knowlton Thomas - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:20:29 GMT |
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| Microsoft's chief council Brad Smith joined other local leaders from tech and venture capital Friday morning to talk with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden about how to better prepare students for careers in science, technology and engineering. | | - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:29 GMT |
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