Archive for February 4th, 2010

AOL brings back ex-exec as media overlord

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Social Networking News on February 4th, 2010

David Eun, who dealt with AOL in his days as a Time Warner media executive, will be returning to the newly spun-off company and replacing the outgoing Bill Wilson.
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Sci-fi writers’ group vaporizes Amazon links

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Social Networking News on February 4th, 2010

After e-books from publisher Macmillan were pulled from Amazon in a publishing dispute, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is protesting by pulling Amazon links from its Web site.
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Now Hipsters Can Watch 3DTV Without Risking A Vice Magazine "Don’t" [3dTv]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on February 4th, 2010

3D glasses were never going to win you any style points (however good these bikini babes may look in them), but at least now hipsters won't have to compromise their street cred while watching Avatar. [Play.com via FashionablyGeek via Katiesol]



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iTunes Preview Now Available For iPhone, So You Can Browse Apps Online [Apple]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on February 4th, 2010

Very quietly, Apple has slipped a new feature into the iPhone and iPod Touch—iTunes Preview, which we saw last November for the desktop.

It allows you to click on an App Store link and be taken to a website showing the app's details, so you know what to expect before downloading. A picture, description, price, rating, reviews and screenshots are included in the app profile, but in order to download it you will have to revert back to the App Store.

While it won't change your life, it's certainly a more intuitive way to browse apps, and bodes well for a future where we could see the entire App Store taken online. [TechCrunch]



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Samsung’s First Phone With The Bada OS Will Be Released As Early As March [Phones]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on February 4th, 2010

Samsung's barely released details about its new operating system Bada (indeed, for a while there we weren't even sure it was an operating system), but they're already talking tough.

We do know now at least that the first Bada phone will be released in late March/early April, with Samsung's mobile division President, Shin Jong-Kyun boasting "we seek to make a big success with Bada...The portion of Bada devices will rise significantly this year." The jury's still out on whether we actually need another low-end phone OS, with Bada's biggest rival no doubt being Symbian, but the early screengrabs we saw at least looked...colorful. [The Korea Herald]



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