| Shopping Site 'Thefind' Finds Its Facebook Way, Carefully
- The increasingly popular online shopping site Thefind has finally found a way to connect with Facebook, without being creepy. It’s not a technical breakthrough — plenty of sites now work with Facebook to let users log-in — but Thefind has been grappling with how to integrate with Facebook in a way that’s relevant and privacy-respectful.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT
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| Apple TV's Meager Offerings Are Due to Business, Not Tech
- This week’s big Apple announcement featured one big disappointment: Apple TV’s relative lack of, well, TV. Out of all of the hundreds of channels available on cable and satellite, only ABC and Fox agreed to offer their programs for rent on Apple TV. The fact that Steve Jobs is the largest single shareholder in, and on the board of, Disney — owner of ABC — perfectly illustrates this digital divide.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT
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| How Apple Just Disrupted the Cable Guys
- People in Silicon Valley have focused on the set-top box as the lever to attack the cable industry. Cable boxes blow, but that's a losing battle. So why is Apple TV different? Because Steve Jobs has not just created a new set top box. He's actually created a whole new media ecosystem built around the mobile phone.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:11:00 GMT
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| 5 Reasons Why Apple TV Is (Still) Boring
- We know — the new Apple TV is really small, and cheap and easy-to-use. That's all good, but still not knocking our socks off despite being the ripest area for expansion by a company that has already firmly established itself on the computer, phone, portable media player and tablet. Here are five reasons Apple TV is still boring.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:32:00 GMT
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| Apple's Ping Network Is Already Too Big to Fail
- Apple audaciously seems to think the world actually needs another social network — one that you even need special software to be part of, to boot. With the introduction Wednesday of Ping, a music-centered community that exists only within iTunes, they are probably right — and then some.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:45:00 GMT
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