http://techbump.info Technology Online News Aggregator Fri, 18 May 2012 18:12:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://techbump.info/2012/05/18/diy-doorbell-will-send-pictures-of-your-guests-to-your-iphone.html http://techbump.info/2012/05/18/diy-doorbell-will-send-pictures-of-your-guests-to-your-iphone.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:12:49 +0000 TechGeek http://techbump.info/2012/05/18/diy-doorbell-will-send-pictures-of-your-guests-to-your-iphone.html Say you’re a misanthrope and you’re afraid of humans. What to do?
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Freshdesk is trying to make waves in cloud customer support. Launched in June of last year, the young company is on a mission to help businesses of all sizes manage customer service through both traditional channels, like email and phone, as well on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Earlier this week, Freshdesk added to its customer support suite , launching support for private customer messages via the new Brand Pages Facebook launched back in February. This means that, using the new Pages, customers can initiate private conversations with brands, with the ability to share the kind of sensitive information they wouldn’t post publicly on Facebook or Twitter, like passwords and credit card numbers.
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> Windows/Mac/Linux: Although there are a bunch of ways to backup your Gmail , including really easy to use Windows app MailStore , cross-platform program Gmvault takes the cake for being feature-rich and highly customizable. More??
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Tiny sidebar and news feed ads aren’t going to cut it. If Facebook wants to live up to a $100 billion valuation it will need bold new revenue streams. An offsite ad network, big glossy news feed ads, or and payments for physical goods are a few ways it could boost its average revenue per user far beyond the puny $4.34 a year it earns today. Facebook has a tough decision to make now that’s going public .
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Today, Robyn and Jon were joined by the newest member of the ReadWriteWeb team, Taylor Hatmaker ! The topic was games, specifically vast, immersive, whole-world adventures like Minecraft and the new Diablo III. Both Robyn and Taylor are accomplished gamers, and Jon is not, but he pretended to know what he was talking about. Here are links to the posts and topics we talked about: [Video] Gaming's Next Level (our RWW Hangout with game industry expert? Matt Tubergen) Minecraft [Video] Working 16-bit computer built inside Minecraft! [Video] Building Megaobjects In Minecraft Second Life ROBLOX Eden for iOS Myst for iPhone Diablo III We hang out at 11:00 a.m. Pacific on Thursdays , and you're welcome to join us or just watch live
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HP is reportedly going to be announcing massive layoffs next Wednesday. Conflicting reports state somewhere between 25K and 30K jobs, between 7% and 8% of HP’s global workforce, could be eliminated in an effort to absorb losses from decreasing demand for the company’s products and services.
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The AllWinner A10 Android 4.0 mini PC CNX Software Chinese retailers have  started selling a miniature Linux computer that is housed in a 3.5-inch plastic case slightly larger than a USB thumb drive. Individual units are available online for $74. The small computer has an AllWinner A10 single-core 1.5GHz ARM CPU, a Mali 400 GPU, and 512MB of RAM. An HDMI port on the exterior allows users to plug the computer into a television.
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You can't always get what you want, but you can improve your chances by being charming and convincing. This info-comic by illustrator Yumi Sakugawa runs down the basics of the art of persuasion. More??
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marya For something we are all familiar with, life tends to be a remarkably difficult thing to define. Most definitions, however, include the ability to reproduce. Which means that a microbial community that has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean stretches the definition of what it means to be alive.
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Twitter will officially support the Do Not Track feature in Firefox, Ed Felten, chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, announced on Thursday. Twitter itself confirmed its compliance in a tweet shortly after the announcement, meaning those who visit the site will be able to opt out of cookies that collect personal information. This places Twitter in contrast to services like Facebook, which aggressively collects data on users and non-users alike (a site must actively support Do Not Track in order to prevent information collection; Facebook is not yet one of those sites).
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