Daily Archives: June 23, 2012
Creating a ‘virtual sixth sense’
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Will your Web data be there in 100 years?
London (CNN) — Does part of social media’s future lie in the past? It’s a question that’s nagging some of the biggest names in the industry as they turn their attention to the swelling digital archives many of us have created online.
One of Facebook’s recent overhauls saw the addition of a timeline to help users build a chronological narrative of their lives. Kevin Systrom, co-founder of photo sharing site Instagram, said this week he wants to give his users better access to their older images.
But as we increasingly rely on digital services as a repository for our life stories, is there any guarantee that we will be able to access them in years to come?
Multibillion dollar businesses such as Facebook and Google might seem like rock solid
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Screens twice as big on new Nintendo 3DS XL
(CNN) — Having already gone 3-D, Nintendo now wants to go big, announcing a new version of its handheld gaming console with screens nearly twice as large.
The Nintendo 3DS XL, announced late Thursday, will have a 90% bigger screen and, Nintendo says, a stronger battery for more gaming time. It will also come bundled with a 4-gigabyte SD Card to store downloadable games and applications.
The new console was announced during a Nintendo Direct video presentation. It will be available in Japan and Europe in July and the U.S market on August 19, the same day as the release of “New Super Mario Bros. 2,” the latest in the storied gaming franchise, for
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Apparently This Matters: Paging Dr. Mario
Editor’s note: Each week in “Apparently This Matters,” CNN’s Jarrett Bellini applies his warped sensibilities to trending topics in social media.
New York (CNN) — This week I was sent on a three-day work trip to New York because, for some unfathomable reason, these people trust me outside the confines of my cube. Generally speaking, I don’t mind being there. I like my cube. It has Tiki torches.
Nevertheless, they were sending me out on an assignment with real journalistic merit. (Mind you, this wasn’t it. This will make you dumber.)
So, on the morning of my flight I poked around several sites to see what was trending in the Big Apple. Surely there was something locally interesting going on that
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Apparently Dr. Mario matters
Editor’s note: Each week in “Apparently This Matters,” CNN’s Jarrett Bellini applies his warped sensibilities to trending topics in social media.
New York (CNN) — This week I was sent on a three-day work trip to New York because, for some unfathomable reason, these people trust me outside the confines of my cube. Generally speaking, I don’t mind being there. I like my cube. It has Tiki torches.
Nevertheless, they were sending me out on an assignment with real journalistic merit. (Mind you, this wasn’t it. This will make you dumber.)
So, on the morning of my flight I poked around several sites to see what was trending in the Big Apple. Surely there was something locally interesting going on that
Article source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~3/TiInAC7nfZ0/index.html
