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An Angry Birds theme park opened in China, highlighting the game’s popularity and giving its creator another way to profit from the mobile app. The Window of the World park recently welcomed visitors into the Angry Birds section of its Changsha-based attraction, offering them a chance to slingshot plush birds at green pig balloons ensconced [...]
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AT&T to Carry 3 Mango Phones
September 12th, 2011 
admin AT&T plans to offer the HTC Titan, Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash, three new Windows Mango phones, as Microsoft attempts to gain ground in the mobile market. The HTC Titan will have the largest display of any phone in the carrier’s catalogue with a 4.7-inch screen, 1.5-gigahertz processor and an 8-megapixel camera with dual [...]
Texting May Improve Literacy
September 12th, 2011 admin Researchers found a strong link between primary school children’s use of text abbreviations and improved literacy, countering conventional wisdom that equates digital shorthand with educational decline. “Textisms” may be driving the development of literacy skills and could be improving language and learning, according to a study recently published in the “U.S. Journal of Computer Assisted [...]
Facebook Smart Lists to Group Friends, Protect Privacy
September 12th, 2011 admin Facebook plans to release a new feature, Smart Lists, which will let users automatically group friends into categories to help protect and control privacy. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based social network, which hasn’t officially announced the new feature, has been testing the feature with select users and may release it site-wide in the next few weeks. [...]
HTC Considers Buying Mobile Operating System
September 12th, 2011 admin HTC says it may buy an operating system but will “not do it on impulse,” contemplating its options after Google scooped up Motorola and HP abandoned WebOS. The Taiwan-based company’s chairwoman Cher Wang said her company has “given it thought and discussed it internally,” but did not indicate whether it would buy WebOS. “We can [...]
Iranian Hacker Shakes Internet Security
September 12th, 2011 admin An Iranian hacker is prompting major tech companies to revisit their online security policies, after his breaches in companies like DigiNotar threatened basic Internet security worldwide. Comodohacker, a self-proclaimed 21-year-old Iranian engineering student, told the New York Times he hacked the security certificate firms to help Ayatollah Ali Khamenei track dissidents in his country. “My [...]
Jets Linebacker Tells Fans to Cheer, Not Tweet
September 12th, 2011 admin New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott asked fans at yesterday’s game to stay off Twitter and devote their energy to cheering for their team, as technology threatens to change fans’ experiences at sporting events. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Scott urged fans to stay off their mobile devices and refrain from [...]
Samsung Passes on MeeGo
September 12th, 2011 admin Samsung said it can’t buy the MeeGo from Intel because the platform is open-source, responding to industry speculation as insiders continue to debate the operating system’s future. Samsung spokesman James Chung in a statement said a financial deal was out of the question because MeeGo, which is stewarded by the Linux Foundation, “cannot be a [...]
Google Works on Android Jelly Bean Update
September 12th, 2011 admin Google is working on an update to the Android platform called Jelly Bean, an upgrade that may debut some of the features originally slated for Ice Cream Sandwich. The Jelly Bean update may contain the “game-changing stuff” initially planned to be part of the Ice Cream Sandwich update. However, another source says despite not being [...]
Microsoft to Unveil Windows 8 This Week
September 12th, 2011 admin Microsoft plans to unveil its new Windows 8 platform this week, the company’s biggest bet in its fight for relevancy in a market increasingly influenced by smartphones and tablets. The Redmond, Wash.-based company will offer a full introduction to its Windows 8 OS when its developers conference “Build” begins tomorrow in Anaheim, Calif. Windows 8 [...]
