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If Twitter Charges, Users Would Pay: Survey
sitepoint.com — Would you pay to use Twitter? An unscientific survey conducted today found that about 50% of users would pay $5 per month or more for the service. Another survey found that a quarter of users would pay to remove ads if the service started putting them in feeds. How about you?More… (Tech Industry News)
3 Ways to Fix Twitter (+ the Best Mascot Suggestion EVER)
0at.org — Seriously, this new mascot kicks the fail whale right in its blowhole. More… (Tech Industry News)
Google Takes LIFE Magazine Photo Archive Online
webpronews.com — Google said today it is partnering with LIFE magazine to make more than 10 million images available online from the magazine's photo archive. One of the most interesting things about the project is 97% of the photographs have never been seen by the public. The collection contains images from the 20th century with works from LIFE photographers.More… (Tech Industry News)
Why Facebook?
thelostjacket.com — Why did Facebook survive when its competitor Hi5 did not? A more secure site, pretty much free of spammers. Now that Facebook has branched out, it needs to make sure it doesn't go the way of MySpace.More… (Tech Industry News)
Mozilla To Lose It's Non-Profit Status
techcrunch.com — Today, the (for-now) non-profit Mozilla Foundation released its financial statements for 2007 (embedded below). Revenues for the organization behind the open-source Firefox browser were up 12 percent to $75 million, with search-related royalties from Google accounting for 88 percent of the total, or $66 million.More… (Tech Industry News)
The Top 20 Facebook Apps
techradar.com — Useful tools and productive programs More… (Tech Industry News)
GMail Adds Themes To Its Awesome Feature List
gmailblog.blogspot.com — Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now themes haven't been an integral part of Gmail. We wanted to go beyond simple color customization...More… (Tech Industry News)
Mininova and Hyper MP testing new technology
blog.mininova.org — We are pleased to announce that Mininova is testing a new technology which allows users to download and watch licensed movies and TV shows for free. These videos will be packaged by Hyper MP technology and are going to be distributed using Mininova Content Distribution for free. The unique feature of this system is [...]More… (Tech Industry News)
Wired.com Tech Layoff Tracker
blog.wired.com — Hopefully your company isn't on the list while you're reading Digg:) The news from the tech industry is pretty grim these days and chances are it will get even grimmer. We don't want to dance on anybody's grave here, but we do hope to create a bit of a water cooler.More… (Tech Industry News)
Mark Cuban is Going To Fight The SEC In Public!
techcrunch.com — When the SEC charges someone with insider trading or any other crime, most lawyers will advise them that the best course of action is usually to keep their mouth shut and fight it in court.More… (Tech Industry News)
PC Magazine to Shut Down Print Edition
therawfeed.com — Ziff Davis announced today that it will STOP PUBLISHING THE PRINT VERSION OF PC MAGAZINE. The magazine, which was launched in 1982, will now be published online only. The January 2009 issue will be the last.More… (Tech Industry News)
Top 25 days In Computing History
timesonline.typepad.com — Details of 25 important days in computing history.More… (Tech Industry News)
Yahoo!'s Five Biggest Mistakes
forbes.com — Sirens blared outside Yahoo!'s campus Tuesday, a day after chief executive Jerry Yang said he will step down as the Web portal continues to struggle to gain a grip on the advertising market and capitalize on its media assets.More… (Tech Industry News)
Exit Fail Whale, Enter Fail Caterpillar (Twitter is Down)
mashable.com — After working flawlessly through the heavy tweeting of the elections, Twitter is apparently having some uptime issues today. The site is rendering a “Currently down for database maintenance” image, which, seems a bit suspect given “database maintenance” sounds like something you’d plan in advance. More… (Tech Industry News)
5 predictions from 1968 that were dead-on & 5 that were nuts
dvice.com — 40 years ago, science fiction writer James R. Berry predicted what the future would look like on November 18th, 2008 — today. He made some impressive guesses. He also made a few understandable missteps. Explore an amazing retro future that was wild, but isn't as far off as you would think.More… (Tech Industry News)
