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New Vizio HD-TV breaks wide-screen barrier for movies, apps

The shape of TVs to come might be even wider than wide-screen. Today's high-definition sets evolved to a rectangular 16-by-9 shape from the more square analog TVs. But a wider 21-by-9 display standard is in ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

What happens to your Facebook when you die? Digital assets oft forgotten

When most people think about bequeathing their belongings, it's the obvious: the house, the car, bank accounts, the sentimental family mementos.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Online activity grows in a similar pattern to those of real-life networks

The activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users, according to a model recently published in the European Physical Journal B.

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

White House checks in with foursquare

The White House, in its latest social media foray, has joined the popular location-sharing service "foursquare."

Technology / Internet

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facial recognition in use after riots

(AP) -- Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A look at Roku's new line of digital media players

Getting video from the Internet to your TV used to be a difficult, costly procedure. That's no longer the case.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Britons use social networking sites to expose rioters

Britons took to social networking sites on Wednesday to expose the rioters who went on the rampage for four nights, posting photos of masked gangs looting and hurling missiles.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.

Technology / Software

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Viewdle lets Android smartphones recognize friends

Northern California startup Viewdle on Wednesday released software that lets Android-powered smartphones recognize people's faces.

Technology / Software

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Build your online networks using social annotations

Researchers at Toshiba are working on a way of finding clusters of like-minded bloggers and others online using "social annotations". Social annotations are the tags and keywords, the comments and feedback that users, both ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Web makes 15 mins fame a lifetime of shame

Thought the Internet was a place for anonymity? Ask Christopher Lee, who resigned as a US congressman this week.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

New browsers aim to corral social-network explosion

It just got to be too much - the 255 Facebook friends, the four e-mail accounts, the Flickr and Picasa photo albums, the LinkedIn updates, the daily tech blogs I follow and the Twitter feed that never stops disgorging ...

Technology / Internet

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

British royals expand online presence with Flickr

(AP) -- These aren't your average family snapshots.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 25, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A community-centric approach to automated service composition

In recent years, the Internet has been evolving from a primarily publication platform to a user participatory platform. With the proliferation of services available on the Internet, millions of users are able to voluntarily ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google buys photo editing site Picnik

Internet giant Google announced Monday that it had bought Picnik.com, a website that allows users to edit and store photos online.

Technology / Business

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flickr

Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular website for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. As of June 2009[update], it claims to host more than 3.6 billion images, up from 3 billion in November 2008.

For more information about Flickr, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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