For the last few weeks, Facebook had been rumored to be making a big April announcement. Now with just a few days before the big reveal, the good folks at AndroidPolice seem to have gotten their hands on the APK of the upcoming Facebook phone. The short version of this story goes something like this – …
Facebook Launcher? Someone please say this is an April Fool’s gag. Read More »
About a year ago, you may recall hearing that Twitter had acquired Posterous Spaces. Twitter has been on a tear buying up platforms like Posterous and Tweetdeck for quite some time now, to get rid of competition, to quell the growth of features they deem “not official”, to add features they need to stay competitive (Vine, …
Have you noticed that you haven’t received an email, status update, or been able to streaming music for the last 12 hours or so? Well if you’re on the Magenta network it’s because they’re suffering a major service disruption. We called up T-Mobile and were able to determined that the epicenter of the outage is …
Here’s a big “duh!” moment for local police – Watch what you do online! It’s no secret that law enforcement officials have turned to social media to “investigate” crimes. As long as criminals are stupid enough to plan their crimes on Facebook, Twitter, or wherever it is that they share such intimacies, police will continue …
Big Brother’s Watching: FBI warns Police to monitor THEIR social activity Read More »
Back when Instagram first popped onto the scene, they invited everyone to take pictures of their everyday meanderings and share. All were welcomed as long as you had an iPhone. It was at once an internet status symbol and the ire of those who weren’t “cool enough” to party with digital photo filters. Instagram has …
Instagram goes browser – the final velvet rope lifted Read More »
If you’re one of the folks that supported Pebble’s Kickstarter campaign, you’ve been waiting for this bit of news for some time now. Today, Pebble has announced that the first run of Smartwatches are on their way to some customers. The compatible Android app is also going live in the Google Play Store by tomorrow …
Back when Instagram announced that its sale to Facebook was a done deal, they made a rather lofty promise that their acquisition meant “a better Instagram for everyone.” Today, many Twitter users have noticed that Instagram previews on their time lines appear either cropped or off-center; an annoyance sure, but why? Twitter has officially confirmed …
Instagram blocks Twitter; is this “a better Instagram for everyone?” Read More »
“Hey would you like to support my band, cause, or secret society? Join our Facebook Group!” And join you did – back in 2007. If you thought that once you left you’d never have to be reminded of that group you left years back, apparently that is not the case. Sometime in the last 20 …
Facebook Groups Updated, Now Your private group isn’t so private Read More »
A while back we warned you about those drunk tweets and questionable Facebook status updates you’ve been posting; not because we’re easily offended or anything, but just in case you were looking for a job (or were a university applicant) and those assholes they required you to give up your social media passwords as part of …
California passes privacy law protecting your drunk tweets/Facebook updates Read More »
On Monday with a single tweet Justin Timberlake announced the new My Space. The new MySpace was shown in a Vimeo Video but from the video it looks like another version of Pinterest. Instead of wedding dresses, food, and cats there will be a lot of music featured. Justin Timberlake, an actor and former pop …
I enjoy doing helpdesk stuff most of the time. Not all of the time, though. Amazon unveils Glacier, super cheap data archive service. This isn’t your average cloud service, but rather a service focused on rarely-accessed data. It comes as cheap as a penny per Gigabyte per month. The idea is to bundle your files …
Sorry I missed a few days. Actually, I’m not. I took some time off of work and decided I would actually spend time away from the computer! Amazing. Heart of Coppola from Brian Carroll on Vimeo. US Hypersonic bird dies a fiery death. Sadly, it probably won’t re-birth itself from the ashes, as I’m sure …
Good morning, dudes and dudettes. I’ve started the roundup early, so be prepared to have your face filled with news. Sponsor a Zombie from Timothy W. Stevens on Vimeo. Day-Z becomes standalone. Day-Z, the incredibly popular mod for the Arma II combat simulator from Bohemia Interactive, has been given the green-light by Bohemia for stand …
What a boring Friday. We don’t exactly have a lot to spout about today, but here’s a freddiew video, which I’ll follow with some news. Phone names suck, and here’s why. Former Noisecastian Eric – who did well for himself – has a some really good points on why phone names need to be revamped: …
Good morning and welcome to the Noisecast Roundup for August 2, 2012. Remember to grab these links while they’re hot. You never know when this stuff won’t matter to you anymore! Monster .gif files bring some cool to the spooky. This is in no way ‘tech news’ but I don’t care. I like gifs (pronounced …
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