{"id":9447,"date":"2011-07-12T22:01:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T03:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=9447"},"modified":"2023-12-24T08:34:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T14:34:42","slug":"roundup-running-late-but-still-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/roundup-running-late-but-still-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: Running late but still running"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2011 Toyota Venza Commercial   Social Network\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1xEMNrSdkdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey guys, EnosonE here filling in for Agrippa. Facebook is in fact quite lame and though I do appreciate the attempt to make Toyota seem less beige, I just don&#8217;t buy it. But none of this actually matters; onward to our roundup!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"Number of \u201cgeeky\u201d women professionals dropping dramatically\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/number-of-%e2%80%9cgeeky%e2%80%9d-women-professionals-dropping-dramatically\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We&#8217;ve questioned<\/a> if there was a lack of lady geeks among us. Well fret not friends because they&#8217;ve responded (no, not directly) &#8211; by completely dominating Google&#8217;s Science fair. I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll be welcomed additions in their future fields. <a title=\"via FastCompany\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1766596\/google-science-fair-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Girl Power<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t get enough of Google Plus. I&#8217;m spending more and more time on there and I feel fine. Now there&#8217;s talk that Google Plus will be introducing gaming to their social media site. Just please no Farmville. <a title=\"via TheNextWeb\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/google\/2011\/07\/10\/google-is-set-to-take-the-social-gaming-industry-by-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You guys remember the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play? Just a couple of months ago it was available only on Verizon and if you&#8217;re not afraid or turned off by the rather poor reviews, <a title=\"via Thisismynext\" href=\"http:\/\/thisismynext.com\/2011\/07\/12\/xperia-play-coming-att\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it&#8217;s coming to AT&amp;T by the end of the Year<\/a>. Oh and it&#8217;ll be available in &#8220;Stealth Blue&#8221;. Yay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Us citizens of the net are a funny breed. We&#8217;re all about the latest and greatest but when our favorite site decides to do a redesign; we lose our collective shit. Well at least the folks at TechCrunch managed to get a full post about their <a title=\"via TechCrunch\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/07\/11\/redesigning-techcrunch-we-picked-this-logo-just-to-piss-you-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redesign<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By now you&#8217;ve probably heard, Netflix just raised their pricing by 60% if you stream <strong>AND<\/strong> get physical media sent to your home. But honestly for most customers it just feels like a big ol&#8217; <a title=\"via Yahoo!\" href=\"http:\/\/old.news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20110712\/en_nm\/us_netflix_pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F-U<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, <a title=\"via TechRadar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/internet\/google-now-has-10m-users-says-analyst-978319?src=rss&amp;attr=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Plus has 10 million users;<\/a> at least that&#8217;s what the tea leaves and a smart sounding guy say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady geeks rule Google Science Fair, Google+ gaming on the way, Xperia Play stealths onto AT&#038;T, TechCrunch redesign drama, Netflix price hike fury! 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