Feb 24
It appears that the Boombox application on Facebook has been removed by its developer. This was an application that let you select songs to display on your Facebook profile. They played in a small Flash area, loading mp3s found on the internet. I’m guessing it was a legal issue. I did noticed two days ago that the Flash part wasn’t loading and the application wasn’t working right.
This facebook listing for The Boombox app’s owner Adam Mosseri (link) now returns no results, showing that the person deleted their Facebook account. Very fishy.
I am now looking for a new application to load on my profile that does the same thing. Unfortunately I do not remember which songs I had listed.
Here are a few alternatives:
Sources: Blog confirmation I used to make sure I wasn’t just going crazy, Boombox review
Dec 15
I just noticed that Facebook has removed the forced “is” to start your status updates. It still fills in the “is” but it’s part of the text box so you can replace it with anything you want. This is a huge win for English majors and grammar aficionados everywhere.
Oct 25
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Would-be technologists are turned off by the tech crash of the early ’00s, the shift of jobs overseas to outsourcing providers, and an overall perception of IT as a go-nowhere, nuts-and-bolts profession, observers say. Good thing I love my job.
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Internet search leader Google is sharpening its focus on the television ad medium with demographic data from the Nielsen. Google will pay Nielsen an undisclosed amount to obtain detailed information about the kinds of people who watch specific TV shows.
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Microsoft is investing $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. The investment values Facebook at $15 billion. As part of the deal, Microsoft will sell the banner ads on Facebook outside of the United States, splitting the revenue with them.
Oct 24
An Apple employee has posted a listing on the Facebook Marketplace for a job on the iPhone team. The listing starts:“Software Engineer iPhone Mail Application #2988020Apple Computer iPhone Technology is looking for a proactive, highly motivated Software Engineer for Software Design and Development on the iPhone Mail Application.”Source: the facebook listing, the Apple.com job listing
More: continued here
Jul 31
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Australian scientists have created a box that changes the television with the wave of a hand. The controller’s built-in camera can recognise seven simple hand gestures and work with up to eight different gadgets around the home.
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I found this just as I heard of Vizio for the first time. I found their plasma and LCD televisions in my local Costco. They are able to charge less for their tvs because they only sell to large warehouses.
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Parakey, the startup from Firefox whizkid Blake Ross, has been bought by Facebook. They were working on an application to enable people to easily do everything they need on a computer from the browser. I worry that they won’t be releasing it now.
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