Digital First Facebook Kills Physical Goods Delivery Gifts Service - Mike Isaac - News - AllThingsD

Digital First Facebook Kills Physical Goods Delivery Gifts Service - Mike Isaac - News - AllThingsD
Facebook’s great gifting experiment has come to an end — for physical goods, at least."

Another told ya so for Mr. Negroponte.

Early Apple employees Kottke, Fernandez comment on new film 'Jobs'

Early Apple employees Kottke, Fernandez comment on new film 'Jobs'
"It seems to me that there's a lot of fan fiction about Apple Computer and about Steve Jobs," Fernandez elaborated, "and i think that this is the biggest, flashiest piece of fan fiction that there's been to date.

Can we just call it what it is? IOW "too soon"

Steve Jobs's $1.1 billion AAPL windfall & Steve Ballmer's $11 billion MSFT blunder

Steve Jobs's $1.1 billion AAPL windfall & Steve Ballmer's $11 billion MSFT blunder: "In 2000 the non-voting stock was converted into 18.2 million common shares at $8.25 per share, and were subsequently sold off between August 2000 (the earliest date allowed) and 2003. "

Some fun with math here.

Google: Gmail Users Can't Legitimately Expect Privacy

Google: Gmail Users Can't Legitimately Expect Privacy
Google doesn't believe that people can reasonably expect their emails to stay private. At least, that's what the internet giant articulated in a brief that was filed last month in federal court and recently surfaced by Consumer Watchdog. The document was written in response to a class-action lawsuit accusing Google of violating wiretap law when it scans emails to serve up targeted ads."

Who cares if an automated bot reads your email? It's not like a creepy nerd is sitting over your shoulder watching things. It's more like a robot without a real brain.

Photos show front panel, digitizer for fifth-generation iPad | Electronista

Photos show front panel, digitizer for fifth-generation iPad | Electronista: "Macfixit Australia, is claiming to have obtained a front panel and digitizer assembly for the fifth-generation iPad."

Leak leak leak!

Twitter Activity Can Boost Live TV Ratings - Nielsen Study - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

Twitter Activity Can Boost Live TV Ratings - Nielsen Study - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD: "And that pitch is more important than ever, as Twitter starts to get very serious about ad money, and about an impending IPO."

Tweet it like that.

Rumor: Apple planning development center in Taiwan for future iPhones

Rumor: Apple planning development center in Taiwan for future iPhones: "An alleged internal communications document from Apple was detailed by VR-Zone on Thursday, claiming that the company is currently in the recruiting stage for a new engineering development team in Taiwan. "

I think this is a terrific development for a California company with a huge global following.

New 'Jobs' trailer reveals a few new scenes from upcoming biopic

New 'Jobs' trailer reveals a few new scenes from upcoming biopic: "'Jobs' features Kutcher in the title role, with Gad playing Steve Wozniak, while other players include Dermot Mulroney, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine, and James Woods."

Think about it.

Rumor: Video shows partially assembled next-gen iPad with translucent Apple logo

Rumor: Video shows partially assembled next-gen iPad with translucent Apple logo: "seen through the front glass is the Apple logo, which is revealed to be a translucent white color when viewed from the back, much like Apple's MacBook.

As long as it's mini size and has a retina display, I'll be happy.