Some More Inconvenient Truths (Including Spider Goats): Al Gore Talks About “The Future” at SXSW

Live from Austin, Texas, it’s the man who brought you the Internet. (Really, he did, along with others.)
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Why Some AT&T Customers Aren’t Getting Those Wireless Alerts About Nemo

AT&T supports the new alerts on its older network, but not yet for devices running on its faster LTE system.
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East Coast Blizzard Another Test for FCC’s New Cellphone Alert System

A relatively new alert system means that those in the path of an approaching blizzard are getting messages sent directly to their cellphones.
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Viral Video: “Lucky Ones” Tech Mashup for Hurricane Sandy

Sing it, Silicon Valley.
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Dive Into Mobile Ready to Take Back Manhattan on April 15 and 16

Hurricane Sandy forced a change in plans, but we’ve rescheduled our mobile conference for April 15 and 16.
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The Apps That Weathered the Storm — Finance, Maps and News

Music apps saw also a significant increase in use during Hurricane Sandy, while sports apps understandably took a backseat.
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Hurricane Sandy Proved How Hard It Is to Break the Internet

The crash of networks in New York proved how resilient the Internet is, and how smart the engineers who keep it running are.
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Despite Lawsuit and Numerous Glitches, New Jersey Voted, but It Wasn’t Pretty

Judged by the voters to have been a big mess, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he’s satisfied with how the state’s impromptu experiment e-voting went.
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New Jersey Gives Its E-Voters — and Voting Officials — More Time

Now e-voting won’t officially end in New Jersey until Friday. Can someone say polling place?
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Facebook Reschedules “Gifts” Press Event in New York

Facebook has again sent out invitations to members of the press for an event in New York City, two weeks after its originally planned date was put on hiatus due to Hurricane Sandy. Just as before, it’s centered around Facebook “Gifts,” the company’s social gift-giving e-commerce initiative, and will be held at FAO Schwarz in Manhattan on Nov. 15.

A Tale of Two Manhattans (Video)