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Facebook Gives Its Ads a Boost, Using Your Photos

Peter Kafka in Media February 9, 2012 at 2:58 pm PT

Movl Wants to Take “Kontrol” of Your TV (With a Little Help From Mark Cuban)

Lauren Goode in Media February 9, 2012 at 2:34 pm PT

My So-Called Social Super Bowl

Lauren Goode in Social on February 6 at 4:19 pm PT

Last night, I took a rare break from social media and opted for a real-time, real-life Super Bowl instead. And somehow … I saw the same game everyone else did.

Wither the Giants? The Arrogance of Aging Incumbents.

David Pakman, Partner, Venrock in Voices on January 25 at 10:40 am PT

Technology forces that bring greater efficiency and transparency to markets simply don’t care about privilege, access, and rolodexes.

Samsung Smart TVs Get Sweeter With SugarSync

Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 20 at 7:05 am PT

Turns out cloud service SugarSync is behind some of those Samsung “smart” TVs — which means users aren’t limited to sharing only from other Samsung devices.

Mark and Don: More Than Just Facebook Friends

Christopher S. Stewart and Russell Adams, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on January 5 at 5:30 am PT

Donald Graham spends long stretches on Facebook, sharing with 4,888 friends his interest in tattoo removal, a love of the Washington Redskins and his favorite Muppets song, “Mahna Mahna.”

Americans Played Anything but Social Games During the Holidays

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 3 at 7:30 am PT

The number of people playing games on Facebook tanked last week, as some game makers were unable to capitalize on people’s downtime during the holidays.

News Byte

The End Is Here Before the Beginning for Beyond Oblivion

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 31, 2011 at 9:27 am PT

Beyond Oblivion, a New York-based music start-up is shutting down before even launching a product, having burned through some $87 million worth of funding, according to a report in the Financial Times (link goes to a story behind a paywall). Backed by investments from News Corp. (which also owns this Web site), it had sought to bundle the service with hardware and charge a flat fee, but had trouble selling recording labels on the idea.

2012: Siri Is a Stunner, Amazon Is Amazin’ and Security Gets Spendy

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 8, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT

Tech prognosticator Mark Anderson is back in New York with his annual predictions for the world of tech in 2012.

Poynting Down the Road

I think in three-five years, we will have more fully developed language to describe different types of aggregation, and that language will lead to a better relationship between aggregators and their sources, as well as more transparency for the audience. But until then we will keep muddling through.

— Kelly McBride, Senior Faculty, Ethics, Reporting and Writing at Poynter.org, on the ethics of aggregation. Poynter raised some eyebrows last month when it called out Jim Romenesko — the news aggregator and columnist who wrote there for 12 years — for not using quotation marks when summarizing articles, prompting his resignation just months before his retirement.

Here’s How Microsoft Is Adding Voice Control and Gestures to the Xbox (Video)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 4, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Michael Suraci, Xbox’s director of marketing, demonstrates the new features, which will roll out in a massive free software update, available Tuesday.

Videogame Consoles Still Selling Like Hotcakes, But How Much Life Is Left in the Aging Hardware?

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The three major videogame consoles are all nearing the end of their life cycles. But that didn’t stop shoppers from buying — and in some cases fighting over — the hardware.