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Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 Set for Showdown with iPad 3 in February 2012?

samsungs-tabletSamsung and Apple’s courtroom battle seems endless. The South Korean company is now scheduled to launch Galaxy Tab 11.6 tablet in February 2012, which could pit it directly against Apple’s next generation tablet – dubbed iPad 3.

Galaxy Tab 11.6, which will run on Android 4.0 more…

How Facebook Tracks Users

facebook-cookiesInformation on how Facebook tracks its users behaviors both on and off site has been released. Most worrisome is that Facebook keeps a running log of the sites a user has visited in the past 90 days. more…

Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle

LuleaFacebook is to build a multi-million ‘mini town’ on the edge of the Arctic circle to house all its computer servers, which would us as much electricity as a town of 50,000 people.

The enormous server farm facility in Luleå, northern Sweden, to be announced officially on Thursday morning, more…

A New Look for Gmail [video]

A video from Google’s YouTube channel introduces a new Gmail interface. It’s based on the Preview theme that’s already available in Gmail, but there are many other changes: an action bar that uses icons instead of text labels, a completely new interface for conversations, profile pictures next to contacts, a flexible layout that adapts to any window size, display density options like in Google Docs, resizable chat/labels sections, new high-definition themes and an updated search box that includes advanced options. more…

LinkedIn Buys Real-Time Search Startup

linkedinLinkedIn has acquired IndexTank, a provider of real-time hosted search technology, for an undisclosed amount.

LinkedIn and IndexTank say that the acquisition will help improve LinkedIn’s internal search technology. more…

FT Web-based app more popular than app sold in Apple store

Financial-Times(Reuters) – More than 700,000 people use the Financial Times’ Web-based mobile application to access news and other content, making it more popular than the version sold in Apple’s App Store.

The business newspaper, which is part of British more…

Lost iPhone 5 Prototype: SFPD Says It Has No Records of Investigation

iphoneYesterday we related an interesting scoop that popped up on CNET: the tech-news site reported that a prototype of Apple’s latest iPhone model had been lost in a San Francisco bar, echoing a similar incident last year that led to embarrassment for Apple and legal threats against the gadget blog Gizmodo, which purchased the lost iPhone 4 for $5,000. more…

Free calls home from Gmail for all U.S. service members

We understand that it’s not always easy or affordable for our troops serving overseas to call friends and family at home, so starting today we’re making it completely free for all uniformed military personnel with valid United States Military (.mil) email addresses to call the United States, right from Gmail. more…

The Mystery of Steve Jobs’s Public Giving

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David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News

Steve Jobs is a genius. He is an innovator. A visionary. He is perhaps the most beloved billionaire in the world.

Surprisingly, there is one thing that Mr. Jobs is not, at least not yet: a prominent philanthropist. more…

How Social Learning Can Create Top Performers

Today, more B2B customers rely on the Internet and social media – as opposed to relationships with salespeople – to learn about products and services and make buying decisions. To remain relevant and engage more effectively with customers and prospects in this challenging sales environment, reps must combine their efforts and openly share best practices and market intelligence. more…

Dubizzle.com shares insights on the importance of community websites at ArabNet

ButlerDubizzle.com, the leading free classifieds and community website for users in the Middle East and North Africa, participated in the ArabNet “Shift Digital Summit”, the largest gathering for the Arab digital and technology industry from March 23-25 2011. During the summit, J.C. Butler, co-founder of Dubizzle.com was a panelist in a workshop titled: Building Local Content and Communities. more…

The Technology Behind Making Mobile Payments a Reality

NokiaIt’s only a matter of time before your mobile phone swallows up yet another piece of technology: your credit card.

In this not-too-distant future, rather than pay for gas or dinner with a piece of plastic that you slide through a machine, you will simply tap your phone to pay the bill. For this to become standard in the United States, a number of technological changes need to happen, more…