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For Valentine’s Day, Cupid ditches arrows, opts for e-cards
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on February 2, 2013
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CES Ditches CNET After CBS Scandal Over Dish’s Hopper
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on February 1, 2013
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An anonymous reader writes in about the latest fallout from CNET’s parent company, CBS banning Dish Network’s hopper from reviews and award lists. “The Consumer Electronics Association has not only today bestowed its Best in Show title upon the same Dish Network product that started this whole mess in the first place — in the same release, the group says it will no longer work with CNET. CES has enjoyed a long and productive partnership with CNET and the Best of CES awards,’ said Karen Chupka, the CEA’s senior vice president for events and conferences. “However, we are concerned the new review policy will have a negative impact on our brand should we continue the awards relationship as currently constructed. We look forward to receiving new ideas to recognize the ‘best of the best’ products introduced at the International CES.”"
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Blockbuster ditches plans for Netflix competitor
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on October 5, 2012
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When Dish bought Blockbuster after its bankruptcy last year, the company had plans to overhaul their movie streaming and DVD-by-mail service for Dish customers by using Blockbuster stores to sell mobile devices that would be used to stream Blockbuster movies. However, it turns out Dish is going to pull a 180 and scrap its plans
Instagram updates for iPhone 5 and ditches live filtering
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on September 26, 2012
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The photo-sharing app has redesigned its interface and is now ready for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6; live filter view, however, will soon be a thing of the past. [Read more]
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Facebook ditches facial recognition in Europe after months of talks
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on September 23, 2012
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Facebook has already dealt with plenty of negative attention over its facial recognition technology, both here in the US and across the Atlantic in Europe. Things are looking up for those who don’t want to be included in Facebook’s facial recognition program, however, as the company has decided to stop using the tool in Europe.
Pinterest Finally Ditches Invitations, Now Lets Anyone Sign Up
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on August 9, 2012
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Calling all chefs, wedding planners, stylists, and crafty-types: Pinterest has just opened registration to the public after two years of requiring an invite to join. Anyone can now sign up with Twitter, Facebook, or just an email address. Seems that $ 100 million cash infusion from Rakuten bought it some operations engineers.
Its growth has already been staggering, so it will be fascinating to see what happens next. Will users flood in faster than ever before? Or will the lack of exclusivity make membership seem less trendy? And yes, if you’re asking, somewhere there’s someone who isn’t on Pinterest yet. And they are unfashionable.
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As Windows 8 Nears Public Debut, Microsoft Ditches “Metro” Brand (P.S. It Doesn’t Matter)
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on August 3, 2012
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Microsoft is abandoning its “Metro” branding – the branding that refers to the clean, modern, tiled layout that defines many of its consumer-facing products including Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, Office 2013 and more. For over a year, Microsoft has talked about “Metro” in press conferences, blog posts, tutorials, and guides. The reason for the change has to do with a dispute between Microsoft and a European partner, German retailer Metro AG, who has threatened legal action for infringing on its “Metro” trademark.
Oops. Microsoft, of course, is positioning this news as no big deal, saying that “Metro” was always intended to be an internally used code name, not something related to the company’s commercial branding efforts. (Right. Which is why Microsoft is transitioning to new branding without, you know, actually having a new name picked out yet.) But Microsoft may be right on one thing: it’s not really a big deal. Remember what happened with the iPad?
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VLC 2.02 adds Retina display support, ditches font cache interruptions
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on July 2, 2012
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The latest version of everyone’s favorite file-type-friendly media player has been updated on both Windows and OS X, although the Apple iteration gets the most major addition — playback support on the new MacBook Pro’s Retina display. Alongside sharper menus, VLC‘s latest update extends functionality to the video itself, maintaining crispness on smaller viewing windows and even fully-blow 4K video. Good news on all platforms though, as the developers have now nixed that grating “building font cache” pop-up window. Smaller changes include support for Growl and the return of the “keep aspect ratio” option. Hit up the changelog for a full run-down of the other changes.
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Google Wallet ditches support for rooted smartphones
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on March 6, 2012
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Google Wallet has some significant issues with security already this year. A potential hack was discovered in February that could have exposed credit cards. However, no evidence of credit card abuse or theft was noted. The security flaw was only exploitable on rooted Android devices. It seems Google is taking a different route with potential [...]
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Kia Track’ster concept ditches dreary for MINI Cooper rival
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on February 8, 2012
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Kia knows it has a lot to do to shed its sensible image and convince would-be buyers it’s sexy, inspiring and aspirational, and the Kia Track’ster concept is the first step down that road. Revealed at the Chicago Auto Show today, the Optima Limited Track’ster channels Kia’s potential design direction for the next-gen Soul, with “immense [...]
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GM Ditches the Gas Tank in Its New Electric Car
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on October 15, 2011
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It seems few consumers want range-extending gas engines in their electric vehicles.
General Motors plans to sell an electric version of the Spark, a mini-car that it currently sells outside the United States. GM will sell the gasoline version of the Spark in the U.S. starting next year, and will follow with the electric version in select U.S. markets and around the world in 2013. The electric Spark will be powered by batteries made by A123 Systems, based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Lenovo N5902 ditches the fingerprint magnet finish, adds backlit keys (video)
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on October 7, 2011
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Home theater PC enthusiasts, you’ve grumbled and Lenovo listened. The company took your feedback to heart when it prepped its latest multimedia remote with keyboard — the N5902 — for release. Gone is the glossy piano black finish that marred your sweet N5901 with unsightly fingerprints, as well as its trackball pointer. In their stead, Lenovo’s outfitted this update in a matte exterior, adding an optical pointer with a “ridged” scroll bar located just below it. Perhaps the most notable addition to this refresh, however, is the ability to navigate and type from the now backlit keys. Fancy updating your couch control with this AA-powered peripheral? The head to the source below to fork over your hard-earned $ 52.
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SlideShare Ditches Flash, Rebuilds Site In HTML5
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on September 28, 2011
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Frankie70 writes “SlideShare has ditched Adobe Flash technology entirely, and rebuilt its website using the HTML5 markup language. This means that SlideShare is now viewable on every kind of mobile device, from iPads to iPhones to Android devices and beyond.”
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