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Tech & Web News 10/21

by Integrate on October 21, 2011 in News with No comments

With just 1 week left in October we’re wrapping up the month strong here! Follow us on Twitter for more updates and news throughout the week.

  • Who needs Google? MC Hammer is launching his own search engine, and yes, we’ve already signed up for it. [Mashable]
  • In 1985 there were only six .com domains. SIX. What did the world do before isitchristmas.com? [The Next Web]
  • Facebook may be getting fined for invading privacy again. In other news, the sky is blue! [The Guardian]
  • Who doesn’t love another Facebook infographic? [Mashable]
  • Today is the last day to register for ASW12 at the Early Bird rates! Get that worm! [Affiliate Summit]
  • Remember the Google employee that accidentally released his rant about Google+? Yeah, he’s doing fine. Talk about job security. [Tech Crunch]
  • A second, secret internet!? Be still, my geeky heart. [News]
  • Finally, zombie technology in space. We’ve reached the final frontier. [Wired]

Tech & Web News 10/14

by Integrate on October 14, 2011 in News with No comments

Tech and web news for the second week of October! Check out below the effects of social media and if you feel inspired, boost your own social media presence!

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  • Don’t you wish more things were Rubik’s Cubes? Consider your wish granted. [Instructables]
  • The Reddit Invasion: An infographic that basically accumulates to, “man, why am I reading this blog when there’s so much stuff I could be reading on Reddit?” [The Next Web]
  • We think this pretty much sums up the Netflix debacle. [Geek Culture]
  • Dr. Pepper is under fire for their new possibly sexist campaign for Diet Dr. Pepper. I think we are all missing the real issue here: whatever happened to Pepsi Blue? That stuff was delicious. [Clickz]
  • The Occupy Wall Street movement and the way it’s using social media. [Clean Tech]
  • Replacing annoying captchas with annoying, but more readable advertisements. Genius? [Mashable]
  • The Pirate Bay cofounder’s sentence is upheld – despite no one knowing where he is. We assume he is drinking rum on a beach with a pirate hat on (and yes, we should be made to walk the plank for corny jokes. Ba dum tsh). [The Next Web]
  • Youtube Disco was axed after nobody used it. Are they really surprised social media users weren’t drawn to something with ‘Disco’ in the name? [Tech Crunch]

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