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Google+’s New ‘Verified Profiles’ Feature: Redundant?

Looks like Google+ is following Twitter’s lead on the whole “Verified Account” thing, letting you know for sure if you have the real Kim Kardashian in your circle or not. But, considering their stringent “real names” policy, what’s the point?


July 6, 2011
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Google Is Going To Nuke Private Profiles Starting August 1

Call it the Google+ effect. After July 31, Google is going to delete all private profiles. There’s no way to opt-out. If you want to keep your profile, you have to make at least your name and gender public.


March 19, 2011
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Facebook You Vs Actual You

Quick, check the “Activities and Interests” section of your Facebook profile. Unless “sitting around thinking about maybe doin’ stuff but honestly just killing time on the internet” is on there, you’re living a lie. [Comical Concept via The Daily What]


October 4, 2010

12 Years In NeXT ‘Wilderness’ Helped Steve Jobs Rebuild Apple

How much of Apple’s current success owes itself to Steve Jobs’s 12 years of turmoil and failure away from the company as the head of NeXT? A lot, it would seem.


July 1, 2008
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Netflix Keeping Profiles! The Internet Works!

Thanks to the uppityness of internet users, Netflix is keeping their profile scheme. Brian will be able to keep his Blaxploitation movies separate from his girlfriend’s “morbid documentaries,” which should keep both of them happy enough to not kill each other. Who says signing internet petitions is the nerd equivalent of throwing a hot dog down a hallway?