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Do you really want to carry another device just for Twitter?

I stayed up late last night and watched Josh reveal the Twitter Peek device on the Late Night show with Jimmy Fallon. The new Twitter Peek has the same form factor as the Peek email device, but it only does Twitter. The Peek Classic cost $19.95 and has a monthly...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Twitter Peek, E-mail, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-03

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EFF sues CIA, DOJ, others over Facebook surveillance

Did Facebook sell users'information to them?[nt]ntShouting on a street cornerPeople need to get over the illusion of privacy and anonymity on the internet. Its always been an illusion. Posing your personal information on Facebook or other social networking sites is the digital equivalent of standing on a street corner...

Tags: INTERNET, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Justice, CIA, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, privacy

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter

too much of an unitasker for me to pay $99...ntRE: Peek releases $99 gadget just for TwitterI can't figure out who exactly this is targeting. Everyone who tweets already has a cell phone or computer to do it. Price is too high for the unit and ongoing monthly costs make...

Tags: Cellular phones, Twitter Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter

Dedicated Twitterers (Tweeters?) have a new option for posting their 140-character thoughts to the web: the TwitterPeek. Looking a tad like a very thin Blackberry, Peek's Twitter-friendly gadget features a QWERTY keyboard, color screen and click scroll wheel. Available only on Amazon.com for $99, users get...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Gadget, Social Networking, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Do you really want to carry another device just for Twitter?

A Twitter Device? Hmmm... it will probably be a hit for christmas and then die a painful sudden death!never really liked their stuffNever really liked their stuff - limited devices for prices that are still too high? No thanks.Frankly, I'm [b]much[/b] more interested in devices with Wi-Fi than with cell...

Tags: E-mail, Cellular phones, Peek Classic, Twitter Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-09-25

3D football, anyone? Intel offers peek at 21st Century television

TV isn't TV anymore. It's out of the box. It's off the wall and it's not going back anytime soon. That was the opening line of the final keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, delivered by Intel exec Justin Rattner, who took to the stage to talk...

Tags: 3D, Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event

I'm here in downtown San Francisco at Apple's news announcement, where I'll be liveblogging the company's news. You'll find the updates for this post appearing in reverse chronological order - that way the freshest news is at the top of the post. Techmeme 11:15 am: Steve Jobs...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Blog, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, Steve, Schiller, No. 2 Player, iTunes 9, iTunes LP, Digital Music, Digital Media, Games, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Facebook pages for schools

Separation is KeyI don't think Facebook is an appropriate medium for schools to communicate with students/parents/faculty. One of the issues that comes up in our household frequently is the separation of personal and professional life on Facebook, i.e., I am not "friends" with any of my professional acquaintances on...

Tags: SECURITY, Facebook, Facebook Pages, social media

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search) Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Aardvark: ask it anything, get an answer in 5 minutes [invites]

If you want an invite to Aardvark, click here. San-Francisco startup Mechanical Zoo is trying to build the ultimate interactive knowledge base. And it's kind of addicting. Once you get started, you will not want to stop. ...

Tags: Friend, Question, Aardvark, Jason Calacanis, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-07-30

News to know: Palm Pre weekend; iPhone Monday; Bing; DTV conversion; Twitter accounts

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Palm Pre weekend: Sprint could steal Palm's moment Matthew Miller: Initial Pre thoughts and answers...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Digital Television, Twitter, Sam Diaz, E-mail, TVs, H-1B, Embedded Linux, Cloud Computing, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Operating Systems, Software, Linux

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Twitter provides sneak peek of 'verified accounts'

Twitter provides sneak peek of 'verified accounts'Anyone paying any attention tothe whinings of a washed up baseball manager, or anyone else, for that matter, deserves what they get.I think......you're force to pay attention when someone files a lawsuit. Just sayin'.

Tags: Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-06-07

Twitter provides sneak peek of 'verified accounts'

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone posted a blog entry today in response to the frivolous lawsuit filed by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa after his account was impersonated. Stone wrote that the law suit was "an unnecessary waste of judicial resources." The law suit, however, was an...

Tags: Account, Twitter, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-06

Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate

The second day keynote address at Google I/O was sure to be full of surprises. After all, at yesterday's keynote, the company gave attendees an unlocked Google Android phone so developers could start tinkering immediately. Then, a buzz filled the conference as word spread that Wednesday's keynote was a "must-attend"...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Conversation, E-mail, Productivity, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Is Twitter, instead of Yahoo, the better buy for Microsoft?

Finally, some buzz about Twitter that's worth a second look. Yesterday's rumor about Apple being interested in Twitter was ridiculous. But the headlines now - not rumors but more like unsolicited suggestions - suggest that Twitter should instead be on on Microsoft's radar (and Google's, too, for...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Search, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Google and Twitter together?

Twitter has been gaining serious momentum in the last year, and that is likely why Google is in talks with the company as a potential target of an acquisition. Out of curiosity, I decided to take a quick peek at the company's performance on Google Ad Planner, and here's...

Tags: Google Inc., Twitter, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Advertising & Promotion, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Peek Pronto

Last year when we reviewed the Peek, we ragged on it for being an e-mail-only handheld. It just did not seem worth it to us to pay $100 for the device and still have to fork out $20 a month for only e-mail. Still, we liked the design, its simplicity,...

Tags: charger jack, Peek Pronto, e-mail

Product reviews 2009-03-27

Exectweets: Nice, but not the revenue plan for Twitter

When I first saw the headline today about the new exectweets service, I had a forehead-slapping "D'oh!" moment. After all, just this morning, I had posted an entry about a new Twitter app developed for the salesforce.com platform and I was critical of the fact that this salesforce announcement wasn't...

Tags: Revenue, Twitter, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-23