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History of air conditioning, invented by Willis Carrier – cool reading for a hot day
Willis Carrier submitted drawings of the first modern air conditioning system on July 17, 1902. Carrier was working to solve a problem that effected the quality of printing… He came up with the brilliant idea to circulate cold water rather than steam through heating coils in a machine he used to test heaters. Carrier’s design …
Facebook launches an App Center – finally can sort the 600+ apps
A bit overdue as it was way too hard to find apps in Facebook, also highlighted in bold is the ability to block all those app requests. Facebook recently launched App Center, offering a centralized place to find more than 600 Facebook and Facebook-related apps. Think of App Center as one part showcase for mobile …
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Foursquare integrates check-ins with Facebook Timeline Map
If you use foursquare to check-in to your favorite locations and share those notifications on Facebook, then you’re in for a treat. Foursquare has announced that your foursquare check-ins will now populate your Timeline map. Before, only actual Facebook check-ins as well as location tagged images would populate that map. This is a pretty nifty …
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Foursquare adds “save this place” – create a to-do list of awesome places to visit
Now, when you see a friend’s foursquare check-in on Facebook and want to try that place too, you can click the new ‘Save this Place’ link and save it to your foursquare to-do list for later. All it takes is one click, and you can do it right from Facebook (the save will appear on …
Media brands get the “new Pages” in Facebook, and they’re beautiful
Five more images, including the NY Times, Washington Post, CNET, and ESPN, are available. And, don’t forget about Barack Obama’s epic Facebook Page.
Obama creates the most politicized Facebook Timeline ever – complete with merchandise
President Obama converted his Facebook page to the timeline format Thursday morning, a day after the timeline option became available for branded pages. Obama’s 2012 campaign staff, which administers the Barack Obama fan page, took advantage of the new format by featuring an image of the President’s birth certificate emblazoned on a coffee mug at …
Why does Mark Zuckerberg hate "beta" development?
You know how everything Google does is launched in a “beta” mode. They know that their products are most likely going to break, fail, or simply invade your privacy. Google is so obsessed with beta releases that they often leave them in perpetual beta. So why is Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg so against beta? This …
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Why does Mark Zuckerberg hate “beta” development?
You know how everything Google does is launched in a “beta” mode. They know that their products are most likely going to break, fail, or simply invade your privacy. Google is so obsessed with beta releases that they often leave them in perpetual beta. So why is Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg so against beta? This …
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Be Prepared for Facebook Timeline (UPDATED)
This is a guest post by Kirby Plessas (@kirbstr), President and CEO of Plessas Experts Network, a consultancy that informs, trains, and researches for clients on internet technology, information extraction, security and worldwide internet usage. … Just as users are getting settled into the new Facebook feed style that was released a few weeks ago, …
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