Friday, 8 June 2012

Twitter unveils it's new simplified bird logo

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Twitter just announced that they are doing away with their old Twitter logo and are introducing a newer more simplified logo, which is pictured inset. The old logo was the a very similar looking Twitter bird logo but going horizontally, and now with the new bird it’s in “flight” at an angle. Additionally, some older logos had “Twitter” in it or simply a “t” for Twitter. Now Twitter is taking a unified stance on one consistent logo, for which they posted a video below.


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A total of 8 million passwords were hacked from LinkedIn and eHarmony

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Yesterday was not a good day for LinkedIn who confirmed that 6.5 million passwords were hacked and then leaked to the web. Although it’s uncertain exactly what accounts have been compromised, LinkedIn urged all of it’s users to change their passwords immediately. However, more bad news has arrised that eHarmony was hacked too, with 1.5 million passwords being hacked and leaked as well from the online dating website.


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The relaunch of Green Lantern has him coming out as a gay superhero

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Well I’m sure this will raise some eyebrows. DC Comics is relaunching the Green Lantern series, which has been a staple of comic book history for the past 70 years. Green Lantern is coming back, or shall I say coming out, and he is arriving with a twist.


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Wednesday, 6 June 2012





chartier:



There’s a reason RIM got rid of its jobs.rim.com domain a long time ago.


Tuesday, 5 June 2012





8bitfuture:



Google to unveil their ‘next dimension of maps’.


The big announcement is due this Wednesday morning, where Google will unveil their next moves for Google Maps, ahead of an anticipated announcement by Apple that they will soon be dropping Google Maps on iOS in favour of their own software. Apple’s offering is likely to use the 3D technology acquired in their purchase of C3 technologies last year - an announcement on that is due at the Apple WWDC on June 11.



At this invitation-only press gathering, Brian McClendon, VP of Google Maps and Google Earth, will give you a behind-the-scenes look at Google Maps and share our vision. We’ll also demo some of the newest technology and provide a sneak peek at upcoming features that will help people get where they want to go – both physically and virtually. We hope to see you there.








hautepop:



Alice in Wonderland + the Matrix
Formative cultural experiences of my teens both
American McGee’s Alice turned up at much the same time too


All at essence the same opportunity: ways of realising there were more interesting spaces out there than the social & geographical milieu I was growing up in - and ways of learning how to access them.


Couple of days ago someone wrote an article about Internet K-Holes.
Nice metaphor.
Slightly different kind of space.