Top 10 Tech Stories of the Day – January 4, 2012

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Today’s compilation of what we feel are the top 10 stories in technology, social media, and/or we find interesting.  We take the guesswork out searching for what has captured the attention of world, boiling it down to what you need to know to stay in the know.

The stories below are those we find interesting from sites we follow, but we aren’t so vain as to believe our selections are always the best.

If you have suggestions for stories to be included, submit them to us by email, or using the “Tip Us” section at the top of the site.  We’ll give you full credit for your submission!

Top 10 Tech Stories of the Day:

You Do Not Need to Manually Manage iOS Multitasking [Daring Fireball]

• Bookmark this. So many don’t know or don’t understand.

Spotify CEO shows off iPhone voice integration hack, love for Siri, Coldplay [Engadget]

• Don’t like Spotify, don’t like Coldplay.

Old, million-dollar violins don’t play better than the new models [Ars Technica]

• Word of caution: be EXTRA careful if you purchase a violin on PayPal.

You are what you curate: Why Pinterest is hawt [GigaOM]

• Cannot stand Pinterest.  Use Fancy.

Fanboy Theory [Marco.org]

• Excellent dissection.

Ifttt Raises Funding for Its Digital Duct Tape Service [AllThingsD]

• Love IFTTT.

Do’s And Don’ts For Twitter Brand Pages [STUDY] [ReadWriteWeb]

• Run a Twitter page for your business? Helpful information.

Yahoo chooses PayPal President Scott Thompson as its new CEO [IntoMobile]

• Were it not for Fantasy Football, I’d never use Yahoo.

Not So Evil: Google Penalizes Chrome’s PageRank For Policy Violation [TechCrunch]

• Not evil? Heartwarming.

WSJ: Kodak preparing to file for bankruptcy in the next few weeks [The Verge]

• Sad. So many family memories captured with a Kodak.

Have a great evening.  Check back tomorrow for 10 more super stories you can’t have but not be reading with your eyes and tell a friend to do the same.

 

Author : Jeff Cormier –  http://about.me/jffcrmr

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