Top 10 Tech Stories of the Day – January 17, 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:

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns after 16 years as “Chief Yahoo” [GigaOM]

• Yahoo was started in 1995? RIP Jerry Yang’s career at Yahoo.

Tech tips that are Good to Know [The Official Google Blog]

• Super consumer education campaign focused on making the web a safer, more comfortable place.

Wikipedia founder defends SOPA blackout; Twitter has other protest plans in the works [VentureBeat]

• Don’t think it’s a wise idea by Wikipedia, but it’s there call.  BTW SOPA is not dead.

New wheelchair designed to encourage seated movement [The Verge]

• Technology like this makes me super happy.

5 Key Elements for Business Blogs [The Next Web]

• Must-read for anyone with a business blog.

RIM To Release 7-Inch And 10-Inch PlayBooks This Year? [TechCrunch]

• Excellent, 7-inch and 10-inch failures.

Turn Off Your Phone to Quickly Eliminate Stress [Lifehacker]

• I can’t turn my phone off, can you?

Jon Stewart and Siri Debate Foxconn [AllThingsD]

• Hilarious.

HootSuite hits 3 million signups, sees 1m new accounts in 6 months [The Next Web]

• Absolutely love Hootsuite.

Apple to announce tools, platform to “digitally destroy” textbook publishing [Ars Technica]

• May just go back to school so I can use an iPad textbook.  After the novelty wears off I’ll drop out.

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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