Top 10 Tech Stories of the Day – January 26, 2012
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.
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Top 10 Tech Stories of the Day:
Debate rages as Spotify, MOG, and Rdio kill / save the music industry [The Verge]
- Rdio is simply awesome and has led to discovery of many artists and their great music.
Techmeme Gets Facelift; Unsightly Lines Disappear [AllThingsD]
- The new look is nice. Not sure if it will make me visit the site any more than I do at present (which is very little).
Google Earth 6.2: It’s a beautiful world [The Official Google Blog]
- Google Earth is spectacular. The updates make it more so.
House renting service Airbnb has booked 5M travel reservations [VentureBeat]
- Not sure I’d ever rent out my house, but would certainly stay in the home of another. For the right price.
Fanhattan Adds A Personalized News Feed To The Mix, Lets You Read While You Watch [TechCrunch]
- Fanhattan is an excellent iPad app.
Pope Benedict: Turn off, tune out, and stop tweeting [IntoMobile]
- I’ve tuned out the Pope for most of my life.
QR Codes on the Rise in Print Magazines [ReadWriteWeb]
- Turn your smartphone into a modern-day CueCat.
The 2-Minute Move That Will Elevate Your Personal Brand [Fast Company]
- I use about.me.
AT&T reports ‘blow-out’ Q4, revenues up 3.6 percent, 7.6 million iPhones activated [Engadget]
- Over two-thirds of their smartphones sold are iPhones, and iPhones sold beat Verizon’s number. Incredible.
Twitter will censor tweets, but will try really hard not to [GigaOM]
- The shit-storm has begun.
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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