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My name is Bill, I am a recent graduate in Information Sciences and Technology from Penn State University and this is a place for me to post or give my 2 cents on the fascinating world of technology. I am now working for a pretty big technology related company whose name I will leave out just to avoid any possible complications, however far-fetched them happening may be. Music gets included from time to time as well.

May 19, 2013 3:18 pm
marksbirch: So, a new era begins for Tumblr… Still don’t think Yahoo! is going to overhaul as much as people are worried. The integration with their services might cause some problems but they’ll let tumblr keep doing what it does for it’s “cool” factor. If anything I think Yahoo’s engineers will actually add some cool stuff, maybe a better reply format.

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So, a new era begins for Tumblr…

Still don’t think Yahoo! is going to overhaul as much as people are worried. The integration with their services might cause some problems but they’ll let tumblr keep doing what it does for it’s “cool” factor. If anything I think Yahoo’s engineers will actually add some cool stuff, maybe a better reply format.

May 17, 2013 6:09 pm
techhive: Could a Tumblr deal fix Yahoo’s square reputation? Not sure how I feel about Yahoo! buying Tumblr. What are your thoughts? Obviously buying tumblr alone is going against brand. I’ll be the optimist and say they will probably stay hands off and add some advertising/search integration. Hell maybe we’ll even get lucky and they’ll improve some of the stupid functionality such as how you reply. Of course they could just delete all the porn and piss off 80% of the site.

techhive:

Could a Tumblr deal fix Yahoo’s square reputation?

Not sure how I feel about Yahoo! buying Tumblr. What are your thoughts?

Obviously buying tumblr alone is going against brand. I’ll be the optimist and say they will probably stay hands off and add some advertising/search integration. Hell maybe we’ll even get lucky and they’ll improve some of the stupid functionality such as how you reply. Of course they could just delete all the porn and piss off 80% of the site.

7:39 am
"One of our challenges is we have had an aging demographic,” said CFO Ken Goldman. “Part of it is going to be just visibility again in making ourselves cool, which we got away from for a couple of years"

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“Yahoo, Tumblr tie-up in the works?” via CNET

You cannot simply buy cool.  This has all the makings of a train wreck…

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May 16, 2013 6:41 pm
me*dia*or: A Round-Up Of All The New Tools Google Gave To App Developers | BusinessInsider

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May 15, 2013 8:33 pm
techfeit: Tech Event: Larry Page Google CEO Complete Q & A at Google I/O 2013 (video) Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance on stage at Google IO today for a 35 minute… View Post I’m skeptical on how much of this is really his view vs. the appearance he wishes to project, but overall a very human and open message for the technology sector.

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Tech Event: Larry Page Google CEO Complete Q & A at Google I/O 2013 (video)

Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance on stage at Google IO today for a 35 minute…

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I’m skeptical on how much of this is really his view vs. the appearance he wishes to project, but overall a very human and open message for the technology sector.

8:22 pm
laughingsquid: Google Play Music All Access, Google’s Newly Announced Subscription Music Service The possible integration with other Google services and the way they display files on your device give it a chance, but overall I don’t think an application without a free tier could be a Spotify killer.  What does everyone else think of All Access?

laughingsquid:

Google Play Music All Access, Google’s Newly Announced Subscription Music Service

The possible integration with other Google services and the way they display files on your device give it a chance, but overall I don’t think an application without a free tier could be a Spotify killer.  What does everyone else think of All Access?

7:45 pm
me*dia*or: Google I/O Keynote: 8 Best Moments In Photos | Read/WriteWeb

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Google bombarded thousands of attendees at its I/O 2013 Keynote with enough information to force that hi-res photo of Vic Gundotra’s forehead…

7:53 am

Google Expected to Start a Competitor to Spotify | NY Times

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Reposted from http://nyti.ms/14m5wOg on May 14, 2013 at 06:05PM

The service is expected to be announced as early as Wednesday, and reflects agreements the company has made with the three major music labels.

    
May 14, 2013 9:41 pm
"We don’t realize that our society and our democracy ultimately rest on the stability of middle-class jobs. When I talk to libertarians and socialists, they have this weird belief that everybody’s this abstract robot that won’t ever get sick or have kids or get old. It’s like everybody’s this eternal freelancer who can afford downtime and can self-fund until they find their magic moment or something. The way society actually works is there’s some mechanism of basic stability so that the majority of people can outspend the elite so we can have a democracy. That’s the thing we’re destroying, and that’s really the thing I’m hoping to preserve. So we can look at musicians and artists and journalists as the canaries in the coal mine, and is this the precedent that we want to follow for our doctors and lawyers and nurses and everybody else? Because technology will get to everybody eventually."

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Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class - Salon.com (via infoneer-pulse)

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May 10, 2013 6:36 pm

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