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Facebook again streamlines privacy settings. Will it help the average user?Facebook has instituted a series of new, simplified privacy controls.聽
Google Zeitgeist reveals the most searched terms of 2012Google Zeitgeist 2012 reports that people wanted to know about Whitney聽Houston,聽PSY, iPad, and many other terms.
Pope Benedict XVI, now with one million followers, launches first TweetThe Pontiff greeted his new digital flock on Wednesday with a blessing.- Twitter, ditched by Instagram, launches photo filters of its ownThe war between Twitter and Instagram heats up.聽
- Find My iPhone app will now steer you straight to your lost deviceFind My iPhone gets driving directions.聽
Gmail down, up, and back online againGmail and Chrome weathered outages and bugs earlier today. Google says it is looking into the problem.聽
Ada Lovelace: What did the first computer program do?Celebrated on what would be her 197th birthday, Ada Lovelace is widely credited as having written the first computer program. What did Lovelace's program do?聽
Google Chromebooks steeply discounted for classrooms (with a catch)Set a fundraising goal on Donorschoose.org, and if you hit your goal by Dec. 21, Google will sell your local public school teachers Chromebooks for $99 a pop.聽- Gmail down: The 10 funniest tweetsGmail crashed briefly on Monday, but Twitter was going strong with wry humor about the outage.聽
Ada Lovelace: 'The Enchantress of Numbers'Ada Lovelace was the visionary half of the team that helped create the modern computer. Lovelace is honored by Google as the 'first computer programmer.'
Samsung Galaxy Muse, shaped like a skipping stone, on sale for $50Samsung has released a small, sleek, smooth MP3 player called the Galaxy Muse. Move music from your Galaxy smartphone to the Galaxy Muse with a tap of your finger.
Mac production (or at least some of it) will move to US, Cook saysBeginning next year, Apple will produce at least one Mac line at a US facility.聽
iPad Mini wait times drop by a week, just in timeAs shoppers gear up for the holidays, Apple has lowered the ship times for the iPad Mini from two weeks to one.聽
Why is Instagram waving goodbye to Twitter integration?Instagram no longer plays well with Twitter, as plenty of Instagram users discovered today.聽
Purported iPhone 5S leak? X marks the spot.Purported iPhone 5S leak has Apple fans critiquing 'new' case.聽A tech site has published photos of a device it claims is the iPhone 5S, which happens to look a lot like the iPhone 5.聽
Kindle for kids: Amazon pitches tablet books, videos aimed at youngstersKindle FreeTime Unlimited offers all-you-can-eat access to children's videos, games, and books for a monthly fee. The service will run through the Kindle Fire tablet.
Disney opens its vault for NetflixDisney classics will now appear on Netflix. Newer Disney films will get there 鈥� in 2016.
Big quarter expected for Apple, iPhone 5Apple and its flagship smartphone, the iPhone 5, are poised for a good couple of months, according to industry insiders.聽
With Messenger, Facebook looks to dethrone SMS textsThe Facebook Messenger app could one day replace traditional SMS text messages, Facebook is claiming.聽
Tesla Model S electric zaps the competitionPraise pours in for the Tesla Model S,聽a costly car that uses no gas.