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And now for something completely different
Since I’ve been working on Google Reader, I’ve told a lot of my friends about how great it is. And while some of them try Reader and find it really useful, many of them aren’t interested in taking the time to get Reader set up. That’s why today, I’m happy to announce an experimental product from the Google Reader team that makes the best stuff in Reader more accessible for everyone, while giving Reader users a new way to view their feeds. It’s called Google Reader Play, and...
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Read MoreFacebook for Mobile is Growing Rapidly
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Read MoreWhat Keeps Us Online Late at Night: Porn, Games, and Chat
A study of online behavior conducted by security firm Arbor Networks reveals that the prime time on the Internet may be later than you’d think. It also reveals the habits of late-night surfers, which boils down to surfing the web and watching videos (a large amount of which are adult content), chatting and gaming. In what is perhaps the largest study of Internet traffic’s temporal characteristics, the folks at Arbor have used data from the Internet Observatory and analyzed weekday...
Read MoreBitTorrent Goes Social with Hexagon.cc
Though the drama around one of the biggest torrent trackers out there, The Pirate Bay, still hasn’t subsided, most of the users are turning elsewhere, trying to find decent alternatives for their torrent needs. Hexagon.cc may not be indexing millions of torrents, but it does bring something fresh to the concept: a focus on social file sharing. Started by the admins of another popular torrent site, isoHunt, Hexagon.cc looks completely different from most torrent-related sites: it’s got a...
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