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by Peter Smith

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Peter Smith writes about personal technology for ITworld.

Waze: social navigation app for your phone

Posted Aug 06, 2009 - 08:19 am

A new free application for your Android or iPhone wants to help you get to work faster.
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- Mobile & Wireless, GPS, Waze
Card.ly provides free social media 'business card'

Posted Aug 05, 2009 - 08:13 am

Here's a service lets you gather all your social media and RSS feeds into one tidy online business card.
Nintendo DSi gets Facebook photo integration

Posted Aug 04, 2009 - 08:02 am

Firmware 1.4 adds new feature to DSi Camera application.
A tale of two tablets

Posted Aug 03, 2009 - 08:06 am

Will Michael Arrington's CrunchPad wind up squaring off against Apple's iTablet this November? A David & Goliath tech-story if ever we've seen one!
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- Personal Tech, CrunchPad, iTablet
New Sony Readers headed our way?

Posted Jul 31, 2009 - 08:08 am

A pair of service manuals for (potentially) upcoming Sony Readers have shown up on the web, just a few days after Sony announces a big public domain book partnership with Google.
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- Personal Tech, e-readers, Sony
Wires cross between Twitter & Facebook

Posted Jul 30, 2009 - 07:38 am

Tweets started mysteriously showing up on Facebook yesterday. Users (those who were aware it was happening) were baffled. Was it some kind of crazy hack?
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- Offbeat, Facebook, Twitter
Twitter phishing scam exposed

Posted Jul 29, 2009 - 08:18 am

A website that promised to let you know who was stalking you on Twitter may have been a phishing site. Details on the scam, and on how to be safe on Twitter.
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- Security, phishing, Twitter
Apple blocks Google Voice on iPhone

Posted Jul 28, 2009 - 08:08 am

iPhone users: Want to take advantage of all Google Voice has to offer? You're out of luck. Apple has removed 3rd party app GV Mobile from the app store, and rejected Google's own Google Voice iPhone app.
AT&T vs 4chan - the aftermath

Posted Jul 27, 2009 - 07:53 am

AT&T blocked imageboard 4chan.org yesterday (the block since revoked) and the response was immediate and significant.
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- Internet, 4chan.org, AT&T
Twitter cleans house, aids newbies

Posted Jul 24, 2009 - 09:25 am

Three Twitter news items answer the questions: Why are my Followers abandoning me? How can I make money on Twitter? And what were they thinking when they designed that home page?
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- Internet, Twitter

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