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Monday, 24th November 2008

Kevin Rose Apologizes for Sexist Joke on Diggnation

Digg founder Kevin Rose issued an apology this morning for statements he made on the latest edition of his video podcast Diggnation. Just after the 4 minute mark in the show Rose and co-host Alex Albrecht were making jokes about men getting into physical fights with women and Rose made a statement that a particular act of violence was…

Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

Health 2.0 Through the Eyes of a Diabetic - One Year Later

One year ago, I discovered that I had contracted Type 1 Diabetes. I was 36 at that point and it's relatively rare for someone of my age to suddenly get Type 1 Diabetes - indeed they used to call this form of diabetes "juvenile diabetes", because it mostly occurs in children. So it was quite a shock to discover that I had it…

Richard MacManus comments

Sunday, 23rd November 2008

Textflow: Collaborative Editing Made Easy

Even though there are already a myriad of tools that try to make collaborative editing easier, few of them are as elegant and easy to use as TextFlow, which just launched its public beta this morning. TextFlow is an Adobe AIR application that allows a master editor to merge documents from up to seven other editors. Unlike Etherpad, which we…

Frederic Lardinois comments

Firefox China Edition: Everything a Local Browser Should Be

Did you know that the way you surf the internet may be influenced by your culture? In the U.S. and Europe, web surfers are leaning forward, one hand on the mouse and the other on the keyboard, typing and mousing equally. In China, however, the process is much different. Web surfers there tend to lean back from the monitor while keeping one hand…

Sarah Perez comments

Apple Approves Smutty iPhone App By Mistake

Over the weekend, an interesting app made its way into the iPhone app store: Wallpaper Universe, a naughty little number that let you decorate your homescreen with pictures of women in various states of undress. On Friday, we saw FunMobility's appear in the app store but by Saturday, the app had been removed. This begs the question: what exactly is…

Sarah Perez comments

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