Facebook Timestamp Your Facebook Timeline Each Facebook Timeline profile now has a tiny clock icon in the status window update, allowing you to place items on your wall in the past. This is a pretty significant Facebook update considering that, initially, Timeline defaulted to publishing posts in the present only. Now the decision to travel back in time is yours. This new feature mimics… Social Alicia Eler View comments
News Amtrak Expands Free Wi-Fi Amtrak has announced an expansion of its free AmtrakConnectSM Wi-Fi service to 12 more East Coast routes. 60% of Amtrak passengers will now have free Wi-Fi access. Service is provided to trains via cellular data networks along the routes, and Amtrak is trying to maximize the use of existing infrastructure to expand Internet service on… Jon Mitchell View comments
New Media Robot Network Seeks to Enlist Your Computer to Beat Fox, CNN to Breaking News Video Like Qwiki plus Newsy, powered by SETI@Home. A South Korean startup called Shakr aims to use the processing power of its users' distributed computers to create video news coverage of breaking events faster than international news giants can with human labor. Shakr unveiled its use of WegGL technology, which uses a computer's powerful graphics… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Analysis 4 Lessons from the Biggest Internet Service Outages of 2011 The recent three-day service outage of Research In Motion's Blackberry email service caused a chill felt across the world. And I'm not just talking about the affected customers. The chill was also felt by practically every IT network service professional watching the headlines in mid October, who know that if this could happen to a company with… Kevin Conklin View comments
Apps Flurry AppCircle Re-Engagement Mobile analytics firm Flurry is expanding its product offering with an announcement today of AppCircle Re-Engagement, a tool for iOS developers to attempt to energize users who have downloaded apps but may not be using them. Flurry has correctly identified the problem of decreasing app engagement over periods of time and now enters a crowded and… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments