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2011

Tech Bites: Would You Send Your Kids to a Computerless School?

Posted by Andrew S. tech bites computerless Waldorf School Technology
 Try and picture a world without any screens, one that is instead full of writing instruments, paper, knitting needles and piles of books. This is the intentional reality created at the Waldorf School of the Peninsula in Los Altos, Calif. and embraced by parents who work in Silicon Valley. The majority of the students’ parents work at companies like Google, Ebay, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard, and they see no contradiction.  
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2011

Tech Bites: The “Wild” Older Zuckerberg Sister

Posted by Andrew S. Randi Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg tech bites r to z media Facebook Technology
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has an older sister, Randi, by two years. They went to Harvard together, she graduated, and she was one of the first dozen Facebook employees. However, in August she resigned from Facebook to pursue her own interests, which are varied and in stark contrast to her brothers.  
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Thu

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Oct

2011

Tech Bites: Steve Jobs Silhouetted Apple Logo “Controversy”

Posted by Andrew S. tech bites Jonathan Mak Apple logo Technology Steve Jobs Chris Thornley
You may have heard about the craziness surrounding the Steve Jobs silhouetted Apple logo created by a 19-year-old graphic design student in Hong Kong. Jonathan Mak created the poignant design in August following the announcement that jobs would be stepping down as CEO of Apple.  
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Oct

2011

Tech Bites: Mashable Crushes Social Media Niche

Posted by Andrew S. Technology TechCrunch tech bites social media news Pete Cashmore Mashable
Started by a 19-year-old kid, Pete Cashmore, in 2005, Mashable has become the go to website for social media related news and information. Now 26, Cashmore started his blog with the hope of “explaining how online social connections are fundamentally changing the way people communicate.” The site currently has 40 employees and offices in New York and San Francisco.  
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Mon

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2011

Tech Bites: Netflix Finally Comes to Its Senses

Posted by Andrew S. DVDs Technology Netflix Qwikster online streaming tech bites
Following a poor decision on Netflix part with regards to possibly breaking up their streaming and DVD service they have finally come to their senses by nixing the idea. In a statement sent to its members, me being one of them, the company stated:   “It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs. This means no change: one website, one account, one password…in other words, no Qwikster.”
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Wed

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Oct

2011

Tech Bites: What Will Happen to the Post Office?

Posted by Andrew S. tech bites United States Postal Service post office snail mail letters junk mail Technology
In today’s technology driven economy more and more people are using the Internet to pay bills, look at statements and generally not need paper documents to be sent through the mail. The United States Postal Service is facing a battle with technology that it is sure to lose, and its growing multibillion-dollar deficits prove this theory.  
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Wed

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Sep

2011

Tech Bites: Video Game Makers Reaping Rewards of Tax Breaks

Posted by Andrew S. tech bites Electronic Arts video games video game makers tax breaks tax incentives Technology
If someone were to ask you which industries deserved tax breaks in the form of write-offs, deductions and credits would video game makers pop into your head? Companies trying to reduce the need for fossil fuels, seeking out medical breakthroughs and redeveloping blighted neighborhoods are usually the industries given tax breaks.  
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Sep

2011

Tech Bites: Who Needs Humans to Write Online Articles

Posted by Andrew S. tech bites Narrative Sciences computer generated content Technology
If all goes well for Illinois based startup Narrative Sciences there will be a whole lot more computer generated content floating around the web. Their proprietary software is able to take sports stats, financial information and housing sales and turn it into a coherent short article.   Within minutes of the end of the third quarter of the recent UNLV vs. Wisconsin football game the software produced the following sentence of a longer synopsis:  
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Sep

2011

Tech Bites: YouTube Founders Now Running Delicious Social Bookmarking Site

Posted by Andrew S. Steve Chen Delicious tech bites Social Bookmarking Technology YouTube Delicious.com bookmarking Chad Hurley
The website Delicious.com has been around since 2003, and was one of the early social sharing websites. Yahoo purchased the company in 2005, after some early success and popularity. However, Yahoo put almost no effort into building and improving the service. Then, in December of last year news leaked from Yahoo that they were going to either sell or shut down the service.  
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Fri

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Sep

2011

Tech Bites: Google Buys Dining Ratings Company Zagat

Posted by Andrew S. Zagat tech bites local searches Yelp google Technology Zagat Guide
When you are a company sitting on piles of cash and want to quickly expand into a market, simply pull out your checkbook and grab whatever you want. Google did just that with its recent purchase of popular dining ratings company Zagat. The 32-year-old company was bought for an undisclosed amount, with some estimating in the $100 to $200 million range.  
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