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Facebook's changes: an overview of how it's playing out

Facebook's most recent revisions and user interface adjustments have produced lots of discussion, for and against.
Here is a useful infographic at SodaHead.com that summarizes the key data about who uses Facebook and what other changes are in store. ( Full post )

Ten names of states we should have created and copyrighted

My new list of 10 state names we ought to have created:
1. Neptunia.
2. Bellissimo.
3. Mirth. (as in state of Mirth...)
4. Chillin. (Where are you? "Chillin.")
5. Nickles. ( Full post )

We find two quality screen protectors to recommend

Ok, we are that kind of person who worries even if tiny smudges besmirch the shiny Gorilla glass of our Droid, or the fine crystal quality of our iPod Touch. ( Full post )

For fans of Craigslist, a little site that does the heavy lifting

Tons of folks use Craigslist. We just found Craiggers, a pretty useful site that allows you to do a wide or narrow-focused search across several product Craigslist categories. Or across different locations. ( Full post )

The path to divorce court hell is lined with recovered emails and jpgs

Graphic: Molly Quinn, The Spokesman-Review
MollyQ@spokesman.com ( Full post )

We're back! Let's take a listen to an interview with CEO of BigDeal.com

Good ol' Tom Sowa, at Spokesman.com, just posted an an audio interview with BigDeal.com CEO Nick Darveau-Garneau. ( Full post )

Friendly Computers bringing a store to the Spokane Valley

Friendly Computers, a nationwide franchise that's in direct competition with Best Buy's Geek Squad and other tech services firms, will open a Spokane Valley store later this spring. ( Full post )

Cloud computing the focus of Emerging Trends tech session on Oct. 27

For anyone who's wondered what the old Agilent (formerly Hewlett Packard) site in Liberty Lake looks like, a great chance takes place on Oct. 27. ( Full post )

Apple retail store, architect's drawing of the front facade

http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/sep/02/112949/ ( Full post )

How do companies handle the Facebook time-wasting problem?

Organizations and companies all across the world are coming to grips with Facebook's two-sided challenge. ( Full post )

FreeStockCharts.com delivers real-time stock data

Maybe the economy is turning up....
This new site, FreeStockCharts.com, is out of beta and offering real-time, streaming, stock charts delivered directly to mobile devices. ( Full post )

Reposting: Comscore's 2009 Digital Year in Review

The ComScore 2009 U.S. Digital Year in Review - ( Full post )

Myst Online reawakens

In the past day, the Cyan Worlds team has turned on the Myst Online servers. The Spokane company has twice tried to operate a virtual online version of the Myst world. ( Full post )

Manger Sanborn's minute-long tribute to American TV

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Next IT's virtual recruiter, Sgt. Star, to get an expanded mission

Spokane tech company Next IT is justly proud that recruit bot Sgt. Star, an interactive customer-service tool on the GoArmy.com site, has been selected for another, perhaps more dangerous mission. ( Full post )

Using Google Maps or Craigslist to track the most crowded self-employed job areas

Using Craigslist and Google Maps, one could quickly find the four of five wildest, busiest home-based businesses. ( Full post )

PDFmyURL is a simple way to turn a Web page into a PDF

A while back we were sent a link to a cool site, PDFMeNot, which takes a PDF file (the universal Adobe Portable Document File) and strips it down to a cleaner, HTML version. ( Full post )

Support.com is looking for about 100 people to offer phone or online tech support

Calling out to tech heads: If you know anyone who's tech savvy but out of a job, one possible lead is Support.com. ( Full post )

Rick Woodbury and the Tango in today's NYTimes.com

Rick Woodbury, founder and owner of Spokane's Commuter Cars, gets a nice mention in today's New York Times coverage of the Detroit 2010 auto show. ( Full post )

Does VoIP use gobble up lots of data, if you're being tracked by our ISP or Comcast?

Some who read the lower post about Comcast now metering one's data use wondered if using Comcast Voice, or any other home VoIP product, would really eat up large gobs of data.
Walt Neary, who works for Comcast on the west side, said it won't. ( Full post )