Links 2-25-11: Verizon and 911 can’t hear you now, Is slacktivism a myth?, Lies you were told about TBD

February 25 Comments Off on Links 2-25-11: Verizon and 911 can’t hear you now, Is slacktivism a myth?, Lies you were told about TBD Category: Actual, Links

Top of the Interwebs: Verizon’s dropped calls having been making the rounds online. Apparently, about 10,000 or so emergency calls did not go though over Verizon’s network on January 26th. Cue the jokes about the Verizon ‘Can You Hear Me Now’ Guy. However, in a world where mobile phones are becoming the only phones, the FCC didn’t […]

Links 2-23-11: TBD staff dumped, Easier bibliographies, Compelled consent, A world without oil

February 23 Comments Off on Links 2-23-11: TBD staff dumped, Easier bibliographies, Compelled consent, A world without oil Category: Actual, Links

TBD was the great social experiment in DC; a group of media outlets turned into one community-powered converged news source. At least it was before Allbritton systematically removed its limbs.

Links 2-9-11: webOS scales up, @TBD goes down, Pay tags are live in WordPress

February 09 Comments Off on Links 2-9-11: webOS scales up, @TBD goes down, Pay tags are live in WordPress Category: Actual, Links

HP announced a whole bunch of stuff today. The big take away is that the company is putting its money on webOS in a big way.