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 2-7-11: Facebook will eat you, AOL and Huffington Post, Nukes

February 07 Comments Off on Links 2-7-11: Facebook will eat you, AOL and Huffington Post, Nukes Category: Actual, Links

AOL has acquired the Huffington Post and put Arianna Huffington in charge of their content as editor in chief. This is a big deal, in more ways then one. The price of the Huffington Post was $315 million.