[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Google E-Mails All Gmail Users About Buzz Privacy Settlement
- [Mashable! - Stan Schroeder]
The settlement actually dates from September, when Google announced it has made changes to the Google Buzz interface and agreed to pay $8.5 million to an independent fund, whose aim is to support organizations that promote Internet privacy.
…all Gmail users from the U.S. have won the settlement, but are not entitled to actually receive any money from Google.
- Until The Last Blue Dog Dies
- [Talking Points Memo - David Kurtz]
The Blue Dog caucus in the House was decimated yesterday, cut from 54 to 26 members.
[Ha.
Background info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition#Differences_with_the_liberal_wing_of_the_Democratic_Party-L]
- Rand Paul Explains His Support For Plutocracy: ‘There Are No Poor…We All Work For Rich People’
- [Think Progress - Lee Fang]
[Wow. Wow. Really? Wow. -L]
- Snake has unique ‘virgin birth’
- [BBC News]
A boa constrictor has a "virgin birth", resulting in an extraordinary litter of babies, unlike any seen before among vertebrates.
- The Rally To Restore Sanity Causes a Mainstream Media Meltdown
- The media couldn’t figure out what this rally was about, and it was only when Stewart explained it to them that they realized that it was about them. [video]
- How Can I Tell If an Android App Is Malware?
- [Lifehacker]
One of the most reliable litmus tests for whether an app is a goodwill gesture or serious production from a determined developer, or just cruftware, is to scroll down to the "About the developer" section after first selecting an app in the Market, then hit "View more applications." Look through the apps this person or team has put out. Do they seem mainly like clones of each other…? If it looks like the developer doesn't have much breadth or depth in their efforts, you might not want to jump in, even at the cost of free.
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- [Note that their Brea office has moved to Orange. -L]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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