The Facebook Phone Just Hit Ninety-Nine Cents
AT&T just dropped the HTC First, the so-called Facebook phone, to 99 cents three weeks after launch. Some thoughts on why Facebook Home was never going to work.
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Ninety-Nine Cents Says It All
AT&T dropped the HTC First to 99 cents just three weeks after launch, and that price tag tells you everything about how Facebook Home actually landed.
Gone in Under Two Minutes: The WWDC Ticket Scramble
WWDC 2013 tickets sold out in about two minutes last week, and watching the scramble from a browser tab made me rethink how Apple hands these things out.
Ninety-Nine Cents Buys You a Facebook Phone Now
AT&T just slashed the "Facebook phone" from $99.99 to 99 cents after two weeks on shelves, while the Galaxy S4 pulls lines at carrier stores and WWDC tickets vanish in minutes.
The Tweet That Moved the Market for Five Minutes
A hacked AP Twitter account and one fake tweet about explosions at the White House briefly wiped $136 billion off the stock market this week, and it says more about automated trading than about Twitter security.
Three Minutes, $136 Billion, and Twitter's Missing Deadbolt
The AP's hacked Twitter account briefly wiped billions off the stock market last week, and it finally got me to stop reusing passwords.
A Fake Tweet Just Erased $100 Billion for Three Minutes
A hacked AP Twitter account and one fake tweet about explosions at the White House briefly erased over $100 billion in market value this week, and the scarier part isn't the hack itself.
Three Minutes and $136 Billion
A hacked AP tweet about a White House explosion wiped $136 billion off the Dow in about three minutes. The real story isn't the hack, its what that says about algorithmic trading.
The WordPress Brute-Force Scare Finally Got Me To Fix My Password
A massive WordPress brute-force attack wave last week finally shamed me into ditching my "admin" username and terrible recycled password.
Digging for an Old Bitcoin Wallet After This Week's Crash
Bitcoin spiked past $260 and then cratered within hours this week, taking Mt. Gox down with it for twelve hours. A personal take on the crash, and a hunt for an old mining wallet.
Chat Heads Are Great. Cover Feed Can Go Away.
I put Facebook Home on my Galaxy S3 this weekend after the HTC First went on sale. Chat Heads won me over immediately. Cover Feed did not.
I Gave Facebook Home Two Hours on My Galaxy S III
Facebook Home and the HTC First went on sale today. I installed Home on my own Galaxy S III instead of buying the phone, and it did not go well.