Instagram says it Does Not Want to Steal and Sell Your Photos

Instagram caused a viral outcry yesterday when they updated their privacy and terms to basically say that they have the right to sell users’ photographs without payment or notification. Social networks were exploding with posts from users who claimed they would cancel their Instagram accounts and that they were outraged at this new policy change. However, Instagram later issued an apology saying that’s not what they meant at all and they would remove the language…

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The Problem with Perfection, or Why Tetris Sequels Stink

Tetris for the original Game Boy is one of the video game industry’s most romantic and well told success stories with good reason. It has a touch of the exotic thanks to its Russian setting, it has that James Bond flavour courtesy of the KGB’s involvement, and above all else it has a perfect game released for the perfect console at the perfect time in order to become a sensation. As is the norm within…

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Googles Big SEO Shakeup

Google’s top search executive Amit Singhal has recently announced that their search algorithm is set to change in a big way, possibly altering the face of SEO for good. After years of discussing the potential of semantic search, it seems that Google will soon be ready to start implementing this game-changing technology. The future is now… Essentially, semantic search takes “the human element” into the equation of a search query. Instead of simply spitting out…

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Part 4: New Office Icons Fit in with Microsoft’s Apparent Rebrand

Continuing on from the other three posts I have written about Microsoft’s apparent rebrand it looks like there will be new Metro icons for Office 2013 that fit in with the rebrand. These icons come from liveside and feature the same angled logo. However, it is interesting to note that these logos feature the name “Microsoft”, something I thought wasn’t happening in this rebrand. Another thing is that the “X” in the Excel icon is…

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Part 3: The Rebranding Information Continues

This is the third in what has now become a series of posts looking at how Microsoft appears to be rebranding itself. Part 1: Microsoft is in the midst of massive rebrand, more than Metro – I look at new logos that appearing for Microsoft’s various brands Part 2: More on the rebranding of Microsoft – Following the announcement of Surface it looks like Microsoft is changing the company logo and distancing the “Microsoft” name…

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