Looks like Kinect for the Xbox 360 videogame console is one of the hot items of this year's holiday shopping season. The maker of the motion-sending, controller-free gaming product (where the gamer's the controller), Microsoft, says it's scrambling to keep up with demand, having sold 2.5 million units worldwide in Kinect's first 25 days, the Christian Science Monitor reports. To see if this makes … [Read more...] about Kinect for Xbox 360: Signs it’s a holiday hit
Archives for November 2010
The MySpace-Facebook mashup
Facebook and MySpace have been integrating their content-sharing features in recent months, and the latest is literally called "Mashup." With it, MySpace users can "populate their MySpace page with the likes and interests listed on their Facebook profile, and then stream MySpace content to the page based on the Facebook information," Information Week reports. The feature is already being used by … [Read more...] about The MySpace-Facebook mashup
Cyberbullying: What I’ve learned so far
A sequel to "Notes from a conference on bullying," posted last week.... Cyberbullying incidents don't happen in a vacuum. I'm saying this because I keep running into signs that adults do think they are events that somehow happen in a vacuum or come in out of the blue. However, since Facebook activity is a reflection of users and their lives – and much of the focus of most teens' lives is … [Read more...] about Cyberbullying: What I’ve learned so far
British bishop’s costly Facebook gaffe
There are an awful lot of teenage users who have a better sense of how impactful their Facebook comments can be than the white-haired Church of England bishop who just lost his job for saying exactly what he thought about the royal engagement on his Facebook page. "The Bishop of Willesden, the Right Reverend Pete Broadbent, said the union between Prince William and Kate Middleton would last about … [Read more...] about British bishop’s costly Facebook gaffe
Families, be on high alert this ‘Cyber Monday’
You may've heard about how the Monday after Thanksgiving tends to be the biggest online shopping day of the year. Great bargains are to be had. Therefore by definition, it's also a big day for online fraud, so somewhere between now and then, you might have a family chat about being extra alert when shopping on "Cyber Monday." MacWorld suggests that you be extra cautious about deals that are too … [Read more...] about Families, be on high alert this ‘Cyber Monday’