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The Google Nexus 4 Pure Android smartphone has been available for some time, and for those lucky enough to get one before the supply crunch (it’s back on the Google Store now), they may be happy to learn that the official Wireless charger is now available for order, and should ship “soon”  according to the Google Play Store (soon = less than one week?). (more…)

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Foursquare has long been the go-to app for checking-in at places and sharing tips on restaurants and other attractions, so it’s no surprise that one location in particular has reached a whopping 1 million check-ins on Foursquare. That location is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which is known as one of the busiest airports in the world.

The heat map that Foursquare provided shows where all of the 1 million check-ins have occurred, and as you can see, many of them were sent from the runway, proving that no one actually pays attention to flight attendants who tell you to keep your phone off until the plane has reached the gate — no one.

On top of the 1 million check-ins, the Atlanta Airport also has over 2,000 tips under its name, providing travelers with essential information for when they’re stuck at the airport during a layover. Foursquare also discovered that, on average, Monday is the airport’s busiest day for travel, and Terminal B sees the most traffic, according to check-in data.

Foursquare also notes that the One Flew South restaurant in the Atlanta Airport has more check-ins more than any other in-airport restaurant, and it also has the highest rating as well. Plus, the permanent collection of sculptures from Zimbabwe inside the airport also seem to be a big hit with travelers looking to kill time.

Foursquare check-ins reach 1 million at Atlanta Int’l Airport is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Over the past couple of weeks there has been several reports outlining a problem customers have been having in transferring the licenses of Virtual Console games from the Wii to the Wii U. Now there’s a solution. As one tenacious user tells in an epic tale of customer support, pain, and redemption, Nintendo seems to be willing to cut out the middle man and give store credit for the trouble – seems too good to be true!

The middle man in this situation is the Error Code 200101 that users have been experiencing in this process for several weeks. This error generally results in a screen in which users are asked to “repair” their purchases so that they may be correctly sent from their Wii console to their Wii U console. This repair cost has been reported as anywhere from $60 to $85 USD depending on the number of titles being transferred.

Though as some customers like Kyle Orland of Ars Technica decided that this phantom “repair” cost was acceptable, Ryan from the Nintendo Fun Club Podcast thought different. It’s Ryan who lived this epic adventure with the Nintendo customer service representative crew, the end result being a massive amount of Wii Points for his Wii Shop Channel. The amount he received, 57,000 Wii points (aka $570 USD), plus a $50 bonus, covered the amount of value his original library was worth.

Then the $50 bonus Ryan received was marked with a note, saying it was for “the inconvenience.” Of course none of these points can be exchanged for real cash, and none of Ryan’s saved games will be appearing here, but consider this: Nintendo could very easily have just told Ryan he had to pay the repair cost. Instead they cashed up his new account and deleted the licenses from the first set of games he had on the original Wii.

Seem like a kind gesture to you?

Wii to Wii U transfer error sees giant store credit windfall is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Facebook is reported to have started testing a Buy Tickets button (according to AllFacebook), where users can now buy tickets to events they feel like attending. The flip side, the button does not lead to any place within Facebook. Instead users are still directed to third party websites. The button appears within News Feed stories of the event and within the upcoming events section.

However it is a possibility that Facebook might change the way the buy ticket button functions and might start taking the transactions in its own hands. If this does happen, online marketing trends will shift heavily towards Facebook, since the ease with which events can be created and tickets sold will attract a lot of viewership. This could also help in viewing user trends for a particular event or series of events. It is not known when the functionality will be rolled out, but when it is rolled out, Facebook events will see higher traffic.

At present, individual users do not have the capability to add the option of adding a ticket link. However Facebook pages can create events with links to tickets.   These links then become a “buy tickets” button.

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Google Chrome users have been blocked from visiting several popular websites in recent days after their browsers warned those sites could infect their computers with malware.

Many have reported on Twitter their failed attempts to visit a variety of websites — including The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Verge, The Huffington Post, Pandora and even YouTube, which is owned by Google. Instead, they said they were shown a page from Google Chrome that began “Danger: Malware Ahead” and explained that some content on each site came from a “known malware distributor.”

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