Hasta La Gadget!

Thanks to the relative anonymity of the internet and hiding behind usernames, many people have found the “courage” to insult people online and say things they normally wouldn’t in real life. However it seems that the increasing “ease” of being able to be rude to someone online has inevitably spilled into real life and thanks to a new social media survey, it has been discovered that at least one in five people have reduced face-to-face contact with someone they actually know in real life after having an argument online.

According to Joseph Grenny, the co-chairman of corporate training firm VitalSmarts who ran the survey, 19% of online arguments have led to people blocking, unsubscribing and even “unfriending” someone the other party. Grenny was quoted as saying, “The world has changed and a significant proportion of relationships happen online but manners haven’t caught up with technology.” Admittedly having taken part in several online arguments myself, it is true that people online tend to say things they wouldn’t normally say in real life. We’re not sure if it’s because it’s easier to type it out than to say it out, or because they believe that since the exchanges are made online that they’re safe being any physical violence. What do you guys think? Have you lost any friends over online arguments?

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TV Everywhere has been a dream for many people who would love to have their paid television subscription be viewable from anywhere in the world and not just the confines of their home, but cable companies have been having a rough time providing the service as both content providers and currently technology have made it rather difficult. Adobe is announcing they’re going to be taking on the TV Everywhere challenge by launching its Primetime service.

Adobe is announcing the launch of Primetime at this year’s NAB conference as it making the service available to more providers. The service most notably powered the apps and online video coverage of the London 2012 Olympics and is now being used by Comcast for its Xfinity app and NBC for a variety of sports broadcasts. (more…)

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We think it’s safe to say tensions are high right about now in regards to what’s going on in North Korea these days. We recently saw Anonymous attempt to take matters into their own hands, but it looks like their efforts did nothing to curb North Korea’s efforts into launching a nuclear attack. It would seem they’re not the only ones who misfired as the Japanese city of Yokohama mistakingly tweeted out a message saying North Korea had launched a missile.

“North Korea has launched a missile” was published on @yokohama_saigai at around noon local time and stayed up there for its 40,000 followers to read for nearly 20 minutes. City officials realized the mistake once they received calls from local followers who were worried about its message, to which officials proceeded to delete the message and issued an apology. (more…)

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Austin, Texas will soon be getting a dose of Google Fiber as it has been selected as the first city to receive the service outside of Kansas City in the middle of 2014. But it looks like there’s about to be an old-fashioned showdown out in the street as AT&T is announcing they also plan on delivering a 1Gbps network in Austin as well.

AT&T calls the move a part of its “Project VIP” broadband initiative with the company currently prepared to build it 1Gbps network in Austin. “Most encouraging is the recognition by government officials that policies which eliminate unnecessary regulation, lower costs and speed infrastructure deployment, can be a meaningful catalyst to additional investment in advanced networks which drives employment and economic growth,” said AT&T’s chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson. (more…)

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Now that Facebook has been available for our mobile devices for quite a while, and with Facebook planning a more integrative approach with Facebook Home for Android, we can only imagine how much more users will start to check Facebook while on their mobile devices. However as it stands, have you ever wondered when exactly do Facebook users check for news feeds, notifications or messages on their mobile phone? According to a study conducted by CreditDonkey, it has been suggested that the majority of users check Facebook while watching the TV (83.7%).

Interestingly more than 1 in 2 users check Facebook on their phones while at work, sitting on the toilet, and while drunk, which might explain weird status updates and random photos uploaded during the wee hours of the morning on Saturday and Sunday. Rather worrisome though is the fact that out of those polled, 1 in 5 admit to checking Facebook while driving. We guess that number might even be higher as some might not want to divulge such information, but 1 in 5 is admittedly 1 in 5 too many. What do you guys think? Do you agree with the numbers?

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