Shortly after the news hit the internet that the Boston Marathon had been interrupted by explosions near the finish line, Google stepped up with a tool to help. Google Person Finder has been temporarily established to help anyone in the local area by offering a tool to either look for people or provide information about [...]
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Google Person Finder launched to help with Boston Marathon victims
Posted by Gary on April 16, 2013
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How to provide Mac help from far away
Posted by Gary on January 15, 2013
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It happens to me a lot. It happened just a couple weeks ago when Dad bought a new iMac. And it happened just a couple days ago when Uncle Mort found that Firefox was bizarrely loading with a bunch of extra tabs that he didn’t want and couldn’t get rid of. And it happened when [...]
Apple Fires Manager Responsible for Maps as Eddy Cue Turns to Outsiders for Help
Posted by Gary on November 28, 2012
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As Apple continues to work toward improving the new Maps service the company rolled out in iOS 6, Bloomberg reports that Apple has fired Richard Williamson, the manager directly responsible for the project. Richard Williamson, who oversaw the mapping team, was fired by Senior Vice President Eddy Cue, said the people, who asked not to [...]
Tech companies pitch in to help in Sandy’s wake
Posted by Gary on November 2, 2012
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In the wake of Sandy, technology companies are going all out when it comes to relief efforts. From text-message donations to cooperation in providing services to customers, recovery is under way. As the above photo of Hoboken, New Jersey, shows, help can’t come soon enough. A little money goes a long way Donations via text [...]
Apple Turning to Select Retail Store Employees to Help Improve Maps for iOS 6
Posted by Gary on October 3, 2012
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MacRumors has learned that Apple is piloting a program to tap into its vast number of retail store employees to help improve the company’s new Maps app for iOS 6. Details on the initiative remain unclear, but multiple sources have indicated that participating stores will dedicate 40 hours of staff time per week, distributed among [...]
Facebook turns to users to help combat phishing
Posted by Gary on August 10, 2012
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Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Today @ PC World blog at PCWorld.com. Facebook wants to fight back against phishing attacks targeting its users, so it is asking users to begin forwarding any suspicious emails they receive. Facebook has set up an email account to collect info on phishing attacks. If you [...]
Google prepping software patch to help Samsung dodge Galaxy Nexus injunction
Posted by Gary on July 4, 2012
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Published: 12:19 AM EST (09:19 PM PST) Google has said it will soon release a software patch that will remove the potentially infringing search functionality from Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone and could help it avoid the sales ban recently imposed by a U.S. court. The Mountain View, Calif., company told The Next Web on Tuesday [...]
Help wanted: Apple using Oracle, IBM servers in data center
Posted by Gary on June 30, 2012
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Apple is running servers from IBM and Oracle with flavors of the Unix operating system at its Malden, North Carolina, data center, according to a job entry posted on the company’s website. Apple is looking for a Solaris systems engineer with five years or more of experience who can primarily support Oracle/Sun servers, with a [...]