Computerworld - Facebook launched a new tool today that co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes will help connect patients with needed organ donors. Zuckerberg announced in an interview on Good Morning America that starting today, users in the U.S. and the U.K. will be able to note in their Timeline that they're organ donors. They also will be able to find links to organ donor registries and easily sign up. "Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories," Zuckerberg said. "We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that's out there." The Facebook co-founder said he decided to ... Continue reading →
The South Side street on which a 9-year-old boy was shot in the head early this morning. (WGN-TV) A 9-year-old boy was shot in the head early this morning in the Roseland neighborhood and is in critical condition, police say. Continue reading →
The estimates range from 26 to 44 million. The best analysts' consensus: 35 million. Click to enlarge. Source: Company reports; Apple 2.0 The most important metric for Apple (AAPL) in the quarter that ended two weeks ago -- likely to account for more than half of the company's revenue for fiscal Q2 2012 -- is the number of iPhones it sold from Jan. 1 to Mar. 31. We've polled 48 analysts -- evenly divided between professional and independent -- and the indies, as usual, have gone considerably further out on a limb than the pros. The numbers from the two dozen Wall Street analysts we've heard from range from a high of 33.1 million from Pacific Crest's Andy Hargreaves to a low of 26 million, ... Continue reading →
Of all the countless apps that allow users to share photos online, why did Instagram become such a huge fad, downloaded 30 million times since it was launched in October 2010? Why did Facebook Inc. choose to buy Instagram over any other, paying $1 billion for the Silicon Valley start-up last week?Although the personal connection may have helped - Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg once tried to hire Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom - Instagram’s remarkable popularity likely did the most to bring about its billion-dollar payday.The app is fun and easy to use; but so are other online photo-sharing services, like Path and Pixable. But only Instagram has racked up as many users so quickly. Instagram attracted 10 million users in its first year even though ... Continue reading →
Microsoft is losing what little ground it had in the smartphone market, according to the latest stats from Gartner. Ever hear of Bada? And yet that smartphone OS from Samsung sold more units and owns more of the overall worldwide market than Windows Phone. This despite massive advertising by Microsoft, the Mango update, and all the other expenditures that Microsoft has invested in its smartphone platform. Microsoft sold a mere 1.7 million phones in 3Q 2011, giving it a meager 1.5 market share, compared to about 2.2 million units in the year-ago quarter, which amounted to 2.7% share. But it's not that people weren't buying. People bought more phones in 3Q '2011 than they did in 3Q 2010. Android experienced massive growth, overtaking No. 2 ... Continue reading →
The 7 Biggest Plot Holes of Modern Warfare The Modern Warfare series is known for Hollywood-level cinematics, a gripping story, and a compelling cast of characters. But there are some aircraft-carrier-sized plot holes that exist in the series. After playing through the Modern Warfare 3 campaign, Senior Associate Editor Chris Holt highlights seven plot holes in the series and then tries to rectify them using in-game logic. Spoilers Below 1) Why the West Never Nuked Russia (and Vice Versa) The Plot: Despite WW3 happening with the invasion of Europe, North America, and Russia, no one actually nukes any cities. In fact, the worst atrocities are committed using conventional weaponry and chemical weapons. The Problem: As Zakhaev proved in Modern Warfare 1, the Ultranationalists are willing ... Continue reading →
