The Daily Dispatch is a collection of interesting news about computing, consumer electronics, and other technology gathered from around the Web by Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, and other staffers. If you have a tip on news you want to share, leave a comment below.
An Open Letter from Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
...We're adding something that many of you have asked for — the ability to control who sees each individual piece of content you create or upload. In addition, we'll also be fulfilling a request made by many of you to make the privacy settings page simpler by combining some settings. If you want to read more about this, we began discussing this plan back in July.
Universal Brings back Flipper Combos, now on Blu-ray (Blu-ray.com)
In an industry first, Universal Studios Home Entertainment announced today the introduction of "groundbreaking" dual-format discs containing both Blu-ray and DVD versions of some of the studio's most iconic films.
Twitter creator wants to give away Square, his credit card payment gadget (L.A. Times)
Square is a small plastic device that plugs into a gadget's headphone jack. Buyers swipe their credit cards through the machine, which then transmits the payment data to an application running on a connected iPhone or iPod Touch. (Android and Blackberry apps are in development, and computer software will be available later.)
Retailers go digital with holiday gift cards (Forbes)
...Home Depot, CVS and the Container Store are among many national retailers adding electronic gift cards to their Web sites. Consumers buy online and send the credit online. No more plastic card and no more postage for the consumers or the companies.
Introducing Twitter’s first augmented reality iPhone app with geo-tagging built in (TheNextWeb.com)
...Twitter 360 is an iPhone app that lets you visually see the flow of tweets from locations nearby, layered on top of your natural “real” environment.
Sprint Revealed GPS Data To Authorities 8 Million Times In The Last Year (TechDirt)
This seems too insane to be true, but the EFF points us to a report, based on a Freedom of Information Act request, that claims Sprint provided law enforcement with GPS location data a staggering 8 million times in the last year.
Researchers Develop 3-D Squeezable Input Device (PC World)
...Inside Suma's pliant foam are light actuators surrounding a sensor core. As Suma is squeezed, those actuators detect pressure and movement changes. Those signals are processed with software inside Suma and then sent to the software program that can accommodate the device.
Lighter side: A groom breaks out his phone to change his Facebook relationship status and tweet to his followers. (TechCrunch)
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