Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
Amazon Now Connects to Facebook, Suggests Gifts for Friends (ReadWriteWeb)
...Amazon has added connectivity to Facebook in order to provide product suggestions based on likes and favorites pulled from the social graph.
B-Schools All A-Twitter Over Social Media (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Harvard Business School (Harvard Full-Time MBA Profile) and Columbia Business School (Columbia Full-Time MBA Profile) have joined a growing list of business schools that are adding courses on social media to their MBA curricula, addressing the corporate demand for social-network-savvy employees.
Microsoft Street Slide: it's electric! [video] (engadget)
...Microsoft Research has developed a rather nifty solution it calls Street Slide. Zoom out of your panoramic bubble and the street is presented as a dynamic, multi-perspective "strip" giving you an instant visual summary of the surroundings -- similar to viewing the entire street from a distance.
EWG Tests Find High BPA Loads on Receipts (Environmental Working Group)
Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) have found high levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) on 40 percent of receipts sampled from major U.S. businesses and services, including outlets of McDonald's, CVS, KFC, Whole Foods, WalMart, Safeway and the U.S. Postal Service.
Find the Actual Signal Strength on your BlackBerry (digital inspiration)
...Hold down the ALT key on your BlackBerry and type the letters NMLL in the same sequence -- the bar graph indicating signal strength will convert into real numbers indicating the exact strength in dBm.
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