Top Items:
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
H.P.'s TouchPad Tablet Was Bound to Be a Flop, Some Say — The TouchPad tablet from Hewlett-Packard was one of the most closely watched new gadgets of 2011 — and quickly turned out to be the year's biggest flop. The TouchPad, which was supposed to be a rival to Apple's iPad …
Discussion:
Gizmodo, TechEye, Business Insider, Beyond Search, Technologizer, Electronista, All New Musings and Slashdot
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Techmeme's biggest stories of 2011, literally, as measured by height — One the best things about Techmeme is how “huge” or “big” stories can literally be that: conveyed through a stack of headlines several times taller than your screen size. (Unless you hate this, in which case it's …
Discussion:
Business Insider
Dylan Welch / Sydney Morning Herald:
New to Twitter: the tweet Murdoch took down ... fast — “Either @rupertmurdoch is genuinely now on Twitter, or some disgruntled ex-NOTW journo just won the hacking Olympics.” — Less than two days after joining Twitter, media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears to have had his first brush …
Discussion:
Guardian, Betabeat, London Calling Blog, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Mediaite, The Tech Herald Technology … and TechEye, more at Mediagazer »
Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:
Uber CEO Responds to New Year's Eve Complaints, Plans More Surge Pricing — Uber, the San Francisco-based start-up behind a smartphone app that allows users to request car service, had some users uber-angry today over the fares they paid for rides on New Year's Eve.
Thanks:laurengoode
RELATED:
Semil Shah / TechCrunch:
Uber's New Year's Eve Surcharges Demonstrate The Harsh Reality Of Dynamic Pricing
Brenden Mulligan / Starting Up:
Redesigning the Uber Surge Pricing Screen
Discussion:
Uber Blog, Uber Blog, @aubs, @jason, @dwhly, @birdstweets, @stevestreza, @gaberivera, @uber, @travisk, @travisk, @uber_bos, @marcslove, @laurengoode and @bmull
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
For Consumers, Android Is More “Clopen” Than Open — Imagine if when Windows 7 came out, it was only offered on only one particular Dell computer. It was also uncertain when or if other computers, including those made by Dell, would ever be able to upgrade to it. Welcome to the “clopen” world of Android.
David Carr / New York Times:
The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online — By invoking the acronym SOPA right at the get-go, I may be daring many of you to check the next column over for something a little less chewy. After all, SOPA, which stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, sounds like a piece of arcane Internet …
Brian X. Chen / Bits:
Text Messaging Is in Decline in Some Countries — Perhaps to the chagrin of cellphone carriers, all signs point to text messaging's continuing its decline in several parts of the world. — In Finland, there was a significant drop on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest days of the year for texting …
Discussion:
Engadget, Royal Pingdom, PhoneArena, Examiner, HotHardware.com News, SlashGear and textually.org
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft and Google: Comparing their top 10 official blog posts of 2011 — A listing of the year's most popular posts from an official company blog can say a lot about that company, the year it had, and what grabs the attention of its most-engaged users and followers.
Discussion:
TechCrunch and The Official Google Blog
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Luxury Car-Sharing Service HiGear Shuts Down Due To Theft — San Francisco-based HiGear, a peer-to-peer car-sharing service focused on luxury vehicles, is shutting down due to theft incidents involving its members' cars. According to CEO Ali Moiz, the company will send out an email tomorrow to its members with a full explanation.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Unboxed: How Samuel Palmisano of I.B.M. Stayed a Step Ahead - Unboxed — BECAUSE it has become so consistently successful, I.B.M. is almost boring. This is a company so predictable that its financial forecast is packaged as a “five-year road map,” as if it were some sort of state planning exercise.
Elinor Mills / CNET:
Facebook hands out White Hat debit cards to hackers — This is the Visa debit card Facebook is giving to some security researchers for reporting bugs. — A few companies pay money to bug hunters. But Facebook is giving out something more unique than just a check.
Discussion:
SlashGear and Newlaunches.com
Michelle Meyers / CNET:
PostSecret shuts down iPhone app due to abusive posts — The PostSecret app has been shut down, but the blog is still alive and well. — PostSecret, the popular blog and new-media project that's long given people a place to share their deepest, darkest thoughts, today announced it has shut …
Discussion:
ReadWriteWeb, Mashable!, Gadgetopia, PostSecret and The Next Web
