Posts Tagged ‘Oxford

Today may end up being mostly about Windows Phone 7 as that event is scheduled to kick off in just a short while, but that does not mean it will be all about Windows Phone 7. Thankfully the internet keeps churning out other news and rumors and it looks like we have a BlackBerry related [...]

There’s a 99-cent iPhone app in the App Store that will let you know when an old friend, coworker, ex or family member decides they’ve had enough of you on Facebook. Defriended [iTunes link] keeps track of who your Facebook friends are and lets you know when you lose someone. Maybe it was all a [...]

The Oxford Dictionary may have chosen “unfriend” as word of the year, but what else was in our collective lexicon in 2009? A Words of the Year list commissioned by the Oxford University Press included a number of words from our familiar technosocial corner, according to the Telegraph. “Tweetup,” “hashtag,” “freemium,” “paywall,” “unfriend” and “tag [...]

While Twitter may have taken second place in Bing’s 10 most searched topics of 2009, we’ve now learned that it has become top dog in something far bigger: the entire English language. The Global Language Monitor, which tracks language trends, has once again compiled and released its yearly list of the most popular words and [...]

Sony has begun taking pre-orders for its new electronic reader, the Reader Daily Edition, but due to unexpected demand it can’t guarantee shipments before the holidays. Its $399 Reader Daily Edition is available for pre-order on SonyStyle.com, but the company says it will ship between December 18 and January 8, and "an actual delivery date [...]


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