The impact of Facebook on society as we know it is irrefutable. So much so that Time magazine has named Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zucerkberg, their person of the year for 2010.
December, 2010
The votes are in and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the ten finalists for the 6th annual Best of CES 2011 Awards. Our beloved Samsung Galaxy Tab is one of ten finalists, let’s find out who else will be joining the tablet.
It’s knocking off time, but before you do, check out our teatime tech roundup, stuffed full of all the latest news and views on gadgets and games.
The Google Nexus S doesn’t ship until the end of the month, but if you caught our review earlier this week, you’ll know that we nabbed one early – and came away impressed. But share the wealth, we say: we got a bunch of Electricpig readers together to try it out before release. Read on to see what they made of it in our exclusive reader inquisition!
Chrome for a Cause is a Google Chrome extension that counts the number of tabs you open in one session and translates it into charity donations. It’s running from 15-19 December. You can choose one of five charities you want to donate to, and you get a reading of what your tabs have been converted into. It’s not a trick to invade your privacy either. Google says: “Chrome for a Cause tracks your tab count, but doesn’t store any of your browsing history.”
To give you an idea of how many tabs rack up a decent donation: it takes 10 tabs to rack up enough browsing to plant a tree or donate a book. The five charities are Doctors Without Borders, The Nature Conservancy, Room to Read, Charity:Water and Un Techo para mi PaÃs. For more info about Chrome for a Cause, head here.
We’ve been asking you this week how much you want Android 2.3, and what you’re most excited about. Over half of you said you could hardly wait for the Android 2.3 upgrade, and when we asked what you were most looking forward to, the revamped UI came top of the list, with 38 per cent of the vote. 25 per cent of voters wanted Android 2.3 for the new video codes support, and 16 per cent couldn’t wait for the new improved keyboard. The task manager improvements in Android 2.3 came bottom of the list, with only 8 per cent of your vote. Other answers included better all round performance, and its ability to run games.
