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Why your favorite TV shows keep breaking the Internet

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by on April 21, 2014 at 3:06 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider, Rackspace

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Franklin Morris is a senior writer for Rackspace. If you were hoping to catch the recent premiere of “Game of Thrones” on HBO Go, you were likely met instead with the “spinning wheel of non-loading hopelessness and despair”—a name some customers have bestowed upon HBO’s error message. It was a case of history repeating itself. Just a few weeks earlier, “True Detective” took down the network’s streaming service for the entire evening of its highly anticipated finale. In each case fans of these shows took to the Twittersphere to voice their dissatisfaction. HBO and its parent company Time Warner issued apologies….

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Facebook’s referral traffic share grew over 37% in Q1 2014, Pinterest was up 48%, Twitter increased only 1%

Apr21
by on April 21, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Social discovery and sharing platform Shareaholic today released a report covering referral traffic data from the eight largest social media sites in Q1 2014. In short, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and Google+ all gained, while YouTube and LinkedIn lost. As with previous reports, however, if we take a closer look at the data, it becomes clear that only the top three are really worth considering. Here’s the breakdown from Shareholic, which tracks 400 million users visiting its network of 300,000 publishers: The month columns show the “share of visits,” a percentage of overall traffic (direct, social referrals, organic search,…

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Domino’s Pizza for Android now lets you pay using Google Wallet

Apr21
by on April 21, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

For pizza giant Domino’s, technology has been playing an increasingly important facet of operations in recent years. And now it’s making moves to ensure ordering your favorite pie is just that little bit easier. As of an update that was rolled out a couple of weeks back, pizza junkies in the US can now pay using Google Wallet – though it remains an Android-only affair for now. Google Wallet – a mobile payment system that lets users store all their payment and loyalty cards electronically – went live way back in 2011, with a version for iOS arriving exactly two…

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Microsoft will complete its Nokia Devices and Services division acquisition on April 25

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by on April 21, 2014 at 2:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services division will be wrapped up this Friday – April 25. As Microsoft notes on its official blog, it has now “completed the steps necessary to finalize” the deal, just a couple of weeks after the $7.2 billion acquisition gained approval in China. Moreover, this latest announcement confirms that Microsoft will now manage the Nokia.com domain and related social media sites “…for the benefit of both companies and our customers”, though this may only be for “up to a year”. And the news also sees…

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Microsoft will complete its Nokia Devices and Services division acquisition on April 25

Apr21
by on April 21, 2014 at 2:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

It’s been a long time coming, but Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services division will be wrapped up this Friday – April 25. As Microsoft notes on its official blog, it has now “completed the steps necessary to finalize” the deal, just a couple of weeks after the $7.2 billion acquisition gained approval in China. Moreover, this latest announcement confirms that Microsoft will now manage the Nokia.com domain and related social media sites “…for the benefit of both companies and our customers”, though this may only be for “up to a year”. And the news also sees…

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