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Google In Talks With China After Hacking Attempts

Klaus @ TechPatio — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:32:32 +0000

Google recently threatened to close down its activities in China, including their office, and pull out of the country, after they learned about the hacking that came from China. Apparently, it now seems that Google only mean business when they decide to stop supporting Internet Explorer 6 on YouTube and not when it comes to pulling [...]

Facebook: Bigger Photos For Better Viewing

Klaus @ TechPatio — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:05 +0000

Ever since I started using Facebook, I’ve wondered why our uploaded photos always showed in such a low resolution, without the possiblity of enlarging them. Now, Facebook has begun increasing upload size for photos from the previous 604 pixels maximum size, to 720 pixels, an increase of almost 20%. I think 720 pixels is still quite low, [...]

Google’s Phone, Nexus One, Doesn’t Sell As Expected

Klaus @ TechPatio — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:11:47 +0000

The expectations for Google’s phone, Nexus One, was quite high when it was first announced. Try to google “nexus one iphone killer” and you get about one million results. Yeah, lots of people thought Nexus One would be the iPhone killer. iPhone killers are not new though, every few months a new iPhone killer appears [...]

Debt Consolidation [Sponsored Post]

Klaus @ TechPatio — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:59 +0000

This is a sponsored post, paid for by ReviewMe. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. “Debt” is a term used when you owe something, but it doesn’t have to be money. Having a debt can also be a moral [...]

Google Street View – More Funny Pictures

Klaus @ TechPatio — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:05 +0000

My post from a month ago, Funny Pictures: Google Street View Launched in Denmark, keeps topping the “popular posts”-chart here on the blog. I guess people like to look at funny Google Street View pictures, and that’s understandable, because there are some very funny and whacky moments out there I’ve been gathering some more [...]

Google To Build Data Centers in Scandinavia

Klaus @ TechPatio — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:25:59 +0000

Sometime this summer, Google will open up a brand new data center in the old paper factory in Hamina, Finland. Google is also considering opening up data centers in Sweden. The Finnish data center will employ 50 people and will contain “thousands” of servers. More information than that, is not available at this time. It’s no [...]

Steve Ballmer Compliments Apple On The iPhone !!!

Klaus @ TechPatio — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:05:58 +0000

This is almost breaking news, because when Apple announced the iPhone, Steve Ballmer laughed at it. Now, a different choice of words are coming out of Steve Ballmer’s mouth, about the iPhone, when he said at a speech at the University of Washington: “Apple’s done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize [...]

iPad Ad Premieres At Oscars – Like iPhone Did

Klaus @ TechPatio — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:41:44 +0000

Like the “Hello” ad for the iPhone premiered at the Oscars some years ago, an iPad ad now also appeared for the first time, at the Oscars. The background music in the ad is “There Goes My Love” by The Blue Van. I’m sure the song can be found in the iTunes Store if you want [...]

Social Media For Content. Bloggers, Meet SmallRivers. [Sponsored Post]

Klaus @ TechPatio — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:24:26 +0000

This is a sponsored post, paid for by Ebuzzing. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. I bet you have an account on at least one social media network, such as Facebook or Twitter, am I right? What if you’re [...]

Apple – The World’s Most Admired Company

Klaus @ TechPatio — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:14 +0000

Each year, Fortune (the magazine), elects the world’s most admired companies. For the third year in a row, Apple is the winner. This year, Apple even increased it’s distance down to 2nd place, Google, and 3rd place, Berkshire Hathaway (investment firm). A total of 4,200 executives and analysts voted in Fortune’s study. As BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer [...]