If you are a musician, or artist, and have been lamenting over the lack of interactive chat features on Facebook similar to Google+ Hangouts, finally, there is something similar available to those who make use of Facebook fan pages. The app is called ChatWithTheBand. ChatWithTheBand lets you video chat with fans and listen to tracks as [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/chat-with-the-band/ Marla Sokoloff Marley Shelton Mary Elizabeth Winstead

The importance of been able to transfer files to and from your tablet pc can not in all its shapes be overlooked. To really get importance gravity of the whole situation one has to ask him/her why own a tablet pc, then you will release that been able to transfer files from your computer or laptop to your tablet pc is very important and severs a very important role in the tablet and how updates [...]

Just recently, the Opera 11.10 release candidate was made available for download. It brought a handful of important feature additions — like HTML5 File API support and IMAP enhancements — and loads of bugfixes. Nestled in amongst the other details in the Opera team’s announcement is one more interesting tidbit: Opera 11.10 offers improved battery optimizations. The timing here is certainly interesting, what with Microsoft’s recent report on how much power the top five Web [...]

Another bill which would have violated the civil liberties of many—Hawaii’s H.B. 2288 Internet Dossier bill—has been pulled off the table following public outrage. And for good reason; the law would have tracked every website Hawaiians visited, and likened that browsing history to a name and address. It opened the door to profound first and fourth amendment violations. But worst of all, it was born out of ignorance. That’s not okay. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/JIJjxzMaA4s/dear-politicians-stop-supporting-laws-you-dont-even-understand Mena [...]

Toy Fair season is upon us now, with the London one running this week, Nuremberg starting next week and finally the biggie in New York on February 12th. I went for my first time as “press” and here are my favorite things from around the exhibition floor. 1. Lego I’ll be honest here, I could [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/london-toy-fair-2012/ Tatiana Zavialova Taylor Swift Teri Hatcher

It’s hard to believe: our world-spanning network, our Internet, which is the cornerstone of free speech and free society — which, on a good day, is capable of causing populist revolutions – is still crippled by banal geolocation restrictions. We are, of course, talking about Amazon’s two latest offerings, both of which are only available in the United States. Last week it was the excellent Android Appstore for Android, and today it’s the Amazon Cloud [...]

When Amazon Appstore for Android launched last week, one of its primary features — Test Drive — was disabled just a few minutes after it opened. With no try-before-you-buy, no refund process, and 1-Click purchasing ready to strike at any moment, this caused some problems. Anyway, don’t despair: Test Drive is now enabled. Before you get your hopes up, Test Drive doesn’t work with every app. The IMDb app works fine — you can even [...]

What happens when you reply to an email in which the entire German Parliament is looped in? You send that mail server into complete and utter chaos which, i would assume, brings der legislative machine to a screeching halt. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/GSGASslJ1sE/someone-took-down-the-german-parliaments-email-system-with-a-single-click Moon Bloodgood Mýa Nadine Velazquez

Continuing a trip down its storied past, which included Marvel Firsts: The 1960s, the comics company has released Marvel Firsts: The 1970s. Also back in print is a new collected edition of Super Heroes Secret Wars, originally from 1984. Despite the toy tie-in that was the inspiration for the series, it’s a good story filled with some nice [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/marvel70s/ Sienna Miller Simone Mütherthies Sofía Vergara

Valve has released Steam Mobile for iPhone and iPod touch into the App Store. Sort of. It is available to download and install on your iOS device, but unfortunately you need to be part of a limited beta to actually begin to use it. We are sure this will change fairly soon but it is very frustrating for those gamers that use Steam and want to use the app now. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/Xhnj8pEyL-E/story01.htm Nikki Cox Nikki [...]