Starting today, Twitter will begin to push Promoted Tweets (also known as ad Tweets) to its users. This is Twitter’s attempt to earn more revenue for the company. Promoted Tweets will appear in specific user’s timelines when they visit Twitter.com. Like we said in an earlier report, Promoted Tweets aren’t that bad.

Netflix has been the darling of early adopters and has managed to jump into the mainstream with nary a backlash. The companies price increase, announced yesterday is prompting a response that is decidedly negative. The question they have to be asking themselves is: did they go too far? When outspoken fan of most things TV, more »

In late June, reports surfaced about Twitters upcoming attempt to boost revenue. The solution was ads, but not just any ads. These advertisements will shuffle their way into your Twitter feed. I know a lot of you hate the idea of ads in your feed, especially since you have to deal with spam tweets already. But the new Twitter Promoted Tweets to Followers initiative won’t be as intrusive as you may think.

Vodofone New Zealand made a very serious claim on Twitter yesterday when it said that the launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (PlayStation Phone) would be delayed. The reason for the delay is what made this story so upsetting. Vodafone said that it suffered a security breach and all of its Xperia Play smartphones were stolen. Vodafone has now admitted that it made the whole thing up as a way to drum up business.

AT&T has officially announced their partnership with Placecast and the launch of ShopAlerts. The ShopAlerts service is being billed as a “groundbreaking” location-based market service. The service offers AT&T users the ability to get targeted point of sale advertising and special offers by way of their mobile phone. And of course, the location based portion more »

Earlier we reported on how a security researcher had figured out how to grab the data from over 100 million Facebook profiles that their clueless users had left completely public. He then uploaded all that data to BitTorrent. Well the story gets even more interesting (or seedy, depending on how you feel about it). It more »

I’m a genius who is the reincarnation of the ever-breathy Marilyn Monroe. I understand men 100%, and I’m also the cartoon character Dory as well as the Disney Princess Mulan. No, I don’t have split personality disorder or any other kind of mental heath diagnosis (I think). Just the results of a bunch of those online quizzes. Yeah, you know what I mean. I also learned that these quizzes aren’t just about killing some time and a few chuckles. It all boils down to the money, right? Did you really think this was any exception?

Ever buy an SD card and find yourself wondering just how much video it will hold? Kingston hopes to solve that problem with its new line of SDHC Video Cards, which like CDs and DVDs, are labeled in minutes rather than GB. The cards, for use in digital camcorders, will be available in 60 minute more »

It would appear that the in word at the moment is ‘Blu’ as yet another product with the prefix of Blu emerges, this time in the genre of health. The goLITE BLU is essentially advanced light therapy to fight against S.A.D. (seasonal defective disorder) as well as the general winter depression.

Surprisingly, though this is not made by Sony, rather by Phillips who appear to have hijacked the poorly spelled color in their product name. Beneath the fancy wording and scientific explanations is the fact the device is an alarm clock that uses new light technology (yes you guessed it, blue light) to sight against S.A.D. Continued after the break.

Gadgetell Quick Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

What is it?

Lightroom 2 is a program for Windows and Mac OS X designed to help organize, streamline, and develop your photos. It costs $99 for the upgrade from Lightroom 1 or $299 for first time buyers.

Pros:

Easy to use thanks to clean and organized interface.Imports all of your files using your preexisting directory structure.Works with a wide variety of file formats.

Cons:

Does not allow pixel editing. Requires another program for that task.Initial use can be frustrating and can cause loss of work.

Does it hit the mark?

Yes. Lightroom 2 definitely lived up to all of my expectations. It’s easy to see that this program would be extremely popular with anyone working in the art or ad industry, or someone who does batch work with photos. The program allows for very controlled editing and is remarkably easy to use.

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