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March 31st, 2012 |

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Weibo services ‘punished’ for Beijing coup rumors, comments temporarily disabled

March 31st, 2012 |

Author: Jon Daniels

For a country who doesn’t really do April Fools’ Day, you know China means business when it lays the smackdown on its weibo services. Here’s the background story: about a week ago there was a rumor on the Chinese web about a military coup on one of the main streets in Beijing, and coincidentally I was in town around the time (for the Windows Phone launch). Funnily enough, I wasn’t aware of this at all until my taxi driver in Hong Kong asked me about my visit, as he claimed that the passenger he picked up beforehand was actually a Chinese military officer who had several intense phone calls about said coup.

But of course, nothing actually happened. In fact, the guards at Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City were pretty relaxed when I visited on that very day. As for the rumormongers, the Chinese government announced through Xinhua that 16 websites have been shut down and six people have been detained, while local microblogging platforms Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo have been “criticized and punished accordingly,” though it didn’t elaborate on the details. All we know is that comments under each weibo post are now disabled until local time 8pm on April 3rd, during which these two companies can, in their own words, clean up the mess. Well, at least we now know where to draw the line for China’s April Fools’.

Weibo services ‘punished’ for Beijing coup rumors, comments temporarily disabled originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 132 – 03.31.2012

March 31st, 2012 |

Author: Janet Odell

It was a relatively slow news week. So what? We’ll make those lemons into podcast lemonade any day, and you, friend, are invited to our lemonade stand. We take credit cards.

Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad Molen, Joseph Volpe
Guest: Andrew Munchbach
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Tycho – Coastal Brake (Ghostly International)

00:01:48 – RIM announces Q4 2012 earnings, Jim Balsillie resigns from board, company plans to refocus on enterprise
00:04:30 – RIM CEO Thorsten Heins reportedly ‘clearing house,’ laying off numerous executives
00:10:00 – RIM sticking with consumer goods, just ‘refocusing’ on enterprise
00:18:55 – Android 4.0.4 rolls out to HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus and GSM Nexus S
00:40:47 – Samsung ships five million Galaxy Notes in just five months
00:54:04 – Conversion kit lets you push your RAZR to the Maxx for $ 110
00:55:30 – LG Lucid becomes official on Verizon, can be yours March 29th for $ 80
01:02:05 – Nano-SIM standard vote postponed while RIM accuses Apple of cheating
01:05:55 – T-Mobile’s next MyTouch: Huawei Ascend G312 QWERTY hands-on
01:17:05 – Nokia Lumia 900 to hit AT&T on April 8th with $ 100 price tag in tow (video)
01:18:55 – AT&T confirms HTC Titan II to join Lumia 900 on April 8th for $ 200 (video)
01:33:37 – Samsung Galaxy S ICS-like ‘value pack’ upgrade officially released in Korea

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 132 – 03.31.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Glitchr, the Facebook page designed to break Facebook

March 31st, 2012 |

Author: Troy Barnes

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Facebook is the epitome of centralized order. Its features are created and released with a certain technocratic paternalism, an insistence that it be allowed to protect you from the tacky excesses of MySpace. And to some extent, this is exactly what’s best about it when it works — people may dislike being pushed into Timeline, but they detest being spammed with social gaming invitations. It’s also the reason why a page like Glitchr is so much fun.

Glitchr is a collection of hacks and tricks that push the limits of what can be confined to the Facebook format. The results range from duplicated chat feeds to layout-breaking collections of pronunciation marks or diacritics. We wouldn’t exactly call it subversive, but it’s gathered a…

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March 31st, 2012 |

Author: Brittany Turner

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BMW adds extra sportiness to its i-series lineup, unveils i8 Concept Spyder

March 31st, 2012 |

Author: Charity Woods

We’ve swooned over BMW’s i3 and i8 plug-in gasoline electric hybrids for some time now, so naturally our hearts raced today when the company announced its latest addition to the series, the i8 Concept Spyder. What you’re looking at is essentially a sportier version of the i8 Coupe, with the appropriate accents and design tweaks to match. So, what’s different in this variant of the nearly gull-winged wonder with a 96 kW / 131hp electric motor up front and 164 kW / 223hp gasoline engine on back? BMW notes that the vehicle features a shorter wheelbase and overall length (all while maintaining its 50-50 weight distribution), a slighter darker interior and refreshed paint job on its exterior, topless roof and even a pair of matching folded kickboards(!) that stow in the back. BMW hasn’t mentioned when they’ll be showing this Spyder in flesh, but as Autoblog notes, the New York Auto show is only a week way — and we’ll be sure to let you know if we spot it ourselves. In the meantime, you can zip over to Autoblog and the press release after the break for the details.

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BMW adds extra sportiness to its i-series lineup, unveils i8 Concept Spyder originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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March 31st, 2012 |

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Expedia adds to Google’s EU antitrust woes, decision expected after Easter

March 31st, 2012 |

Author: Anthony Kristo

Google’s position as the dominant search engine doesn’t come without a price. Smaller search sites have already tapped on the EU Commission’s door to register their complaints about how they are ranked, and Microsoft has also let its feelings on the matter be known. Now, we can add the Redmond spin-off, Expedia, to that list of sore losers disgruntled firms. The travel search site claims it has specific details outlining how the search giant has violated European anti-competitive laws. A Google spokesperson issued a statement saying “We haven’t seen the complaint yet, but we’ve been working to explain how our business works, cooperating with the European Commission since this investigation began.” The EU Competition Commissioner says a decision will be made after Easter, at which point Mountain View will either be charged, or the investigation will be dropped. If only that were the end of its EU troubles.

Expedia adds to Google’s EU antitrust woes, decision expected after Easter originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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