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| DealBook: Ahead of Facebook I.P.O., a Skeptical Madison Ave. Thu, 17 May 2012 10:25:03 GMT Despite the overwhelming level of interest in its I.P.O., Facebook is facing fresh concerns over its ability to attract enough advertising revenue. Will the social network reach its advertising potential? |
| A Facebook Co-Founder Reflects on the Path Forward Thu, 17 May 2012 04:47:18 GMT Eduardo Saverin, who left the company after two years, has settled in Singapore and is assessing how best to manage the extraordinary wealth that will come his way in Facebook’s initial public offering. |
| A Russian Facebook Bet Pays Off Big Wed, 16 May 2012 19:26:15 GMT Alisher B. Usmanov’s investments in the social media giant could be worth at least $6 billion when the company goes public. |
| DealBook: Facebook Increases Number of Shares for I.P.O. Wed, 16 May 2012 20:08:38 GMT Facebook will offer 421 million shares, 25 percent more than it had planned to offer, in response to high demand. |
| G.M. to Quit Facebook Ad Campaign Worth $10 Million a Year Wed, 16 May 2012 19:36:57 GMT The loss of $10 million in ad dollars does not represent a financial disaster for Facebook, but it is a public relations headache so close to the company’s initial stock offering this week. |
| Paralyzed, Moving a Robot With Their Minds Thu, 17 May 2012 05:47:19 GMT Scientists said a tiny brain implant allowed two people who are virtually paralyzed below the neck to manipulate a robotic arm. |
| Patent Dispute Holds Up Sales of 2 HTC Phones in U.S. Thu, 17 May 2012 06:41:02 GMT Apple scored a narrow victory against HTC in a patent lawsuit in December over the technology used in the devices. |
| Deal Professor: China Flexes Its Regulatory Muscle, Catching Google in Its Grip Wed, 16 May 2012 12:21:58 GMT China is having the final word on Google’s biggest and perhaps most strategic deal to date — its proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the American handset maker and communications company. |
| Bits Blog: In TV Race, Microsoft Has Lead, Forrester Says Thu, 17 May 2012 04:13:35 GMT When it comes to the underlying technology providers that matter for mobile app developers, there's Google and Apple, with Microsoft as an also-ran. But as television begins to resemble the mobile business, Microsoft is in the lead with the Xbox, according to a new report out Wednesday from Forrester Research. |
| Increase in Customer Base Helps Groupon Narrow Loss Tue, 15 May 2012 18:00:31 GMT The company’s revenue surpassed Wall Street’s expectations and Groupon’s stock rose nearly 18 percent in after-hours trading. |
| Chairman of Best Buy, Richard Schulze, to Step Down Tue, 15 May 2012 18:07:21 GMT The company’s audit committee said Richard Schulze, also the chain’s founder, failed to report an inappropriate relationship between the former chief executive and an employee. |
| DealBook: Yahoo's New Leaders Face Stubborn Problems Tue, 15 May 2012 17:53:49 GMT Among the highest priorities is closing a deal to sell some of Yahoo's stake in the Alibaba Group of China back to that company, in a deal that could reap billions of dollars. |
| DealBook: Facebook Raises Offering Share Price Tue, 15 May 2012 22:17:26 GMT Facebook says it will price its offering at up to $38 a share, which would value the social network at as much as $104 billion. |
| Facebook’s Direction May Be Foretold by Its Shopping List Mon, 14 May 2012 15:53:02 GMT Because Facebook tends to be tight-lipped about its plans, the company’s string of acquisitions may reveal a lot about the course it is charting. |
| Disruptions: Disruptions: Facebook's Real-Life 'Spidey Sense' Tue, 15 May 2012 21:18:53 GMT Facebook is more tapped into the pulse of people online than any company on the planet; as a result, it has the inside track to what is becoming popular in a way that its competitors do not. |
| Prototype: An I.B.M. Computer Program Rewards Healthy Diets Tue, 15 May 2012 18:50:03 GMT A computer program developed at I.B.M. uses game techniques and psychology to influence dieting: eat a salad, for example, and you could win 50 cents. |
| Digital Domain: On Nextdoor.com, Social Networks for Neighbors Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:32 GMT Nextdoor.com provides social networks for neighborhoods, offering members a chance to exchange ideas and recommendations with those who live nearby. |
| App City: Taxi Rides Are Getting Smarter by the App Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:34 GMT The most ambitious projects are smartphone apps that book and pay for taxi cabs directly. |
| Off the Shelf: In ‘iDisorder,’ a Look at Mobile-Device Addiction - Review Tue, 15 May 2012 19:06:01 GMT A new book by a California psychologist examines obsessions with smartphones and other devices — and suggests ways to overcome the neediness. |
| Bing Search Engine Revamped as War Against Google Intensifies Fri, 11 May 2012 17:13:01 GMT A Microsoft-Facebook alliance plans an overhaul of Bing in an effort to loosen Google’s grip on the search engine market. |
| State of the Art: SoundLink and Big Jambox Speakers Go Wherever You Go - State of the Art Thu, 17 May 2012 08:21:02 GMT Pump up the volume with either of two high-end wireless room speakers: Bose’s SoundLink Wireless Mobile Speaker or Jawbone’s Big Jambox. |
| It’s the Economy: Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload Tue, 15 May 2012 13:46:45 GMT The Internet was supposed to make us smarter shoppers. So why should we still listen to the signals that brands send us? |
| Video Game Review: Max Payne 3 From Rockstar Games Tue, 15 May 2012 19:30:06 GMT The video game Max Payne 3 follows the former cop in his job as a bodyguard in Brazil. |
| The Media Equation: Audiences Now Rarely Drawn to Live Television Mon, 14 May 2012 21:10:22 GMT When it comes to the traditional screen that families gather around, live television is competing against a growing array of self-selected content, and audiences are bolting. |
| State of the Art: VoiceLive Processor Listens, Then Harmonizes - State of the Art Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:39 GMT The VoiceLive Play is like a guitar stomp box, but for singers. It even supplies backup vocalists. |
| A Computer User’s Guide to Cloud Storage Thu, 17 May 2012 05:16:28 GMT Cloud storage, now offered by a number of companies in different price ranges, offers a substitute for physical storage, with the additional ability to synchronize across multiple devices. |
| App Smart: Digital Guardians That Help Ease the Fears of Parents Thu, 17 May 2012 05:16:38 GMT Two apps, FBI Child ID and Footprints, are worth downloading for any parent — even those who can’t imagine ever losing their children. |
| Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Seeking Better-Sounding Skype Calls Thu, 17 May 2012 10:25:39 GMT Suggestions for improving the audio quality of Skype calls. |
| Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: 4G or Not 4G — That Is the Question Thu, 17 May 2012 10:23:10 GMT The term "4G" or "fourth generation," which has become a popular advertising and marketing feature, means something different to many telecommunications engineers. |
| Gadgetwise Blog: App Smart Extra: Don't Let Me Squint Too Long Thu, 17 May 2012 00:48:50 GMT "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," the new e-book by Olivia Harrison, has generated good reviews from iTunes users, and the content is excellent. Whether it's worth downloading, though, depends on your tolerance for tiny text. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.