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Facebook lifts the curtain on new “Home” platform for Android phones; HTC First will be the “first” to get it
With a video featuring lots of cool-looking people staring off into the distance wistfully, Facebook’s Home service debuted today for Android operating systems, with HTC’s new phone First being the first platform the service would land on. -
One Year of Geeks!
The Geeks & The Gov would like to say a tremendous thank you to all of our Facebook fans, Tweeters, and thousands of weekly listeners for making this last year possible. If you are in the Corinth, MS area ... -
Episode 50 – Reboots!
The JustUs Geeks are back with Episode 50 as we quickly approach a year of geekiness! Join us as we discuss geeky food, whether reboots are good or not, the rise and fall of huge, special effects driven movies, why ... -
Facebook Patent Reveals Intent to Charge Users to Remove Ads
Tired of all those “promoted” posts popping up on your Facebook news feed and sidebars? Want to get rid of “Sponsored” posts? Pretty soon, you might have the ability to do that, if an article published this morning at Mashable ... -
Podcast Episode 46 – GEEK TALKS!
Sadly, Jared isn’t with us again this week as he’s currently frolicking through Atlanta with his wife, stopping in at IKEA to NOT get Swedish Meatballs. -
Instagram becomes Moneygram: How Your Favorite Social Photo Service Intends to Sell Your Images And Not Pay You
Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky, Instagram. In an announcement on Monday, the photo/social sharing service let some new policy fly that turned the internet on it’s ear. If you’re like us and you missed it because you don’t read EULAs, Terms of ... -
The Day Twitter Became Unfriendly
Remember those days when Twitter was the new, cool, kid on the block? And then, remember when marketers found out that Twitter was fertile ground for their ads, and suddenly we started seeing promoted tweets? Well, if you starting souring ... -
Generation Geek: The Effects of Cyberbullying
(Generation Geek is a new, ongoing series on JustUs Geeks that focuses on families in the new geek culture. Look for more Generation Geek articles in the future!) It all starts with just a word. Maybe a “harmless” tweet that ... -
Timesplitters 4 Could Become Reality if Facebook Page hits 100,000 likes
A Facebook campaign to amass 100,000 fans could be reaching the ears of executives at Crytek and could mean a new release is possible. Former Free Radical employees who have worked on previous Timesplitter’s games have promised new media ... -
Episode #6 goes live TOMORROW!
Episode #6 has been recorded and is coming at you tomorrow! Make sure to check it out as we talk Avengers, the new Dark Knight trailer, Botcon 2012, more info about the WiiU and launch titles, Kickstarter, our Apps of ... -
Hasbro releases official photos of upcoming Fall of Cybertron figures
Fresh off Botcon weekend the Transformers news continues to roll in! Hasbro released these photos today on the official Transformers Facebook page along with older photos of FoC Jazz, Optimus Prime, Shockwave, and Bruticus. Instead of rehashing those photos, we’ve ... -
Facebook teams up with Anti-Virus makers
It’s like the Avengers of Social Networking “If we can’t save your computer from the viruses, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it!” – Tony Zuckerberg (aka Iron Man) Facebook, the leading social networking site with over 845 Million ... -
Takara Transformers Update: Gaia Unicron incoming?
On their Facebook page tonight, Robot Kingdom may have just let an immensely large cat out of the bag: Gaia Unicron is coming to the Arms Micron line. Oh, what’s that? You don’t know who Unicron is? Check out ... -
Instagram is the new #1 Free App on the iTunes Store
It doesn’t appear that consumers are very worried about Facebook’s recent acquisition of Instagram after all. According to the Instagram Twitter account (@instagram), the photography app has finally reached the #1 spot on the Free category on the iTunes App Store. So whatever the ... -
Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion: Here are the details…
In a shocking move this afternoon, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media giant will acquire Instagram, the widely popular photography app. “This is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time we’ve ever acquired a ... -
“Facebook, a million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A BILLION dollars! Love, Instagram.”
If you are a fan of the picture sharing service Instagram, today’s news may either be fantastic or terrible. I don’t personally use the service, so I’ll let you be the judge of that. The gist of the story: ... -
Big Infinity Blade 2 update scheduled for this week!
According to Joystiq, iOS app Infinity Blade 2 will see a pretty substantial update this week which will allow you to meld together three gems in a tweak to the gem interface, but perhaps the most important aspect of the ... -
Facebook puts on legal cape, flies to the rescue
Interesting report from Ars Technica saying that Facebook is considering several options, including lawsuits, to prevent current and potential employers from demanding employee Facebook login details. It is becoming an increasingly popular tactic for job interviewers to ask for an ...