Tech Update: Facebook Lets Users Interact in Small Groups

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October 07, 2010 Tech Update

Facebook Lets Users Interact in Small Groups By MIGUEL HELFT Facebook users can determine what groups of friends see what information. Small-Business Guide Geolocation Services: Find a Smartphone, Find a Customer By KERMIT PATTISON The services, which exploit the ability of communication networks to pinpoint the location of smartphones, have become an important marketing tool for small businesses. ADVERTISEMENT Advertising Web Site to Offer Health Advice, Some of It From Marketers By STUART ELLIOTT The Sharecare Web site hopes to have answers to a million health questions by the end of the year. Motorola Sues Apple Over 18 Patents By BLOOMBERG NEWS Motorola contends that Apple's iPhone, iPad and MacBook computers infringe patents for a method for distributing message traffic. Samsung Faces Weak Outlook on Flat Screens and TVs By REUTERS Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest memory chip maker, disappointed markets with weak earnings guidance, halting its second straight quarter of record results. MSNBC.com May Change Its Name By BRIAN STELTER The Web site, which stresses objectivity in its news coverage, does not want to share its name with MSNBC, the cable channel of the same name, which has a liberal slant. Technology Most E-Mailed Pogue's Posts: Line2: Turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone Facebook Lets Users Interact in Small Groups State of the Art: TV's Future Has Arrived (Almost) 2 Brothers Await Broad Use of Medical E-Records State of the Art: A Simple Swipe on a Phone, and You're Paid The Social Network That Gets Down to Business State of the Art: IPhone App to Sidestep AT&T 5 Apps That Connect Your Internet Devices Bits: The iPhone Has a Real Fight on Its Hands Google TV Announces Its Programming Partners, but the Top Networks Are Absent ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Personal Tech State of the Art TV's Future Has Arrived (Almost) By DAVID POGUE Two new set-top boxes from Roku and Apple, though flawed, offer ways to supply on-demand TV shows, provide Internet access and obtain movies. A Printer, Several Computers, Wireless Network. Mix. By RIK FAIRLIE How to share a printer among computers on a home network, even when the equipment doesn't all speak the same operating language. App Smart Finding Team Success With a Little Less Strain By BOB TEDESCHI A handful of new apps can help users manage a sports team, especially when it comes to keeping track of the team members' playing time. Tech Talk Podcast: A Computer That Could Drive a Car October 06, 2010, 6:27 PM Cisco Rolls Out Umi Home Videoconferencing System October 06, 2010, 4:15 PM One on One: Caterina Fake, Flickr and Hunch October 06, 2010, 2:30 PM Tech Chiefs Present a Deficit-Reduction Plan October 06, 2010, 9:00 AM Go to the Bits Blog » Technology Headlines From Around the Web What's This? Wall Street Journal Verizon to Get iPhone by Early Next Year Facebook Blog Facebook: Giving You More Control WebProNews comScore Documents Another Android Growth Spurt BlogStorm Google starts showing full page previews in search results Reuters HP to launch new webOS phones in early 2011 More at Blogrunner » ADVERTISEMENT

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