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• 31 May 2013

• Opinion: Meet Stanley, the player piano that will play just about any song you tweet to him

  For too long, player piano-human interactions have been a one-way conversation. But thanks to a little techno-tinkering, this no longer need be the case. Sing for Hope Pianos, an annual art project that places 88 piano-based installations throughout New York City, has teamed up with digital boutique agency Digital Kitchen to reinvent the old timey player piano for the social media age. The result: Stanley, the player piano that can read your tweets and play (just about) any song you send his way.

• News: Personal Audio defends its podcasting patent

  The company that owns a U.S. patent for podcasting is confident the patent will stand up to a challenge initiated this week by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

• News: LinkedIn aims to keep hackers out with two-factor login

  Add LinkedIn to the list of Internet companies trying to make themselves safer from cyberattacks by adding two-step authentication.

• News: Twitter boosts Lists limit 50-fold, supports more accounts

  Twitter just tossed a mighty big bone to its power users, as the social network has dramatically increased its limit on lists, as well as how many people you can add to a list.

• News: Researcher cracks the code on what makes a tweet popular

  Twitter has become an essential part of the small business marketing playbook, but it remains a difficult platform to truly get your arms around. Some tweets will go gangbusters on the service, replied-to and retweeted for hours. Others will land with a thud, quickly drowned out by the chatter of the masses and unceremoniously forgotten.

• Opinion: Gmail tip: Don't forget to check your spam filter

  Before I incur the wrath of non-Gmail users, let me just note that this tip also applies to Hotmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, and so on. But because I'm a Gmail user myself, and that's where my story begins, that's where I'm putting my focus.

• News: Camino browser project discontinued after ten years

  Pour one out for Camino. The Mac-only browser, born a decade ago, is no longer under active development.

• News: Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks up despite dire PC, server outlook

  Despite dismal forecasts for PCs and servers, tech stocks have been doing well on optimism about cloud technology and mobile devices.

• News: Don't let Facebook's single sign-on expose your awkward moments

  Maybe you've already used your Facebook or Twitter account to sign in to other apps or services, and been burned. Maybe you've watched a NSFW video that a social site then posted to your Facebook Timeline. (Yeah, that happened.) Or maybe you've planned your dream wedding through Pinterest without realizing that your friends could see your activity--and you're not engaged. Or even in a relationship.

• How-Tos: Check what programs use the most data

  How to work out what apps, software and services are using up your web data allowance.

• News: 7 things you can do to make Internet Explorer more secure

  How well Internet Explorer--or any Web browser, for that matter--protects against attacks and malware greatly depends on whether you keep it up to date and have the right security settings. Here's how to take the proper security measures with Internet Explorer 9 and 10.

• News: Yahoo's Tumblr rolls out desktop dashboard ads

  And so it begins. Just 10 days after Yahoo snagged Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the microblogging site rolled out ads in desktop users' dashboards.

• News: IP traffic in 2017 alone may be larger than all of Internet's history: Cisco

  According to Cisco's seventh annual Visual Networking Index (VNI), global IP traffic is set to rise at a dramatic compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23 per cent between 2012 to 2017 globally, representing a three-fold upscale when comparing the beginning and end of the forecast period.

• How-Tos: View your children's browser history

  We explain how to keep tabs on your children's web browsing, even when they delete the browser history.

• News: NZ ordered to return some seized material to Kim Dotcom

  Material irrelevant to police investigation that was seized from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three associates in January 2012 will have to be returned to them, a court in New Zealand has ruled.

• News: US allows export of communication devices, software and services to Iran

  The U.S. government has lifted sanctions on the export of a variety of consumer communications devices, software and services including mobile phones to Iran ahead of elections in that country.

• 30 May 2013

• News: Data brings banks closer to customers

  Banks are seeking closer relationships with customers through greater use of customer data and new technologies, according to banking and telecom officials at the CeBIT Financial Tech conference in Sydney.

• News: Google's All Access music service coming to iOS 'a couple weeks from now'

  It's a good thing I'm hungry, because it's time for me to eat my words.

• News: Face-off: Does Spotlight need better Web search?

  On Thursday Microsoft announced details of its Windows 8.1 update. Since Microsoft owns both operating systems and a search engine, it's not surprising that one of the new features in Windows 8.1 is improved Web-search integration.

• Opinion: Bad social media strategy for any business

  Until last month, few had heard of Amy's Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro restaurant in the US city of Scottsdale, Arizona. It's a family-owned eatery offering slightly upmarket burgers, pizzas, and cakes.

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