eBay takes dig at Amazon in advert titled “Honest Alexa”
Tweet eBay heavily criticized its competitor Amazon in its latest promotional video for its upcoming Crash Sale. In the minute-long video titled “Honest Alexa”, a tweenager named Alexa trashes Prime Day. Read more… Neowin
Read more...5 ways online education can keep its students honest
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Tweet The rise of online education may be creating new opportunities for students to learn, but it’s also opening up new opportunities for them to cheat. Offline, instructors can more effortlessly establish the kinds of communities that uphold honor codes and keep an eye on students as they take tests. But online, test-takers can easily Google answers, ask friends for help or even get others to sit for their exams….
Read more...Apple’s iCloud punishes honest iTunes users with DRM
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Tweet Apple has rolled out phase one of its cloud music offering this week, allowing iTunes users to download additional copies of past purchases on up to ten devices. However, users that bought their music on iTunes before Apple abandoned DRM some two years ago better get ready for an unexpected surprise: Files originally bought with Apple’s Fairplay copy protection are also once again downloaded with DRM. Apple still charges…
Read more...Hotmail on Reddit: some brutally honest feedback
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Tweet We spotted a tweet today about a Hotmail “Ask Me Anything” session today hosted on Reddit.com, and while we weren’t able to attend, it looks like our friends from Hotmail got quite a bit of attention, and some direct and honest feedback from an audience of email enthusiasts that were less than avid about Hotmail. The session lasted from noon to 3pm Pacific Standard time today (Dec. 9), and…
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