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nwkarchivist:

Apple’s Macintosh PC Introduced On This Day In 1984

Newsweek January 30, 1984

This probably blew some minds back then: ”To remove an unwanted file, for example, one uses the mouse to drag an icon of a tiny file folder across the screen to an image of a garbage can; to erase the file, one uses the mouse to point to a command to “Empty Trash.” 

Another look at Syria’s web traffic drop-off, from Google, which reports: “All Google services inaccesible.” 

Zynga may have just laid off 100 employees smack in the middle of the Apple event.

parislemon:

Well played, Facebook. Glad to see something potentially massive come out of the Karma deal.

This is actually a pretty big deal. (Note: Don’t go running off to your Facebooks just yet. It’s only being tested with 1% of the user-base at this point. We are the 99%.)

We’ve got some cool news from the Department of the Future: NewsBeast is super proud to be launching our first Daily Beast Election Ad Tracker!

We’ve partnered with the fine folks at Super PAC App to help track political ads that air over the next 80 days until November 6th. Through our dashboard, you can watch and rate the political ads, read articles about the issues, and learn about the (oftentimes shadowy) groups that are producing these ads.

The end result: you’ll be more informed about all the messages screaming at your brain throughout the entirety of the 2012 election season.

So check it out. Download Super Pac App to your iPhone. Then go play around with the dashboard on the site. The more you know, the more informed you’ll be on election day.

Apple keeps rejecting Drones+ from its App Store. Why? 

The Instagram app will still be the same one you know and love. You’ll still have all the same people you follow and that follow you.You’ll still be able to share to other social networks. And you’ll still have all the other features that make the app so fun and unique.

Kevin Systrom, CEO of Instagram, on the Facebook acquisition.

Until consumers demand better conditions in overseas factories — as they did for companies like Nike and Gap, which today have overhauled conditions among suppliers — or regulators act, there is little impetus for radical change.

Well, there you have it tumblr. Until you—yes, YOU—demand better conditions for the people toiling away building your MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads, nothing will drastically change. You can start by signing this petition. Or this one. And if you haven’t read the Times piece on the factory conditions in China, read it.