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Notifo Is A Simple Mobile Notifications Platform For Anything

I'm hopelessly addicted to Push Notifications on the iPhone. Unfortunately, the system is flawed, in that the more notifications you get, the worse the experience is because it can be hard to manage them all.

Digg: The Future of Social News?

Digg this week unveiled plans to become a hub of web content, adding Twitter and Facebook shares to its Digg counts to present a more complete view of what’s popular on the web.

YouTube: Viacom secretly posted its videos even as they sued us for not taking down Viacom videos

In a scorching post on the company's blog, YouTube Chief Counsel Zahavah Levine accuses Viacom of going to great lengths to secretly upload videos to YouTube in order to take advantage of its promotional value even as they were suing YouTube, arguing that YouTube should be able to tell the differen

Remains of the Day: "Piracy" Sounds Too Sexy Edition [For What It's Worth]

The people who originally branded file sharers as pirates get upset that the so-called pirates aren't more upset, Googler Matt Cutts offers a high level explanation of how search engines like Google work, and Internet Explorer 9 won't run on XP.

How to Use Symlinks in Windows [Windows Tip]

Technology blog Tested goes in depth to explain Windows symlinks (symbolic links that let you do all sorts of cool things like sync files and folders outside your Dropbox folder), detailing what they are and how to use them.

Windows Phone 7 Series Promo: What Lies Beneath [Ads]

The first Windows Phone 7 Series ad has debuted! And my goodness, I haven't seen this many attractive, well-adjusted people since Joey got canceled. But let's look a little closer, shall we? Something seems...

amiss.

Smart Rescheduler Finds a Time that Works for Everyone in Google Calendar [Scheduling]

Google Calendar just launched a new feature into Google Calendar Labs called Smart Rescheduler that uses a scheduling algorithm to suggest "best candidate dates and times" for scheduling meetings.

The Tester: Episode 5: The "Buzz In Or Buzz Off" Liveblog: Dude, Luge! [Playstation Network]

Another week, another 1GB worth of PlayStation 3 hard drive space eaten by The Tester, the PlayStation Network's first reality show in which 11 hopefuls fight for a spot to play buggy PlayStation games until they're less buggy.

Team Fortress 2 Gets Its First Batch Of Player Made Content [Valve]

Remember when Valve opened up the development of new Team Fortress 2 weapons and hats to the Team Fortress 2-loving community? No? Well, that first batch of player-made things is now available as part of the latest TF2 update.

Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes Delayed For PS3, PC Over "Minor Content Changes" [Delay Of Game]

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City for the PlayStation and PC—and their individual downloadable episodes—won't be making their previously scheduled release dates.

Rockstar says the game will be delayed by two weeks to accommodate "minor content changes.