| Twitter's "Nearby" Service In Testing with Selected Accounts Posted: 14 Dec 2013 04:11 PM PST  See what others around you are tweeting with Nearby
If you interact with a lot of close friends on Twitter, you might start noticing some friends are closer to you than you think. The social network is, via TechCrunch, testing out a brand new service called Nearby, which would roll out tweets by users in the same area, whether you follow them or not. It's experimental thus far because, as you can imagine, many users either don't want to use their location attached to their tweets or they don't want to be bothered with who's tweeting what just because they happen to be in a geographically similar location. Only some users have access to the tool at present, though it's interesting to note that it has been available to Twitter users surfing on third-party apps for some time now. Twitter's implementation will almost certainly add another dimension of personalization, but it's nothing definite as of yet. Would Nearby benefit you in ways that you'd want to sacrifice "true" location-based privacy for? |
| Maximum PC Dream Machine Chassis/GTX 780 Ti Giveaway Posted: 14 Dec 2013 11:26 AM PST  Win some holiday loot care of Maximum PC
The holidays are just around the corner, and you're hoping to give (or receive) some awesome tech, right? We've got a giveaway that just might make things easier for you on the gift-giving side. Or maybe you wanna win these babies for yourself. We've got our 2013 Dream Machine chassis and a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti video card up for grabs, and we want to give it to one of you! Yes, one winner will make off with this awesome prize package with a combined retail value of $1,099. If you're still unconvinced, check out what we had to say about the Dream Machine and the GTX card so you can see what you're getting into. That's one heck of a stocking stuffer, right? If you want to win, head on over to the official contest page to enter with your full name, email, and zip code starting today at 9 AM PST and ending at 9 AM PST, December 18th. What do you have to lose? Go forth and win some hardware! |
