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 5 Big Tech Players; 5 Bad Android Apps Using Android isn't all cupcakes and ice cream sandwiches. Here are five of Android's biggest app fails--from tech companies that should know better, like Facebook and Skype. Share:   |  Google News Badges Can Change Your Company's Outreach The search giant's new news badges let you record reading habits, share, and demonstrate expertise across Google+. Here's how they could help your small business. Share: | Defending a Wi-Fi Network Promoting Defensive Computing is like nagging children to eat their vegetables. Share: | Amazon Offers Kindle Textbook Rentals Amazon to rent university textbooks - not sell them - because you can't sell your used e-textbooks back at the end of the semester for beer money. Share: | Asus Transformer Tablet: Surprising Second Best in Sales After Apple iPad Asus is selling more than 400,000 Eee Pad Transformer tablets per month. Share: | LinkedIn Boss is Down on Google+ LinkedIn's CEO says he doesn't think Google+ will be able to make it in a world that already has Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn because 'nobody has any free time.' Share: | User Satisfaction Study: Facebook Vulnerable to Google+ User satisfaction with Facebook is low enough that the social networking site risks losing significant market share to Google+, according to a new study. Share: | Anonymous Speaks Volumes About Google+ By embracing faceless social networking, the group's new AnonPlus contender highlights the need for a more open alternative. Share: | Windows 8 Expected to Create Low-Cost Laptop Boom Laptops with ARM processors are virtually nonexistent now, but an analyst predicts that in four years ARM-based laptops will account for 22.9 percent of global laptop shipments. Share: | Alas, No Final Fantasy XIII-2 Until January 2012 Square Enix reveals U.S. and Japanese release timeframes for its follow-up to fantasy roleplaying epic Final Fantasy XIII. Share: | OS X Lion Expected to Roar in on Wednesday Apple Stores are rumored to have new Lion-themed in-store display materials and hard drives loaded with OS X 10.7 ready for a morning launch. Share: | Texting While Walking Could Get You Fined in Philly The city has started cracking down with fines of up to $120 per citation as part of its 'Give Respect, Get Respect' program. Share: | Hacker Collective Anonymous to Launch Social Networking Site You're eligible to join Anonymous in its plans to launch what it says will be a new social networking site: Anon+. Share: | What's the Deal with MySpace Tom and Google+? The Myspace founder says he's retired, but he's acting more like a budding social media analyst. Share: | Why Enterprises Will Skip Windows 8 Enterprise IT had a good business case for moving off Windows XP and onto the more modern Windows 7, but Windows 8 is shaping up to be a different story Share: | Survey: Wireless Networks Are Near Capacity Mobile networks in North America are filled to 80 percent of capacity, with 36 percent of base stations facing capacity constraints. Share: | Apple's iPad: 5 Reasons Why I'll Never Buy One The iPad is the tablet to beat, and there's no worthy Android competitor on the horizon, but I'm still not ready to jump ship because of these reasons. Share: | Microsoft Staffing Secretive Windows Phone Project Microsoft is working on a secretive new project in its Windows Phone division, according to a job description it posted over the weekend. Share: | Windows Phone 7 Edges Android in User Satisfaction Apple's iPhone is still favored by nearly 50 percent of customers but in a surprise 57 percent for those with Windows Phone handsets are 'very satisfied' with the device, a number that outranks the percentage of Android users. Share: | Google Websites Get Their Own Official URL Shortcut: g.co Google Monday announced a new URL shortener that only links to official Google products and services. Share: | |  | | Top News on PCWorld.com | 5 Big Tech Players; 5 Bad Android Apps Using Android isn't all cupcakes and ice cream sandwiches. Here are five of Android's biggest app fails--from tech companies that should know better, like Facebook and Skype. Share: | Google News Badges Can Change Your Company's Outreach The search giant's new news badges let you record reading habits, share, and demonstrate expertise across Google+. Here's how they could help your small business. 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