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Google feedburner subscriber count dropped to zero

Google's feedburner is one of the top web feed management provider which also offers RSS to Email feed distribution service, the usually "blue" "readers count" chicklet is a common citing around the blogosphere. The chicklet not only allows users to subscribe for blog updates by various means, but also provides a social-metric to how popular a blog is. We proudly have 305,000+ subscribers via feedburner but if you have noticed the "feedburner readers" count chicklet all across the web are now showing the count as zero.

This widespread data display issue is now publicly acknowledged by Google with the following update on Google feedburner's official blog.

Apple Maps fails miserably, removes and distorts popular monuments and shows dangerously wrong navigation instructions

Apple is known for it's finer details and perfection, but this time they have failed miserably. The removal of Google Maps and introduction of Apple Maps in iOS 6 has resulted in nothing but chaos and a lot of bad press for Apple.

Apple's new maps is a major disappointment internationally as it lacks Transit function for 51 countries, traffic updates for 24 countries, and Street View in 41 countries - Totaling, 63 countries with a user-base of 4.5 billion people which had these features previously available in iOS 5. But that is not all, even American users are having a tough time using "buggy" Apple Maps, the maps are so faulty that they have not only distorted or removed popular monuments but are dangerously displaying navigation directions from roads to canals and non-suitable terrains.

Apple Map fail

In the examples below Apple Maps shows roads "obliterated", and Statue of liberty is simply vanished. In the following image you can see map detail difference between iOS 5 Google Maps and iOS 6 Apple Maps, this is not all Apple Maps is showing dangerously wrong navigation into a canal !

Map fail

These widespread errors have resulted in twitter hash tag #ios6apocalypse climbing up the charts with user submissions, more buggy images of Apple Maps below.

Does clicking “Like” amount to Speech? – By Karn Jani

When a Facebook User Likes a Page on Facebook, she engages in speech protected by the First Amendment.1 That’s what Facebook has to say about the “like” option which is the only source of expressing your agreement with the comment, photo or a link posted, other than commenting separately altogether. Whether it’s ‘communicative imagery’ or ‘core speech’ or both? Can clicking ‘like’ result in losing your job? Well, that’s what makes things interesting.

In this case2, Plaintiff Daniel Ray Carter, Jr. alleges that Defendant B.J. Roberts, the elected Sheriff of Hampton, Virginia, fired him from his position as deputy sheriff because he Liked the Facebook campaign Page of Roberts’s challenger, Mr. Jim Adams, in the 2009 election, and that his firing violated his rights under the First Amendment. So, does clicking ‘like’ actually amount to saying something in affirmative as amount to speech under the constitutional protection?

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Download Apple iOS 6

As announced with Apple iPhone 5, the Apple iOS 6 upgrade made it to public downloading today. According to Apple, iOS 6 has more than 200+ new features and is aimed to deliver a stable and responsive mobile operating-system to all recent iDevice.

While majority of these 200+ new features are nothing more than minor tweaks and cosmetic changes, the major new features are new Apple Maps, improved Siri, Passbook, tight Facebook integration throughout the OS, Shared Photo Streams, Facetime over cellular, new calling features like call decline with text message or a callback reminder, Do Not Disturb mode, iCloud tabs and the ability to update apps without having to enter your password.

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iOS 6 device compatibility chart

Direct, resumable download links and torrents for Apple iOS6 for iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and other supported iDevices (as shown in image above) posted after the jump.

Facebook 'Likes' your wallet, paid ‘Promote’ button rolls to some personal accounts

Facebook has been testing the "Pay to promote" feature on "Pages" for some time now, this feature has now been rolled out to some personal accounts as well.

As you can see in the images posted below Facebook prompted me to promote an "birthday wish" personal message by paying for it, paying to promote an post results in higher placement of item in newspost ensuring greater visibility. It seems facebook has now started to "LIKE" your wallets, hope they do not push the envelope too far.

Exclusive invites for Unblock TV by AceVPN for our readers

We had offered free VPN accounts from Acevpn in the past. Now Acevpn is offering limited free Unblock TV accounts exclusively to MegaLeecher readers.

Be it geographically-restricted video channels like Netflix, Hulu, Hulu+, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Crackle, Pandora, Comedy Central, Amazon Instant Video, ESPN, CW, BBC iPlayer and itv or specifically country censored videos on services like Youtube. Users have always resorted to anonymity VPN services to get past them.

Now there is an dedicated service specifically built to bypass geo-restricted video content, Unblock TV is different from VPN services we have featured on MegaLeecher previously. It lets you stream your favorite shows and videos from BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Hulu, CBS, NBC and many other supported channels without slowing your Internet down like VPN normally does. If you stream in HD you will know what I mean. No software to install. Just point your DNS to Acevpn servers and you are good to go. It doesn't hide your IP address like VPN does.

iPhone 4S Vs iPhone 5 infographic - What's exactly new in Apple iPhone 5 ?

An visual infographic is the best way to compare changes between two devices, and here are two excellent one's to let users know what's new in Apple iPhone 5 and how it compares to Apple iPhone 4S.

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