Tag archive: Alias

After stubbornly sticking by its anti-anonymity, no-nickname policy, Google will relent and allow users to create pseudonyms on the social network. At the Web 2.0 summit today, Google exec Vic Gundotra and Google co-founder Sergey Brin revealed the site will “support other forms of identity.” Google tried long and hard to keep its users from anything but their legal names, but it appears it's loosening its grip and allowing a little more… Read More

Creating throwaway email accounts is nothing new. But Microsoft has just made the process a whole lot easier with a new Hotmail feature that allows users to simply manage multiple email address through a single inbox, according to The Windows Blog. The reasons for creating throwaway, or multiple, accounts can vary from person to person, of course. But it's a great way to deal with spammers, manage various online services, or just brush… Read More

Verizon Wireless has formally announced the availability of the Samsung Alias 2, a dual-hinge mobile handset that is the first in the United States to feature a mutable E Ink keypad that can change its configuration to match an particular application or a users' actions. Opened vertically, the Alias 2 is a flip phone with a standard numeric keypad, but in landscape the phone presents a QWERTY keypad for users' email and… Read More