November 20, 2009

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Apple Tablet hits a ditch; airports nailed by computer glitch

Vapor was in the air this week as rumors swirled around two products that exist only as pixels, not molecules: the Google Phone and the Apple Tablet. In its war over 3G ads, AT&T fired back at Verizon (and missed); Twitter got dissed; and Activision dodged a Kalashnikov bullet with its wildly popular Modern Warfare 2. Can you hit the bull's-eye with this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now: ready, aim ... fire!

1. Google announced a number of cool new things this week. Which of the following was not among them?

a. Google-branded phone
b. Google Image Swirl
c. Closed captioning for YouTube videos
d. YouTube Direct service

Take the InfoWorld news quiz

Dan Tynan is contributing editor at InfoWorld, author of the Tynan on Technology blog, and co-founder of eSarcasm, an award-winning geek humor site. (Note: Awards still pending.)
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