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Submitted by Michaelfidler
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In an interview last year following Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer laughed off the new device. He’s not laughing anymore. Or at least, various Microsoft divisions under his rule aren’t. The company released its first application for the iPhone today, Seadragon Mobile.Truth be told, (Read More)
Dec 15, 2008
: Everyone forgets that Microsoft owns 15% of Apple. What's good for Apple is also good for Microsoft!
Dec 15, 2008
: @Markatodd I haven't heard anything but I'll check, I'm curious now. They purchased their shares in the teens,when the stock was trading at 13. I think they paid a small premium for them. Thanks for bring it up,and if you dig anything up, please let me know. Any idea when you think they where sold?
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Submitted by Normansm:
2008 has been both an exciting year and a very trying year for the world of Web innovation.When the year kicked off, we were still in the middle of Web 2.0 fever. We were just two months removed from Microsoft having invested $240 million in Facebook at a stratospheric $15 billion. In the first week of January, Yahoo! CEO J (Read More)
Dec 10, 2008
: Wow! We're honored and flattered :-)Here's a summary of the top 4. @louisgray writes: 1) Summize (Twitter Search) Search is still king, and real-time search is having a huge impact on the way people find news, share ideas, and see trends. Summize built its business around being a search engine for Twitter, and soon became more stable, and theoretically, more useful, than Twitter itself. The Twitter team, in desperate need for more engineering help, acquired the company and absorbed into the microblogging service. Expected Exit: Acquired - Already Complete Twitter's acquisition of Summize was a smart move, considering how real-time search is becoming critical in times of breaking news. Many, including myself, are turning to Twitter search instead of Google, Yahoo! and the traditional news wires to hear reports from people on the ground, unfiltered. 2) Socialmedian While many different sites have conquered the online activities aggregation space, Socialmedian went about the process in a different way than all the others, letting people not only follow friends and pipe in their shared content from a wide variety of 3rd party sites, but organized it in terms of categories. The category feature was so successful, CEO Jason Goldberg has been able to showcase specific events, including the 2008 election, and the financial crisis, and make Socialmedian a go to site to interact with "newsmakers". The site, starting from scratch in the Spring, has risen up to challenge FriendFeed, Digg and other sites for social news - and continues to grow at a rapid clip. Expected Exit: Acquisition by First Quarter of 2009 With Goldberg and team having raised so little capital to get the product off the ground, and having kept costs very low, with the development team in India, the bootstrapped Socialmedian looks to be a ripe target for an acquisition, in my opinion. Without strong revenues and the public markets the way they are, Socialmedian would be smart to find a strong content or media partner, to join forces and enable the service to continue its growth. 3) BackType Technorati and Google Blog Search, as well as many other directories and search engines have typically focused on the blog as the central nervous system for their offering. But as many would agree, it is the comments and conversation, no matter where they are, that have real meaning to blog authors and participants. While everyone was busy trying to see who could land on the Techmeme leaderboard or break new ceilings in Technorati Authority, BackType debuted a site that tracks comments by individual, lets you follow individual commenters across a wide variety of sites, be alerted when comments with keywords take place, and see charts that display keywords' momentum. Expected Exit: Acquisition in Second Half of 2009 The BackType founders are working together on their second startup, having abandoned the first when it didn't gain traction. While BackType doesn't yet have an amazing market presence, they have forged a unique foothold that so far looks unchallenged. With any luck, I would expect the BackType team to deliver more enterprise-capable brand and identity management tools that would enable the service to gain revenue and exposure, letting the service to remain independent through the majority of 2009 before finding a place within WordPress, Six Apart, Google or Twitter. 4) TweetDeck TweetDeck isn't a Web service, but this Adobe AIR application introduced new functions to Twitter usage that changed the game in terms of how people use the service. By introducing a multi-columned app that features groups, integrated search, direct messaging, and replies functionality, many are swearing by TweetDeck, and it looks like it may soon overtake Twhirl as the most popular Twitter application. Busy Twitter addicts including Guy Kawasaki swear by it. Expected Exit: Remaining Independent through end of 2009 Iain Dodsworth is continuing to upgrade the product, and it's widely rumored he may soon integrate multi-account support, as well as integration with additional services, outside of Twitter. If he can get enough people to donate or pay for the application, there's no question he could make a full-time living from the resulting revenue. The question is, will people who expect a free service to have 100% uptime spring for the app that gets them there? 
Dec 15, 2008
: Excellent, and I love this site, Jason. You and your team have done a superb job here with this. I've been in and out of many sites on the web but find this and (and Facebook) my only two daily routine sites.....well, and email.
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The Guardian
Mark "Santa" Thompson has done his first round of sharing the public service toys around the industry – and it would be very cynical not to welcome it as exactly the sort of thing the BBC should be doing. The BBC's own current blogger-in-residence, Steve Bowbrick, gave a good account of what might be possible on his blog si (Read More)
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Gizmodo
That Radioshack ad featuring the $99 3G-equipped Acer Aspire One? That was real. And so was AT&T's wishfully priced mandatory 2-year data plan. The 3G Aspire One goes on sale December 14th, and it looks to be a Radioshack exclusive for the time being. Packed with the standard 8.9" screen, 1GB of RAM, and 160GB of storage, t (Read More)
Dec 13, 2008
: Wow, nice try, AT&T and RadioShack. Pay the extra $200.00 at newegg.com and forget about the access plan. Or negotiate one with your carrier. This deal stinks.
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Submitted by Louisgray
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Eleven months ago, I wrote about twelve things that were wrong with the iPhone in OS version 1.1.3. Now that OS 2.2 is here, I figure it is time to revisit my list.What Was Fixed Since 1.1.3Apple have made a lot of progress in the year and a half that the iPhone has been in existence. And the fact that they’ve rolled out ju (Read More)
Dec 14, 2008
: Fair comments. I think the major one is push alerts to the phone, and I would add the option to have your location pushed to an Apple Service (on a set frequency - 15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour ) from which you could allow other iphone applications could then query. This would ensure that the GPS is available for other applications, but is not being activated by multiple applications - thus slowing down the device and draining the battery.... Maybe in Steve's keynote. This would give the iphone the same functionality as Android but preserve the battery and ensure smooth running apps and no task manager...
Dec 15, 2008
: I really don't like the touchscreen keyboard. It makes for clumsy, slow texting. I've always been VERY happy with a physical qwerty keypad, like some other smartphones, most notibly, Blackberry.One of the onlt things that really appeal me abot the iPhone is the apps, but BB has some pretty cool ones too, not as many, but still a lot. 
Dec 16, 2008
: For me it's the sms app. The text balloons are cool but I wanna forward/delete/edit/etc on the basis of the individual message level! ah well
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Dec 13, 2008
: Not so sure about this particular application, however It is good news that Apple is moving away from vetting the content of applications. It's a difficult one because I don't want the app store full of half finished work in progress applications. I want to be able to find the decent applications like today but believe the other stuff should be available maybe in an unapproved category, or not validated as a full application that meets the criteria required to be sold in the store...
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Submitted by Jrblaze
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Section: Apple News, Updates, iPod + iTunes, iPod touch, iPhone + Communications, iPhone, iPhone SDK & AppsArs Technica has recently found some undocumented features of the SDK in the new iPhone 2.2 software. Perhaps the most interesting of these features is the MPTVOutWindow class. This class allows developers to output th (Read More)
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Crunch Gear
The next gPhone has arrived, and surprisingly, it looks pretty nice. Although we were all very excited about China’s Sciphone (not really), the Kogan Agora and its upgraded twin, the Agora Pro, are probably a much better bet.It looks rather like a Blackjack, but it fits all the capabilities of a G1 or iPhone into that (Read More)
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Gizmodo
We have a soft spot for genius comedian-actor-writer-gadget-juggler Stephen Fry here at the Giz. He speaks things as he sees them, as an end user, with his usual wit. Lately he has been playing with a BlackBerry Storm and, like our review, he thinks that it's no you-know-who killer. In fact, he completely smashes it in his (Read More)
Nov 30, 2008
: Completely agree. VERY poor battery life too, the touch screen is slow to respond and there was no sound in the arpiece when making and receiving calls. Apparantly it's a 'known issue'.I'm now having problems getting a SIM card to work with it. 
Dec 01, 2008
: It looks neat, but I was a bit from reading the reviews in endgadget and gizmodo. I had actually thought that the Storm will be a competition with the iPhone. But from what I read, the biggest innovation does seem to be a nifty screen, the typing assistant and a 3.2 MegaPix camera. Not really a huge reason why I would shift from my current network to get one.Also any idea what the pricing is? 11
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Mac Rumors
iPhoneHellas.gr claims that the iPhone 2.2 firmware will become available on November 21st based on what they describe as a "reliable" source. Meanwhile, Gizmodo also describes the iPhoneHellas site as "reliable" but we at MacRumors have had very li... (Read More)
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CNN
Google has refined the appearance of its search page when visiting from an iPhone or iPod touch, an announcement reveals. Results are now formatted in a similar manner to other Google services, with a blue navigation bar, and vertically-aligned text or imagery that eliminates the need to scroll horizontally. Where appropr (Read More)
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The Guardian
The wise old adages for economical driving are familiar to most motorists: drive slower, avoid over-revving, check the air pressure in your tyres. But sometimes it's not your driving habits but your car that should be changed to make driving a little less heavy on your wallet.Despite the fact that fuel prices are now fallin (Read More)
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Great recognition, however to go big SocialMedian needs a beautiful Iphone App. News on the go is the way to go.... ...
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