Nov 13, 2009

Boing Boing The Times Labs blog takes a hard look at the data on music sales and live performances and concludes that while the labels' profits might be falling, artists are taking in more money, thanks to the booming growth of live shows. The Times says that they'd like more granular data about who's making all the money from concerts (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Twitter Lists have rolled out to a majority of users on the site now and the uptake has been remarkable. Things will get truly interesting when lists can by turned into columns in 3rd party clients like Tweetdeck and Seesmic (one small client says it's shipped list support already and Tweetdeck says it's coming soon), when (Read More)

Oct 26, 2009

Mashable! This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Learn more about Grasshopper at Grasshopper.com.Whether your company is just starting out, just starting to turn a profit or already on the verge of an acquisition, as an entrepreneur you’ll be constantly evaluating the tools that (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Mashable! Google Wave may still be in its infancy, but it’s already looking towards the future – a future that includes monetization. And part of that monetization will apparently come from an iPhone (or Android)-like app store, where developers can market Wave apps and consumers can buy them, with Google presumably taking a cut.Acc (Read More)

Oct 15, 2009

Google Blog Search: "social media" Last week DigitalMediaWire published an article stating that the majority of U.S. companies ban social media sites at work. The stats break down thusly:54% of business block employee access to social networking sites19% allow social networking for work-related purposes16% allow limited personal use10% allow full useIronical (Read More)

Oct 16, 2009

readwriteweb Recently, Roger Thompson, chief research officer at security firm AVG, discovered over half a dozen Facebook applications that had been compromised by malicious hackers. Although the apps' reach was small with relatively few users being affected, Thompson was concerned because it was the first time he had seen apps themselv (Read More)

Oct 09, 2009

Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection Adobe Systems today announced their free Photoshop IPhone App. The app is available free of charge at the iPhone store and allows users the ability to edit and add simple effects on photos with their iPhone.“As the digital imaging leader, Adobe is excited to bring Photoshop.com Mobile to iPhone users,” said Doug Mack, vice (Read More)

Oct 08, 2009

mashable There’s been plenty of discussion about how Google, Microsoft, and other players in search are going to address “the Twitter problem” – the service’s ability to unearth breaking news and links far quicker than traditional search engines.In fact, just last week, Google launched a new search option that allows users to filter (Read More)

Sep 14, 2009

Submitted by Hanna Wiszniewska from Google Reader: By Lauren FritskyData portability has become the new Oz. The buzz phrase for the process of sharing and reusing user data across applications on various websites, several providers claim to be taking steps toward it. But with no streamlined process or guidelines, concerns about privacy and the ability to truly share informa (Read More)

Sep 14, 2009

TechCrunch Intuit has acquired the free online personal finance service Mint, we’ve confirmed from a source close to the deal, for around $170 million. The deal should be announced in the next few days.This is a terrific exit for Mint, which first launched two years ago at TechCrunch50. Mint took the top prize at that event and has be (Read More)

Sep 11, 2009

Kevin's shared items in Google Reader As you must have heard, Facebook Lite has been released in the US. Obviously, the blogosphere is buzzing with the news. The funniest part of the release is that it is so very far from complete. You really cannot modify any of your settings, and a bunch of other things. InsideFacebook has a really good overview of Lite, and (Read More)

Aug 31, 2009

readwriteweb Fwix, a website for local news, aims to be a "real-time local newswire" for your hometown. Offering a combination of traditional content pulled from newspapers and blogs along with items submitted by citizen journalists, the site reads more like a location-based lifestream than a typical news site. Key to the site's success (Read More)

Aug 07, 2009

Submitted by Bwana from Google Reader: Like Legos? Like Star Wars? Have an iPhone? Then you certainly will these iPhone wallpapers. These images weren't intended to be iPhone wallpapers, but they certainly work. The drawings were created by a talented guy named Mike Crowley. Check 'em out: [images via PixelatedGeek via Flickr] To get t (Read More)

Aug 06, 2009

ReadWriteWeb By the end of this year, Apple's App Store will carry more than 100,000 apps. According to Flurry, which specializes in providing real-time analytics to mobile app developers on the iPhone, Android, JavaME, and Blackberry, new project starts among iPhone developers show no sign of slowing down. Flurry, however, also noticed (Read More)

Aug 05, 2009

Steve's shared items in Google Reader I admit that I am addicted to Google Reader. If you follow my shares, I average almost 35 shares a day and that is with me ensuring I do not share too much. My reader is open all day. However, in the past I have complained that the new features, like comments, groups and likes, were very odd and did not really add much to t (Read More)

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