TechCrunch:
Brizzly was first unveiled in private beta at our first CrunchUp event in July, so it’s only appropriate that today, the day of our next CrunchUp, it’s being opened to the public. Now, to be clear, the product is still technically in beta, but that’s only so the team at Thing Labs can keep experimenting with new ways to mak (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
It's the morning after the big Chrome OS event where Google executives and engineers revealed a myriad of details about the company's first attempt at creating their own operating system. The highly anticipated news conference was tracked all over the web, liveblogged by technology sites, and Twittered so much that it's sti (Read More)
: What do you mean "was"? It's not even out for a year. This doesn't make sense to me. It's a preview. They did you a favor by playing show and tell. Patience. Also note that Sarah freelances for Microsoft.
Conversation Agent:
There have been conversations recently about abandoning RSS readers, and specifically Google Reader in favor of using Twitter as a human filter for information. The idea is that if you follow smart people, they read good material and will pass that along to their network - you. Part of me says, maybe. Somehow I think that (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Today, during the Filtering the Stream roundtable at our RealTime CrunchUp, Seesmic’s Loic Le Meur asked why Facebook isn’t giving third parties access to their Friend Lists. Obviously, that’s a good question now that Twitter has starting giving third parties access to its Lists feature via an API. Normally, you’d expect a (Read More)
L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Thing Labs in their San Francisco office. Chris Wetherell, middle left, and Jason Shellen, middle right. Credit: Mark Milian / Los Angeles TimesThe mad scientists at Thing Labs have a very impressive track record.On the sixth floor of a trendy building in San Francisco's recently renovated Mint Plaza, four former Google emp (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
As I read report after report on Google’s Chrome OS, I have to say I feel a little let down. But most importantly, I’m a little hesitant to call it a real Operating System.According to the official post:[Google Chrome OS is] an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web.Don’t we all spen (Read More)
TechCrunch:
The public debut of Google Chrome OS today has the press abuzz over the potential of the new web-based operating system. And now that it’s open sourced, you have the chance to try it out for yourself. Unfortunately, most people aren’t ready to undertake the daunting task of actually taking Google’s recently open-sourced co (Read More)
Scobleizer:
Twitter’s COO, Dick Costolo, today, at the TechCrunch Real Time Crunchup (live video of the conference is live now on building43, there will be lots of news all day long from this event), told the audience that Twitter is, indeed, going to turn on an advertising model.This is a huge shift in what Twitter is saying publicly. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
There are a number of real-time search engines in the space, including Collecta and OneRiot. Today, at the Real-Time CrunchUp, Infoaxe debuts its real time search engine.What makes Infoaxe unique is that it doesn’t tap into streams from Twitter, Facebook, or Digg for content. Infoaxe’s search engine relies completely on at (Read More)
Mashable!:
According to Google’s vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Meyer, Google is looking to streamline its search experience. Using a jazz metaphor, Meyer explains that customers aren’t happy with the fact that Google’s search interface is too unpredictable (much like jazz, especially if you aren’t into i (Read More)
Submitted by Ivanwalsh
from Google Reader:
Meet Captain Jing, eat Alphabetti Spaghetti, create lists in Robohelp, move technical writers to network thinking, LaTeX (not that type!), Why I Wasn’t Sold on Single Sourcing, The Moment I Felt Like an Executive, Does Your Company Need a Dedicated Tweeter? and how much does Darren Rowse earn from Blogging. What are you (Read More)
Mashable!:
In the month or so since Twitter started rolling out its Twitter Lists feature, a number of web and Adobe AIR based clients have added support for it.However, we haven’t seen any native Twitter apps support Lists. Today Realmac Software released Socialite Beta 3 for Mac OS X, including, among other enhancements — basic list (Read More)
Boing Boing:
The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it's perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the "three-strikes" rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyo (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Seesmic is having a huge week. The startup that develops Twitter and Facebook clients for the web and desktop just unveiled a native Windows client at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference earlier this week. At the Real-Time CrunchUp today, Seesmic is launching its first venture into the mobile space with impressive (Read More)
TechCrunch:
For security nuts and enterprise clients, Cisco is launching an iPhone app, called Cisco SIO, to put Cisco Security Intelligence Operations in users’ hands. The app gives giving users real-time access to security information and also lets users create personalized alerts to show security threats that could impact their netw (Read More)