ReadWriteWeb:
It always gives us joy to tell our readers that Microsoft is actually doing cool things. The company's Live Labs has been the source of a few interesting projects: a 3D photo-stitcher called PhotoSynth, a bookmarking service called Thumbtack (which was shuttered just this month). Typically, the UIs have been slick, but user (Read More)
readwriteweb:
Digg CEO Jay Adelson told FOX Business tonight that ever since rolling out Digg Ads, the social link-sharing service has been making money and that profitability is right around the corner.Although advertising continues to be the only seemingly reliable model for monetizing content-centric websites, Adelson reports that cli (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Reader engagement with blogs has changed dramatically over the last three years, primarily because of the rise of online social networks, according to new numbers released by analytics firm Postrank today. Postrank published an analysis based on metrics for signals like comments, trackbacks, shared links and online bookma (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Apostrophes are both over- and under-utilized in the English language. A light-hearted but factual illustration at apostrophe.me makes flowchart-style sense of when to bust out the vertically flipped comma. Update: Apologies for the duplicate post. From the cracked but clever mind of Matthew Inman and his site The Oatmeal, (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Shopping is horror. The prices. The lines. The hordes of clamoring consumers - the thought of holiday shopping is, in itself, enough to make us wish for simpler days when putting coal in someone's sock was a legitimate option.But, whether we like it or not, we can't Grinch out; so we'd better start thinking about the gift-g (Read More)
Lifehacker:
If you're particular about your username and want to have a unified personal usernam or company identity across all the social networks and services you'll be using, KnowEm make checking availability simple. Like previously reviewed NameChk KnowEm checks to see if usernams are available. While KnowEm is distinctly geared to (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Specialized mobile search engine Taptu and real-time search service OneRiot have teamed up to launch a new real-time search engine for mobile. With the touch-friendly interface provided by Taptu, you can now perform searches from your mobile phone and receive real-time results from sites like Twitter and Digg. In addition, (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Five years ago, an open-source browser called Firefox—one that didn't ship with your computer—was available as a 1.0 download. To say it's changed the world's web experience is understatement. Let's take a look back at five years of the 'fox. Read on for an overview of the life of Firefox, including its journey from fro (Read More)
TechCrunch:
[France] Wozaik, a Paris-based startup which is developing a dynamic bookmarking system, is giving away 200 invites for an exclusive preview of their platform to Techcrunch Europe readers. You can grab one here on a first-come-first-serve basis.Despite still being in private alpha (a beta should launch soon), Wozaik has ga (Read More)
Mashable!:
The latest Chrome beta build ushers in a great new feature: bookmark syncing. If you use multiple computers, or even just appreciate a cloud backup of your browser bookmarks, this feature will be a boon.You can grab the new beta build 4.0.223.16 here, which also includes speed improvements by as much as 30% since the curren (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Starting today, social bookmarking service StumbleUpon is allowing users to beta test a shiny, happy redesign of their site.The new interface is streamlined and more social with an updated relationship system. A focus on consistency (e.g., limiting user control of visual elements) and removal of clutter (e.g., presenting ta (Read More)
Ars Technica:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a big step towards becoming more accessible on Friday, with an impressive upgrade of its Electronic Comment Filing System. The new EFCS offers far more searching capability, formatting flexibility, and bookmarking power than ever (Read More)
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from Google Reader:
This is exciting to me. I really don’t spend enough time reading for pleasure anymore, and an Android e-reader just might give me a valid excuse to spend work time burried in a true crime murder mystery the latest Android-related article from some tech magazine. Nook – an e-ink daisy from Barnes&Noble set to drop on Novembe (Read More)
Ecademy: user blogs:
Social marketing has matured as a distinct function, with PR agencies scrambling left, right and centre to catch up with the new rules of PR. But now people are asking "How do we measure the return we're getting from social networking for business?" This and other key questions are being debated today at the Like Minds conf (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The Omnibar extension makes Firefox's awesomebar act like Google Chrome's omnibar, collapsing the address bar and search into one single text box. We've mentioned Omnibar in passing in a couple of posts, namely our guide to turning Firefox into a Google Chrome clone and our post detailing h (Read More)