mashable:
When developers get their hands on a social media platform, amazing things tend to happen. For example, Facebook transformed web apps when it launched the Facebook platform. The result has been everything from Facebook Connect to FarmVille. Twitter’s an even better example when you start thinking of the countless Twitter (Read More)
Submitted by Mahendra
from Google Reader:
Since the spot light is on net neutrality and potential government regulation, I considered the analogous developing social web. I suspect my friend and facebook guru Jesse Stay may not agree. My premise, If I introduced two people, I don’t own that relationship, so why should a social site? It Begins With Net NeutralityThe (Read More)
Micro Persuasion:
To often, it seems, we forget that the people we interact with have their own lives. Their social relationships have far more impact on their behavior than anything you or I might say or do. This is one of the tenets of The Four Agreements. Nowhere is this more important than in public relations. PR is a lot more about psy (Read More)
901am:
For a supposed technology company, Microsoft sure fails to compete technologically when it comes to search. Instead of actually building a better search engine, they’re bribing newspapers in a feeble attempt to hurt a rival search engine.We already know that Microsoft Bing is offering newspapers “premium placement” in excha (Read More)
Royal Pingdom:
Last week Google finally unveiled their much-talked-about Chrome OS, and subsequently worked the tech community into a frenzy. The operating system certainly lived up to Google’s initial promises of being browser-centric – it is basically just the Chrome web browser atop a custom Linux kernel. It does everything you’d expec (Read More)
AndroidGuys:
Vibrate During Meetings (VDM) is a clever, yet simple widget that will automatically change your phone settings to put your phone into vibrate mode. Now I know there are plenty of these “change your phone settings” apps on the market that do the same thing, however VDM has one special thing going for it that other apps of (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Having just launched a new real-time mobile search engine in conjunction with OneRiot only weeks ago, mobile search company Taptu is now expanding their revamped service to the Android platform. Today, they're launching a new application designed specifically for Android phones running version 1.5 and above. Like their bran (Read More)
Submitted by Courane01
from Google Reader:
After over a year in the iPhone App Store and millions of your photo & video uploads we’ve learned a few things along the way about what you love & need from our iPhone client. We’ve been improving along the way however our latest 1.5 release should answer the majority of your unanswered desires.Here’s a quick overview of w (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Chester French is a rock band that has built an application on the Force.com platform. That's compelling for the simple fact that when a rock and roll band develops its own application, you know that the market is seeing a far wider adoption than it has ever before.Even more, it's an important reminder of the advantage of b (Read More)
Submitted by Courane01
from Google Reader:
More and more startups are working in distributed teams. Teams with people in different countries and time zones. Keeping the team up to date and aligned is key for success. 7 tools to make online collaboration easy, thanks to CrunchBase for the introductions:AgileBuddy: agree on specsAgileBuddy is next generation Scrum pro (Read More)
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
In the past few months I've noticed an increased number of posts questioning practicesaround deleting and "virtually" deleting data from databases. Since someof the concerns around this practice have to do with the impact of soft deletes onscalability of a database-based application, I thought it would be a good topic formy (Read More)
Lifehacker:
We explained that you don't need to pay for Windows security last week, but today we're taking a closer look at how to protect yourself from drive-by malware that can infect your computer by simply visiting the wrong web site. Naturally, everything in the last article still applies (you should definitely give it a read thro (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
Today we’re delighted to announce the launch of Spotify for Symbian. Symbian is the operating system used by a number of smartphones including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung. Today’s release means that Spotify Mobile is now available on millions more phones, such as the Nokia 6220 Classic, E71 and 5800 XpressMusic model (Read More)
Engadget:
It's been a crazy weekend, and we'll have the latest episode of The Engadget Show up to prove it soon enough, but for now we thought you might still be interested in the podcast we did live on Friday from within the hazy mist of show prep and Chrome OS assessment. Sure, you might not be used to getting a new podcast on a Mo (Read More)