Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name: DocVerseQuick Pitch: DocVerse brings the collaboration functionality of (Read More)
Engadget:
It's been almost a full year since we heard a peep from the fine folks at Myka, but it looks like we could be talking about 'em a lot more often judging by the specs list on its latest contraption. The simply-titled ION is an Atom-based media PC that relies on NVIDIA's Ion graphics set and a customized interface that brings (Read More)
Submitted by Robdiana
from Google Reader:
A while back I was surfing the Twitter developers wiki and noticed 2 interesting images uploaded by Ryan Sarver, Twitter’s Platform Project Manager. One of the images looks like a very rough status message entry screen, with a toggle button for Twitter’s new geolocation feature. This same feature just launched in read-onl (Read More)
TechCrunch:
The ads are destroying YouTube. At least this one is. It is a video ad for sustainable energy company from Spain called Acciona. Yeah, I had never heard of them either. The video starts with this Euro-dude in a suit starting to blow up and crack apart like he’s made from plaster. Halfway through, the actual video player (Read More)
WebProNews - eBusiness News, Search News, and Business Videos:
Consumers are more willing to engage with and buy from brands on social networking sites, according to a new study by Performics and ROI Research.The study found thirty-four percent of respondents who have used a search engine to find information on a product/brand after seeing an advertisement on a social networking site. (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s no secret that Facebook is humongous: 300 million users humongous. Yet it still shocks us that it keeps on finding new users to fuel its ascent into the social media stratosphere.A little over a year ago (August 2008), Facebook reached 100 million users. And now according to AllFacebook, that number is now a staggeri (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
When news of the Litl Webbook broke out on Wednesday, I was pleased to learn that the company is located here in Boston since there aren’t nearly as many people in this area making actual hardware devices as opposed to software and web companies. I got a chance to sit down with CEO John Chuang for a thorough overview of the (Read More)
Nico's shared items in Google Reader:
Chorus is a fun and free way to discover hot new iPhone apps from the people you trust most – your friends!Finding the right app can be hard. Chorus makes it easy and fun by enabling you and your friends to review apps and share your opinions.Check out what your friends are downloading, find out what they (Read More)
mashable:
Many signs point to the Apple and AT&T agreement that makes the latter the exclusive carrier of the iPhone within the US coming to an end within the next year. For starters, non-exclusivity has been profitable for Apple in others part of the world. Moreover, even AT&T’s CEO acknowledges the deal won’t last forever.And whi (Read More)
Engadget:
We know, today is totally Android 2.0's day to shine, but what would a Friday night be without a little diversity? Windows Mobile 6.5 officially landed on a gaggle of Windows Phones back in early October (a month ago to the day, in fact), but by and large, all of 'em have seemingly drifted off into some forgotten corner whi (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
When you've got a global audience, maybe it's good to make sweeping, ambitious statements. Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald, co-founder of Augmented Reality browser company Layar, was interviewed by CNN today and took the opportunity to claim that AR on phones is going to be so big in the future that only voice will be more popular (Read More)
Submitted by Robdiana
from Google Reader:
Twitter has an estimated 45 million users, this is a pretty big user base that Twitter has to please. With that comes decisions that will tick off some and please others no matter, the key is finding a balance.Twitter’s latest feature, Lists, have been a well discussed feature around the blogosphere. I am not sure how Twitt (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Professional networking site LinkedIn says it’s experimenting with a new layout. The redesign has only been rolled out for some users, so I’m not seeing it in my own account yet, but the company’s blog post suggests it’s making subtle improvement.Right now, the site’s navigation is split between a box on the left hand side (Read More)
TechCrunch:
I think it’s safe to assume their Twitter account has been hacked.
Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.
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Engadget:
The egg had to come before the chicken right? Well either way, one of 'em came first and in the case of the latest Blu-ray feature, Managed Copy enabled Blu-ray Discs will come before the hardware. Less than five months since AACS was finalized and the details of Managed Copy were revealed and so far we've only seen one dem (Read More)