VentureBeat:
Editor’s note: This story is part of our Microsoft-sponsored series on cutting-edge innovation.Several bedrock assumptions in modern computing are crumbling. Individual processor cores no longer double in speed every two years. Netbook PCs are as inexpensive as smartphones. Scientists and gamers now use the same computing h (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Graphics chip maker Nvidia today introduced Cloud 3D, a service that will make it much easier to for developers to access powerful 3-D graphics technology via cloud computing.The service lets developers access cloud-based graphics computing power — where the 3-D hardware is housed in a big data center instead of on the user (Read More)
TechCrunch:
I went to a birthday party this weekend where I ran into a Facebook guy, a smart guy who asked me to go off the record. In fact, the whole party was supposed to be off the record. So I ignored the off the record part by insisting that I already knew the thing I was being told, and then I told him on the record what I though (Read More)
Mashable!:
We’ve been taking an active analytical look at emerging Twitter related trends on a monthly basis. This month instead of analyzing the state of the Twittersphere on our own, we thought we’d give some of the web’s most experimental, influential, and knowledgeable thought leaders an opportunity to share their perspectives on (Read More)
TechCrunch:
One of the benefits of covering new technology and startups on a daily basis is that you can see trends as they begin to swell and repeat themselves. One shift we’ve been keeping a very close eye on is the rise of realtime streams, and how they are fundamentally altering the way we communicate and interact with one another (Read More)
Mashable!:
Last week in the Mashable Chat, Pete and Robert Scoble were discussing FriendFeed and some of the reasons the service failed to take off with mainstream users. The influx of information, the inability to control what you see and the overall ease-of-use were all reasons mentioned why the service will probably be better used (Read More)
TechCrunch:
We recently wrote about the real-time update and redesign of Cliqset, a Friend-Feed-like online identity platform that lets users merge and share a vast variety of social information, including status updates, location, photos, and more, onto one platform. Cliqset aims to be a one-stop-shop for social communications, pullin (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Cliqset, a social content-sharing startup, has launched a partnership with Boxee to let users chat with friends on their TVs. The Gainesville, Fla.-based startup also launched a desktop client for its content sharing site, which resembles a cross between FriendFeed and Twitter. Cliqset pulls in data from about 70 social net (Read More)
Mashable!:
Throughout the entire 2008 and the better part of 2009, we’ve reported on Facebook and Twitter’s explosive growth. Month after month, we’ve seen tremendous numbers from both these services, while some giants of old, such as MySpace, dropped lower and lower. Somewhere in June, however, Twitter stopped growing, at least accor (Read More)
Mashable!:
Happy Friday, people! That means not only is it #FollowFriday, but it’s also time for the Lunchtime Poll!The way it works is simple. We throw out a poll question, start off with some responses from the staff here at Mashable, and let you fine folks have at it in the comments. We want to get a sense of what the community thi (Read More)
mashable:
Samir Balwani is an emerging technology strategist at Morpheus Media, a firm specializing in Social Marketing, SEM, and SEO. You can follow him on Twitter @leftthebox and get his newsletter.Social media marketing and the businesses that utilize it have become more sophisticated. More small businesses are beginning to unders (Read More)
VentureBeat:
After social sharing site FriendFeed stops innovating as its founders ease their way into new jobs at acquirer Facebook, where will its savvy users go?Cliqset wants to be the destination. The Jacksonville, Florida-based startup has turned into a site like where users can keep tabs on friend updates from about 70 services fr (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Swedish start-up Twingly is launching channels tomorrow that find the most socially relevant news around any topic.Twingly’s channels are a more sophisticated kind of real-time search or meme tracker that will pull up recently published items on a topic and filter them by how much they’ve been commented on or shared. It pul (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Smartphones are great. Ubiquitous data access is great. Mobile computing is great. Unfortunately, each smartphone represents its own little walled garden of convenience. Apple’s iPhone is tied tightly with iTunes and various other Apple services. Android is tied tightly with Google services. Each manufacturer makes a modicu (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Our Hive Five asks readers to identify five of the best tools for any job, then vote for the absolute best. Here's a look back at the winners—the best of the best—from each week. Every week we pose a question to you, the computer saavy readers of Lifehacker. Tirelessly we search for the next "Which is best?" question and th (Read More)
: Some handy apps in here - I'd never even heard of PDF-XChange or Klok. Surprised Trillian won IM, but I'm pretty sure they put out a notice for users to vote.