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)
Submitted by Robdiana
from blog:
It has been an interesting week if you are following news about Twitter. After their launch of lists, most people probably figured that Twitter would get fairly quiet for a while. Well, it sounds like this is a different kind of Twitter team. Instead of waiting for a week or a month to go by, [...]. (Read More)
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)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
One of the notable things about the way Twitter has run its business up to now is that it has never got into the app business. New screenshots suggest that might be changing.
Twitter has always left development of everything except the core Twitter website and API up to third parties. It even bought the service’s [...]. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using Twitter more, compare five recommendation services for iPhone apps, review the new-look MSN, and mor (Read More)
: He asks if massive content sites gaining momentum is "cause for concern about the future of the Web?" - my thinking on this is it's cause for rejoicing. Regardless if you're building your site(s) for fun or profit, the point is constant and quality content creation should ultimately be rewarded.
TechCrunch:
Being a blogger, I often find design elements on the web for my posts or my blog in general. It’s becoming a very common experience for bloggers to know a thing or two about web design. I’m guessing it is the web that taught us to be quasi-designers by offering us lots of easy-to-use tools that help us create just about eve (Read More)
Techmeme:
Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:Microsoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web use — Windows Live Messenger led Microsoft's Web properties in capturing 14.5 percent of total time spent online in September worldwide, handily beating Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other sites, according to analysis firm comScore. (Read More)
The Next Web:
One of the notable things about the way Twitter has run its business up to now is that it has never got into the app business. New screenshots suggest that might be changing.Twitter has always left development of everything except the core Twitter website and API up to third parties. It even bought the service’s search tech (Read More)
Submitted by Todd
from Google Reader:
Who says Microsoft ain't lookin' out for those who selected its Zune HD over something Designed In Cupertino? Just days after countless owners went berserk over a playcount syncing issue, Microsoft has released a new firmware update that not only solves that very quandary but also adds a gaggle of fantastic new and / or imp (Read More)
: The Zune HD gets even more enjoyable to use with the firmware update.I still wonder why I need a Zune, but I always seem to find some way to play with it.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak:
Press play to begin streaming the audio or right click the text link and choose save as or save link.Download the MP3 [ 49 Minutes - 22 MB ]Pat Flynn has an inspiring story that you must listen to if you are like many people around the world who recently lost their job and want to transition to making an income online from (Read More)
Submitted by Digiphile
from Google Reader:
Robert Scoble's tech-event-organizers Twitter ListWhat’s a very simple yet effective way to integrate the new Twitter Lists feature into your event? Here’s what you can do:Define your event hash tag (a “must do” for any event!)Create a Twitter List for your eventIf your company or event already has a Twitter ID (“brand”), (Read More)
Google Operating System:
Gmail Chat, the web-based version of Google Talk, added last year voice and video chat. The feature is now available in iGoogle and orkut, but it will probably be added to other Google services, as well.SFGate reports that Google will improve the service significantly in the coming months.Gmail's voice and video chats are n (Read More)
Planet XML:
There was an article in the The Register earlier this week titled Twitterfanatic glimpses dark side of OAuth which contains the following excerpt A mobile enthusiast and professional internet strategist got a glimpse of OAuth'sdark side recently when he received an urgent advisory from Twitter. The dispatch,generated when (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Google’s Vice President of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer was recently profiled in a Vogue Magazine article that offered a in-depth glimpse into the exec’s lifestyle, loves, career and fashion preferences. Now, Mayer has been named as one of Glamour Magazine’s 2009 Women of the Year. Joining Mayer on the (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Gmail Chat, the web-based version of Google Talk, added last year voice and video chat. The feature is now available in iGoogle and orkut, but it will probably be added to other Google services, as well... (Read More)