2 days ago

Submitted by Heather Leigh from Google Reader: When most businesses and non-profits start using social media, they start with small talk with their communities. They politely reply to tweets, express appreciation to donors, respond as quickly as possible to customer support issues, and generally try to add value to their network.But all to often, they fail to move beyo (Read More)

1 day ago

Official Google Blog In July we announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web.Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we are eager to engage with partner (Read More)

2 days ago

Engadget We've already seen MIT researcher Pranav Mistry's SixthSense projector-based augmented-reality system in some cool demos, but he just gave a TED talk and his latest ideas are the wildest yet. Forget simple projections, he's moved on to taking photos by just making a box with your fingers, identifying books and products on s (Read More)

3 days ago

TechCrunch The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone. It’s no longer a myth, it’s real.The next “super” Android device will almost certainly be a HTC phone that’s much thinner than even the Droid or iPhone – The the Dragon/Passion. This is the phone the sen (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Sandroalberti: According to Microsoft, "Windows 7 improves security, reliability, and performance while helping to optimize PC management." Concepts like Kernel Patch Protection, Data Execution Prevention, Address Space Layout Randomization, and Mandatory Integrity Levels sound good, but the early propaganda about Vista hyped security too (Read More)

3 days ago

AppScout With the advent of "citizen journalism," anyone with a camera, an Internet connection, and a few questions can become a member of the fourth estate. But how do you know if this reporting is accurate?YouTube on Tuesday introduced a new portal, dubbed YouTube Direct, intended to provide news organizations with a more organize (Read More)

3 days ago

Six Revisions : Web Development and Design Emails are a great way to reach people, to keep reminding them that your site still exists and that they really should keep checking you out. After all, the people who receive your emails should already be familiar with you, they will have opted to receive emails from you, but now you have to make sure they pay attention to (Read More)

4 days ago

A List Apart Until now, chances are that if we dropped text onto a web page in a system font at a reasonable size, it was legible. But with many typefaces about to be freed for use on websites, choosing the right ones to complement a site's design will be far more challenging. Many faces to which we’ll soon have access were never meant (Read More)

4 days ago

TechCrunch A mere week after Adobe Systems reported that it would be shedding nearly 700 employees or 9% of its total worldwide workforce, the company is releasing two highly anticipated new products that have been in the works for a while: Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0.Both of the products are being released with a ‘beta’ label at th (Read More)

5 days ago

readwriteweb Google's Chrome, the fastest major browser on the internet, appears set to launch an official gallery of browser extensions in the very near future. In the latest nightly build of the app an extension logo and a link to a gallery page appear when you open a new tab. Right now that link redirects to Google.com, but we assu (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Sandroalberti: RealityServer is Nvidia's attempt to bring 3D to any computing platform that supports a browser or standard Web services calls, including netbooks and smartphones. (Read More)

6 days ago

Lifehacker A lot of people have been impressed with how you can find an app for everything. What about driving yoru car? With this (very) ambitious DIY project you can drive a car with your iPhone. Why use... (Read More)

6 days ago

Gizmodo We've spent a lot of time this week discussing how we can use technology to change our bodies. But according to new research, one of the gadgets we rely on daily is already having a measurable effect on our brains. Researchers at Örebro University in Sweden found that cellphone usage increases the brain's production of tran (Read More)

6 days ago

Mashable! This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.There are 25 billion videos watched each month in the US alone. That’s billion, with a “B.” So it should be no surprise that web video offers an impor (Read More)

7 days ago

Mashable! Steve Cunningham is the CEO of Polar Unlimited, a digital marketing agency. To win a signed and personalized copy of each of the books mentioned here, visit Read It For Me.So you want to get up to speed fast on the latest social media thinking. Maybe give your colleague, boss or friend a dose of new social strategies. But (Read More)

Sandro Alberti

I lead a non-profit group of designers in the optimistic diffusion of information online. We focus on design theory and the development of online community.