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As we mentioned earlier this week, Google is set to launch a new, updated version of its search engine – the update is being called Google Caffeine. These changes to the service’s infrastructure will change the search results on Google in a more noticeable way than the usual incremental changes, so website owners are payin (Read More)
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Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.Unfortunately (Read More)
Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO
You can use Google Reader’s “Send To” feature for lots of fun things. Suppose you subscribe to a blog in another language, such as this French blog. You can add an “Autotranslate” custom link:I used the valuesName: AutotranslateURL: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=${url}Icon URL: http://translate.google.com/favicon. (Read More)
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FriendFeed is now the property of Facebook. The team got a nice $47.5 million payday for its troubles. The team is even moving to Facebook headquarters really soon. A lot of people expect the FriendFeed site to disappear in the future, so would you really expect FriendFeed to release new features at this stage?That’s exa (Read More)
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Twitter just announced “Project Retweet”, on both its blog and on the developer group API. Specifically, they’re launching phase 1 one of the project.Wait, what’s Project Retweet, you ask? While the entire plan’s not out yet, it looks like phase on is a Retweet API for developers, which marks the first time that Twitter h (Read More)
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Yahoo is launching a tool today that tells you what kind of Twitter user you are based on analysis of your Tweets. From “Tweethead” to “Headliner”, Yahoo uses a secret algorithm to come to conclusions about your tweeting behavior.The site, called Know Your Mojo, is a promotion for the new Yahoo homepage: once you’ve receiv (Read More)
CAREER-BROKERS's shared items in Google Reader
Dave Winer’s ability to peer into the future is uncanny. He was talking about a river of news long before the current activity streams became popular. He was evangelizing RSS long before there were blogs. I could go on and on about his prescient observations, but it’s his warnings that are especially prophetic.For as long a (Read More)
: “We have two choices in order to consolidate these — either opt for all-purpose services such as Facebook (as tens of millions have done) or use our blogs as the aggregation point or hub for all these various services.”
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Some 6 million people visit Twitter each month, so it's no wonder applications for the platform are coming fast and furious. Not only can consumers use Twitter to track their favourite taco truck, file civic complaints and apply for jobs, but they can now track their packages as well thanks to a new application from North C (Read More)
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Twitter has reportedly ramped up its legal team by hiring away a key Google lawyer to become its general counsel. The site has nabbed Alexander Macgillivray, the former Senior Product and Intellectual Property Counsel at Google, reports the NYTimes.Macgillivray’s resume is extensive: he steered the Google Books settlement (Read More)
MichaelFruchter.com
—————-My mobile device for the past two years was an HTC Kaiser running on Windows Mobile. When I purchased that smartphone back in late 2007, the first generation iPhone had been on the market for just a few months. Having heard the horror stories about the first generation iPhones running on the edge network, coupled with (Read More)
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Just when I thought I was closer to giving up on Firefox, a new application, in the form of a plugin, has become a major addiction for me (and a saviour for the spiraling browser). I’m talking, of course, about Feedly.Feedly was brought to my attention (as many other applications have) by the omnipresent Robert Scoble. He p (Read More)
: Feedly has been around quite awhile now...... It is kind of nice. Can be overwhelming at first but once you get used to it it's nice. It messed up my Google Reader folders though.
: I agree with Nathan, feedly is very intuitive much like magazine type websites. I especially like the mini toolbar as it makes sharing stuff in Twitter a breeze!
iphone - fresh news by plazoo.com
Third generation or fourth generation iPhones appear poised to deploy some interesting technologies like video chat, and motion sensing. The interface could be useful for people who use their iPhones while jogging or driving, allow them to make calls or change music with minimal distraction. (Read More)
iphone - fresh news by plazoo.com
Reports say a mobile application for Hulu is on the way that will let users watch full TV shows and movies on their iPhone over 3G and Wi-Fi. It's about time!. (Read More)