The Next Web
Foursquare, the location-sharing social game that’s taken select cities around the world by storm, has formally announced that its API is open for business.Why is this important? Well, now anyone can create an application that uses Foursquare’s location-centric social network to build all manner of exciting apps.Examples Fo (Read More)
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Silicon Alley Insider
Non-PC gaming sales in the U.S. totalled just $1.03 billion in October, down 19% from a year ago, NPD reports.Console sales were hit even harder, dropping 23% to $380.74 million. Here's how the units break out per console:Nintendo's (NTDOY) Wii sold 506,900 units, up 10% from September, thanks to its price cut. It's still d (Read More)
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the possibility of Google going evil. At that time, I was talking mostly about the fact that Google has free or cheap applications in many different areas. However, I did not really talk about standards they were developing. One commenter, Ed Richardson, mentioned this as a reason why [...]. (Read More)
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Official Google Blog
(Cross-posted with the Social Web Blog)On the subway, I bump elbows with a guy for 20 city blocks without exchanging a single word. Forty-five minutes later, I find the same guy at the local guitar shop, and we start to talk — turns out he plays a Gibson Les Paul just like I do. We may have been strangers on the train, but (Read More)
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ReadWriteWeb
Last night, Amazon sent out emails to their Amazon Associates members touting the latest addition to the company's affiliate program: a new feature called "Share with Twitter." According to the email, participants can generate "tweetable" links to any Amazon product after first logging into their Associates account. By clic (Read More)
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: I actually like the idea, if it is utilized correctly. Of course it can be used or abused like anything in affiliate marketing, but if used properly it would benefit everyone, including Twitter followers.
GigaOM
We have gone back and forth on the existence of Google Phone for a long time. In the beginning there was a talk of a Google Phone which turned out to be Android, Google’s mobile operating system targeting handset makers such as HTC, Motorola and Samsung. Now there is word that Google might actually be looking to make their (Read More)
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Recently, Roger Thompson, chief research officer at security firm AVG, discovered over half a dozen Facebook applications that had been compromised by malicious hackers. Although the apps' reach was small with relatively few users being affected, Thompson was concerned because it was the first time he had seen apps themselv (Read More)
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ReadWriteWeb
Real-time information is red hot all around the web but it made a surprise appearance on YouTube tonight in the form of real-time search for comments, of all things. YouTube comments are notoriously not worth reading, but now you can search their full text...in real time. There are some very real, potential use-cases cryi (Read More)
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A sneaky Microsoft plug-in -- covered in this week's massive Patch Tuesday -- left Firefox users at risk for months.
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