Submitted by Sunil
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As much as we'd like the Tapplet, or iPad, to make its debut next month, it's looking like that won't be the case — as we've heard. "Sources close to the company" say that the event will be on September 9th and will most assuredly not be Tablet-related. Instead, like last year's September announcement, it'll be new iPods an (Read More)
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Social Media Explorer
As you know, I’m involved with a startup called LifestreamBackup.com. Well, today we are officially rebranding ourselves Backupify! As it turns out, when you say “lifestream backup” to people outside the social media world, they think you’re an environmental product or nature preserve. We hug trees as much as the next guy o (Read More)
CenterNetworks
Remember Friendfeed? The ultimate sharing service that was going to beat Twitter and reach the mainstream in a big way?Web trending service Compete shows Friendfeed down nearly 30% in September with 750,000 U.S. unique visitors. This is down from just over 1 million unique visitors in August 2009.Former Forrester analyst J (Read More)
: I mostly use Friendfeed to sync my different blogs, social networking accounts, and bookmarking accounts. For that, I find it indispensable. But for direct interaction, there seems to be no reason for me to use it, I just use Twitter.
: I don't use it as much as I did, but I much prefer it to Facebook, which is full of junk and noise, that I am forever seemingly having to filter out.
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)
Gmail Blog
Posted by Ari Leichtberg, Software Engineer and Yossi Matias, Head of Israel Engineering CenterWhen's the last time you got an email from a stranger asking, "Are you sure you meant to send this to me?" and promptly realized that you didn't? Sometimes these little mistakes are actually quite painful. Hate mail about your bos (Read More)
Twitter Blog
Today we've added another tool to our spam fighting toolbox that will give users the ability to flag bad accounts on Twitter.Folks can now help us conquer spam by calling our attention to a profile they find questionable. Click the “Report as spam” button under the Actions section of a profile’s sidebar and our Trust and Sa (Read More)
TechCrunch
Google Wave, the search giant’s latest experiment in post-email communications, is hardly out the gate, with some of the first 100,000 private beta testers still waiting for their invites. (I just finally got mine today, two weeks after launch). But Google Wave already has a few secrets. The one that surprised me is that (Read More)
"steampunk" - Google Blog Search
There is never a shortage of various forms of arcade machines. Usually they are fairly simple in design, but this one is far from simple. Instead this horror movie lover took his inspiration from the classic horror movies. That in turn gives this arcade machine a steampunk look that most people could appreciate year roun (Read More)
A Feed Is Born
Typhoon Ketsana (local typhoon name: Ondoy) drowned Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines in what is deemed to be the worst rainfall in recent history. In a span of roughly 6 hours Ketsana delivered a month’s worth of rainfall totaling to about 341mm or 13.4 inches.People living in the cities of Marik (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Whisky drinkers rejoice: there’s now a social network just for you. Connosr is a place to review whiskies (spelled the Scottish way), connect with other whisky connoisseurs and find new whiskies you might like.It’s a slick site that includes a Google Map of where each whisky comes from, plus whisky-related event listings an (Read More)
Mixx: Interests
It’s been said there’s a fine line between creativity and insanity, and the more creative designers get, the more insane their creations become. These 10 insane interiors and radical room designs show what happens when one moves beyond the fundamental to, well, just mental.Propeller Island City Lodge(images via: Home Design (Read More)
India Times
Vodafone the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, will sell the Apple iPhone in Britain from 2010, it said on Tuesday, finally sealing a deal to sell the popular phone in one of its biggest markets. (Read More)
The Technology Chronicles
CNN just released a new app that brings live news video from the cable news network to the iPhone 3G and the iPod Touch, while turning the 50 million owners of those best selling Apple devices into...
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Gizmodo
I tend to reflexively dismiss single-source news apps, since they're usually not much more than a repackaged mobile site. CNN's Mobile, with push, VOD and live newscasts, is much, much more—but don't expect to get it for free. Once you've gotten over the fact that no, CNN somehow didn't already have an iPhone app, consider (Read More)