Mashable!:
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Mashable!:
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: iPhone, App Store Twitter has flipped the switch on some new features, including geotagging of tweets and automatic retweeting. As a happy user of Stone Design's Twittelator Pro 3.3.1 [iTunes link], I was even mo (Read More)
All Points Blog:
In the latest round AT&T responds to Verizon's ads with its own ads. Most reviewers cast them as "lame" and "slapped together." I don't even know who Luke Wilson is, but he runs down a checklist of features (some say with er (Read More)
Gizmodo:
I still don't know why the Omnia II's 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen is resistive, but the WinMo 6.5 phone will go head-to-head with Verizon's own Moto Droid. Leaked docs suggest it'll be $200 on contract after $100 mail-in reba (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations. The significance of this is made clear by comparing it with last week's (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Seesmic, the Twitter client that was the first to incorporate lists, has now jumped on the social network’s new location-tagged tweets. You can roll over tweets that have a special marker to show a map of where they are, with (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
It was a huge day in AOL news, and we covered every bit of it. Catch up here:AOL's Voluntary Layoff Program And What It MeansAOLers To Decide Their Fate In One-On-Ones With Bosses Next WeekAOL Layoffs Are About Booting The Ol (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Just in time for the holiday, Fluid Forms has announced the availability of custom clocks made from street maps. Using their website, you can plug in a zip code or city name and then drag the map around until the portion you (Read More)
Lifehacker:
My wife bought me a Garmin GPS for Christmas last year. After showing her Google Navigation on my G1, she asked if her gift is obsolete. Sorry to say but, for anything but long-distance treks, Google's Navigation is good enou (Read More)
Lifehacker:
My wife bought me a Garmin GPS for Christmas last year. After showing her Google Navigation on my G1, she asked if her gift is obsolete. Sorry to say but, for anything but long-distance treks, Google's Navigation is good enou (Read More)
Valleywag:
Just in time for Christmas, AOL is asking 2,500 of its workers to volunteer for buyouts starting Dec. 4 (layoffs come after) as the company separates from Time Warner and a shadow of its former online conglomerate self.AOL CE (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
After reports suggested AOL would only fire about 1,000 people during its upcoming round of layoffs, AOLers tell us they were "surprised" to learn this morning that the company wants to lay off a full third of its employees - (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
We've reached out to AOL to ask what kind of package it's offering for the volunteer layoffs, which are supposed to trim headcount by 2,500 people.In the meantime, we've heard -- but can't confirm -- that the packages come in (Read More)
All Points Blog:
On Wednesday a judge denied AT&T's request to force Verizon to pull its ads. He set a hearing data for Dec 16 for AT&T to further state its case.- AP...Read moreContinue reading "Update 4: AT&T Sues Verizon over "Map for That (Read More)
All Points Blog:
KUOW, based at the University of Washington, hosts it Weekday radio program on "The Art of Maps" (9 am pacific) today (Thursday).Maps tell you more than simply how to get from here to there. Nearly any kind of information can (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Since AT&T can't get Verizon to stop running it's negative ads, it's hitting back, with Luke Wilson as the pitchman asking, "Who has the best 3G experience?"A funny way to frame the issue, but we suppose it's fair. If the 3G (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
AOL's wise urge to dump dead wood and fat has finally led it to MapQuest, another property that is now an also-ran.Kara Swisher: [A]ccording to sources inside and outside AOL, one of the next candidates for sale could be its (Read More)
Ars Technica:
Google announced Wednesday that Google Earth for iPhone has been updated to version 2.0. Though the major version number has incremented, the update is rather minor except for a new ability to connect to your saved Google (Read More)