Web Technology - Social Software
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:01:11 GMT
I remember way back before the Internet when I got most of my daily news via the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN. If it wasn't reported by either of...
I remember way back before the Internet when I got most of my daily news via the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN. If it wasn't reported by either of those outlets, there was a good chance I wouldn't hear that news at all. Those days are over. The problem is that most of the people running legacy news sites today are way older than I am, and still can't get their arms around the...
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Michael Arrington
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:55:32 GMT
3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other...
3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates. Now the company is talking: 3Crowd is looking to change the way people use content delivery networks, with a goal of making it...
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Jason Kincaid
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:41:47 GMT
I'm here at the Facebook Technology Tasting, where the social network is showcasing their newly open sourced PHP technology, HipHop . The new...
I'm here at the Facebook Technology Tasting, where the social network is showcasing their newly open sourced PHP technology, HipHop . The new technology effectively transforms PHP into C++, resulting in a significant savings of CPU cycles on web servers. Facebook is streaming the event live, and we've embedded the live stream below. Facebook Senior Open Programs Manager David...
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Jason Kincaid
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:14:46 GMT
David Naylor had a piece recently on optimizing your photos for search engines. The piece got me thinking, so I Googled myself at Google images. I...
David Naylor had a piece recently on optimizing your photos for search engines. The piece got me thinking, so I Googled myself at Google images. I had to laugh... Twenty pictures. Eleven are headshots of me from blogs and webpages. Four are pictures of friends on taken from my different social network profiles. And five are randon graphics off pages where I created content -
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:45:45 GMT
I'm sitting here looking at Facebook because, well, isn't everyone? Reuters had a piece recently on how Facebook is on the way to becoming a...
I'm sitting here looking at Facebook because, well, isn't everyone? Reuters had a piece recently on how Facebook is on the way to becoming a "technological lock-in" on a par with the QWERTY keyboard."I think Facebook is the most valuable Internet commodity in existence, more so than Google, because they are positioning themselves to be our online identity via Facebook connect,"...
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:20:33 GMT
Early this morning, Twitter began alerting certain users to reset their passwords because of a possible phishing attack. They later elaborated on...
Early this morning, Twitter began alerting certain users to reset their passwords because of a possible phishing attack. They later elaborated on it a bit but it still wasn't clear exactly what was going on. Now they've felt the need to fully go into exactly what went down — and it's fairly interesting. On their Twitter Status blog (interesting that it's not the main Twitter...
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MG Siegler
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:58:47 GMT
As we noted earlier , Google announced an update today to its Android OS for Nexus One phones that would enable the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch...
As we noted earlier , Google announced an update today to its Android OS for Nexus One phones that would enable the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch feature for the first time in a few Google apps: Maps, Gallery, and the Web Browser. We've just received the update, which is technically firmware 2.1-update1, and have taken a video of the new functionality in action. While some...
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MG Siegler
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:32:42 GMT
As great as Android phones are getting, there has been one major feature lacking that users have complained about: multi-touch. Yes, some third-party...
As great as Android phones are getting, there has been one major feature lacking that users have complained about: multi-touch. Yes, some third-party apps have been free to use it on certain devices, but the best Android apps, those made by Google, have all lacked it. Until now . With the Android update announced for Nexus One phones today, Google has enabled multi-touch for...
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MG Siegler
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:32:19 GMT
News Corporation just announced financial results for the second quarter ended December 31. Zooming in on the 'Other' segment, which houses News...
News Corporation just announced financial results for the second quarter ended December 31. Zooming in on the 'Other' segment, which houses News Corp's Digital Media group, things are not looking too bright. The business unit, which manages MySpace, IGN Entertainment, as well as the Hulu joint venture with NBC Universal, took a bit of a hit ( again ).
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Robin Wauters
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:53:24 GMT
Google has just started to deploy an update to the Nexus One that brings a long-desired feature to Android: Multi-touch. In a blog post ...
Google has just started to deploy an update to the Nexus One that brings a long-desired feature to Android: Multi-touch. In a blog post announcing the news, Google says that the new update will bring "Pinch-to-zoom functionality" to the Nexus One, which will allow users to pinch-to-zoom in the Android browser, Gallery, and Maps applications. So does this mean that Multi-touch...
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Jason Kincaid
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:09:46 GMT
Israeli genealogy site MyHeritage has completed its third acquisition, buying Germany’s OSN. OSN operates seven genealogy sites including...
Israeli genealogy site MyHeritage has completed its third acquisition, buying Germany’s OSN. OSN operates seven genealogy sites including Verwandt.de in Germany, Moikrewni.pl in Poland and Dynastree.com in the US. It was launched in 2007 just after LA-based Geni and, at first, it was just your typical German clone. But it added features and grew fast in older European markets...
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Sarah Lacy
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:00:36 GMT
It looks like another Delicious key architect is migrating to the new location-based startup BlockChalk . The latest is Josh Whiting, who was...
It looks like another Delicious key architect is migrating to the new location-based startup BlockChalk . The latest is Josh Whiting, who was formerly the lead engineer at Delicious for three and a half years before he left that role to do become a senior engineer for Craigslist. Whiting joins former colleague, Stephen Hood, who was the product lead at Delicious before starting...
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MG Siegler
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:50:34 GMT
Glam Media , a vertical advertising network, has raised its fifth round of venture capital - $50 million from aeris CAPITAL , a Switzerland and...
Glam Media , a vertical advertising network, has raised its fifth round of venture capital - $50 million from aeris CAPITAL , a Switzerland and Silicon Valley based private equity fund. The company is not disclosing the valuation of the round, but it is rumored to be around $750 million. Glam's last major funding was a $85 million combined debt and equity round in early 2008,...
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Michael Arrington
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:48:42 GMT
Larry Cheng, Managing Partner at Volition Capital recently put together a list of the top VC blogs according to traffic. On that list, Fred...
Larry Cheng, Managing Partner at Volition Capital recently put together a list of the top VC blogs according to traffic. On that list, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures is the top VC blogger, followed by Guy Kawasaki of Garage Technology Ventures and Paul Graham of Y Combinator. But which VC firm Websites attract the most attention? Today, Cheng released another list....
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Leena Rao
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:18:01 GMT
French game developer Gameloft , listed on Euronext Paris, this afternoon shared its 2009 financial results with the world. The video game publisher...
French game developer Gameloft , listed on Euronext Paris, this afternoon shared its 2009 financial results with the world. The video game publisher achieved consolidated sales of €122.0 million - roughly $170 million - for 2009, up 11% compared to 2008. The company also specified 'iPhone revenue', which presumably means its income from distribution of its games on both the...
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Robin Wauters
