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- Social Media Grammar: The “Checkin” Conundrum3 September 2010, 5:35 pm
Alanna Francis is a SEO Specialist and Grammar Enthusiast at the website design company Blue Fountain Media, where she specializes in e-commerce marketing. She writes for the company’s web design and SEO trends blog and you…... 
- iTunes Ping’s Latest Problem: Spam3 September 2010, 4:38 pm
iTunes Ping is apparently full of spam, yet another hiccup in Apple’s road to establishing a legitimate social network.As Sophos notes on its blog, a barrage of spam links are hitting the music-themed social network. Many of…...
- Determine Restaurant Wait Times Before You Leave the House [APPS]3 September 2010, 4:10 pm
If you’re anything like me (too impatient to boil water), you hate waiting to be seated at restaurants — those blinking, vibrating beeper things really are instruments of the devil, no? Well, The Onion’s A.V. Club has come up with…...
- Twitter Surpasses 145 Million Registered Users3 September 2010, 3:44 pm
Buried in last night’s update on skyrocketing mobile usage, Twitter CEO Evan Williams revealed that the company now has more than 145 million registered users.The last time Twitter went on the record with member registrations, it was…...
- The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, July 20103 September 2010, 3:22 pm
Each month, our partner Visible Measures compiles a list of the top 10 most popular web video series, and we share those results with you and provide analysis. Visible Measures tracks views, comments and other data on…...
- Motorola Pulls Out Another Full Page NYT Ad Aimed At Apple’s Head3 September 2010, 5:30 pm
Oh my, how I love some good ol' fashion mudslinging.
"Flash Websites? There's A Phone For That."
To any ne'er-do-blog-read layman, the full page ad that Motorola just put in the New York Times might just seem oddly worded. To anyone who has even considered considering themselves a gadget geek -- or has, at least, turned on their TV anytime in the past year and a half and seen Apple's "There's An App For That" campaign -- there's no question who this one's aimed at. ...
- ESPN Thanks Sony For ESPN 3D Help, Says ‘People Who See 3D Can’t Get Enough Of It’3 September 2010, 5:21 pm
Without Sony's support ESPN “probably would not have launched” ESPN 3D. So said Bryan Burns, Vice-President of ESPN, at IFA earlier today. Burns, talking before a reasonably crowded auditorium, reiterated ESPN's commitment to 3D sports broadcasting while fully recognizing what we've all been going on about for months now: nobody's going to buy an expensive 3D TV—have you seen the unemployment numbers of late?—when there's nearly zero 3D content to be found....
- Google To Update, Shorten And De-Jargon Privacy Policies – Here’s What’s Changing3 September 2010, 4:33 pm
Mike Yang, Google's Associate General Counsel, just published a post on the Google blog, informing users that the company is making its privacy policies shorter and easier to understand for non-lawyers. They are also making some other changes, but to be clear, the Mountain View company isn't altering its privacy practices as such.
The updates will go into effect October 3, which is 30 days from now. ...
- Shazam Launches Major Updates To iPhone app, Now On 20m Users3 September 2010, 3:37 pm
Music identification app Shazam has announced big feature updates to its iPhone and iPod touch music discovery apps.
There are now customised settings for ‘tagging on start-up’ make the process of identifying a music track faster, a new UI, the ability to search for ringtones and videos on iTunes and better video. You can also share tunes you find via Facebook and Twitter. Shame it doesn't own its name on Twitter then.
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- comScore: Time Spent Watching Live Web Video Up 650 Percent3 September 2010, 3:34 pm
comScore has just released some telling stats about the massive growth of live streaming video over the web. According to the analytics company, over the past year, the amount of time American audiences spent watching video on the major live video publishers (Justin.tv, Ustream, Livestream, LiveVideo, and Stickam) has grown 648% to more than 1.4 billion minutes. Of course, video consumption on the web has grown generally—U.S. audiences watching YouTube and Hulu increased 68% and 75%, respectiv...
- Study finds love-hate relationship with cell phones3 September 2010, 5:34 pm
Though most feel safer and more in touch with mobile phones in hand, many are annoyed by the interruption of calls, says Pew Internet study....
- Samsung Galaxy Tab: an Android contender3 September 2010, 5:32 pm
It's got its rough patches, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab's size, screen, and performance shows Android tablets can work. Here's a hands-on look, with video....
- Boxee uses Apple TV to talk Box pricing3 September 2010, 5:03 pm
Makers of the upcoming Boxee Box plan to release the device in November for $200, the company announced in a blog post following Wednesday's Apple TV announcement....
- Android gains on Apple in U.S. mobile Web use3 September 2010, 5:01 pm
Apple's iOS is still dominant, but is losing share. It's to be expected as sales of Android devices continue to grow....
- NASA launches free iPad app3 September 2010, 4:35 pm
The space agency is offering a free iPad app that lets people view a variety of content in high definition....
- Blog :: Dealing with Data Defining the Components to Tune2 September 2010, 12:00 am
I've been reading a fascinating article about the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC facility. It's a scientific research facility that houses a particle collider, which generates an incredible amount of data. Their original plan was to stream the data to tape, then sending the data to "islands" closer to the users, offloading the network as quickly as possible. But they found that the network could handle the streaming better than they thought - so they now stream the data directly to the ...
- Blog :: Top 10 Things to Do with Your BlackBerry After Purchasing an iPhone30 August 2010, 12:00 am
Are you the proud owner of a new iPhone? Have an old BlackBerry that you don't know what to do with? Never fear. Following are 10 ways you can still enjoy your Blackberry (albeit temporarily):...
- Blog :: Work Swarms24 August 2010, 12:00 am
I’ve been reading some excerpts from Gartner, Inc. and information from others on the changes they are seeing in the workplace. It’s holding true where I work and in the workplaces of the other data professionals I work with. One of those new trends is called “Swarming” – where informal teams get together to work on a particular project, and in some cases a single task, as a group. They then move on to another task, and so on, like a swarm of bees. These are less fo...
- Blog :: Using Fake GPS Coordinates to Spoof Facebook Places20 August 2010, 12:00 am
With the release of Facebook Places, there has been a lot of
discussion around the privacy issues. Seth Fogie takes a another
position and looks at Facebook Places as the perfect way to create an
alibi by spoofing the coordinates that Facebook uses to determine where you are located....
- Blog :: A combination of crowdsourcing, people helping people, and the best technical community there is19 August 2010, 12:00 am
I talk a lot about “giving back”. It’s a personal issue with me – I grew up quite poor, and from time to time someone would take notice that my mom and I didn’t have enough to eat, and they would help us out. I’ve never forgotten those folks.
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- CIOs split on future destiny of the IT department3 September 2010, 5:31 pm
Is IT waxing or waning in today's organizations? TechRepublic has taken up the topic with its CIO Jury, and the IT executives had plenty to say about it. by Jason Hiner...
- What your multinational's systems have in common with East Germany's Stasi3 September 2010, 5:02 pm
IT departments in multinationals are collecting personally identifiable data on European citizens, sometimes in violation of E.U. privacy mandates. Mark Underwood compares U.S. and E.U. attitudes to PII and offers a checklist for network and database admins to follow for protection. by Mark Underwood...
- Five tips for avoiding staff meeting nightmares3 September 2010, 3:49 pm
Regular staff meetings serve as a platform for resolving problems and hammering out critical decisions... except when they're poorly run. Steve Tobak offers some advice for making sure your staff meetings are actually useful. by Steve Tobak...
- Nikola Tesla's patents for aircraft, ships, railways, autos, and more3 September 2010, 3:23 pm
Inventor Nikola Tesla is most often associated with Tesla cars, Tesla coils, and electricity, but he also produced hundreds of patents. Here are 30 of his patents for various industries. by Wally Bahny...
- TR Community scoreboard for September 3, 2010 - Future of tech?3 September 2010, 1:25 pm
In the hottest post this past week, Jason Hiner explains why Andy Grove thinks the future of the U.S. tech industry will be severely diminished. Do you agree? Find out what other top discussions and which active members made this week's TechRepublic community stats. by Sonja Thompson...
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- webOS 2.0 APIs, beta SDK and features surface31 August 2010, 6:53 pm
Palm/HP has released a beta version of the webOS 2.0 SDK, as well as APIs and a look at a few interface features.
Due out later this year, webOS 2.0, will, according to PreCentral, include these new/improved/re-branded features (as well as most likely many more):
Palm’s multitasking ‘card’ metaphor is getting a refresh with Stacks
Universal Search is getting majorly [...]...
- Beware: fake Tweetdeck “download” tweets hide software trojan31 August 2010, 5:05 pm
Tweetdeck has announced that a series of malicious tweets are circulating that ask users to download a new version of Tweetdeck, but actually the link downloads a software trojan (virus) onto your computer.
Possibly, this attack was timed to coincide with Twitter’s move to OAuth today – i.e. the attackers may have thought that some people [...]...
- This Is Digg’s New CEO: Matt Williams31 August 2010, 4:55 pm
This story is breaking, we are updating.
And Digg kept up the poaching game popular in the Valley, stealing Matt Williams from Amazon, his home for more than a decade, for their CEO slot.
This concludes Digg’s executive shuffle, from Jay Adelson, to Kevin Rose, and now to Williams, who we suspect will be a long term [...]...
- No More Mark, Hurd Leaving News Corp. Board31 August 2010, 4:43 pm
Some years are just rough, and for Mark Hurd 2010 has been catastrophic. Squeezed out of HP following an ugly sexual harassment case, the former titan is losing his gilded position on the board of News Corp as well.
How did it happen? He was not nominated for re-election, meaning that he is not being fired outright, but will [...]...
- Confirmed: “Who to follow” was suggesting people users already followed, Twitter disables it31 August 2010, 3:45 pm
This may not come as a shock to many, but Twitter’s “Who to follow” feature isn’t perfect. Since it launched recently, many Twitter users have complained that “Who to follow” often just suggests people that users have previously simply followed and then unfollowed sometime in the past.
This morning, however, the service seems to have taken [...]...
- Google gearing up for iTunes rival music service by year end3 September 2010, 5:56 pm
Google is apparently in talks with record labels to populate its upcoming music store and streaming service by Christmas, sources familiar with the matter tell Reuters.
That Google is working on an iTunes competitor is no big surprise — we saw vague glimpses of it during some demonstrations at its I/O conference in May. What is surprising is that Google is trying to get it up and running by the end of the year, even though it reportedly hasn’t signed any deals with record labels.
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- Gmail’s Priority Inbox available for all, lives up to hype3 September 2010, 4:28 pm
Earlier this week, Google launched Gmail Priority Inbox, a new feature that will automatically sort your mail to combat email overload. The feature began rolling out to users on Monday, and as of today, it’s available for all Gmail users (including Google Apps accounts).
As Venturebeat’s Anthony Ha (who loves the service probably more than is healthy) writes: “The feature divides your inbox into three areas, all viewable in one screen — at the top, there’s the “priority...
- Facebook moves in on Twitter’s turf with new follow feature3 September 2010, 4:21 pm
Facebook confirmed yesterday that it has begun testing a new “subscribe” feature for users and pages. The feature lets users follow a user or page and receive notifications when a new update or piece of content, such as a picture or video, occurs.
The new feature may be a move to make someone’s news feed more specific and relevant to users. With the average user having 130 friends, it can make it difficult to stay up-to-date on what everyone’s doing. With the “subsc...
- On the GreenBeat: GridPoint nearing IPO, smart meters win in PG&E and Oncor disputes3 September 2010, 4:17 pm
Smart grid company GridPoint is nearing a public stock offering, possibly beating Silver Spring to the IPO punch, speculates the Washington Business Journal. The article notes that GridPoint has raised $220 million from venture capital and needs to show a payoff soon for its investors. The company has also done well in the marketplace, winning a $28.7 million contract with the Postal Service, making several acquisitions and hiring executives who have IPO experience.
PG&E smart meters vi...
- Big surprise: Spammers find their way into Apple’s Ping social network3 September 2010, 2:55 pm
Now that we’re little more than a day from the launch of Apple’s social network Ping, reports are coming in that spammers are beginning to target the service — surprising no one.
The biggest scam right now appears to be an offer for free iPhones which is popping up on many high-profile Ping accounts, reports MacRumors. Even though Apple has said that it has 160 million iTunes accounts tied to credit cards, you can also easily create an account without one — which opens th...
- Web Trends - Jascha Kaykas-Wolff (@kaykas), VP Marketing, Webtrends30 March 2010, 1:00 am
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff talks about social media analytics, the Engage conference, Radian6, mobile apps, social media marketing, Facebook, and Twitter.
Length: 36:29
Views: 152 ...
- Web Trends - Natali Del Conte (@natalidelconte), Host at CNET TV15 March 2010, 9:28 pm
Natali Del Conte talks about Loaded on CNET TV, Broadband, Twitter, Facebook, Location-based Services, Yahoo, and Chat Roulette.
Length: 21:20
Views: 66 ...
- Web Trends - Chris Pirillo (@chrispirillo), Lockergnome.com2 March 2010, 1:59 am
Chris Pirillo talks about social media in the classroom, Yahoo and Twitter, Gnomedex, SxSW, and Help Desk on Microsoft's Channel 9.
Length: 29:40
Views: 118 ...
- Web Trends - Cali Lewis (@calilewis), GeekBrief.tv23 February 2010, 1:56 am
Cali Lewis talks about MacWorld, Wireless Charging, Mobile Devices, and Branding.
Length: 36:05
Views: 41 ...
- Web Trends - Sarah Evans (@prsarahevans), Sevans Strategy18 February 2010, 1:59 am
Sarah Evans talks about social media strategy, FTC regulations, communication technology, and media monitoring.
Length: 34:41
Views: 129 ...
