Thursday, October 20, 2011

Kevin Rose's Oink App Will Allow You To Rate Anything Anywhere

via Fast Company

Earlier this year, Digg founder Kevin Rose announced he was launching a new incubator, called Milk, to develop mobile apps. ... Read More >>

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5 Ways Apps Make Salesforce Even More Valuable

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Companies everywhere have jumped on the Salesforce.com bandwagon, reaping the benefits of this CRM solution. But why stop ... Read More >>

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Zurb Releases a Flexible Foundation for Developers and Designers

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The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s ... Read More >>

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What a fight for broadband tells us about democracy

via GigaOM

Broadband analyst Craig Settles looks at how a fight over municipal broadband in Colorado drives home how ISPs can control the ... Read More >>

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Are User Behavior Analytics The Real Predictors Of Customer Engagement?

via Fast Company

When it comes to consumer insights, the rise of the social web has been both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because ... Read More >>

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

DreamIt-Backed CloudMine Lets App Developers Bypass The Backend Pain, Focus On Their Product

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I think it's a fair assumption to say that, for app developers, the enjoyable part of their job is building the actual app, not ... Read More >>

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In The Ring: Problems, Problems Everywhere

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When you decide you’re going to start, or run, a startup, you’re signing up for problems. Lots of problems. They’re everywhere. ... Read More >>

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Sonic.Net goes on the ISP offensive

via GigaOM

Sonic.net, a Bay Area ISP, has a service package and ethos that could disrupt the broadband market. Today it's brand of ... Read More >>

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Hulu sale is off

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Hulu's owners and management have decided not to go forward with the sale of the company. Both said in a statement that Hulu ... Read More >>

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Zurb’s Axe: A Tablet-Friendly Way To Mark Up (And Scribble On) Your Web Design

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Interaction design firm Zurb has just launched a new tool that makes it easy to use your iPad to mark up and add comments about ... Read More >>

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Klout Quietly Adds WordPress to Klout Scores

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When Klout announced in mid-September that Blogger and Tumblr would play a role in determining your Klout score, WordPress ... Read More >>

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Facebook Gives $10 Million in Free Advertising to Small Businesses

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Facebook is cozying up to small businesses in a big way with a new program that gives away $10 million in free ... Read More >>

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VMware wants hypervisor hooked into Android kernel

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At Mobilize, VMware CTO Steve Herrod laid out a mobile plan that reeks of success on par with what VMware has achieved in ... Read More >>

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Watch out tech world. This CEO knows consumers

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Say what you will about Meg Whitman as the new HP CEO. She knows consumers. Now she’ll have a chance to apply her consumer ... Read More >>

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Program: Posterous Raises $5 Million

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Um, oh hey guys, what's up? Nothing much over on my side, except that I'd really like a Diet Coke. Also, I'm hearing that ... Read More >>

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

SEC Watch: Social Media Dashboard HootSuite Raises $3 Million

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Social media dashboard company HootSuite has raised $3 million in new funding according to a new SEC filing. HootSuite has ... Read More >>

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Forget Apps, Carbyn Has Built A HTML5 OS

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HTML5, HTML5, HTML5 — it seems to be the only thing anyone wants to talk about these days. And that excitement could get kicked ... Read More >>

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Google Launches First Google APIs

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Google has unveiled the first developer application programming interfaces for Google+, the company’s new social ... Read More >>

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New Skype for Mac Beta features Facebook integration

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Skype released a new beta for Mac users on Thursday, which features Facebook integration. You can now chat directly with your ... Read More >>

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Facebook gives devs easy access to Heroku cloud

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Facebook and Heroku have completed an integration that gives Facebook developers direct access to Heroku's cloud ... Read More >>

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Piictu app invites users to communicate through photos

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Piictu, a New York start-up that is part of TechStars' New York class, is launching its iPhone app out of beta. The app invites ... Read More >>

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

GoInstant Is Browser Sharing With No Downloads

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Vanguard browser collaboration technology Go Instant launches in private beta today at TechCrunch Disrupt, for the first time ... Read More >>

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Twitter Releases Web Analytics Tool

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How much traffic does your website receive from Twitter? Twitter Web Analytics, a new tool announced Tuesday, should help ... Read More >>

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Aviary arms mobile apps with photo editing tools

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Thought you'd seen enough mobile photo apps? Well, Aviary has some different ideas. The New York City-based developer of ... Read More >>

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Ooyala gets social, grabs Motorola Mobility money

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Online video distribution startup Ooyala has received a strategic investment from hardware maker Motorola Mobility. The ... Read More >>

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Demo: Zirtu creates virtual desktops that slash corporate computing costs

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A lot of companies are trying to use a combination of cloud computing and virtualization to bring down the cost of corporate ... Read More >>

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MicroPlace Makes It Easy To Invest In--And Make Money From--Organizations Doing Good

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The eBay-owned micro-investment vehicle is coming to the United States, starting with California's Freshworks Fund. If you ... Read More >>

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How Consumers Interact With Brands on Facebook [STUDY]

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People interact with their favorite brands on Facebook far more than on any other social network, according to a recent ... Read More >>

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Contour Adds Low-Cost Roam Camera To Its Helmet-Cam Lineup

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The Contour family of cameras, which competes with GoPro and other small, hardened imaging devices, has a new member. The Roam ... Read More >>

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Facebook Hires HTML5 App Store Builder

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Over the past few months, my colleague MG Siegler has been piecing together the puzzle around Facebook's Project Spartan, which ... Read More >>

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Can a Tweet Button Drive More Traffic to Your Web Page?

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Installing social sharing buttons is an easy way to increase the visibility of your website. Read More >>

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Personal Capital offers financial advice online and on the go

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Digital financial advising company Personal Capital came out of stealth mode and announced $25 million of combined first and ... Read More >>

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Entrepreneur-Sourced Ideas For Reducing Barriers To Business Creation

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Back in the 1910s, my Grandpa Jack was working in a shoe store, but he had bigger aspirations. So, he put a few machines in the ... Read More >>

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Making Agriculture Preserve Land, Not Destroy It

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Combining principles of conservation with the needs of agriculture might be the only way to keep growing enough food to feed an ... Read More >>

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Why Niche Social Networks Encourage More Meaningful Interaction [OPINION]

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On Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, it’s all about the feed. Tidbits of information, usually about current happenings, move down ... Read More >>

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Checking In Is the Least Popular Smartphone Activity [STUDY]

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Checking in to locations with geosocial services like Foursquare is the least popular activity among smartphone users, finds ... Read More >>

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YouTube Links Last Twice as Long as Those on Twitter or Facebook [REPORT]

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When it comes to spreading popular content around the web, where you post matters. A study that link-shortening service ... Read More >>

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5 Tips for Getting More Video Views

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Video is increasingly becoming a preferred medium for online communication. Current research suggests that the emotional ... Read More >>

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Why Browsing Is So Important to Content Discovery

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I love libraries and bookstores. I love the tactile, olfactory and social experiences these physical spaces allow. Clearly ... Read More >>

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Check-in services still struggling to win over consumers

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The Pew Internet Project found that 28 percent of American adults use some form of mobile and social location-based services to ... Read More >>

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Carriers set to chip in $100M in Isis to take on Google

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AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are reportedly poised to invest $100 million in their joint mobile payment venture called Isis, ... Read More >>

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Apache Killer Is The Biggest Little Internet Threat

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This week news broke that an exploit had been published that affected the Apache Web server. You probably glanced past the item ... Read More >>

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New Social Media Analytics Tool Compares Engagement Across Competitor Profiles

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The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would ... Read More >>

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Twitter app store Oneforty acquired by HupSpot

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Oneforty, entrepreneur and marketer Laura Fitton’s Twitter-for-businesses startup, has been snapped up by marketing ... Read More >>

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YouTube Hangouts: Google’s secret weapon for Facebook

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Google+ has already seen some heavy traction, attracting more than 25 million users since launch. Its next big growth spurt ... Read More >>

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Now part of Evernote, Skitch app will be free

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Evernote, the notetaking software program aimed at helping users "remember everything," has acquired image-sharing app Skitch. ... Read More >>

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Hewlett-Packard gives up on webOS

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Just months after introducing what looked to be one of the most promising challengers to the iPad, Hewlett-Packard said it is ... Read More >>

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Kuapay Lets Mobile Users Pay With QR Codes

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The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would ... Read More >>

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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Eric Schmidt-Backed Quixey Helps You Dig Up Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Apps

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The app world is a messy place: millions of apps floating in the cloud, never receiving attention. It's also incredibly ... Read More >>

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StyleSeat Is Yet More Proof There’s A Market For The “Opentable For X”

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Earlier today when we wrote about UrbanSpoon trying to get a piece of Opentable's pie, this quote from Urbanspoon VP Kara ... Read More >>

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