Archive for December 21, 2009
Facebook users now swear in code. Over the last year the site’s status messages have contained remarkably fewer average curse words than in years past, according to stats the company released today, but far more instances of the acronym “FML.”
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Move over, Lybia: YouTube has chosen Belgium’s .be top-level domain for its new URL-shortening service. Google clearly decided to go for memorability vs. the shortest URL possible with this service — using simply http://youtu.be — which it describes as a secure URL shortener that … Read More »
Google’s Jonathan Rosenberg, senior VP of product management, late Monday put what was more of a tome than a post up on the company’s blog, entitled “The Meaning of Open.” Originally sent to Google employees as an email, it reads like a manifesto.
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Although my holiday shopping is complete, I know that some of you might be scurrying around for last-minute ideas. When I saw this Logitech Comfort Lapdesk over at The Gadgeteer, I thought it might qualify for the mobile geek in your life. At around … Read More »
Converting a gas-powered vehicle to run on natural gas can add upwards of $10,000 dollars to the cost of a vehicle — depending on tank size, production volume and other factors. “It’s not exactly cheap,” BAF Technologies President John Bacon told us today. So why are … Read More »
You don’t have to look very hard to see how the most popular social networks encourage a kind of groupthink among their users. If you’re a maverick, though, or your organization wants to customize social tools for internal use, here are eight free, open-source resources.
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What do you do when your short form video site lags the competition on the web? Put the same content on the iPhone! Or at least that’s what global video site Dailymotion has decided to do, releasing a new iPhone app with all the same functionality … Read More »
Threadsy has recently updated and added some new features that expands its already ambitious goal of becoming your universal social inbox. In addition to aggregating all of your regular webmail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail), it has now added support for Apple MobileMe (me.com/mac.com … Read More »
My post last week about merging Google Contacts generated a related question from Dave Zatz, because although he’s very content with Yahoo!for mail and contacts, he’s interested in using Google Calendar for events on his iPhone. Surely you can’t mix and match among … Read More »
Maybe it’s because you’ve been watching too many of these ads , but for whatever reason, the iPhone isn’t for you. You opted for an Android-based phone instead. It may blend, but will it sync with your Mac? Read on.
There are comprehensive third … Read More »
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By Liz Gannes
Dec. 21, 2009, 1:47pm PT
Etsy co-founder Rob Kalin will become CEO of the online craft-selling site, replacing Maria Thomas, who’d joined the company from NPR last year. In a corporate blog post, Kalin credited Thomas with helping the company reach profitability, but did not offer a reason for her departure.
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Previous to the advent of online video, the only real distribution model for short films was the film festival circuit, perhaps being aired once or twice on TV or included in a VHS or DVD collection. However, the end game for non-feature-length projects is still an … Read More »
Over the weekend, I did my last bit of holiday shopping. Yes, it’s a last-minute effort, but everything I needed was in-stock at Amazon and will be delivered on time. On the Palm Pre one of my most used apps is Pack ‘N’ Track … Read More »
By Thursday Bram
Dec. 21, 2009, 1:00pm PT
When you work with anyone, it’s important to keep good records. But documenting your work can be even more important when you’re telecommuting. With many employers, you’re required to document certain pieces of information, like how many hours you’ve worked. But keeping a few more … Read More »
By Sebastian Rupley
Dec. 21, 2009, 12:44pm PT
If you’re in the market for a netbook, it’s a good time to pay close attention to Intel’s new N450 processor — and some remarkable deals on the mini-notebooks based on the chip. New technologies may cause many more people to take netbooks seriously.
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Did you know that Twitter is now getting twice as much TV air time as Apple’s iPhone? It’s true, according to Hulu’s new Captions Search, a feature the site launched today as part of its Hulu Labs playground. Captions Search makes it … Read More »
By Simon Mackie
Dec. 21, 2009, 12:00pm PT
By Celeste LeCompte
Dec. 21, 2009, 12:00pm PT
As this year and decade pull to a close, we’ve collected the top five winning and losing technologies and companies for each of the five major areas that GigaOM Pro covers: infrastructure, mobile, consumer tech, real-time web, and green technology.
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By Liz Gannes
Dec. 21, 2009, 11:10am PT
Mozilla Firefox has passed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the world’s most popular browser, according to StatCounter. Firefox 3.5 had 21.93 percent market share at the end of last week, compared with 21.2 percent for IE 7 and 20.33 percent for IE 8.
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By Katie Fehrenbacher
Dec. 21, 2009, 11:06am PT
Not only world leaders, United Nations delegates and environmentalists were disappointed in the weak accord reached in the 11th hour of the Copenhagen climate talks — the markets for carbon allowances didn’t like the deal either. Bloomberg is reporting that on the first day … Read More »
By Scott Blitstein
Dec. 21, 2009, 11:00am PT
gwabbit is a handy application that automatically identifies and parses contact information from your emails to help ease the process of creating new entries in your contact list. I’ve written about the Outlook version … Read More »
By Janko Roettgers
Dec. 21, 2009, 11:00am PT
NHL.com Benches Inaugural Video Player In Favor Of Sleeker, More Social Model; the NHL VideoCenter is a less-cluttered, higher quality, more social contender with expanded content. (paidContent)
Search Captions on Hulu; new Hulu Labs projects searches captions for hundreds of TV shows. (Hulu Blog)
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By Josie Garthwaite
Dec. 21, 2009, 10:30am PT
Wildlife vs. Energy in the Mojave: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) says she plans to introduce legislation today to establish two national monuments on roughly 1 million acres of Mojave Desert outback…Its centerpiece, Mojave Trails National Monument, would prohibit development on 941,000 acres of federal land and … Read More »
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By Om Malik
Dec. 21, 2009, 10:20am PT
The three co-founders of WebShots and 30 Boxes, along with Crackle founder Josh Felser, are launching a new incubator based in Mill Valley, Calif. The company will develop new ideas and then spin them off as independent companies. Will this incubator work?
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By Liz Gannes
Dec. 21, 2009, 10:07am PT
Though services like Foursquare and Gowalla eat up techie mindshare, they still have very few users; something like 150,000 for Foursquare and 50,000 for Gowalla. However, an iPhone app called MyTown that also features a location-based check-in system game acquired 250,000 users within two weeks.
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By Katie Fehrenbacher
Dec. 21, 2009, 9:23am PT
Will 2010 be the year for greentech IPOs? When lithium ion battery maker A123Systems successfully debuted on the Nasdaq back in September, there was much speculation that the move would ready the market for a following of greentech IPOs. The notion seemed over-enthusiastic then, but … Read More »
Over the weekend, I did a bit of research into my crazy new idea. As my Palm Pre was put on notice back in November, I’m looking at dropping it for an fast, new Android device in the first quarter of 2010. I … Read More »
By Amber Singleton Riviere
Dec. 21, 2009, 9:00am PT
By GigaOM Pro
Dec. 21, 2009, 8:00am PT
As the year winds to close, GigaOM Pro’s crack team of contributors takes a look back at what went right, what went wrong, and for ... Read More »
By GigaOM Pro
Dec. 21, 2009, 8:00am PT
As the year winds to a close, GigaOM Pro’s crack team of contributors takes a look back at what went right, what went wrong, and for whom in the world of Green IT. ... Read More »
By GigaOM Pro
Dec. 21, 2009, 8:00am PT
As the year winds to a close, GigaOM Pro’s crack team of contributors takes a look back at what went right, what went wrong, and for whom in the world of ... Read More »
Be prepared to pay up for watching live-casters like Chris Pirillo any day now, as Justin.tv is preparing to launch a pay-per-view service. The live streaming startup is rolling out its premium offering with a few of its broadcasters next month, according to Read More »
By GigaOM Pro
Dec. 21, 2009, 8:00am PT
As the year winds to a close, GigaOM Pro’s crack team of contributors takes a look back at what went right, what went wrong, and for ... Read More »
New e-book readers are appearing on what feels like a weekly basis, and getting content to them is a common theme. While some have Wi-Fi and others have 3G connectivity, nearly all of them can be connected to a computer to add e-book titles. That’s … Read More »
By Colin Gibbs
Dec. 21, 2009, 7:41am PT
Ford is looking to turn cars into rolling hotspots by adding Wi-Fi to its SYNC offering in some of its cars. The move could open help generate revenues from carriers, but it also could help Ford become a distributor of on-board apps.
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