Seesmic, the company best known for making consumer-facing social networking apps, has shifted its strategy for the second time in its four-year history, this time to focus on building mobile apps for the enterprise. Can the third iteration of Seesmic finally bring the company success?…
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Mobile Lowdown: 6-21-11: PlayBook Email; Samsung/Apple; Seesmic/RIM; HTC
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: -- PlayBook: Wondering why the PlayBook tablet lacks native email support for BlackBerr……
Read MoreSeesmic dumps BlackBerry: Start of a stampede?
Seesmic, a popular third-party Twitter client for desktop and mobile devices, today announced it would end support for BlackBerry handsets at the end of June. One developer doesn't make a trend, but this could be the start of one, given RIM's struggles as it slowly transitions.…
Read MoreSeesmic Raises $4 Million With Help From New Collaborator, Salesforce.com
Twitter client Seesmic has raised a $4 million third round from customer relationship manager Salesforce.com and an unidentified company man……
Read MoreThe Age of the Feed-Based User Interface
Last week, Google dramatically changed its core search interface with Google Instant. With the trend of feed-like user-interfaces continuing to gain momentum, it's worth taking a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages, as well as how businesses can implement and add value to them.…
Read MoreSeesmic Launches Swiss Army Knife for Social Networks
Seesmic, the social-networking startup, today launched a new version of its desktop application that not only allows users to log in to more accounts from a single dashboard, but also includes an open plugin marketplace that offers support for 40 other related social applications and services.…
Read MoreSeesmic Looks to Help Mainstream Users Watch Twitter
Many people only use Twitter to watch and hear from other people, often celebrities. To that end, Seesmic is reversing the trend of adding more and more features to Twitter clients, and today releases a tweet visualization tool called Seesmic Look.…
Read MoreSeesmic's BlackBerry Twitter Client
The BlackBerry apps (s rimm) I use for Twitter activities generally do a fine job. I use the no-frills Blackbird for its…
Read MoreSeesmic Acquires Ping.fm to Post to More Social Services
Seesmic, in its efforts to be the Grand Central Station for social network updates, has "acq-hired" Ping.fm. Where Seesmic has mostly focused on the ability to consume social web information on various platforms, Ping.fm supports a variety of posting options.…
Read MoreSeesmic for Windows: An AIR-less Twitter Client
I’ve long been looking for a Windows-based Twitter client that can delight me as much as its native Mac counterparts. Too many…
Read MoreBeta Roundup: Social Networking, Twitter and Messaging Clients
Internet-based communication is changing so quickly these days that there seems to be an endless stream of beta releases. Yesterday, Simon wrote…
Read MoreHow to Access Facebook When You Can't Log in
While trying to log into Facebook a few days ago, I got the message, “Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site…
Read MoreTweetDeck Just Keeps Getting Better
TweetDeck has released an updated version of its desktop application that includes features aimed at helping users get the information that matters…
Read MoreTwitoaster Opens Up API to Devs
Twitoaster, which threads conversations on Twitter, is launching its open API today, allowing developers to integrate the service within their applications so…
Read MoreMySpace Taps Into the Power of Twitter With Syncing
MySpace (s nws) said today that it’s rolling out a new feature in beta that lets U.S. users sync status updates in…
Read MoreSeesmic Releases New Features for Its Desktop App
Seesmic has unveiled new features to its desktop application, which helps you manage your Facebook and Twitter accounts, including the ability for…
Read MoreJajah Lets You Make Calls via Twitter
Jajah is privately launching in beta today a voice-over-IP solution that lets people make calls for free via micromessaging site Twitter and…
Read MoreSeesmic: No Business in “Video Conversations”
We haven’t written about Seesmic on NewTeeVee in a long time, and it sounds like this may well be the last time.…
Read MoreWhy wait for Apple? Create your own Hackintosh
There is something about a small MacBook that gets everybody in a dither. Since the appearance of the first netbook a bunch…
Read MoreSeesmic Lays Off Seven More
Personal video startup Seesmic laid off seven employees today, on top of the three employees it laid off last month. Seesmic founder…
Read MoreSeesmic Lays Off Three
Personal video startup Seesmic laid off three employees on Monday, as partially reported by Valleywag today. The company is moving away from…
Read MoreMore on Live Blogging an Event
I was poking around the comments on my Preparing to Live Blog an Event post and came across a conversation about live blogging events at ProBlogger that made me think more about how I'm going to handle single-handedly "live blogging" a 3-day conference. The discussion also made me think more about what exactly "live blogging" means.…
Read MoreIs Video Microblogging Nothing But a Fun Time Waster?
I’ve been joining a number of video microblogging sites (Seesmic, Phreadz, 12SecondsTV, Utterz, ViddYou) and maneuvering for alpha invites for several more…
Read MoreVeoh Quits Viral; Should Portals Make Content?
Veoh last week discontinued Viral, its original video show, by laying off host Sunny Gault. Gault was the only member of the…
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