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FoursquareX: Foursquare Addicts Need To Get This Desktop Fix Immediately

Administrator — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:01:23 +0000

Use of the location-based service Foursquare is on the up and up . But it’s use is mainly limited to mobile phones currently.

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Fa.il: Bing’s URL Shortener Is Longer Than Bing’s Own Domain

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:44:11 +0000

Everyone is getting into the URL shortening game these days. Google , YouTube , and Facebook are just a few joining the likes of the established players such as Bit.ly

Yahoo: “The Open Web is not a rose garden.”

blogger — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:13:16 +0000

Apparently, Yahoo didn’t like the bad press it was getting following its decision to shutter its own Shopping API and instead strike a deal with PriceGrabber to use their data. Neal Sample, Yahoo’s Vice President of Open Strategy has a rather passionate post today on the Yahoo Developer Network Blog responding to the criticism of the news

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Text Message Donations To Haiti Cross $10 Million; Companies Commit Immediate Funds

bestcbstore — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:52:03 +0000

Yesterday, we noted that $5 million had be raised in donations for Haiti though text messaging in the U.S. alone. Today, that number surpassed $10 million, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced

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MySpace Music Resurrects Imeem Playlists

kram412 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:08:03 +0000

Last month, MySpace finally completed its deal to acquire troubled music startup Imeem . Unfortunately for imeem fans, the bank shut the service down as soon as the deal was completed, redirecting them to a MySpace Music splash screen.

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Qik’s VideoCamera For Older iPhones Doubles Recording Speed, Adds Real-Time Effects

user — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:39:07 +0000

Last month, we saw the launch of Qik VideoCamera , an iPhone app that brings local video recording to both the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G (neither of which support video recording out of the box). The app’s release was significant given Apple’s longstanding ban on video recording applications, but it left something to be desired. For one, it recorded at a mere 7 frames per second — far less than the 30FPS the iPhone 3GS built-in video recorder can achieve.

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Is AOL CTO Ted Cahall Leaving?

bestcbstore — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:07:38 +0000

As AOL started its long-awaited layoffs of 2,500 employees this week , one high-profile officer who is rumored to be leaving is chief technology officer Ted Cahall .

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MySpace Fan Video Not Indicative Of Wider Facebook Connect Rollout

ACMAir — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:24:48 +0000

Yesterday, Inside Facebook reported on a nifty MySpace feature called Fan Video that allows users to pull in their Facebook profile photos using Facebook Connect — a notable move given the sites’ longtime rivalry. Some other outlets ran with the story, with CNET calling it “hard evidence that MySpace is committed to using the technology on its site.” As it turns out, that probably isn’t the case: we’re hearing that this implementation was only integrated as a one-off for Fan Video, and that it is not indicative of a MySpace move to embrace Facebook Connect on a wider scale. In fact, we’re hearing that MySpace hasn’t even decided if they’re going to implement Facebook Connect on a wide scale at all, despite the rumors that have been circling for months

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Patent Reveals Possible Groundbreaking Multi-Touch Features for Apple’s iSlate

Administrator — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:21:00 +0000

Now that everyone knows the iSlate is real , the question is: what the hell is this thing going to be like?

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Patent Reveals Possible Groundbreaking Multi-Touch Features for Apple’s iSlate

Eyeka Raises $4 million To Crowd-Source Ad Campaigns

A D M I N — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:17:32 +0000

Eyeka , which connects brands and creative consumers, has raised €3 million ($4 million) in a second round of financing. The company already had €5 million in backing in 2006 with Ventech , DN Capital and SFR Developpement , while the company was focused on a platform to enhance pictures and videos management from mobiles. For this new round, previous investors are joined by French VC I-Source

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