Crazy For Tech - Gadgets,Cell Phones,Cameras » friends http://crazyfortech.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://crazyfortech.com http://agadgetzone.com/favicon.ico Crazy For Tech - Gadgets,Cell Phones,Cameras Facebook Q&A Service ‘Questions’ Begins Rolling Out, Could Be Massive http://crazyfortech.com/facebook-qa-service-%e2%80%98questions%e2%80%99-begins-rolling-out-could-be-massive/ http://crazyfortech.com/facebook-qa-service-%e2%80%98questions%e2%80%99-begins-rolling-out-could-be-massive/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:59:46 +0000 bestcbstore http://crazyfortech.com/facebook-qa-service-%e2%80%98questions%e2%80%99-begins-rolling-out-could-be-massive/ Facebook’s worst-kept secret is finally ready for its closeup: the company is starting to roll out Facebook Questions, a Q&A service that allows users to poll all of Facebook.

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/facebook-qa-service-%e2%80%98questions%e2%80%99-begins-rolling-out-could-be-massive/feed/ 0 Playdom Acquired By Disney For Up To $763.2 Million http://crazyfortech.com/playdom-acquired-by-disney-for-up-to-763-2-million/ http://crazyfortech.com/playdom-acquired-by-disney-for-up-to-763-2-million/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:26:31 +0000 jos http://crazyfortech.com/playdom-acquired-by-disney-for-up-to-763-2-million/ Disney has acquired social gaming startup Playdom , confirming our story from last week . The price – $563.2 million plus an earn-out of up to $200 million

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/playdom-acquired-by-disney-for-up-to-763-2-million/feed/ 0 Amazon Now Taps Into Facebook For Social Product Recommendations http://crazyfortech.com/amazon-now-taps-into-facebook-for-social-product-recommendations/ http://crazyfortech.com/amazon-now-taps-into-facebook-for-social-product-recommendations/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:13:47 +0000 jos http://crazyfortech.com/amazon-now-taps-into-facebook-for-social-product-recommendations/ It appears that Amazon has rolled out a new social feature integrating Facebook into your recommendations. If you go your recommendations, Using Facebook Connect, Amazon will now serve you social recommendations based on information in your Facebook profile.

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/amazon-now-taps-into-facebook-for-social-product-recommendations/feed/ 0 Nissan Sprouts Leaf Rollout Plans http://crazyfortech.com/nissan-sprouts-leaf-rollout-plans/ http://crazyfortech.com/nissan-sprouts-leaf-rollout-plans/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:35:28 +0000 A D M I N http://crazyfortech.com/nissan-sprouts-leaf-rollout-plans/ Nissan ‘s Leaf is almost ready to be picked. The company announced its all-electric car will be available to buy as early as December, but only for those in California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Tennessee

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/nissan-sprouts-leaf-rollout-plans/feed/ 0 Quoth Dvorak: “Go to Craigslist and hire three programmers and an IT guy “ http://crazyfortech.com/quoth-dvorak-%e2%80%9cgo-to-craigslist-and-hire-three-programmers-and-an-it-guy-%e2%80%9c/ http://crazyfortech.com/quoth-dvorak-%e2%80%9cgo-to-craigslist-and-hire-three-programmers-and-an-it-guy-%e2%80%9c/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:03:29 +0000 bestcbstore http://crazyfortech.com/quoth-dvorak-%e2%80%9cgo-to-craigslist-and-hire-three-programmers-and-an-it-guy-%e2%80%9c/ John C. Dvorak rails against the LAPD’s $7 million dollar email deal with Google

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/quoth-dvorak-%e2%80%9cgo-to-craigslist-and-hire-three-programmers-and-an-it-guy-%e2%80%9c/feed/ 0 Betable Gets $3 million From Atomico To Become A Twitter For Betting http://crazyfortech.com/betable-gets-3-million-from-atomico-to-become-a-twitter-for-betting/ http://crazyfortech.com/betable-gets-3-million-from-atomico-to-become-a-twitter-for-betting/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:59:07 +0000 bestcbstore http://crazyfortech.com/betable-gets-3-million-from-atomico-to-become-a-twitter-for-betting/ Betable , where users can literally place a bet on anything and have their friends bet with them, has secured a $3 million first time funding led by Atomico, the venture fund set up by former Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. Former Skype chief strategy officer Geoffrey Prentice joins the board

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/betable-gets-3-million-from-atomico-to-become-a-twitter-for-betting/feed/ 0 Social Travel Planning Service Kukunu Launches, Raises Funding http://crazyfortech.com/social-travel-planning-service-kukunu-launches-raises-funding/ http://crazyfortech.com/social-travel-planning-service-kukunu-launches-raises-funding/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:21:48 +0000 jos http://crazyfortech.com/social-travel-planning-service-kukunu-launches-raises-funding/ Kukunu is a social travel planning service that puts you, your fellow travelers and your friends in the driver’s seat when it comes to planning your vacation(s). The company, which was one of the winners of Seedcamp Week 2009, has been operating quietly so far, having launched a private beta version at Le Web 2009. Kukunu is now available in public beta, and the fledgling company has also announced that they’ve raised $400,000 from Seedcamp , Jaina Capital (the fund of Meetic founder and angel investor Marc Simoncini ) and Kima Ventures ( Xavier Niel ).

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/social-travel-planning-service-kukunu-launches-raises-funding/feed/ 0 Quick Look At the Dell Streak http://crazyfortech.com/quick-look-at-the-dell-streak/ http://crazyfortech.com/quick-look-at-the-dell-streak/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:16:12 +0000 kram412 http://crazyfortech.com/quick-look-at-the-dell-streak/ The Dell Streak, the 5-inch tablet that won the hearts of the technorati last month, is coming to the US and we had a chance to play with it over the past few days. The Android-powered tablet is no iPad but a worthy entrant in the tablet olympics.

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/quick-look-at-the-dell-streak/feed/ 0 Hyperlocal News Site Fwix Debuts Local Trend Search http://crazyfortech.com/hyperlocal-news-site-fwix-debuts-local-trend-search/ http://crazyfortech.com/hyperlocal-news-site-fwix-debuts-local-trend-search/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:11:23 +0000 admin http://crazyfortech.com/hyperlocal-news-site-fwix-debuts-local-trend-search/ Fwix, a news site that offers a stream of hyperlocal, realtime news by location, is launching a new portal today that aims to give anyone a real time view of what’s happening in a location. You can access the new search portal here. Fwix Local Trend Search allows users to search for anything that is happening at any geo-point

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]]> http://crazyfortech.com/hyperlocal-news-site-fwix-debuts-local-trend-search/feed/ 0 SCVNGR Looks To Make ‘Checking In’ Less Antisocial, More Physical http://crazyfortech.com/scvngr-looks-to-make-%e2%80%98checking-in%e2%80%99-less-antisocial-more-physical/ http://crazyfortech.com/scvngr-looks-to-make-%e2%80%98checking-in%e2%80%99-less-antisocial-more-physical/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:12 +0000 user http://crazyfortech.com/scvngr-looks-to-make-%e2%80%98checking-in%e2%80%99-less-antisocial-more-physical/ Foursquare may be helpful for seeing what your friends are up to, but the act of checking in — standing in a bar, face buried in your phone’s screen as you hunt for the right venue — is anything but social. Now, hot on the heels of its partnership with the New England Patriots, location-based gaming service SCVNGR is announcing a nifty new feature that could go a long way toward resolving this issue (and we’ll probably see other services copy it).

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