Twitter Now Over 145 Million Users, Almost 300,000 Apps

Twitter Now Over 145 Mi...

When I read Twitter CEO Evan Williams post tonight about the state of Twitter from a mobile perspective, the first thing that jumped out at me what that Twitter for Android, an app Twitter worked hard on, isn’t even in the top 10 most-used apps for the service. But Williams also...
This Spam Infographic About Spam Infographics Makes My Head Hurt

This Spam Infographic A...

Buzzfeed , the Huffington Post of Internet Memes, today wins the more meta than thou award of the decade for making “An Infographic Backlash Infographic” an infographic inspired by the tragic tale of a guy whose job it was to game Digg back when Digg had enough traffic to...
Email Overload Means We’re Never Not Working

Email Overload Means We...

A new study by email software purveyor Xobni confirms what we bloggers know to be true, there’s actually no such thing as a day off in the Internet age (Want more visceral proof than an email study? Check out the timestamp of this post). Information anxiety has pretty much put the...
Twitter Makes Another Run For “Tweet”, “Twitter” Trademarks

Twitter Makes Another R...

Back in July 2009, Twitter made a big stink about developers using the term “Tweet” in their Twitter apps. The Twitter API team had contacted a third-party developer— TweetKnot —informing the company that it had “grown uncomfortable” about the use of the word...
Virgin Airlines Fails To Commit Atrocities On Flight VX746

Virgin Airlines Fails T...

This isn’t tech related, other than the fact that I’m writing this post 20,000 or so feet in the air thanks to Gogo on Virgin Flight VX746 from San Francisco to Seattle. But if I’m going to rightly trash Delta for their atrocious behavior on a recent set of flights then...
Bit.ly Clickabit, Now. Bit.ly Now, Later?

Bit.ly Clickabit, Now. ...

Today on their blog, URL shortening service Bit.ly unveiled a cute new feature: Clickabit . It’s a Twitter account that surfaces some of the “ surprising and bizarre ” links being shortened and shared across their network. View original here: Bit.ly Clickabit, Now....
A Method For Encumbering Progress By Patenting Other People’s Ideas

A Method For Encumberin...

Inventor : Paul Allen Filed : August 27, 2010 Abstract : A method for preventing innovation, specifically in the tech sector, by way of a dangerous misconception of what is patentable and a sadly overtaxed intellectual property regulatory system. Summary of the Invention : During a...
Kenya: A Land of Endless Mobile Possibility (TCTV)

Kenya: A Land of Endles...

Some may get crushes on Hollywood stars. Some get crushes on blue, fictional Aliens . Sarah gets crushes on countries. See the rest here: Kenya: A Land of Endless Mobile Possibility...
The Confusing Stages Of Opting Into Facebook Places

The Confusing Stages Of...

Earlier today we had a bit of a fire-drill at TechCrunch Headquarters. Read more here:  The Confusing Stages Of Opting Into Facebook...
Google Tries To Steal Facebook’s Thunder, Plays Up Impressive Maps Userbase

Google Tries To Steal F...

Attention those who still remember their parents’ stacks of old Thomas Guides , Google Maps for Mobile has hit a userbase milestone. View original post here: Google Tries To Steal Facebook’s Thunder, Plays Up Impressive Maps...

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