60% Of Apps In Android Market Are Free (Vs. 30% Or Less In Other App Stores)

60% Of Apps In Android ...

App store analytics provider Distimo yesterday published its latest report , once again zooming in on the pricing of mobile applications across a variety of platforms. Consistent with its previous findings, Google’s Android Market has by far the largest share of free applications...
What Does It Mean? Microsoft Rides The ‘Double Rainbow’ Meme To Pimp Its Wares

What Does It Mean? Micr...

An anonymous tipster – we have reason to believe it was actually a Microsoft employee or contractor – just casually pointed us to a new promotional video that was published on one of the Redmond software giant’s YouTube channels. Unless you’ve been living under a...
Amazon Unveils $.99 Fox And ABC TV Show Purchases. Apple Fanboys say wha?

Amazon Unveils $.99 Fox...

Whoa, this came out of left-field. Amazon just announced that its Video on demand service will be serving up $.99 ABC and Fox rentals just like Apple wait, no, these are $.99 per episode — like you actually own the content rather than just having a short window to watch. Plus,...
Facebook Will Hit $2 Billion 2010 Revenue, Says Mob Of Unofficial Facebook Spokespersons

Facebook Will Hit $2 Bi...

I’m done digging on this story and I’m just going to come out and say it. Facebook revenue estimates have been all over the place for 2010 – from less than a billion ranging up to nearly $2 billion . eMarketer recently estimated $1.28 billion , for example. I...
Windows Live Sync To Upgrade Storage To 5GB And Become Windows Live Mesh

Windows Live Sync To Up...

When Microsoft launched Windows Live Sync in beta at the end of June, it merged it with its long-awaited Windows Live Mesh , but both still kept separate branding. The product will take on the Windows Live Mesh branding in the next couple of months. There are a few other changes coming...
Evernote Is Still Growing Like A Weed, Hits 4 Million Users

Evernote Is Still Growi...

Evernote , the ‘memory enhancement’ service that allows one to capture, organize, and find information across multiple devices and platforms, is gaining new users at a fast clip. As you can tell from the graph above, the Mountain View startup needed 446 days to get its first...
Groupon Competitor Gilt City Expands To SF And LA

Groupon Competitor Gilt...

Deal hunters in San Francisco and Los Angeles have a new site to prowl starting today: Gilt City , the local deals arm of semi-exclusive “flash sale” site Gilt Groupe , has expanded to the west coast. Each city is currently offering three local deals, ranging from San...
Booyah’s MyTown, Hits 3.1 Million Users

Booyah’s MyTown, Hits...

Booyah’s MyTown is still losing to Foursquare in the hype department, but frankly, I don’t think CEO Keith Lee really cares. MyTown is still adding users at an impressive clip. View post: Booyah’s MyTown, Hits 3.1 Million...
NewsBasis Wants To Unload 75% Of My Inbox By Changing The PR Game

NewsBasis Wants To Unlo...

Every morning I wake up and find 50 to 100 new emails in my inbox. Am I really that popular? Sadly, no See the original post: NewsBasis Wants To Unload 75% Of My Inbox By Changing The PR...
Ahead Of Facebook Location, Foursquare Talks Privacy 101

Ahead Of Facebook Locat...

In advance of Facebook’s possible location announcement tomorrow, Foursquare is tweaking its privacy settings today. In an announcement made on the company’s blog, Foursquare says that its service will now allow you to change your settings to withhold or share more...

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