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Influencing Innovation: The Americans With Disabilities Act

Administrator — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:22:45 +0000

Today marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , a code of law that has influenced society and tech companies in interesting ways already, and is expanding to influence them even more. One recent example: feds encouraged schools around the country, notably Princeton and Arizona State University, to drop the idea of requiring students to use e-readers, specifically the Amazon Kindle DX, until the devices were made “accessible.” Accessible and acceptable e-readers would need features that work for students who are visually impaired, hearing impaired or have limited manual dexterity. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice – which enforces the ADA – published plans today for four new ADA proposals that would impact our movie going experiences, the way 911 call centers operate, and how ATM machines and government websites are built.

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Booyah’s MyTown Unlocks Product Check-Ins [Video]

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:08:38 +0000

The location check-in was so 2009.

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Firefox Just Perfected Tabbed Browsing. It’s Like Apple’s Expose Plus Spaces For The Web

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:18:55 +0000

If you’re anything like me, at any given time you have a dozen to two dozen tabs open across multiple web browser windows. It’s great to have all these webpages open and ready to click on at any second, but it’s a nightmare to try and remember where each is with so many open. I shudder to think how much time I waste on this each day.

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HP, Read Our Comments, Consumers Want The Windows 7 Slate, Too

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:40:05 +0000

HP reveled most of its tablet strategy yesterday at the Fortune’s Brainstorm conference. The Windows 7 HP Slate is headed to the enterprise sector this fall while the webOS-power Palmpad will go head-to-head against the iPad later.

Sobees Adds Chat, Image Uploading, And More To New Interactive Facebook iPad App

admin2 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:57:55 +0000

Social media app developer Sobees, offers a number of impressive clients on the market, including a native Windows client, a web-based client and a Twitter app for Android phones. Recently, Sobees ventured into the iPad space with an $0.99 native Facebook app, that allowed for basic functionality on the social network from the device. Today, Sobees is launching a new, paid Facebook iPad app that offers a much more interactive experience for users.

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French startups attempt to get the last laugh at France.fr disaster

ACMAir — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:54:38 +0000

Not to worry, France.fr is still down – not much has changed on that front – but turns out French startups want to join in the fun and be the ones who get the last laugh. Which is perhaps why a couple of French startup guys got together and built the hilarious mock-site France.fr.has-failed.com (everything you need to know is in the URL). To cut a short story even shorter, Yoocasa co-founder Axel Cateland and some of his team (mainly Alexandre Delivet and Michael Jurena) threw the site together after the picture he sent to Michael Arrington via Twitter was published in TechCrunch on Wednesday

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Did Microsoft Kill Xbox Live+Windows Live Cross-Platform Play Because Console Gamers Were Too Bad?

kram412 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:02:50 +0000

Oh, what could have been. Rahul Sood, of Voodoo PC fame (now at HP), says he’s heard from people in the know that Microsoft was working on a project that would have integrated Xbox Live with a sort of Windows Live. The end goal was to have been console gamers and PC gamers playing against each other on a combined Xbox Live+Windows Live service.

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Heyzap Arcade Allows Publishers To Easily Add An Interactive Gaming Portal To Websites

blogger — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:58:52 +0000

Many publishers want to add social games to their sites but widgets aren’t customizable enough.

eBay Q2 Revenue Hits $2.2 Billion, PayPal Adding One Million New Accounts Each Month

kram412 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:39:06 +0000

Ebay beat the Street’s expectations for Q2 earnings, reporting profits of 40 cents a share (or $530.2 million) on revenues of $2.2 billion. Analysts expected 30 cents a share with revenue at $2.1 billion, Net income increased by 18 percent (excluding Skype) from the same quarter in 2009, and revenue rose by 6 percent from last year. Similar to last quarter, PayPal’s business seems to boost eBay’s results

Will HP Put The Palmpad And Windows 7 Slate Head To Head?

ACMAir — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:19:26 +0000

Palmpad , eh? That sounds nice and could signal a sort-of departure from the normal slate business model. HP might be prepping more than one tablet product line.

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