links for 2010-08-25
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Facebook is now worth as much as $33.7 billion, after investors have paid up to $76 for a share in the company ahead of its much-hyped flotation on the stock market, according to a report. http://www …
links for 2010-08-22
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While consumers seem to like the idea of carrying interactive magazines around in one compact device (not unlike the appeal e-books have), they have mostly balked at paying premium prices for each ind …
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SEO consultant Rob Ousbey has noticed an interesting thing happening to his search results, live updates of results as he types in every letter. Google has confirmed to TechCrunch that the above video …
links for 2010-07-21
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One of the coolest new start-ups encountered of late. That would be a new social magazine concept called Flipboard, which is attempting to make the social networking universe more accessible, consumab …
links for 2010-07-20
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"The Kindle format has now overtaken the hardcover format," says Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive. A drastic cut in the price of the Kindle portable reader is probably a major factor. http://www. …
links for 2010-07-19
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British state broadcaster BBC [BBC.UL] on Thursday said it is launching its first U.S. focused news site which will see it go into more direct competition with local broadcasters and newspapers. BBC h …
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Facebook confirmed that it expects to announce its 500-millionth user next week, and will mark the occasion with a new consumer marketing initiative called “Facebook Stories.” http://kara.allthingsd. …
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Foursquare is in talks with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! about a search partnership which could let people look up the most popular bar or restaurant in their area in real-time. http://www.telegraph. …
links for 2010-07-18
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Suburu has announced that purchasers of its 2011 Outback will be able to pick up an in-car Wi-Fi system as an $499 add-on (plus $35 activation fee) to the car's $23,000 asking price. The 802.11 a/b/g …
links for 2010-07-17
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It seems that Internet radio’s popularity is on the rise with smartphone owners, according to Rajar (Radio Joint Audio Research). The organisation’s latest survey of Internet delivered audio services …
links for 2010-07-07
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comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report of the top U.S. online newspaper groups based on the comScore Media Metrix service. The newspaper catego …
links for 2010-07-03
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HP has officially completed the acquisition of Palm, making it the proud owner of Palm's coveted intellectual property including WebOS. It is hardly a surprise that before the ink was even dry on fina …
links for 2010-07-02
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Five years ago Huffington Post launched as a left-leaning blog, featuring commentary from Hollywood heavyweights, political pundits and its co-founder, Arianna Huffington. Today, it counts more than 2 …
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Perhaps the Mail Online understands this. As Trinity Mirror prepared to make 200 journalists redundant last week, it emerged that the site has opened a bureau in Los Angeles. http://www.wired.com/epi …
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The report by YouGov SixthSense found 60% of a sample of more than 2,000 people were willing to pay for a quality newspapaer and 44% said they preferred to pay for newspapers, but just 2% said they we …
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Google's automated news aggregation site Google News is seeking human guidance. In its first major design change since its 2002 launch, Google News has been revised to encourage users to take a greate …
