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April 2008 Archives

Loomia: See What Your Facebook Friends Are Reading
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 2, 2008 11:40 AM / 6 Comments
Loomia is a content recommendation service that uses a Facebook application to track what you and your friends are reading on Loomia-supporting sites and then shows you what content is Continue reading »


The New Opera Mini Arrives - Now 50% Faster Than Before
Written by Sarah Perez / April 2, 2008 10:12 AM / 3 Comments
Today, Opera released a new version of their mobile web browser, Opera Mini. This latest version, Opera Mini 4.1 beta preview, offers some new features, but most notably, it claims Continue reading »


Frengo Launches Mobile Open Social Toolkit
Written by Josh Catone / April 2, 2008 7:48 AM / 1 Comments
Mobile social networking company Frengo has released a toolkit for development of Open Social and Facebook applications on mobile phones. The Open Social Mobile Toolkit supports MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, and Continue reading »


Radiohead Continues New Media Onslaught With Remix Contest
Written by Josh Catone / April 2, 2008 6:44 AM / 10 Comments
Rock band Radiohead has already pushed the envelope in the past year by first releasing their new album under a pay-what-you-want price scheme in October, and then calling on fans Continue reading »


Australian Museum Uses Open Calais to Tag Collection
Written by Josh Catone / April 1, 2008 4:45 PM / 6 Comments
The Powerhouse Museum of Science and Design in Sydney, Australia has begun to utilize the Reuters Open Calais API (our coverage) to tag their collection. The museum's online collection database Continue reading »


Polling Twitter: 4 Startups that Take the Pulse of the Twittersphere
Written by Josh Catone / April 1, 2008 3:01 PM / 6 Comments
We've argued in the past that Twitter can be a platform for serious discourse and our own Marshall Kirkpatrick famously stated last year that Twitter is even paying his rent Continue reading »


Today's iPhone Users are Young, Rich, and Technically Savvy
Written by Sarah Perez / April 1, 2008 12:40 PM / 11 Comments
A recent survey of iPhone users put out by Rubicon Consulting entitled "The Apple iPhone: Successes and Challenges for the Mobile Industry," reveals some interesting demographics about the typical iPhone Continue reading »


Announcing: The Search Race
Written by Richard MacManus / April 1, 2008 11:47 AM / 2 Comments
Our network blog AltSearchEngines has just launched a great new sub-site, called The Search Race. It is a brand new format for the monthly Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, starting Continue reading »


With All Else Failing, Starbucks Tries Social Media
Written by Muhammad Saleem / April 1, 2008 11:00 AM / 15 Comments
With Starbucks' stock beaten down from its mighty highs of $47 to recent lows of $17 in the face of strong competition from Peet's, Caribou, McDonald's, and Dunkin' Donuts and Continue reading »


Queen Uses YouTube to Break Down Stereotypes
Written by Josh Catone / April 1, 2008 10:51 AM / 4 Comments
Queen Rania of Jordan, the current queen consort of King Abdullah II, has launched a YouTube channel on which she intends to break down Western stereotypes about the Arab world. Continue reading »


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