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May 2008 Archives

The Rise of Contextual User Interfaces
Written by Alex Iskold / May 14, 2008 11:23 PM / 38 Comments
Web 2.0 has brought many wonderful innovations and ideas to the Internet. We can no longer imagine the web without a social dimension, and we can no longer imagine an Continue reading »


Adobe Releases Flash 10 Beta
Written by Josh Catone / May 14, 2008 9:01 PM / 5 Comments
Adobe announced today the release of the Flash Player 10 beta, previously code named "Astro," on the Adobe Labs site. The beta is available for download immediately at the Astro Continue reading »


YackTrack Gets Updated, Adds Chatter
Written by Sarah Perez / May 14, 2008 8:55 PM / 2 Comments
At the end of April, we covered the launch of YackTrack, a new tool that helps fight the conversation fragmentation issues. The service provides a method for tracking the conversations Continue reading »


Comcast Plus Plaxo: Not a Pretty Picture!
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 14, 2008 4:44 PM / 12 Comments
Communications giant Comcast has acquired social web application Plaxo for an estimated $150m or more. Techcrunch confirmed the deal first but offers an understated critique of the alliance. Many web Continue reading »


Play the News: Data Portability's Future
Written by Josh Catone / May 14, 2008 1:55 PM / 6 Comments
Last week, the fight to manage your social data kicked off in earnest as three major players in the social networking space each announced independent competing approaches to making profile Continue reading »


Google Maps Coming to Media, AIR Desktops, via Flash API
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 14, 2008 11:30 AM / 4 Comments
At the Where 2.0 conference today Google announced the availability of a new Flash API for Google Maps. From Flash microsites to embedded media players to beautiful cross-platform AIR apps Continue reading »


Did Twitter Really 'Outshine' the Mainstream Press?
Written by Josh Catone / May 14, 2008 11:27 AM / 8 Comments
We love Twitter just as much as any tech bloggers -- that should be clear to anyone who has read this blog over the past six months. But stories like Continue reading »


Digital Image Resources on the Deep Web
Written by Sarah Perez / May 14, 2008 8:33 AM / 9 Comments
Sometimes you stumble across something that really makes you say "wow" and reminds you that there's so much more to this internet thing than just the latest web app. Case Continue reading »


Semantic Travel Search Engine UpTake Launches
Written by Josh Catone / May 14, 2008 6:00 AM / 7 Comments
According to a comScore study done last year, booking travel over the Internet has become something of a nightmare for people. It's not that using any of the booking engines Continue reading »


Too Many Choices, Too Much Content
Written by Sarah Perez / May 14, 2008 4:00 AM / 40 Comments
Sometimes it's just hard to keep up. In this technology-focused niche we all live in there are new applications, new initiatives, and new platforms that spring up every day, not Continue reading »


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