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May 2008 Archives

FontStruct: Font Making Made Easy
Written by Josh Catone / May 13, 2008 10:20 AM / 3 Comments
FontStruct is a new online font creation tool from font seller FontShop that was officially launched last week. The site combines a Flash-based font maker (the Fontstructor) with a community Continue reading »


What's Next for Data Portability & Why is Facebook Still Holding Back?
Written by Richard MacManus / May 13, 2008 9:31 AM
One of the buzz phrases we've heard a lot this year is "data portability", which means the ability to move your personal data between different applications and vendors. It has Continue reading »


Online Video for the Very Young
Written by Josh Catone / May 13, 2008 8:45 AM / 6 Comments
It's no secret that YouTube's age demographics skew young, but young still means 18-34, and much of the content on the site would be inappropriate for children under the age Continue reading »


Android Developer Challenge I Winners Announced: Our Picks
Written by Sarah Perez / May 13, 2008 7:45 AM / 4 Comments
The Android Developer Challenge is a two-part contest whose goal is to encourage developers to build apps for the new Google mobile platform, code-named "Android." In this first round, dubbed Continue reading »


Digg Townhall #2 Wrap-Up
Written by Sarah Perez / May 13, 2008 3:00 AM / 4 Comments
Last night was the second Digg Townhall, a live session hosted online by Digg founder Kevin Rose and CEO Jay Adelson. Like before, Kevin asked Digg users to post their Continue reading »


FreshAIRApps: A Premier Adobe AIR App Directory
Written by Corvida / May 12, 2008 8:30 PM / 5 Comments
The Adobe AIR platform is one of the hottest desktop platforms available. While we've given you numerous recommendations on great AIR apps, finding them all in one spot (outside of Continue reading »


Twitter and the Architectural Challenges of Life Streaming Applications
Written by Alex Iskold / May 12, 2008 4:00 PM / 29 Comments
Because Twitter is getting more popular, every glitch in the service is now felt more acutely. Going without Twitter for many people is even harder than going without email, and Continue reading »


Here Come the Geo-Smart Apps: Yahoo! Opens Location Database to Developers
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 12, 2008 3:04 PM / 4 Comments
Yahoo! today released a developer preview of its Yahoo! Internet Location Platform, a collection of in-depth geo-location based APIs. We expect to see location be more smartly used in many Continue reading »


Powerset vs. Google: The Completely Premature Head-to-Head
Written by Josh Catone / May 12, 2008 2:32 PM / 27 Comments
As our network blog AltSearchEngines reported this morning, the long-awaited and much hyped natural language processing search engine Powerset launched this morning. Kind of. For now, the search service only Continue reading »


BrandTags - Half Hot Or Not, Half Poetry - About Brands
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 12, 2008 12:57 PM / 7 Comments
Marketing consultant and web connoisseur Noah Brier has launched a simple but fascinating project called BrandTags.net. The idea is that visitors are shown a logo, we respond with a word Continue reading »


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