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Queued: An Adobe AIR App for Netflix
Written by Sarah Perez / February 18, 2009 5:21 AM / 13 Comments
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Netflix lovers out there, rejoice! You can now manage your Netflix queue right from your desktop using a new Adobe AIR application called Queued. Created as a demonstration of how Continue reading »


What Are People Reading in The New York Times? Ask the TimesPeople API
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 18, 2009 2:30 AM / 12 Comments
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When it comes to venerable publications, few hold as much esteem as The New York Times - and few have as much access to interesting user data. That's why we're Continue reading »


Facebook Launches Facebook Bill of Rights, Reverts to Previous Terms of Use
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 17, 2009 11:00 PM / 16 Comments
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If you read any tech publication this week, you couldn't have helped but encounter the brouhaha over Facebook's revised Terms of Use. Now, Facebook has decided to return to its Continue reading »


Who's Hiring in Tech? 2009 Numbers So Far
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 17, 2009 3:29 PM / 13 Comments
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It may be dismal economic times, but some companies are continuing to make new hires in tech and new media. That's what we track on our Jobwire site and below Continue reading »


Mobile News: Yahoo Mobile, Skype on Cell Phones, Second Android Phone, and More
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 17, 2009 1:48 PM / 3 Comments
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This week, the mobile computing world revolves around the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Among some of the highlights today were the announcement of the second Android phone, as well Continue reading »


Ustream Introduces Watershed: White-Label Video Streaming
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 17, 2009 11:15 AM / 29 Comments
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Ustream, the live video streaming service that hit the mainstream recently thanks to a litter of Shiba Inu puppies, just announced Watershed, a new white-label streaming video service. Watershed features Continue reading »


Social Network Downtime in 2008: LinkedIn Up - Twitter Down
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 17, 2009 9:25 AM / 7 Comments
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According to a new report (PDF) from uptime monitoring service Pingdom, Facebook and MySpace, the two largest players in the social networking market, had very little downtime in 2008. Twitter, Continue reading »


Will a New MySpace Mobile Site Win Users Back from Facebook?
Written by Sarah Perez / February 17, 2009 7:00 AM / 28 Comments
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, MySpace just made some major announcements. They've announced plans to develop mobile applications for the Nokia S60 as well as the much-anticipated Palm Continue reading »


Kiva Alerts Make Microlending Information More Accessible
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 17, 2009 2:30 AM / 8 Comments
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Nonprofit person-to-person microlender Kiva has committed to a huge undertaking: to facilitate lending for entrepreneurs in developing nations for the sake of alleviating poverty. And part of making that dream Continue reading »


Social Media Saves Lives: Salmonella Outbreak Pushes HHS, FDA, CDC to Get Social
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 16, 2009 11:00 PM / 9 Comments
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Following the recent peanut-butter-borne Salmonella outbreak, the United States Department of Health and Human Services - specifically the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Continue reading »


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