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April 2009 Archives

Zoho Launches Gadgets
Written by Sarah Perez / April 16, 2009 6:10 AM / 2 Comments
Today, the web office company Zoho, whose line of products competes with other web applications like Google Docs and Gmail as well as desktop-based suites like Microsoft Office, has launched Continue reading »


Google Widens Search Lead, Prepares to Make Search Even Faster
Written by Sarah Perez / April 16, 2009 6:07 AM / 7 Comments
In March search giant Google grew yet again, taking the top position in U.S. searches with 63.7 percent of the search share. But this time, Google didn't steal market share Continue reading »


Netvibes Labs Opens Its Doors
Written by Phil Glockner / April 15, 2009 10:50 PM / 0 Comments
Personalized web platform service Netvibes announced their new Netvibes Labs section today. Labs will give users an early peek at new features being developed for the Netvibes platform, along with Continue reading »


Web as Platform For Research on Oceans, Galaxies
Written by Richard MacManus / April 15, 2009 6:45 PM / 0 Comments
The University of Washington has announced two new research projects that will utilize cloud computing platforms from Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM. According to the press Continue reading »


Ads Come to Twitter (Updated)
Written by Phil Glockner / April 15, 2009 5:33 PM / 19 Comments
The day we all knew was coming has arrived. Twitter just added a subtle phrase to the right-hand side of every user's home page. That text? Sponsored definition. What that Continue reading »


Smule Completes the Band with Leaf Trombone
Written by Phil Glockner / April 15, 2009 5:00 PM / 6 Comments
iPhone musical application developer Smule made a name for itself when it released its Zelda-inspired Ocarina software last year to great fanfare. Boasting a simple (yet surprisingly difficult to master) Continue reading »


The Future of Social Media Monitoring
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 15, 2009 11:56 AM / 32 Comments
Ten years ago the ClueTrain manifesto said that "markets are conversations" but today a more pertinent statement could be that conversations are becoming markets - or that there's a market Continue reading »


Digg Reacts to Critics: Changes the Way the DiggBar Works
Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 15, 2009 11:23 AM / 14 Comments
While we liked Digg's new DiggBar for its features, its release also created quite an uproar in the SEO community. Now, Digg has announced that it will change the way Continue reading »


Crowdsourcing Music: YouTube Goes to the Symphony
Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 15, 2009 10:33 AM / 2 Comments
After holding auditions in December and announcing the finalists last month, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra has now released the first product of its efforts. Tonight, the 90 members of the Continue reading »


How To Learn Something at the Bus Stop: WikiHow Comes to the iPhone
Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 15, 2009 9:27 AM / 1 Comments
WikiHow, a Wikipedia-like project that aims to build the world's largest repository of how-to articles, released an interesting iPhone application this morning. The application (iTunes link) gives you access to Continue reading »


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