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Tinychat Relaunches as Easy to Use Video Chat and Recording Platform
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 27, 2009 11:48 AM / 8 Comments
A few months ago, we reviewed Tinychat, an easy to use web app for creating on-demand chatrooms with close connections to Twitter. Today, Tinychat relaunches with a number of very Continue reading »


PeopleBrowsr Launches Beta
Written by Sarah Perez / May 27, 2009 10:30 AM / 8 Comments
PeopleBrowsr, the online dashboard for tracking the social web (previous coverage) is today leaving alpha and moving into beta. Although many people use the app for tracking Twitter, it's actually Continue reading »


ClearSpring Sees What 1/2 The Internet is Doing (API Coming Soon)
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 27, 2009 10:12 AM / 1 Comments
It's a little bit scary, but widget and sharing service ClearSpring said this morning that the company's media widgets and newly acquired AddThis plug-in are now seen by more than Continue reading »


Twitter Might Start Adding Comments & Location-Based Information to Each Tweet
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 27, 2009 9:34 AM / 28 Comments
At the 140 Twitter Conference yesterday, Alex Payne, Twitter's API lead told Robert Scoble that Twitter might soon add location-based information to every tweet. Currently, users can set a location Continue reading »


New Version of Skype Adds Screen Sharing
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 27, 2009 8:44 AM / 19 Comments
Skype, the popular VOIP client formerly owned by eBay, just released a new beta version of its Windows client. The new version finally brings screen sharing to the Windows client, Continue reading »


Report on Mobile Web Use Displays Apple/Android Usability Issues, Successes
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 27, 2009 5:00 AM / 5 Comments
According to a report released today from mobile advertising company AdMob, smartphones accounted for nearly three times more use than their relative market share last month. The report also found Continue reading »


Obama Inauguration: Check Out These Real-Time Visualizations
Written by Richard MacManus / May 27, 2009 3:45 AM / 6 Comments
The MIT SENSEable City Lab recently released visualizations of mobile phone call activity over the week of President Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2009. The visualizations are of course stunning, Continue reading »


G.ho.st Virtual Computing Adds API for Web-Based Apps
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 26, 2009 11:02 PM / 3 Comments
A fabulous, ambitious virtual operating system, G.ho.st launched at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco two years ago. The browser-based computers allow users to leave their desktop, files, and applications Continue reading »


Apple to Increase Online Activity with Southeastern Server Farm
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 26, 2009 10:21 PM / 7 Comments
According to a recent post from Data Center Knowledge, Apple is rumored to be planning a massive server facility costing as much as $1 billion. Both North Carolina and Virginia Continue reading »


Filtering Twitter's Noise with Mixero
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 26, 2009 6:31 PM / 16 Comments
As many of us know, the usefulness of Twitter lies in the user's ability to find, refine, and engage with a network. Most of the invalid complaints about the service Continue reading »


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