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LinkedIn Hits 50 Million Users; Still a Roach Motel (Updated)
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 14, 2009 9:47 AM / 28 Comments
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Updated at 11:30 PST with comment from LinkedIn. One million new people signed up for LinkedIn accounts already this month, taking the professional social network past the 50 million user Continue reading »


Google Voice Invites Now Available
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 13, 2009 11:06 AM / 13 Comments
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The innovative telephony app Google Voice is now making invitations available to new users, according to an announcement on the Official Google Blog. Users with existing accounts can send up Continue reading »


The Top 3 Brands by Social Media Presence: Google, Apple and Microsoft
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 13, 2009 11:00 AM / 4 Comments
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Interbrand recently released its 2009 list of the best 100 global brands. Social media monitoring and analytics firm Sysomos took a closer look at this data today. While Interbrand bases Continue reading »


Google Launches Building Maker: Makes Adding 3D Buildings to Google Earth Easy
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 13, 2009 8:28 AM / 1 Comments
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For some locations, Google already shows 3D buildings in Google Earth though it wasn't very easy for users to add their own buildings to these maps. Today, however, Google released Continue reading »


Google Accounts for 6% of All Internet Traffic
Written by Sarah Perez / October 13, 2009 6:38 AM / 7 Comments
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Five years ago, Internet traffic was, for the most part, managed by tier 1 providers like AT&T, Verizon, Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing, all of which connected to thousands Continue reading »


Factual Makes Publishing Open Data Easy
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 13, 2009 5:00 AM / 0 Comments
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Factual, a new open data project founded by Gilad Elbaz, just launched its public beta today. Elbaz's last company, Applied Semantics, was acquired by Google in 2003 and became one Continue reading »


German Chancellor Tells Google: "You Can't Just Go Around Scanning Books"
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 12, 2009 12:10 PM / 8 Comments
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On Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel used her weekly video podcast to attack Google and the Google Book Settlement. According to Merkel, the Google Book Settlement disregards international copyright laws. Continue reading »


Google Maps Ditches Tele Atlas in Favor of Street View Cars and Crowdsourcing
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 12, 2009 8:55 AM / 5 Comments
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After a flurry of activity around Google Maps over the last few weeks, it now looks like Google is also ditching Tele Atlas as its data provider for Google Maps Continue reading »


Big Updates are Coming to Vimeo: Desktop Uploader, Larger Videos, Advanced Stats
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 9, 2009 10:54 AM / 1 Comments
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Vimeo, one of our favorite online video services, just announced a number of interesting updates. In the near future, Vimeo plans to give its users the ability to use an Continue reading »


Update to Google Sites Demonstrates What the GDrive Could Look Like
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 9, 2009 9:23 AM / 4 Comments
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We have been hearing rumors about the Google Drive online storage service for years now. This mythical GDrive would give users the ability to easily store and access all of Continue reading »


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