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London Gets Foursquare, Paris Waitlisted: Take That, France!
Written by Jolie O'Dell / October 6, 2009 8:29 PM / 2 Comments
According to late-breaking news we saw on The Next Web, Foursquare is coming to London by the end of this week. Other European rollouts, including a Paris debut, are expected Continue reading »


Monetizing Speed: AP May Charge for 30 Min Lead
Written by Dana Oshiro / October 6, 2009 3:47 PM / 6 Comments
After a summer of establishing blogger guidelines and fair use, the Associated Press is considering charging online customers for a 20-30 minute head start on breaking news stories. According to Continue reading »


Uncovering Connections on Twitter Could Become Big Business
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 6, 2009 3:28 PM / 10 Comments
If there's a hard-to-reach person you want to meet, one of the best ways to do so is through their friends. That's true in the offline world and the increasingly Continue reading »


Android Phones with Google Voice are Coming to Verizon
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 6, 2009 8:37 AM / 5 Comments
This morning, Google and Verizon announced an agreement that will bring Android phones to Verizon. Verizon, which has been trying to position itself as the 'open carrier,' will start to Continue reading »


Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Others Also Hit by Phishing Attack
Written by Sarah Perez / October 6, 2009 6:06 AM / 7 Comments
Yesterday's phishing attack in which several thousand Hotmail username and password combinations were leaked to the web now appears to be just the beginning of a massive phishing attack affecting Continue reading »


As Technorati Falters, PostRank Launches New Blog Ranking Tools
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 5, 2009 2:29 PM / 4 Comments
Social media analytics firm PostRank has released two Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that will alow developers to track reader engagement in any group of blogs or around any single link Continue reading »


Facebook Now Tracking Gross National Happiness; Continues Hoarding Data
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 5, 2009 1:09 PM / 13 Comments
Facebook announced this afternoon that it is tracking what it calls its version of Gross National Happiness, based on an analysis of the positive and negative words people use when Continue reading »


Not Just for Developers Anymore: New York Times Launches Custom Times Feeds
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 5, 2009 11:30 AM / 0 Comments
The New York Times just released an interesting new tool that allows users to filter articles from the newspaper's website by tags and keywords and turn them into custom feeds. Continue reading »


FTC to Bloggers: Disclose Freebies or Face $11,000 Fine
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 5, 2009 10:41 AM / 20 Comments
According to new guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), bloggers who fail to disclose that they have received freebies when they write about a product can now be fined Continue reading »


Making the Chrome Prettier: Google Launches Artist Themes
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 5, 2009 9:31 AM
Google just launched a large number of new themes for Chrome. These 'artist themes' were designed by well-known artists, architects, and designers, including Jeff Koons, Karim Rashid, Oscar de la Continue reading »


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