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Google Buzz: The Mainstream's Geo-Social Network?

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 9, 2010 3:43 PM / 7 Comments

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Google Buzz could quickly become the most popular location-based service on the Internet. Not only does Buzz integrate itself into Gmail, which will give it a large mainstream user base, Continue reading »

How Google Buzz is Disruptive: Open Data Standards

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 9, 2010 11:31 AM / 9 Comments

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Google rolled out a social stream service today called Buzz. It looks on the surface like Facebook, FriendFeed and other stream reading and writing services. It will compete with Facebook Continue reading »

The Man Who Looked Into Facebook's Soul

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 8, 2010 9:15 PM / 25 Comments

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Youth social networking researcher danah boyd has observed that many people presume the way they use social networks is the way everyone uses them. "I interviewed gay men who thought Continue reading »

Android Market Share Doubles - Will Overtake Palm Soon

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 8, 2010 12:38 PM / 5 Comments

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RIM's BlackBerry platform is still the most popular mobile smartphone platform in the US, but Google's Android was the big winner in the last quarter of 2009. According to comScore, Continue reading »

SourceForge Removes Blanket IP Ban, Lets Users Decide

Written by Mike Melanson / February 8, 2010 8:32 AM / 0 Comments

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SourceForge, the world's largest open source software development website, has backed off a widely unpopular, end-of-January decision that had banned entire countries from accessing the site's vast assortment of open-source Continue reading »

Google Rebuilds the Tower of Babel with Real-Time Language Translation

Written by Mike Melanson / February 8, 2010 7:13 AM / 5 Comments

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If our attempts at getting such simple information as bus schedules or account balances from automated voice recognition systems are any indication, then we imagine Google has a lot of Continue reading »

Siri: Your Personal Assistant for the Mobile Web

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 4, 2010 9:01 PM / 6 Comments

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Siri is one of the most ambitious mobile services we have seen in the last few years. Imagine if you could just talk to you phone and tell it to Continue reading »

NYC's BigApps Winners Announced: WayFinder, NYC Way Lead the Pack

Written by Jolie O'Dell / February 4, 2010 8:08 PM / 0 Comments

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Last fall, we told you about an exciting and innovative competition to find - and fun - civic-focused web abd mobile apps in New York City. Tonight, after an all-star Continue reading »

Location is Hot: Foursquare Traffic up 3X in 2 Months

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 4, 2010 1:55 PM / 6 Comments

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Location sharing social network Foursquare saw traffic to its site triple in the last two months since November, according to new numbers from traffic analyst firm Hitwise today. The service Continue reading »

Facebook's Big Birthday: 7 Must-Read Articles

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 4, 2010 10:24 AM / 6 Comments

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It's Facebook's 6th birthday today and it's been a very big year. On February 4th, 2004 then 20-year old Mark Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook.com from his Harvard dorm-room. At this time Continue reading »

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