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Loopt Launches "Loopt Mix": Less About Networking, More About Dating

Written by Sarah Perez / October 19, 2009 8:01 AM / 0 Comments

Loopt, makers of a popular mobile social networking application of the same name, is introducing a new iPhone application today called Loopt Mix. Where their original app focuses on connecting Continue reading »

Wolfram Alpha's iPhone App Launches: Lots of Power, But Too Expensive

Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 18, 2009 4:23 PM / 10 Comments

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Quite a bit ahead of schedule, Wolfram Alpha's iPhone app appeared in the iTunes App Store today. The app, which costs $49.99, gives users full access to Wolfram Alpha's capabilities Continue reading »

Devs Hack iPhone API for True Augmented Reality

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 16, 2009 2:55 PM / 14 Comments

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An international team of computer scientists has created software that lets anyone perform on-the-fly analysis of live streaming video on the iPhone. Used alongside existing methods of displaying data on Continue reading »

How Safe are Facebook Applications?

Written by Sarah Perez / October 16, 2009 7:21 AM / 15 Comments

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Recently, Roger Thompson, chief research officer at security firm AVG, discovered over half a dozen Facebook applications that had been compromised by malicious hackers. Although the apps' reach was small Continue reading »

Who's Ignoring Those iPhone Ads? Women.

Written by Sarah Perez / October 16, 2009 6:28 AM / 10 Comments

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According to mobile marketing firm Brand in Hand, female iPhone users are the worst demographic in terms of interacting with mobile ads on the iPhone. The company, whose high-profile clients Continue reading »

YouTube Launches Real-Time Discussion Search and Tracking

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 16, 2009 3:39 AM / 1 Comments

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Real-time information is red hot all around the web but it made a surprise appearance on YouTube tonight in the form of real-time search for comments, of all things. YouTube Continue reading »

Google Wave More Secure than Traditional Email

Written by Sarah Perez / October 15, 2009 7:17 AM / 7 Comments

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Google Wave, the company's new real-time collaboration platform currently in private beta, is more secure than traditional email, claims the company. According to Greg D'alesandre, Google Wave product manager, that's Continue reading »

More Details Emerge on "Google Editions," Google's eBook Store

Written by Sarah Perez / October 15, 2009 6:19 AM / 6 Comments

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At the Frankfurt Book Fair, Google announced more details about their upcoming online ebook service known as "Google Editions." Originally revealed earlier this year, Editions will be a hosted electronic Continue reading »

Is Apple Going to Support Augmented Reality, After All?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 14, 2009 5:53 PM / 4 Comments

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The cranky elves that run the iPhone App Store may be warming up after all to the emerging field of Augmented Reality (AR). AR app makers, who are building sci-fi-like Continue reading »

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 »

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