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digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Facebook_Platform_The_Road_to_IPO'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; This week the Wall Street journal published an excellent piece on the upcoming Facebook Platform, which Josh also covered for

The text of Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie's speech at Thursday's Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2006, makes compelling reading. To me it sums up why we've moved far beyond

Last August we called Spongecell "the most intuitive of the online calendar apps," and picked it as one of our 10 Must Have Online Office Apps. Since then, though, a

According to a Nick O'Neill at the Social Times blog, MySpace is charging app developers for the "featured" spots in its App Gallery, which it officially launched last week. The

VMware Brings Virtualization To Mobile Phones VMware, a company known for their virtualization software for the desktop and datacenter, recently announced their plans to bring that software to mobile phones

In our post entitled Webified Desktop Apps vs Browser-based Apps, Sharpcast CEO Gibu Thomas left a comment saying that his company fulfils the 'webified desktop' vision: "At Sharpcast, we believe

It's the weekend - another hectic week has gone by. In this era of quick news fixes, PR regurgitation on tech blogs, and the 'quantity over quality' maxim most tech

Google has created a site called Google Gadget Ventures. Marissa Mayer will announce it this evening at the Searchonomics Conference in Santa Clara. It's a pilot program, with the aim

In the US, sending SMS messages can get spendy. In the rest of the world, however, texting costs can be downright oppressive. As such, finding cheaper ways to send SMS