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The Death of the Pageview (14)
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The Web has hit a point where tracking pageviews is useless for startups. There was a time when all you needed to succeed on the Internet were lots and lots of eyeballs, and the best way of measuring those eyeballs was by tracking pageviews (measuring exactly which pages on a website are viewed by individual visitors). The dot-com crash showed us that the eyeball-based business model was a failure. Sponsor Since then, startups have moved ...Shared by Barb (139) Bob (24) Cyesuta (3) Daniele Bazzano (dAn) (134) Dave (25) Drye (2) J (5) Marko (84) MCW (54) mengmeng (7) and four more »Comment View comments -
Google TV: Android-based web platform for the living room, with help from Intel, Sony, and Logitech -- Engadget (11)
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There's not a lot to see here -- in fact, there's nothing at all to see at this point -- but The New York Times has it on good authority that Google, Intel, and Sony have teamed up to develop an Android-powered internet platform using Atom processors for televisions and set-top boxes. Dubbed Google TV, the apparent mantra seems to be making web app navigation (Twitter, Picasa, etc.) as easy as changing the channel. Joining ...Shared by arturopelayo (233) Ash (41) bora "head" basman (2) EBBY (12) Eddy (26) FlukyRobot (37) ilker (5) Joe (63) patrozoo (7) Riceball (186) and one more »Comment View comments -
Generation I: Middle Children Of The Information Age (11)
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Every generation thinks that they are the first. The first to feel this way or that, the first to make this or that revelation, the first to do and make things that we find later have been done and made since before we could record their doing and making. But while these illusory and fleeting firsts are common to every generation, there are true firsts being achieved constantly, though they are often subtle enough that ...Shared by Corey (143) jaircazarin (5) JoshReedSchramm (4) netgrrl (22) Patrick (1) Paul (231) pcurtain (119) Remarkablogger (61) Rick (5) shin (33) and one more »- Corey said: Note to self. Read this and start reading The Singularity for a second time.
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Google TV is Coming to a Living Room Near You (11)
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Not too long ago we got word that Google is working on a TV search project with Dish Network, and now there’s every indication the search giant wants even more direct involvement with the television ecosystem. According to the New York Times, they’re partnering with Sony and Intel in a new Android-based platform literally dubbed Google TV.The new set-top box will allow users to surf online video from the comforts of the couch, and will ...Shared by Ari (60) Brett (233) justin (107) laowushi (81) Mike (71) Mike (110) shin_matsuda (381) Stan (295) Stefano (31) StephenRossScott (53) and one more »Comment View comments -
Google Maps for Android: Search ‘n Swipe, Latitude Widget, and More (11)
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Making sense of a fast paced and changing world is difficult under the best of circumstances, but when you’re on the go, it’s even harder. With the new Google Maps for mobile 4.1, we’re introducing a few features that make sorting through search results or quickly seeing Maps info a bit easier.Updated search results pageWith the newly reimagined Google Maps for mobile search results page, we’ve done away with the tabs to give you all ...Shared by Chung (118) Daggity (79) Dave (16) Fan (57) fishy (109) Gyro108 (21) Jeff (145) Miller (16) Sal (10) Stacy (78) and one more »- Dave said: ooh, the maps live wallpaper should be nice.
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New Mozilla Labs Project Wants to Give You Total Control Over Your Address Book (10)
onCurrently, your contacts live in address books that are distributed all over the Internet and your desktop. Because of this, chances are that you have numerous address books on the web that are often "inconsistent and disjointed." Contacts, a new Mozilla Labs project, wants to put an end to this. The Contacts addon creates a local database for all your email and Twitter contacts that can then be used by your browser and any website ...Shared by AG (34) Anthony Pantekoek (21) Dave (25) Jay (93) jfdm (23) S (17) sarahintampa (242) TampaSEO (4) Tim (101) TNLNYC (9)Comment View comments
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Google联合Intel和Sony开发Google TV (7)
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《纽约时报》报道，Google联手Intel和Sony开发Google TV，通过新一代电视机和机顶盒，将Web带入客厅。这一举动反映出搜索巨人和芯片巨头试图将它们的统治从电脑扩大到它们没有多少影响力的电视上。 Google等设想的新技术是让电视用户能更容易的使用Web应用程序，如微博Twitter和照片分享网站Picasa，切换到Web就像换台一样轻松。目前已经有一些机顶盒允许用户访问互联网，但能访问的网站很有限。Google希望通过推出基于Android移动操作系统的电视平台，能刺激创新，就像今天的消费者在手机上所看到的层出不穷的移动应用程序。Google预计将在未来几个月公布一个工具包，而Google TV最快将在今年夏天面世。Google已经开始在Dish Network的机顶盒上测试这项技术。Comment View comments -
URL短縮サービスはどのくらいページ読み込みを遅くしているか？ （FacebookのFB.meが最悪） (7)
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近頃ではURL短縮サービスなしのウェブは想像もできないほどになっている。好むと好まざるとに関わらず、このサービスがウェブ界にしっかり根を下ろしたのは間違いない。そこで疑問はこうだ。bit.ly、TinyURL、Goo.glなどのサービスのスピードと稼働率は実際どんなものなのだろう？ オランダのスタートアップ、WatchMouseはまさにこの疑問に答えようと、主要なURL短縮サービス 14種類を1ヶ月間モニタしてパフォーマンスとダウンタイムを調査した。 その結果、全体としてパフォーマンスはあまり良くないことがわかった。URL短縮サービスは事実、ページの読み込み速度をかなり大きく落としていた。上に掲載したグラフにあるとおり、多くのURL短縮サービスは0.5秒からフルに1秒程度、ページの読み込みを遅くしている。 この計測にあたってWatchMouseは各URL短縮サービスに5分毎にアクセスしてチェックした（アクセス元は世界各地に用意）。計測したのはリダイレクトに要する時間のみで、ターゲットのページが実際にロードされる時間は含まれていない。 Pingdomも2009年8月に、URL短縮サービスのスピードと信頼性について似たような調査を行ったことがある。ただし、この時の調査の対象は独立の短縮サービスだけで、Microsoft、Facebook、Googleが運営しているサービスは対象に入っていなかった。 今回の調査をみると、GoogleのGoo.glとYouTu.beの短縮サービスは極めて成績がよい。しかしそれでもページのリダイレクトに約3分の1秒かかっている。毎日膨大な数のアドレスが短縮されていることを考えれば、遅れのトータルはバカにならない時間になる。 WatchMouseによれば、FacebookのFB.meがダントツに最悪のパフォーマンスだった。リンクをクリックしてから対象ページの読み込みが始まるまでになんと平均2秒もかかっている。 もう一つ興味ある発見は、ネームサーバーの国際化対応が最適化されていない短縮サービスがあることだった。一部のサービスでは目的のウェブページのIPアドレスを解決するためだけで0.5秒もかかっていた。 稼働率に関してはほとんどのサービスがまずまずの範囲に収まっていた。調査対象の14サービスの中で最下位はsnurl.comで、アップタイムは98%弱だった。Facebookのfb.meは下から3番目で、99.5%だった。あまり良好な成績とはいえないだろう。 いずれにせよ、短縮サービスにはいま一段のスピードアップが望まれる。 CrunchBase Information WatchMouse Facebook bit.ly Information provided by CrunchBase [原文へ]（翻訳：滑川海彦/namekawa01）- So said: 注目点がおもしろい
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Committing like Crazy (7)
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Google Code had an anniversary today and they mentioned some of their stats. There was one in particular that I thought was pretty interesting: Today, there are more than 240,000 projects registered, with commits coming in at about 17,000 per day…about 1 every 5 seconds 1 Interesting because I had a feeling GitHub’s numbers were much higher. So, I hit our database with a couple of queries and here they are: Yesterday, GitHub received 33,154 ...Shared by Clint (111) Dustin Sallings (11) Geoff (5) igorgue (55) NaHi (73) satyr (23) Scoundrel (67)- Clint said: Uh... dang.
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AWESOME: iPad Digital Magazine Demo [VIDEO] (6)
onWe’ve witnessed publishers drooling over the Apple iPad’s form factor before the darn thing was even announced, with Time Inc. showing off a concept for Sports Illustrated and Condé Nast prepping a version of Wired for a tablet as early as November of last year.First came Wired’s official iPad demo, and now there’s a new inspirational vision of the future of digital magazines, courtesy of the following video.Alexx Henry Photography collaborated with co-directors Cory Strassburger ...Comment View comments
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Amazon stealthily releases Kindle app for Mac (6)
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Filed under: Software No press release, no big fanfare, but reader Chris spotted the news earlier tonight: Amazon's long-awaited Kindle application for Mac is ready for download. The 22 MB free application works on Intel Macs running Mac OS X 10.5 and above, and reports a version number of 1.0.0 beta 1. The app has been anticipated since last October, back when the iPad was still a rumor. The app allows you to download Kindle ...Comment View comments -
Foursquare Adds Almost 100,000 Users in 10 Days (6)
onFoursquare might’ve been last year’s breakout app at SXSW, but it looks like this year’s conference had a much more profound impact on the service’s growth. The location based network tweeted on Wednesday afternoon that it’s added “almost 100,000 users” in the past 10 days.That’s a huge number when you consider that the year-old company reported having “over 500,000” users less than a week ago. Anecdotally, I can also tell you that the surge in ...Comment View comments
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PlayStation Move ad pulls no motion-controlled punches against Wii, Project Natal (5)
onSony's VP of Realistic Movements Kevin Butler (boy, does that guy have a large business card) is at it again, this time in a video ad for the PlayStation Move. He's back from the future to thank us all for the success of the motion control device, and make a few jabs towards Nintendo and Microsoft for their efforts. Here's a few choice quotes. "Because real boxers don't hit like this [flails arms exasperatingly]" "It's ...Comment View comments
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Not Using a Service Any More? Here is the Polite Thing to Do: (5)
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The Social Web is full of Nomads. We try out a service, set up camp, and constantly move from place to place as we discover new and better places to settle down our social presence. I’m no stranger to this myself. I’ve given up my share of services in the past, and I am far from loyal to any one service. IMO, making yourself loyal to any one service brings bias, keeps you from discovering ...Comment View comments -
MacBook Pro, Air and Mac Pro Refresh Coming Soon [RUMOR] (5)
onIf these Australian Apple ads are any indication, a hardware refresh may be coming soon for at least the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Pro lines.The official-looking ads show higher pricing than what the Australian online store actually lists when you click through them, suggesting that the ads represent an early look at what the pricing will be for the refreshed hardware lines.Similar pricing inconsistencies were found within Apple’s own New Zealand site, lending ...Comment View comments
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Microsoft on copy and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series: 'people don't do that' (4)
onMicrosoft certainly set off a firestorm of controversy yesterday with the revelation that Windows Phone 7 Series won't have copy and paste, since it doesn't necessarily line up with what the company has said in private before -- and the issue seems to have gotten even more clouded as people have started hacking around the emulator. So let's set the record straight on what we were told, since it wasn't ambiguous in any way: Microsoft ...Comment View comments
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UK Folding Plug takes home design award, emerges in USB-infused flavor (4)
onIt's far and away one of the most genius concepts we've seen in the past year, and we couldn't possibly be happier for one Min-Kyu Choi. Said designer, who recently graduated from the Royal College of Art, was recently showered with laud after the above-pictured Folding Plug nabbed the gold in the Brit Insurance Design contest. Unfortunately, we're still no closer to understanding when some moneyed manufacturer will pick this up and start producing it, ...Comment View comments
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HTC responds to Apple's patent lawsuit, will 'fully defend itself' (4)
onHTC hasn't filed its official reply to Apple's patent lawsuit in court yet, but the company just gave us an updated and expanded statement on the case, saying that while it "strongly advocates intellectual property protection," it disagrees with Apple's actions and will "fully defend itself." Natch. HTC obviously wasn't eager to divulge whether or not that means it's going to countersue Apple with its own patents, but we're sort of expecting it -- we'll ...Comment View comments
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6 Ways Law Enforcement Uses Social Media to Fight Crime (4)
onLon S. Cohen is a freelance writer and is @obilon on Twitter. He’s also the Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. This post was co-authored by Steve Cohen, who is the Founder of Baywood Consulting Group and the former CIO of M&T Bank. He can be contacted at baywoodconsulting... felons on Facebook to tips through Twitter, social media is being used more and more by law enforcement agencies, and not just to fight Internet-related crimes. We’re ...Comment View comments
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Going bald young cuts prostate cancer risk, study finds (4)
permalinkMen who start going bald at a young age are up to 45% less likely to get prostate cancer in later life, a study has found.
- jenx said: Woot! My preference for bald men is once again validated!
- pagecrusher said: Suck it, fruitful-follicled bitches.
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