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Google: The Ten Years Stories (4)
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In the past two weeks nearly every press outlet on the planet has called me asking for thoughts on where Google is going and how Google got to where it is. The reason? Google turns 10 years old, according to most estimates, this weekend. I've talked to as many folks as I can (after all I was a journalist covering technology for quite some time) but I did have to turn down a few given ...Contribute comment -
Here's A Book I Want to Read (And Wish I Could Write) (2)
onAn Anthropology of Google's Search Experiments (with all data exposed, of course). Never will happen, but we get some tantalizing hints in this post on the Google blog: At any given time, we run anywhere from 50 to 200 experiments on Google sites all over the world. I'll start by describing experimental changes so small that you can barely tell the difference after staring at the page, and end with a couple of much more ...Shared by e.p.c. (21) Jim (5)Contribute comment
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Steve Jobs: Still Not Dead. Film at 11. (11)
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Filed under: Apple Corporate Bloomberg seems to be having an extremely slow news day. Its obituary update for Steve Jobs has turned awry. The obituary, a copy of which was sent to Gawker, contains a list of contacts that could be used for an extended story. Soon after the obituary was published, Bloomberg issued the following retraction: Story Referencing Apple Was Sent in Error by Bloomberg News Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) - An incomplete story referencing ...Shared by Bill (17) Bobby (13) Chantal (57) jay (1) jbrauer (3) Jim (5) john (12) Jonathan Sterling (8) Matthew (47) Matthew Bischoff (36) stvchu (5)Contribute comment -
iPhone 3Gs now outnumber originals (11)
onFiled under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple Financial, iPhoneBlogger Michael Arrington at TechCrunch pointed out an amazing, yet somewhat obvious, thing yesterday -- at some point next week, the number of iPhone 3Gs in use around the world will exceed the number of first-generation iPhones. The statistics are astounding: 6 million original iPhones were sold in about one year It took 74 days for the first million first-generation iPhones to sell A million iPhone 3Gs were ...Shared by Dave (11) David Risley (16) Erik J. Heels (51) Eugene (26) gfurry (24) heringermr (16) Jim (5) Justin (8) Randy (44) Roberto (21) utility73 (9)
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Contribute comment - SurveyMonkey.com - Powerful tool for creating web surveys. Online survey software made easy! (1)
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Adium update adds Facebook chat (1)
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Adium has been updated adding Facebook chat and an overhaul to the Contact Inspector.Shared by Jim (5)Contribute comment -
Cloud Computing's Impact on Digital Marketing - Trends to Watch (22)
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Photo credit: King Cloud by akakumo. The following is my column in next week's AdAge... One of the biggest trends shaping technology today is called "cloud computing." Consumers and business are moving more of their data off their computers and into rich Internet applications that are available everywhere - e.g. "the cloud." You can experience this for yourself on sites like Yahoo Mail, Google Docs, Salesforce.com and Mint.com. While geeks have been gushing over web-based ...Shared by Alex (102) anarchist.tv // wortgefecht.net (12) Carsten (14) Ed Terpening (1) Eric (4) genieyclo (6) J-P Voillequé (11) Jeanie (0) Jim (5) Jon Host (11) kskobac (17) lonson (3) Marque (0) MasterMaq (23) Mike F (465) msanders (14) Nico (23) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (20) Romina (13) Saravanan (7) Scott (7) Simone (11)- Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica said: yogun kullanicisiyim
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Link to Many (7)
onTim brings up a very good point here. In short, he's worried about the second click issue, write large (yep, I just linked to myself). I'd like to put out two guidelines for anyone adopting this "link to myself" strategy: 1. Ensure that no more than 50% of the links on any page are to yourself. (Even this number may be too high.) 2. Ensure that the pages you create at those destinations are truly ...Contribute comment
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Two Ways To Still Receive Twitter SMS Updates (4)
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As soon as Twitter dumped SMS alerts for most of the world, a bunch of us started trying to find workaround solutions that would allow us to still get text messages from Twitter. After much fiddling, online discussion and frustration, I’ve come up with two solutions that seem to work: Solution #1: feed Twitter into Jaiku, then into Jaiku again Twitter clone Jaiku is still sending SMS alerts to users. However, there doesn’t appear to ...Contribute comment -
YouTube and the first casualty of war (4)
on“This is the dramatic moment a TV reporter was shot by a sniper as she reported live from war-torn Georgia,” according to the Daily Mail, MSNBC’s Clicked, USA Today, the Herald Sun in Australia and a whole host of others. The problem? None of those media outlets address the possibility of the video being a fake, despite dozens of comments like this: “Sniper ammo is about 2.3 inches long. A sniper round would have blown ...Contribute comment
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How to build a network (24)
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The first counterintuitive lesson: Companies that build large networks on the web don’t charge users what the market would bear; they charge as little as they could bear. That is how they maximize growth and value for everyone in the network on top of the platforms they provide.Shared by Alex (31) Billy Bicket (16) C.K. (134) Chris (16) chrisbrogan.com (24) d2s (45) donlbe (23) DrBaher (6) Eino (17) genieyclo (6) Greg (8) Holden Caulfield (6) howardweaver (4) Jill (70) Jim (5) John Magnus (39) Latruffe (9) mathewi (42) Rod Nicolson (3) Scott (19) Stephan (1) Sue (33) Tim (3) Tim (1)Contribute comment -
More about that social-media-for-news training next week (3)
onBeing the sort of person who puts all their work online, I thought it might be useful to put the agenda for next week’s one-day training course up, along with useful hyperlinks. As always, contributions welcomed. Here’s what I’ll be covering: 1. Passive-Aggressive Newsgathering: how to mix social media and RSS to bring the news to you Passive-aggressive newsgathering The 3 RSS reader strategy Workshop: creating a search mashup or email/text alert to track breaking ...Contribute comment
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Hoisting comments (1)
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I'm always on the lookout for ways of rewarding users by recognising their content in some way. Our community sites make a point of highlighting the most interesting photos, blog posts, forums etc.Turns out we are missing a trick by not doing the same thing with comments and apparently it's called "hoisting comments". Like it.Shared by Jim (5)Contribute comment -
Fire Eagle Shares Your Location Across Applications [Location Awareness] (17)
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Yahoo officially launches Fire Eagle, a web service that stores your current physical location in the world and syncs it with applications you set up on your own terms. Sign up for Fire Eagle, then add applications that use your location information—like BriteKite, Dopplr, and MovableType. Fire Eagle acts as the go-between, storing your location, and sharing it with apps according to rules you set up. Fire Eagle allows you to share your locations with ...Shared by Aashay (4) Benjamin Shyong (9) Bobby (32) Christian Santos (72) Dan Russell (12) ema (3) jean-paul (5) Jilted (9) Jim (5) Lance Fisher (9) Mario (3) Niklas (22) Northorn (5) Paul (6) santiromero (2) Talk (9) tybeck (4)- Bobby said: Things like this is why Yahoo needs to be bought by Google!
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Telegraph Locks Horns With Guardian Again On Traffic Hike (2)
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The simmering war of words between Telegraph.co.uk and Guardian.co.uk bosses gets more and more like a feisty soap opera, from the sidelines. The two first fell out over Telegraph.co.uk's 2006 claim to be the UK's most visited newspaper site, according to Hitwise. When Telegraph.co.uk briefly took the top spot on the more accepted ABCe metric this year, Guardian.co.uk attributed its rise to it having changed its traffic measurement software. Now the Graun has regained the ...Shared by Jim (5) Sam Sethi (17)Contribute comment -
Online Video: Miro is Your TiVo for Internet Video (100)
onIn the dog days of summer when there's absolutely nothing new on television (except the Olympics), it's time to start watching the web—and you need the right tool to do just that. The free, cross-platform internet video player Miro can automatically download online video series via RSS feed or BitTorrent, play almost any format you throw at it, and keep track of what you've watched and what's new and queued up for you. More and ...Shared by alchemy (2) Alec Peden (9) Alvin A. (23) Amihai (24) Amy Del Medico (1) Bobby (32) Brandon J. Mendelson (17) Brian Cuban (1084) Brian Junyor (39) btvillarin (13) BustersDad (13) bwary (1) carruth98 (10) Cedric (1) chip (24) Chris (15) Chris (4) Chris Gilmore (13) Christian Santos (72) Cunya (13) Daniel Light (6) Danilo (0) dave (15) David Ebaugh (3) Debbie (6) Derning (17) Dreamside (88) Eduardo (2) edythe (42) Fernando Costa de Sousa (1) Fi (3) Fredrik Carlsson (20) Fredrik H (2) gastaoss (14) ghassem (0) Gordon (6) Greg (9) hoosteen (43) Huang (2) Ippy (3) Jim (5) Joe (70) Julius (13) Justine (0) Ken P (7) kerolic (8) kevinpshan (16) kidmarmite (37) Kim (22) KingBee (4) Kristian (42) Kyle (17) Lily Grozeva (4) Lisibo (16) local (6) Louvaro (29) Mark (7) Mark Czerniec (10) Masoud (8) mbrannig (1) MDRoz (10) Michael (12) Michelle (2) Miguel Lopez (73) Mike (9) Monkey (19) moonboy (19) mr_gadget (153) Myk OLeary (4) Nate (8) Nathan (3) Neal (3) nikiblack (5) nparker13 (104) Omer (9) Ozmandias (8) puthali (12) Robby R (25) rOckY (157) Ross V (471) Ryan Lewis (65) Sam (12) Sanns (7) Scott Walter (0) Seed Of Life (96) shevdog (1) SilverStag (3) StevieB (71) tarraguna (2) Thomas Chisler (11) ticiana (9) Tim (32) Tim Elliott (4) Tim Geraghty (2) tomwsmf (10) Ulises (8) Vincenzo (59) Xdroot (33) xgdfalcon (9) 異塵行者 (29)Explore read five notes
- Mark said: Awesome concept - TIVO for PC/Mac!
- Bobby said: My TV hasn't been plugged in for weeks. Miro has surpassed Joost in many ways. I especially love the fact you can subscribe to torrents in Miro to watch your favorite shows... RSS Tivo like functionality!
- kevinpshan said: Everyone loves Miro.
- alchemy said: I use miro and tvertisty to stream inet shows from my computer to my x360. Highly recommend it.
- puthali said: oh yea...just recently started using miro on my mac, its gr8!
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Steve Jobs: confirms kill switch, 60M iPhone apps downloaded (82)
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Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video Steve Jobs, presumably speaking from a hyperbaric chamber where he's being nourished with an infusion of liquified developers-souls before his next public appearance, had a few interesting tidbits about the AppStore for the Wall Street Journal this morning. Namely, users have downloaded some 60 million programs for the iPhone representing sales of about $30 million since the launch last month -- a 30/70 revenue split between Apple and ...Shared by Adam Debreczeni (13) Adam Dempsey (13) Adam Maldonado (155) Adrian Bacon (20) Aleksander (5) Alex (24) Andrew Schott (73) Anthony (30) Anthony Muoio (0) Antti (6) Ari (1) Ash Laws (10) benhamin (14) Bob (2) Brandon Quintana (6) Bryan (8) Bryan Pearson (0) CannonGod (243) Chris (8) Chris Bailey (7) Christian Davis (7) Christopher W. Bown (6) Cody Carreras (13) Damien (17) daniel (12) Dave (0) Dave Hunwick (4) DaveBinM (4) Dion Rodrigues (43) dobata (375) docbaily (33) DOCBook Howto (124) Doug Funny (68) Eric Chen (121) erikeric (18) hank (20) Henry Busby (5) ifabio (8) Jamie Wallis (25) Jared (2) Jeff (52) jerry (13) Jim (5) Joe (104) John F. Schneider (24) John Staton (5) Jonathan (35) Joshua (15) Justin Thorp (5) k00pa (41) Kabren Levinson (27) Karthik Kastury (4) louisgray (150) Mark Dykeman (28) Michael (14) Mike (6) Mike F (465) Mike Stokes (5) Monika Bulsiewicz (2) mr_gadget (153) Nick (0) paikia (1) Patty (264) phil (3) pieterjan criel (1) prexec (1) Priit^ (63) Primoz (17) quicket (7) Rick Foelsch (0) Robert Birming (33) rony john (50) Samuel (52) SMC (204) stvalentine (17) Thomas Rysgaard (4) Toby (176) tornsuits (2) Uzair (203) webtime (501) will (48) zemlanin (18)- Mark Dykeman said: Kill switch?
- Chris said: Having and iphone sounds a lot like having a father/mother-in-law who won't stop trying to meddle in your relationship.
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Wanokoto Labs Makes Your Photos Look Ancient [Digital Photos] (60)
onThe Wanokoto Labs web site converts any image into a super old-timey pic in one quick and simple step. You can either upload an image to the site from your computer or point it to an image URL online, then just click Convert. A few seconds later, you've got an ancient looking version of that image. Applied to print, the results (as you can see) look like a weathered newspaper, but browsing through the gallery ...Shared by Aaron R (74) Adam S (8) Amihai (24) Andrew (30) Brandy (7) Brian (26) Chris (8) Christian Santos (72) Crysti the Great (20) Cyli or Lithie (14) DarkBls (73) deusdiabolus (95) Drew Olanoff (144) elias (5) EricTheDJ (4) Esteban (2) fabio (42) Francisco Solis (1) Frank (12) ghosttie (38) Greg (9) Håkan (14) Ippy (3) J. James B (41) Jaime (13) Jamin (31) Jean (20) Jim (5) jim (4) Joe (2) joel (6) Joey (4) Jonathan (3) Joseph (0) Justin "Uncle Bubba" Roepel (13) kidinspiration (3) kramed (2) Lohan G (11) lomodeedee (65) Lynette Radio (4) m0d (5) Makenai (6) Matteo (39) nikhil (27) nparker13 (104) Patty (264) Paul P (1) Rainey (0) Rob (0) rOckY (157) Soulhuntre (114) tarman (25) tobalito (4) tOMPSON (5) Toni (14) trinkers (0) wwj (11) Xdroot (33) Yinka (9) Zach (57)Contribute comment
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Found Footage: 'I Am Rich' walk through (23)
onFiled under: Humor, Found Footage, iPhone, App Store [YouTube link] Apparently, eight people actually bought the famed "I Am Rich" iPhone application. If you weren't rich stupid lucky enough to buy the app, or if you are merely curious what the fuss was all about -- the above "guided tour" is for you. I'll admit, I've found this whole saga pretty unfunny thus far. Don't misunderstand me, I get the joke, the whole thing has ...Shared by Alberto (13) alex (3) AlexK (1) Andreas (7) Anthony Muoio (0) Ben (8) brownpau (47) Casey (0) chip (24) Danh (2) Daniel (2) doransky (43) Gene Locklin (49) Jim (5) Jim Williams (9) Jon. L (2) Jonathan Bloom (3) Jules (28) Kyle (16) Mike F (465) nybble (15) Rahul Das (16) tjp (1)
- Daniel said: Ha! So ironic :)
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Google Translate now for iPhone (51)
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A few months ago I was planning a vacation to Austria and Italy. I knew a few words and phrases in German and Italian, but that was about it. So I looked around for some portable language dictionaries. I thought Google Translate was great, but the web page didn't work that well on the iPhone. So I teamed up with David Singleton, a fellow engineer in our London office, to build an iPhone interface for ...Shared by Adam Dorfman (32) aemkei (4) alchemy (2) Alfonso Martinez (14) Allen (11) amree (7) arturo.servin (10) bfernald (8) Bing (0) Chandoo (9) Christina (4) Dan (23) Danny Holland (9) G$ (7) Håkan (14) hikikomori (68) James Forbes Keir (19) Jared Cherup (1) Jedd Bartlett (1) Jeffrey (12) Jim (5) jim.mor7 (2) Laughing Squid (17) Leo Laporte (15) lizunlong (10) masayuki inoguchi (63) Matt (2) Matt (3) MH (44) Michael (28) Nathania (12) Nir Ben Yona (2) Ole Begemann (12) Oudi Antebi (25) paul (2) Paul (5) Peter H (25) Peter N (4) Phil (2) pixelcollector (3)
