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Jackson Fish Market Does It Again With Another Beautifully Useless App (2)
on TechCrunch (22672) permalinkI have no idea what these guys actually do to pull in revenue, but God love ‘em. Jackson Fish Market, the ex-Microsoft team that brought us They’re Beautiful and Tafiti, launched Elmore City Dance Club earlier today. The application, which was conceived, designed and built by the company’s summer interns (Tyler, Luke and Alex) lets anyone create and share a new dance. The TechCrunch! (TM) is embedded below (and I believe it is physically impossible ...Shared by Ethan (66) Jeff (31)Contribute comment
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Perhaps Pandora Must Be Our Sacrificial Lamb (111)
on TechCrunch (22672) permalinkPandora made a bold political statement today, saying they’d likely shut down rather than continue to pay exorbitant fees to play music to listeners of its massively popular service. Radio stations pay different rates depending on how they broadcast music. Terrestrial stations (normal FM/AM stations) pay nothing, a tribute to their powerful corporate parents with limitless lobbying budgets. Satellite stations pay approximately 1.6 cents per hour per listener. By 2010, Pandora and other Internet radio ...Shared by Adam (38) Adam (62) adang001 (60) Adrian (72) Alex (144) Alfredo (49) Aron (19) aroyer (42) avg (79) b r a n d o n m c c a l l (56) Brad Davis Seal (133) Brent the Closet Geek (204) Bret M (2) Brian Junyor (146) Brian Landau (45) Brit (87) C.B. (15) C.K. (305) CannonGod (732) Chad (38) Chris (210) Chris K (132) Chris Schrier (41) cisellis (130) Dan Kearns (95) danliebke (205) Danny Bo'itanni (127) Darnell Clayton (23) DC (13) DOCBook Howto (439) Dustin DeKoekkoek (55) dwk (35) eeenmachine (31) ekaye (32) Eric (61) FlorinGrozea (104) fr3dly (61) Gauravonomics (247) godlaugh (39) Hisham (305) Holden Caulfield (105) hoosteen (143) iAlja (171) IanTW (32) James (30) Jared (103) Jason Bryant (44) jayman16 (201) Jeff (31) Jeff (174) jeffmincey (17) Jeremy (353) Jess (48) jgrimes (20) John (40) Jonathan (89) jonmower (44) joshuabacker (22) Jrod (124) Justin (23) Justin Yost (256) Kevin (117) Kim (42) kskobac (48) leathej1 (42) louisgray (616) mario r (67) Martin (24) Matt (23) Matt (34) Matt (33) Mattnic (11) Megan (44) Micah (19) Mike F (2074) mikelite (51) Min Liu (22) Morgan (40) myth (45) Nate (97) Nice Fish Films (233) nikan (131) Niklas (57) Ontario Emperor (275) Pat (98) Paul (87) pr1000 (72) Rex (582) Rick Klau (351) Robert Scoble (291) Roy (30) Ryan (45) rzklkng (613) sammy (16) Secret (27) Shane (117) SharonG (293) TechDad1246 (33) Toby (61) Todd Mundt (91) Tony Duckles (67) Trevor (87) usrbingeek (64) Valerа (29) Vincent van Wylick (77) Vish (27) Yanting (23) Zach (27) Zach (26) zapnap (108) Zoram (112)Explore read 11 notes
- DC said: Shame that pandora may have to shut down in order to get parity between traditional media and the new internet media.
- Adam said: Fark this shit! I'll sacrifice last.fm, Slacker and iMeem over Pandora any day. Bring on the ceremonial dagger!
- Min Liu said: this year...# songs i purchased from listening to the radio: 0# songs i purchased from listening to pandora: 25
- Valerа said: Pandora says they’re alread paying 70% of their $25 million in yearly revenues in royalty fees, and it is driving them out of business. Other Internet radio stations are even worse off.
- Darnell Clayton said: You may want it to be your sacrificial lamb, but I would rather pay a monthly fee to keep this app alive than to see it go.
- Matt said: Last.fm will own.
- Bret M said: So apparently we won't have this app around too much longer to listen to new music. It's a shame the music industry makes it such a pain to do something like this, when it would only help their sales.
- Jeff said: This is just one example of how miserably backwards most music rightsholders are. Happy to share stories over beers, as I've now had the displeasure of meeting many of the execs as the big 4. It's like a giant tar pit.
- Aron said: Very, very sad. Music needs to change.
- Trevor said: This just sucks! I've actually bought music after hearing it on Pandora. So lame that the Music Industry doesn't see how they are being harmed by the RIAA.
- Vish said: It would be really unfortunate if Pandora calls it quits.I have been hoping that they'll start streaming outside the US :-(.
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Apple, AT&T mum on iPhone 3G issues (2)
permalinkA month after the launch of the iPhone 3G, reception problems continue to plague owners with dropped calls, poor networking speeds, and frustrating customer service experiences. Read this blog post by CNET News staff on One More Thing.Shared by Aaron M. (46) Jeff (31)
- Jeff said: I have definitely hit this. Hours-long stints where, despite reception, I can't place calls. The are going to have to fess up to this soon.
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Systemwide GMail Outage (47)
on TechCrunch (22672) permalinkGmail is having a systemwide outage affecting multiple countries, and a whole bunch of its 100 million users are screaming about it on Twitter. Around 20 million people visit Gmail each day, according to Comscore, and they’re all seeing the same message. The first outages were reported at about 2 pm PST, 44 minutes ago. The Gmail blog is silent on the outage, instead giving readers some useful tips on customizing web clips. We’re waiting ...Shared by 88michael (39) Adam Selwood (108) AJ (962) andy bons (20) Anurag (5) Behnam . mk (34) Ben (47) billrod (34) CesarS (96) Christian (207) Chuck LeDuc (49) cyberbaguioboy (42) Dan Kearns (95) Darkwookiee (39) dobata (871) Doug Stewart (194) GerardM (100) Ishai (105) itline (268) Ivo (24) Jakob (151) jayman16 (201) Jeff (31) Jeffrey Blais (115) Jesper Kjær Hansen (29) Jess (48) jh2fct (205) Joshua (38) Levon Karayan (19) LouCypher (203) louisgray (616) Mike F (2074) Navid (257) papiyoon (296) Patrick (50) Paul (277) puthali (48) Ryan (100) sarahintampa (437) SharonG (293) tamburix (28) Thibaud (24) thr33 (73) Tom (39) Woosung (165) سروش رسولی (21) 雨声渐弱 (266)Explore read six notes
- billrod said: This is the first time I have not been able to log into gMail ever.. But it is impacting me and my wife.. I need email...
- Ivo said: Alguém puxou a ficha errada :P
- Jeff said: Yip, my gmail-backended domain's email is down right now. Lame.
- andy bons said: In response to Bromka's original comment:“Kind of scares me cause it shows me how hooked I am on google.”Think about it this way: The alternative is to have your email all on a hard drive. Your hard drive has a significantly higher failure rate than even Gmail's uptime, only with G, your email isn't lost, and you have a team of people working to get the frontend back. The alternative, of course, is calling me or skip over and praying we can fix it.
- puthali said: lol at the image...its darn gud! :)
- Chuck LeDuc said: What was it I was saying about Google's quality issues?
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The Rise and Fall of Twitter (80)
on TechCrunch (22672) permalinkAt the risk of offending some of you, I am posting this parody video created by Crunchgear’s Nicholas Deleon and his brother Gabriel. Just remember, it’s not about Hitler. It’s about Twitter. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0Shared by Aaron (66) Alec Peden (168) Andrew (17) AndyDrew (13) Bill (30) Billy Fairchild (156) blake borgeson (41) Brian Junyor (146) Cale (23) ChaoticMind (24) Charles Rice (19) chelpixie (24) Chris (13) Chris Metcalf (42) Christophe Maximin (65) CineVegas (146) Clint (104) crazyjaf (188) Dan (18) Dan (121) Daniel (56) Danny Bo'itanni (127) easyon (28) Edney Souza (142) emaynard (33) etlund (35) evo (68) fseixas (58) Gabriel Gilini (30) Gaufre (58) Gil Creque (30) iBspoof (71) Ignacio (32) izensun (63) JamesK (51) Javed (529) Jeff (31) Jerry (53) John (46) John Pederson (34) Jon (45) Jon (53) Jonathan (26) Jorriss (77) Joshua James (32) Katie (32) Kesor (22) lakshmi (19) Lou (33) Mac (50) Marina Martin (33) Martin (30) Matt Warren (31) Mattodono (67) MERc (17) Michael K Pate (81) Mike (50) Nihar (92) nikhil (156) panuta (29) Pat (38) Paul Helmick (201) phrakture (38) Pierre (46) Rob M (32) Roya (41) Ryan (100) sascha (33) Stephen (66) Stewart Rogers (19) Szulej (17) Tim (183) Tony Buser (61) Travis (45) Vivek (29) X-Phuture (25) xrx (114) Yaroslav (27) Zach (102) zemlanin (176)Explore read 10 notes
- AndyDrew said: This is absolute brilliance. I know I've been this angry before when I see that stupid fail whale on Twitter.
- JamesK said: This is very funny! I'm sure it'll offend but the true target is not what/whom it would seem. If you've ever had a love hate relationship with Twitter, check it out!
- blake borgeson said: nice.
- Kesor said: Hiltler cant live without twitter ... hmm ...
- Mattodono said: I wonder what they're really saying ...
- Nihar said: LOL :D
- zemlanin said: Отличное видео
- Stewart Rogers said: funny!
- John Pederson said: lolz.
- lakshmi said: Wish they had cut it down to a 10-sec video
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We knew the web was big... (161)
on The Official Google Blog (2020) permalinkWe've known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we've seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. Recently, even our search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is these days -- when our systems that ...Shared by aemkei (70) Alec Resnick (203) Alex Trafford (34) Andrew Bruce Smith (64) Andy (22) Anthony (161) Antonio Ortiz (132) Appu (20) Arvind (13) atul (543) Avinash (509) Aydin (34) Ben Shoemate (227) Bernhard Jodeleit (6) Brandon Bloom (26) Breyten (73) Bruce (60) Caleb Elston (104) Carlos Pinto (21) CB (160) Charlie (20) cheewu (20) chills (26) chimeric (37) Chris Boran (22) Chris Fried (38) Chris Gurney (78) Chris Qie (3) Christian (207) chstdu (35) Chuqui (67) Compuwizard123 (213) Daiko (53) Dan Rua (0) danb420 (40) Darren (23) Data Vortex (44) David Bradley (128) Deep.ed (135) Diego (41) diffus (23) Dimitar D (116) doransky (166) Edin (55) Edouard (114) ema (69) Ernest (21) Ernie (31) Ethan (66) Faraz (16) fmanjoo (26) Fumi (134) G$ (53) Gary (26) Gonzalo Lopez (12) Grandje5ter (96) Greg (25) Gregory (56) guercheLE (143) henry (20) History of Blogging (448) Ingo (17) Ion (42) Ionut (32) Jake (123) Jakob (151) James and Tom (83) James Forbes Keir (71) Jason (57) Javed (529) Jay Deragon (21) jccamus (104) Jeff (157) Jeff (31) Jill (154) JLH (11) John Gunn (18) Jorg (36) Jorriss (77) Journ (35) jtuchscherer (24) jv (25) kan65535 (68) Kerk (44) Kirby Witmer (30) Krazy (428) Lantash (42) Lerch (54) Linkletter (28) livibetter (28) louisgray (616) lrunejensen (43) luke (21) macbeach (23) Magnus J (35) Matt McGee (99) MaXCoDeR (33) Mic (51) Michael (57) Michael Johnson (8) Michael Neel (72) Miguel (11) Mike F (2074) Mike Reardon (30) MiramarMike (103) Mr. Matt (73) Navid (257) Nick (49) nickc321 (68) Nico B (42) Nilay (37) onurka (44) Paolo Bozzelli (101) Pat (130) Paul (87) Paul Helmick (201) Peter N (33) philoscribe (28) phrakture (38) plsburydoughboy (1) PMinze (104) Pouya (34) prattmic (143) Priit^ (179) Quasidot (153) R (115) rachna (72) Ricardo Acras (30) Rich (52) rjhintz (199) ro11z (55) Robby R (86) Robert Birming (849) Roel (65) Sakib (53) sarahintampa (437) Sean (85) SeanConnolly2000 (5) Sebastian (18) Semaho (54) Setu (45) shakeel (20) Shaun (10) Si (34) Simon Bugler (15) Siva (16) soufron (38) Surferbill (31) Telmo Carlos (12) Tim Disney (19) Tjeerd Jan van der Molen (21) TOMHTML (73) Tony Ruscoe (48) Trace Windham (21) Tyler (16) vcamaral@gmail.com (86) Vipul (154) Wolf (68) yigalc (78) ysamjo (58) سروش رسولی (21)Explore read nine notes
- MiramarMike said: And I'm happy to contribute to the 1 trillion pages of useful pages, *ahem*
- Magnus J said: I find this crazy awesome. I love the internet. I love the way people like to share content.
- Kirby Witmer said: WOW! One trillion pages!
- Deep.ed said: Är det ens intressant att räkna "sidor" när de flesta sajter idag bygger på databaser.
- TOMHTML said: And how much spam among that?
- Brandon Bloom said: Is that even a real number?
- chills said: Incredible...
- lrunejensen said: Pyha de må have travlt i Googles Storage afdeling....en af mine venner mente i fuldt alvor at når man søgte med Google var det en live søgning på hele webben som den ser ud i dette sekund. Så Google der er lang vej igen...
- JLH said: There ya have it. PageRank is recalculated several times a day.
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WordPress Launches Mobile Blogging App for iPhone (37)
on Mashable! (10598) permalinkThough it is late to the scene relative to its competitor, TypePad, WordPress has now unveiled its own application for iPhone and iPod touch users for mobile management of blogs built upon its platform. And while it is somewhat generic-looking in presentation — TypePad’s own welcome mat is a bit less drab and more original in design — the WordPress download is off to a reasonably good start. First-comers are already speaking quite warmly of ...Shared by AJ (962) Alex Dumitru (595) Arne (12) arturo.servin (99) Benjamin (1874) Brad Brooks (21) dasmart (139) Dave C. (70) David (27) DOCBook Howto (439) Drew Olanoff (561) Eric (132) Felix Bredoteau (640) Frederic (73) Gordo (21) guy (1001) Hisham (305) Huichul Yang (7) Jeff (31) L!bor (15) Magnus J (35) Melfi (52) Mohamed (12) neal (1186) Nicholas (20) Nick (23) Niko (28) Pascal (29) rochoa (24) Ross V (1439) RyneNelson (1070) sapereaude17 (13) Shane Coffey (582) Stan Schroeder (1) Tal Siach (1170) Teresa (41) Wayne Sutton (124)
- Gordo said: Yet another reason to snag an iPhone
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New updates to Google.com for the iPhone (44)
on Google Mobile Blog (267) permalinkUnless you're living on a deserted island -- and maybe even if you are -- you know about Apple's 3G iPhone and App Store launch last week. Hopefully you know about the Google Mobile App that we launched last week, as well. And some of you may have noticed that we also released a new version of Google.com for the iPhone and iPod touch.At Google, improving the speed of our applications and user experience is ...Shared by aemkei (70) Andrew Mitry (101) Arne (12) arturo.servin (99) bfernald (64) Bwana (260) Digital Davo (43) dmkanter (14) Drew (19) Gine (20) Henry Webb (77) hikikomori (192) Ian Betteridge (30) Javier (89) Jdorfman (127) Jeff (31) Jim Williams (27) Joe (18) Josh Bancroft (72) Karie (112) Mario Sundar (66) Matt (34) MattJhsn (28) MH (148) Michael (221) Michael (32) Mike F (2074) outlanderbz (29) p0ps (84) Peter H (89) PMinze (104) pvantees (50) R (115) Robert Birming (849) Simon (57) Steve Rubel (124) svartling (171) symtym (34) The Big Guy (6) Theo Bosdas (67) timlauer (37) Todd (5) Toxic Line (23) zsafwan (241)
- Toxic Line said: Хомус попал в рекламу гугловских апплетом +_+
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Updates to Gmail contact manager (96)
on Gmail Blog (519) permalinkPosted by Benjamin Grol, Product Manager Engineer, Google Contacts TeamWe've heard from some of you that Gmail's auto-added contacts can lead to too much address book clutter. One of the advantages of automatically creating contacts is that all of the addresses you email subsequently show up in auto-complete. We wanted to preserve this benefit while giving you the ability to have a clean, uncluttered contact list, and we've come up with a solution that's rolling ...Shared by $udhi™ (65) Adam Lasnik (42) Ákos (PozAko) (87) Ali (29) Andy C (47) Angus (93) Ashwin (22) Bananalope (46) Bennett (42) Bill (50) billrod (34) camson (21) Cédric Merland (34) cgsheldon (914) charlie anzman (351) Chris (37) Chris. F. Masse (60) Chung (329) Compuwizard123 (213) DarkBls (143) David Arcos (72) Derek (29) dewitt (54) dobata (871) Edo (115) Eran Kampf (18) Erik (31) Eunix (1) everyone loves a wee sombrero (378) Fish (55) guanling (41) Hangya (45) Hasan (180) HelloKit (31) Holly (60) Horse (61) Hugo (9) HUNG (170) iAlja (171) Jeff (31) Jigar Mehta (270) John MacAdam (19) Jonathan Sterling (141) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (505) juzcoim (7) Kaveh Dorafshan (253) Keith (9) Kesor (22) livibetter (28) macbeach (23) MadGrin (19) Mark Whiting (78) Matt (77) Mike F (2074) Mojtaba (33) Mr. Matt (73) nathos (66) Nick (25) Nikki (164) nkronberg (160) Nkululeko Masondo (37) ntutak (29) OcellNuri (60) Owen (40) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (149) Paul (87) Pengas (48) Peter H (89) PMinze (104) ps1160 (99) Pvw (17) R (115) R. Francis (95) Radovan (80) Rick Klau (351) ro11z (55) Robert Birming (849) Robert van Bregt (36) rOckY (699) Roel (65) Roy (48) rreynoso (39) simplynutty (71) Stephen J. Sundberg (82) swined (90) The Big Guy (6) Tony Ruscoe (48) totalpardo (3) Umesh (39) Valeehill (47) Voyagerfan5761 (369) web (64) xeal (58) xrx (114) ناصر جلالی (58)Explore read six notes
- HelloKit said: Wondering how this affects spam filtering... are "suggested contacts" whitelisted, or do they have to be moved to "my contacts" first?
- Valeehill said: The perfect option!
- ntutak said: Thanks Google!
- nathos said: finally! Auto-added contacts can be a little annoying.
- billrod said: Great add on.. I like the fact that they keep all the contacts but it is nice that they will be broken out based on how many times I email them..
- $udhi™ said: something which was long due from GMail, now I can start working on my address book
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Remote sign out and info to help you protect your Gmail account (31)
on Gmail Blog (519) permalinkPosted by Erwin D'Souza, Gmail Engineer Your email account can contain a lot of personal information, from bank alerts to love letters. Email that, I'm sure, you don't always want other people to see. We understand how important your Gmail accounts are to you, so we're adding a new layer of information and control. With this new feature, you can now track your recent sessions and you can also sign yourself out remotely.If you are ...Shared by Aeh310 (33) Alex Lee (177) Andrey (28) Antoine (32) Brandon (27) Cameron (58) David (36) Des (18) Drew Raines (57) emacsian (31) Eszter (52) Fernando B (28) Gine (20) Halsted Mencotti Bernard (30) Jeff (31) Jessi (18) juananguerrero (17) Kavinda (39) l taylor (47) marchewa (20) Matthew Jones (29) micronetter (26) Prakash (42) Rydhold (5) Shay Frendt (23) shuman (18) Swapy (34) tarmo888 (20) Travis Cannon (37) vojur (18) Y L (14)Explore read five notes
- Cameron said: i like this!
- Andrey said: Should be pretty interesting for control freaks like me
- Antoine said: This is a really outstanding feature.
- Kavinda said: Its features like this that make Gmail stand out from the crowd.PS: I'm seeing this feature in my Google Apps email account as well.
- emacsian said: Nice feature from google. I believe they are the first to role this out
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The Problem With Identi.ca Is That It Is Not Twitter (4)
on TechCrunch (22672) permalinkThe launch of Twitter clone Identi.ca earlier this week caused a bit of a blogstorm because it appears to have a solution to Twitter’s all-too-regular downtime. (That problem has reached comical proportions, with the familiar Twitter Fail Whale now appearing on T-shirts and kitschy art). Identi.ca’s answer to Twitter’s scaling issues is by open-sourcing its code and encouraging others to host Identi.ca on their own servers, thus distributing the load. The service also supports other ...
- d0m1n4t3 said: I always thought a partially private (like within a company) twitter would be ideal...
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