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Bungee Labs In A Freefall (3)
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Bungee Labs, a well funded Utah based startup that left private beta only six months ago, laid off 15 employees today to give themselves more runway on their cash burn rate. The last we checked they had 38 employees, so this is nearly 40% of their total headcount. CEO Martin Plaehn explained: “This change had less to do with the rate of technology development and more to do with actual versus anticipated rates of adoption. ...Contribute comment -
Introducing the winners of the Android Developer Challenge I (19)
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Less than a year ago, we announced the Android Developer Challenge, a two-part contest for developers to design engaging, innovative mobile applications for Android to the tune of $10 million total in awards. Since the kickoff of the first part of the contest (ADC I) last November, we've been eagerly waiting to see what these brilliant minds would come up with. The first round of ADC I closed earlier this year, awarding the top 50 ...Shared by Alfonso Martinez (0) Aman (1) Angus (42) Antonio Ortiz (34) Atilano (0) Charles (0) Crutcher D (27) Daniel Langendorf (19) Dr. Ernie (48) Grandje5ter (20) graywolf (13) Imran Hussain (1) jmvidal (13) Martin (1) Michael (13) Miguel A. Arévalo (4) Quinny (17) Satej Sirur (5) vevck (2)- Charles said: I was one of the judges - congrats to the winners!
- Miguel A. Arévalo said: Show me the money, show me the code ... and show me the hardware!!
- jmvidal said: Looks like the iphone might have some competition after all.
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Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Fact Sheet (Microsoft) (3)
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Microsoft: Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Fact Sheet — An overview of the features and benefits of Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8. — Windows Internet Explorer 8 is the next version of the world's most popular browser that optimizes developer and end-user experiences to provide a window to the Web of online services.Contribute comment -
IE8 Beta 2 shows Microsoft is serious about playing catch-up (32)
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Microsoft has released the long-awaited first public beta of Internet Explorer 8. Our experience with it shows that Microsoft is serious about catching up with the browser competition, but still has a ways to go.Read More...Shared by Ananya Walia (582) badpazzword (0) Chris (64) Chris Foresman (0) Dennis Howlett (6) Digg Boss (641) Eugene (13) Guillermo Bravo (60) Inthenameofmine (366) JDevL (14) Jim (4) jonn (5) Katrina (12) Kevin Federline (213) maxyRO (395) metaeuphoria (0) MH (25) Mike (1) neal (352) Philip Spohn (14) River Song (20) Robert Couture (5) RyneNelson (192) sadiq kassamali (33) sarah (272) Satej Sirur (5) th13rteen (110) ultraviolet (34) War-N (5) webtime (355) xxdesmus (48) yojibee (8)- JDevL said: The sooner the average user realizes this the better. I've had too suffer way too much lately due to IE6 still. Can someone put this M$ product out of its misery.
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Bungee Labs In A Freefall (3)
onBungee Labs, a well funded Utah based startup that left private beta only six months ago, laid off 15 employees today to give themselves more runway on their cash burn rate. The last we checked they had 38 employees, so this is nearly 40% of their total headcount. CEO Martin Plaehn explained: “This change had less to do with the rate of technology development and more to do with actual versus anticipated rates of adoption. ...Contribute comment
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Google Expands Its Wiki Approach to Map Making (India Edition) (30)
onWhen it comes to the availability of good mapping data, not all parts of the world are created equal. That’s why Google is taking a wiki approach to filling out the white spaces on its maps, particularly in developing nations. Back in June, it launched Map Maker for a small group of island nations where there isn’t great existing cartography data. But now it’s added India to the countries that can be modified on Google ...Shared by aemkei (2) Archit T (8) Brad (9) chexov (4) Craig (3) David Feng (10) Dileepa (20) Dr. Sam (8) Emil Kaiser (4) George Siemens (6) hyderabadblues (5) Igor Schwarzmann (5) James Forbes Keir (6) Jesús Zamorano (4) Kells Nollenberger (0) Kesor (8) Kunal (1) Mark Whiting (12) Matthew (4) mdhussainpmk (0) mech (14) Michel Bauwens (86) Philou (9) Rajiv R (1) rjhintz (35) Satej Sirur (5) Selwin (14) small (11) Tomi (8) Zsombor (16)Explore read four notes
- Kells Nollenberger said: I hope they do this here. Google maps needs some serious editing by the masses. Wiki would be the way to go.
- Kesor said: Cyprus gets this feature, but Israel doesn't??? C'mon Google!Give us the wiki! We wants it. My precious.
- mech said: Thank You Google once again!
- Mark Whiting said: I really like this thing however I think they need to make it monotized for contributors and I think they need to make it available in more places.
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Google Expands Its Wiki Approach to Map Making (India Edition) (27)
onWhen it comes to the availability of good mapping data, not all parts of the world are created equal. That’s why Google is taking a wiki approach to filling out the white spaces on its maps, particularly in developing nations. Back in June, it launched Map Maker for a small group of island nations where there isn’t great existing cartography data. But now it’s added India to the countries that can be modified on Google ...Shared by aemkei (2) Andrei (18) Archit T (8) Craig (3) David Feng (10) Dr. Sam (8) Emil Kaiser (4) Gautam (14) hyderabadblues (5) Jesús Zamorano (4) Kells Nollenberger (0) Kesor (8) Kunal (1) Mark Whiting (12) Matthew (4) mdhussainpmk (0) Philou (9) Rajiv R (1) rjhintz (35) Saket (21) Satej Sirur (5) Selwin (14) Sid (12) small (11) Tomi (8) Zoram (19) Zsombor (16)
- Mark Whiting said: I really like this thing however I think they need to make it monotized for contributors and I think they need to make it available in more places.
- Kells Nollenberger said: I hope they do this here. Google maps needs some serious editing by the masses. Wiki would be the way to go.
- Kesor said: Cyprus gets this feature, but Israel doesn't??? C'mon Google!Give us the wiki! We wants it. My precious.
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Zero Punctuation: Braid (3)
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Yahtzee takes on Braid, the long-awaited indie darling finally available on Xbox Live.Contribute comment -
Introducing Ubiquity - An experiment into connecting the Web with language. (8)
onAza Raskin / Mozilla Labs: Introducing Ubiquity — An experiment into connecting the Web with language. — It Doesn't Have to be This Way — You're writing an email to invite a friend to meet at a local San Francisco restaurant that neither of you has been to. You'd like to include a map.Shared by Emil (6) Jeremy (70) Marc (38) p0ps (18) partout (25) Pipsy (3) Satej Sirur (5) Seth G (34)Contribute comment
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/at-loss-for-words.html (65)
onHave you ever been stumped in finding the right words to search for? Back when I was planning my wedding, I had a list of wedding songs in mind, but the problem was that I couldn't remember any of the artist names or song titles. So I started typing into the Google search box parts of the lyrics that I did remember -- and like magic, I saw suggestions with the artist name and song ...Shared by Andrew Girdwood (33) Andrew Terry (25) Andy Beal (20) Angus (42) atul (71) Brandon (2) Brian Landau (0) Chandoo (9) charlie anzman (90) Chris Schrier (12) Compuwizard123 (16) Dana Lookadoo (14) DarkBls (61) Dave E. (3) David Bradley (16) Dennis Laumen (11) Devlin D (2) Donnie Berkholz (5) DrBaher (0) Eddie (12) ewbrown (4) gizmo (10) Herman (5) Htoo Tay Zar (1) Iñaki Arrieta Baro (3) itsoinky (27) Jamieasp (20) Javed (62) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (78) Jeremy (3) Jonathan Sterling (8) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) jtuchscherer (2) Linden (0) LouCypher (33) Matthew Bischoff (29) Maxine (17) Meromo (7) Michael (14) Mike F (374) NanoTech (3) OrcsBR (18) Peter N (4) pneal (11) Powera (5) prattmic (9) Ra Osolage (0) rchk (22) rexy (23) Robert Birming (33) Robert van Bregt (0) Rodrigo Leme (2) Roel (16) Satej Sirur (5) Scott Clark (4) Sebastian (4) Seth (3) spsneo (8) Tad Chef (108) Umesh (9) Voyagerfan5761 (15) xeal (6) Željko Filipin (5) Zhasper (43) மயூ-Mayu (2)Explore read eight notes
- Brandon said: Sweet! Google Suggest has graduated. Congrats! :P
- Donnie Berkholz said: This feature is amazing! I've used it for a while and I'm psyched to see it move to the main page. That will make it easier to combine with the still-Labs feature of keyboard shortcuts.
- pneal said: always thought it was the small things that counted... can you spot the differences without reading the explanation?
- Devlin D said: I've had this product set as my homepage for about 3 years and have raved about it since. Glad to see this thing finally get it's due. Great job to everyone that worked on this.
- ewbrown said: I like Google Suggest, but I am not sure I would want to see it every time I visit the Google homepage. If I need a search query auto-completed, I typically use the Google toolbar. Hopefully, Google will provide a way to disable the suggestions for those who prefer not to see them.
- Eddie said: yay jennifer!
- Linden said: Awesome! I love the auto-complete feature for email addresses in Gmail, so I'm glad this labs item has graduated!
- Željko Filipin said: Google Suggest will be "graduating" from Labs and available by default on the Google.com homepage.
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Microsoft Office Labs releases Chart Advisor (1)
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Ever wanted to know what is the best chart type to represent the data set you have in Excel? Chart Advisor is here to help. The folks at Office Labs don’t rest on their laurels and have been busy building an advanced rules engine that scans your data for properties that inherently make good charts. They then use that analysis to pick different chart types that will render graphs conveying useful information. With that magic ...Shared by Satej Sirur (5)Contribute comment -
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Moving (347)
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