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OneRiot releases real-time trending ads

by Ronny Kerr, March 19, 2010 | Comments

Real-time web search engine announces the availability of ad units for trending sites like Twitter

OneRiot today announced the release of RiotWise trending ad units that, like the feeds they're meant to follow, automatically generate real-time advertising content related to trending topics.The Boulder, Colorado-based company launched RiotWise in October 2009 as an ad format specifically targeted at publishers interested in monetizing content on the real-time Web.Trending ads had previously been available only through OneRiot's API, ...

Plastic Jungle picks up $7.4 million

by Ronny Kerr, March 19, 2010 | Comments

Gift card exchange company raises a second round, competing with CardPool and Swapagift

Plastic Jungle, a gift card exchange marketplace for buying, selling, and swapping, has raised $7.4 million in a Series B round of funding.The Mountain View, CA-based company in 2009 raised a $6 million Series A from Shasta Ventures, along with Bay Partners, First Round Capital, Harrison Metal Capital, and Western Technology Investment. Redpoint Ventures led the latest round, with returning ...

Fisher-Price fires up iPhone and Facebook app

by Ronny Kerr, March 18, 2010 | Comments

Toy company says parents already share iPhones and iPod touch devices with their children

Mattel's Fisher-Price, a company that traditionally makes toys for infants and small children, has just released three new apps for the iPhone, all designed for the company's standard 2-5 year old audience.Just like the real thing, See 'n Say is a virtual spinning toy with an arrow that lands on an animal for the child to identify. Little People Farm features ...

Search/swipe on Google Maps for Android 4.1

by Ronny Kerr, March 18, 2010 | Comments

Comprehensive search results page, latitude widget, live wallpaper; Maps is getting fancy

Google on Wednesday announced the release of Google Maps for Android 4.1, the latest iteration of the company's popular navigation app, now chock full of new efficient and bonus features.The most useful, though arguably least exciting, feature in the new iteration is an updated search results page that, unlike previous versions, displays all the most important information all one screen: ...

Google gives Exchange users an easy way out

by Ronny Kerr, March 17, 2010 | Comments

Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange intended to make migrations easy and efficient

Often, when it comes to Google and Microsoft, we've come to expect the latter to employ the most aggressive tactics in an effort to topple the former's dominance. But that's only for search; when it comes to server-side products in the enterprise, Microsoft is a clear leader.That's why Google today is launching Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange, a new ...

Answers from Wikia lets anyone make Q/A site

by Ronny Kerr, March 17, 2010 | Comments

New Wikia site lets experts in a field create a niche question and answers community

Wikia, a free Web hosting service for wikis, is launching a new niche site called Answers from Wikia, which gives anyone the tools to launch their own question and answers site.Designed to let anybody, experienced with Web design or not, create a Q/A site, Wikia intends for users to create specific niche communities, targeted at a small cross-section of the ...

YouTube overlay ads going mainstream

by Ronny Kerr, March 16, 2010 | Comments (3)

Now even small advertisers can employ Invideo overlay ads that appear at bottom of video

Google, in an ongoing effort to transform the number one video site on the Web into a profit powerhouse, introduced Tuesday afternoon a new way for small advertisers to take advantage of the effectiveness of the Invideo overlay ad.Display Ad Builder, a Google ad construction platform used by over 20,000 advertisers, allows companies with little to no experience to quickly ...

Twitter China in the works, says Dorsey

by Ronny Kerr, March 16, 2010 | Comments (1)

In social media and digital activism discussion, Twitter creator says China channel coming soon

A discussion of social media and digital activism took place in New York on Monday evening, in which Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei asked Twitter creator Jack Dorsey whether we should expect there to ever be a Chinese-language version of Twitter's service."Is it possible to provide a Chinese access on Twitter?" Ai asked Dorsey. "I need a clear answer, ...

Twitter to launch @anywhere platform

by Ronny Kerr, March 15, 2010 | Comments

Like Facebook Connect, "At Anywhere" to deeply connect Twitter profiles on sites across the Web

At his SXSW keynote Monday afternoon, CEO Evan Williams unveiled the latest update coming soon to Twitter: a platform called @anywhere.At Anywhere, or @anywhere, is designed to integrate Twitter seamlessly across any number of third-party sites, like Amazon or YouTube, presenting Twitter content to the user without having to visit the actual Twitter site.For example, on a site with @anywhere ...

Digg cooking up faster, more personal site

by Ronny Kerr, March 15, 2010 | Comments (1)

At SXSW, CEO Jay Adelson introduces new "blazing fast" site updated to deliver more personal results

With SXSW in full swing, the Austin, TX interactive, film, and music festival and conference bash has by now given everybody more than enough tech news to talk about.One of the more interesting bits to come out of SXSW was a little announcement from Digg CEO Jay Adelson that a completely revamped version of the social news site is in ...

China chastises Google days after CEO speaks

by Ronny Kerr, March 12, 2010 | Comments (1)

Minister of Industry and Information Technology says Google must obey law or "pay the consequences"

Well, Eric Schmidt was right. Just two days ago, the Google CEO, speaking at a media conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, said that though "there is no specific time table" in regard to when Google and China will come to a decision about their relationship going forward, the time will be soon.If China is to stand by the ...

Apple iPad now available for pre-order

by Ronny Kerr, March 12, 2010 | Comments

Starting at 5:30 am Pacific, 8:30 Eastern, the ever-hyped Apple tablet can now be pre-ordered

Sadly, Apple's "magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price" won't be in anyone's hands until launch day, April 3. But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the wonders and glory of ordering the much-hyped iPad weeks in advance.If all goes right, you should be able to place your pre-order for Apple's long-expected tablet computer at store.apple.com right now. Users ...

Twitter turns on location-aware tweeting

by Ronny Kerr, March 11, 2010 | Comments

Sources say Facebook to do the same in a month at the f8 conference

Users logging into Twitter today are seeing little notices before sending out a tweet, asking whether the user would like to turn on location-aware tweeting.Twitter first made geolocation features available through its API back in mid-November, but this is the first time that the company has actually implemented them directly into the main Twitter site.Turning on location can either mean ...

Opera Mini 5 Beta hops onto Android

by Ronny Kerr, March 11, 2010 | Comments

Days after Windows Mobile launch, popular mobile browser makes it to Google phones

Less than a week after launching on Windows Mobile phones, Opera Mini has another new home: Android.Version 5 of the popular Opera mobile browser, Opera Mini 5, comes to the Android Market just over a year after the release of Opera Mobile 4 for Android. The new browser comes with some seriously significant upgrades, like tabbed browsing, not only essential ...

Facebook, Google sued for patent infringement

by Ronny Kerr, March 10, 2010 | Comments (3)

Mobile social community Winksite sues the big guys over patent related to mobile social services

Winksite, a little known social mobile Web site builder, is suing Facebook and Google and seeking financial reparations over a technology patent related to building social communities for mobile usage.Wireless Ink Corp., which oversees the Winksite service, filed the complaint in a Manhattan federal court yesterday, claiming that Facebook Mobile and Google Buzz infringe on a patent first filed by ...

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