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What developers must know in post-iPad world

by Ronny Kerr, April 16, 2010 | Comments

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In an increasingly mobile world, Web developers need to be planning designs for smartphones, tablets

Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at his company's Atmosphere cloud computing event for CIOs in Mountain View earlier this week, answering questions about China, cloud computing in general, and the future of Google. There was one answer he gave in particular, in response to an inquiry about a Chrome OS tablet, that Web developers should probably heed closely.Hopefully someone else ...

Glee comes to the iPhone with help of Smule

by Chris Caceres, April 15, 2010 | Comments

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Fox Interactive and Smule team up to launch official Glee app... some wild karaoke fun

Now here's an app for all of you who deep down inside wish you could sing like a star. Smule and Fox Interactive have partnered to release an iPhone and iPad musical app called Glee.It's a counterpart to the popular TV show, also called Glee, which could described as a sort of post-modern musical comedy-drama, about high-school kids who sing ...

Verizon introduces Droid Incredible by HTC

by Ronny Kerr, April 15, 2010 | Comments

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Updated Droid phone to be more in line with Nexus One, AT&T and T-Mobile device

Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced the newest HTC smartphone to come to its service, the Droid Incredible, a notable upgrade from the Motorola Droid released last November.The biggest difference between the two phones comes downs to design type: the Motorola phone is a slider smartphone and the new HTC phone is a slate smartphone like the Nexus One and iPhone.The ...

Y Combinator chief on the best startup ideas

by Matt Bowman, April 15, 2010 | Comments

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The worst plans are from "young founders making things they think other people will want."

Paul Graham, founder of seed-stage venture fund Y Combinator, has seen a lot of startup ideas. Since its founding in 2005, the fund has reviewed hundreds of business plans in their very earliest stages, and helped many ideas grow into Series A-worthy investments. Its alumni include Reddit (acquired by Conde Naste), Justin.tv and Scribd. Graham is also from out East ...

Twitter to launch official Android app

by Ronny Kerr, April 15, 2010 | Comments

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A week after Tweetie for iPhone acquisition, microblogging startup has officially gone total mobile

Twitter announced on Wednesday that it would be launching its own official application for Google Android devices.At the moment, there's no telling whether the company will build its own Android app from scratch or purchase an already-established Twitter client like Twidroid or Seesmic. If it follows precedent established just recently, the company will opt for the latter.Twitter acquired Tweetie last ...

Google launches Follow Finder

by Chris Caceres, April 14, 2010 | Comments

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Follow Finder aims to help Twitter users expand their networks

Google announced yet another new Twitter tool at the Chirp conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. This one is called Google Follow Finder, a sort of Twitter recommendation engine. This follows another tool launched by Google called Replay that allows users to relive the experience of a real-time reaction to important events that have taken place.It's a pretty simple tool ...

Twitter Annotations opens up a can o' terms

by Matt Bowman, April 14, 2010 | Comments

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Any application will soon be able to tag tweets. Enter another layer of conversation.

A mob of Twitter aficionados and software developers thronged the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Wednesday to hear the latest plans from Twitter’s executive team. The official Twitter developer conference, Chirp, is a platform for all kinds of techy announcements that generally sound like gobbeldy gook to the average Tweeter, until weeks later when coders incorporate the ...

Twitter donates tweets to Library of Congress

by Ronny Kerr, April 14, 2010 | Comments

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Google releases Replay, new tool for reliving real-time reactions to events in the past

Twitter announced on Wednesday that it will be donating its entire archive of public tweets on the microblogging site to the Library of Congress, the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States and the largest library in the world.The Library of Congress houses millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and, now, tweets.Tweets have in just the last year ...

LendingClub lands $24.5 million

by Chris Caceres, April 14, 2010 | Comments

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Startup offers alternative to the traditional banking loans and investment model

LendingClub, a peer-to-peer lending network, announced on Wednesday it's raised a hefty $24.5 million round of funding. Foundation Capital led the round. Existing investors including Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Canaan Partners also joined the round. This brings the startup's total funding to $52.7 million.So what are these investors betting on exactly? LendingClub is a site and service that ...

Facebook redesigns Safety Center

by Ronny Kerr, April 14, 2010 | Comments

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Updated Safety Center provides general tips for educators, law enforcers, parents, and teens

Facebook unveiled on Tuesday a revamped Safety Center, the official channel for educators, law enforcers, parents, and teens to find questions, answers, and tips about staying protected on the most popular social network on the Web.The content available has quadrupled, according to Facebook, and is now presented in an elegant, easy-to-navigate format. The company addresses everything from responding to cyberbullying ...

How much is a Facebook fan worth? (Updated)

by Matt Bowman, April 14, 2010 | Comments (3)

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Probably a lot less than the $3.60 number being tossed around in the marketing press.

Update: Vitrue published a blog post explaining some of the methodology. My reactions after the original post. COO Jim Anderson responds in the comments. Brands have rushed to attract fans on Facebook in hopes of grabbing up consumer mindshare for a bargain. But when it comes to estimating the value of such efforts, they're shooting in the dark, given the embryonic ...

Google Mobile now available for iPad

by Ronny Kerr, April 13, 2010 | Comments

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iPad app is clone of iPhone, iPod Touch app, but Google says it will see improvements later

Google has just announced that its Google Mobile iPhone app is now available on the iPad.The app delivers pretty much anything you would want from a Google app.Users can perform a search of ordinary Google results, Google Maps, Images, News, and Shopping without even typing a single key. Speaking queries in English (your accent can be American, British, Indian, or ...

Google launches its own share button

by Chris Caceres, April 13, 2010 | Comments

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Giant looking to spread Google Buzz across the Web

Once again taking influence from other social media sites, Google has launched its own share button for its new Google Buzz. The company announced this new feature on Tuesday morning.You're probably familiar with sharing buttons. They help spread content across the Web. There's share buttons for both Twitter and Facebook already which make it easier link to articles on your ...

3Crowd Technologies raises $6.6 million

by Chris Caceres, April 13, 2010 | Comments

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Canaan Partners and Storm Ventures investing in co-founder of BitGravity's new startup

3Crowd Technologies, a provider of management tools for cloud-based services, announced on Tuesday it has secured $6.62 million in Series A financing from Canaan Partners and Storm Ventures. The San Mateo, Calif.- based startup previously raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding from Storm Ventures, Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and Greenwhich Technology Associates. The company develops a product called CrowdDirector ...

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