TechCrunch
- Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All Your Devices
- Theres a new product that just came out of Disney Labs -- a video portal for clips, movie trailers, and
- Positionly Raises $300,000 For Search Engine Ranking From Point Nine, Others
- Search engine ranking startup Positionly has secured $300,000 seed funding from Berlin-based led by seed VC Point Nine Capital and joined by Angels Mariusz
- Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows
- Palantir Technologies, the big data analysis software company founded in 2004 by a team of ex-PayPal employees including Peter Thiel, has raised $56 million
- Sleepover Time! All-Night Hackathon Precedes IPO At Facebook Headquarters
- Carrying on in the esteemed tradition of Facebook hackathons, there will be an all-nighter at the companys Menlo Park headquarters that culminates with CEO
- How Personal Capital Wants To Bring Money Management Into The Internet Age
- Personal Capital, which launched last year, provides a suite of software aimed at helping
- Why The Internet Doesn’t Make Us Care More About Politics
- American politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in an endless stream
- It’s Time For A Larger iPhone
- The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. With the usual nonsense, the WSJ

Mashable
- Pinterest Raising $120 Million to Fund International Expansion
- Pinterest is raising $120 million in a funding round expected to be announced Thursday or Friday morning, according to multiple sources. The inv…
- Fab.com Shares What Facebook Friends Are Buying
- Ecommerce shop Fab.com is an industry game changer, deeply integrating social media into its unique way of selling tech gadgets, tailored dresse…
- Create a Designer Room With New Site ‘Project Decor’
- The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…
- Couple Dead Due To Bad Connection In the Mountains
- A couple whose car fell down an embankment in the Catskill Mountains tried to make rescue calls on their cellphone but shoddy reception prevented…
- Is Total Gadget Immersion Good or Bad for Kids?
- Gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more and more embedded in kids’ lives. From middle schoolers with smartphones to babies who…
- NFL Prospect Ignites Controversy With Concussion Tweet
- Former Ohio State linebacker Andrew Sweat has a real shot at the NFL, if he wants it. But Sweat won’t risk head trauma by living out the d…
- Facebook’s First Ever Article: Zuckerberg Admits ‘Friendster Was a Model’
- How many articles have been written about Facebook in its eight-year history? Impossible to tell — by the time you came up with an estima…

Read/WriteWeb
- Rise of the Tech Bandits: Michael Arrington, the Early Years
- Editors note: In the Summer 2012 issue of SAY Magazine, Dan Frommers cover story Rise of the Tech Bandits chronicles the history of tech blogging. For the rest of this week, Richard McManus, who founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003, will be
- Startup Swingers: Swapping Founders to Generate Fresh Ideas
- Remember swinging? Two people in a committed relationship go to a party with a bunch of other people in committed relationships. They all separate, find new partners for the evening and get jiggy. It may
- Google Goes Back to What It Does Well: Finding Things
- Surprise! Google has completely transformed the way search works again. But this time, its a kind of search that would have made the old Google proud. Today, starting with U.S., English-language users, Google unveils the Knowledge Graph. Search now looks at the
- Read/Write Daily: Bionic Eyes That Can See Clearly
- Todays theme is improving on life. Nature did a pretty good job of engineering some hardy life forms. But now were able to tinker with life ourselves.Were further along than you might think. Researchers have
- Why the iPad Works for Writing
- When the first iPad launched in 2010, critics were quick to lampoon the device for being geared too heavily toward content consumption. The criticisms werent entirely without merit, especially considering that the first-generation iPad didnt
- The Truth About Why Yahoo's CEO Got Fired
- Whats the takeaway from Yahoos recent CEO fiasco? Dont lie on your corporate bio, for one, and make sure no one else has lied on your behalf. But the real lesson has nothing to do with falsified credentials. Sure, the
- Loomio: Making Better Decisions Remotely Possible
- Email, instant messaging, forums, code forges and other collaboration tools make it possible for distributed teams to get work done - but theyre not great tools for making decisions. The team behind Loomio wants to solve that with a new

GigaOM
- Will Facebook adapt to mobile or will mobile adapt to Facebook?
- If Facebook’s future is mobile, then it may not be enough for it to merely secure a piece of the mobile ad market. It will need to have an outsized impact on the industry.
- Hacked recipes and printing food: When bytes meet bites
- Everyone may not get excited about open APIs or 3-D printing (what is wrong with y’all?) but everyone loves food. Here are four novel ways the tech world interacts with food (or even food prep). So grab a snack and
- Social gaming to gambling: states inch forward
- When will the floodgates open? It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a legal switch that will let them turn virtual gaming into real
- Twitter and Reddit as crowdsourced fact-checking engines
- New research about how news is verified through Twitter and a crowdsourced debunking of some fake Wikipedia entries reinforce the point that social networks and online communities can be powerful tools for the real-time verification of events, something that used
- Netflix launches sexy new web-based video player
- Netflix just launched a new video player for web-based viewing, and its hot: Viewers can preview all other episodes while watching an episode of a TV show, the player allows seamless size changes and the overall design is much slicker
- The newest phone app teens will hate but parents will love
- With a reported 11 teens killed while texting and driving per day, parents are turning towards apps to limit their kids phone use behind the wheel. SecruaFone offers one for iPhone and Android handsets that diables some features when in
- Google launches Schemer app for the iPhone
- Google just launched an iOS app for its other social network: iPhone users can now access the social activity service Schemer with an app that allows them to find things to do and share those plans with their friends. The

TNW
- Facebook co-founder Saverin: Renouncing US citizenship “nothing to do with taxes”
- Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is often reluctant to grant media interviews, but the Singapore-based billionaire has come out to flatly deny speculation that the renouncement of his US citizenship was...
- This neat site lets you challenge the pundits and predict Facebook’s IPO closing price
- Facebook’s upcoming IPO is dominating tech investors’ discussions and thoughts, but you can get involved in the evident too, even if you’re not one of those ready to put cash...
- This app will help you find out your pet’s inner thoughts
- If you’re a dog or cat lover, then you’ve probably wondered what they’re thinking about when they do the goofy things that they do. I People I know like to...
- Here are 9 Chrome extensions that you should try right now
- There are quite a few options when it comes to the browser that you use to surf the Internet. You can pick from Firefox, IE, Opera, Chrome, and other smaller...
- Sure Facebook has 900 million users, but its engagement is smoked by these other sites
- Whenever the question of which social network dominates the landscape is raised, it seems as if the same two or three major players are the only sites that ever earn a mention. If you’re judging social networks based solely on
- Netflix updates web player with a new design, better windowed support and streamlined controls
- Netflix has updated its web player with a redesigned control bar and better support for small windows and advanced controls in full screen mode. Among the changes: The size of the controls now scales, making it easier to use the
- Nigeria to ban use of foreign IT products to promote homegrown industry
- The Nigeria government yesterday announced a comprehensive ban on foreign computers and technology products use in public institutions in a move aimed at promoting the local industry. The government said the ban is aimed at promoting ‘made-in-Nigeria’ products and catalyse

37signals
- We're hiring: Help us significantly improve conversion and retention
- We’re looking for another teammate. This time we’re looking for someone who is completely focused on improving conversion and retention. You love moving the needle, one small step at a time.Conversion could be financial (get more people to start a
- Taking the Pain Out of MySQL Schema Changes
- A common obstacle we face when releasing new features is making production schema changes in MySQL. Many new features require additional columns or indexes. Running an “ALTER TABLE” in MySQL to add the needed columns and indexes locks the table,
- Basecamp in Antarctica
- We have customers around the world doing extraordinary things with our software, but Ben Saunders is taking it to a whole new level.Ben and his team are using Basecamp to organize an expedition to the South Pole and back, unsupported
- Sortfolio: Going once, going twice...
- A year ago we put Sortfolio up for sale.We entertained a variety of offers, met with a few potential suitors in person, and negotiated numbers. Ultimately nothing came together. Then we shelved the process so we could focus all of
- VIDEO: Keynote by David from RailsConf 2012 on progress…
- Keynote by David from RailsConf 2012 on progress, curiosity, fear, and the danger of easy-bake ovens.
- New in the all new Basecamp: Email-in!
- This is going to be a big one. Now you can post messages, to-do lists, files, and text documents to the all new Basecamp just by sending an email.First, some backgroundIn Basecamp Classic, you can post a new message by
- A/B Testing: It's not about the results, and it's definitely not about the why
- In college, I worked for a couple of years in a lab that tested the effectiveness of surgical treatments for ACL rupture using industrial robotics. Sometimes, the reconstructions didn’t hold. The surgeons involved were sometimes frustrated; it can be hard

O'Reilly Radar
- Velocity Profile: Justin Huff
- This is part of the Velocity Profiles series, which highlights the work and knowledge of web ops and performance experts.Justin HuffSoftware Engineer PicMonkey@jjhuffHow did you get
- A federal judge learned to code
- The last couple of days, theres been a fair amount of blogosphere angst over Coding Horrors Please Dont Learn to Code. Ironically, the best argument for learning to code appeared this morning, when it turned out that Judge William Alsup
- How to start a successful business in health care at Health 2.0 conference
- Great piles of cash are descending on entrepreneurs who develop health care apps, but that doesnt make it any easier to create a useful one that your audience will adopt. Furthermore, lowered costs and streamlined application development technique let you
- The chicken and egg of big data solutions
- Before I came to OReilly I was building the big data and disruptive analytics practice at a major systems integrator. It was a blast to spend every week talking to customers in different industries who were waking up to the
- Four short links: 16 May 2012
- Many Old Periodicals -- Im working my way through the back issues of Thrilling Love. Sample story, Moonmist for Mary by Dorothy Daniels, from Feb 1950. Filing clerk Mary wins the heart of her secret coworker romance AND closes the
- Velocity Podcast Series - John Allspaw on DevOps
- In this new Velocity Podcast, I had a conversation with John Allspaw (@allspaw), a VP of Operations at Etsy.com. This conversation centers mostly on Development and Operations cooperating in high volume companies. John has some interesting insights into how good
- DIY learning: Schoolers, Edupunks, and Makers challenge education as we know it
- Create, disassemble, repurpose! DIY-ers relentlessly void warranties and crack manufacturers cases, showing us what is possible when people decide that they, not the vendors, truly own the technology they have purchased. If you cant open it, you dont own it,

Micro Persuasion
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of Media In the early...
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of MediaIn the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press
- It was a sizzling summer for social media. As we move into fall,...
- It was a sizzling summer for social media. As we move into fall, here’s a look at some of the major milestones.
- ¶ Could Mobile Apps Be Wilting in the Heat of Summer?
- Image credit: Financial TimesIt’s hard to believe, but mobile marketing didn’t really get going in earnest until Apple launched its App Store in 2008. Three years later there are now marketplaces on all five major device platforms
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of Media In the early...
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of MediaIn the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press
- The Clip Report - Volume 1 In the early 1990s when I began my...
- The Clip Report - Volume 1In the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press clips. It seems downright
- It was a sizzling summer for social media. As we move into fall,...
- It was a sizzling summer for social media. As we move into fall, here’s a look at some of the major milestones.
- ¶ Could Mobile Apps Be Wilting in the Heat of Summer?
- Image credit: Financial TimesIt’s hard to believe, but mobile marketing didn’t really get going in earnest until Apple launched its App Store in 2008. Three years later there are now marketplaces on all five major device platforms

Webware
- Wikipedia losing contributors, to streamline editing
- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the user-generated encyclopedia is losing volunteer contributors, and must simplify its editing procedures. Originally posted at News - Digital Media
- See what's new in Thunderbird
- As Thunderbird joins Mozillas rapid-release program, the e-mail client re-orients itself for a new roadmap. But wheres it going? See what the Outlook alternative offers in this new First Look video. Originally posted at The Download Blog
- Twitter revamping mobile site for iPad users
- The company is tweaking its mobile twttter.com site using HTML5 to make it more user-friendly for iPad users. Originally posted at News - Digital Media
- How to tweet like a man
- Sociolinguistics gives us the keys to more masculine or feminine tweeting. Hint, guys: Google my jeep my ni$$@, http it up, bro. 4 sale. need $. Originally posted at Crave
- 72 people charged in online child porn ring
- 52 people have already been arrested as part of an investigation that launched in December 2009. Originally posted at The Digital Home
- Yahoo Mail suffers outage; users react
- The service has been unavailable for many, and affected users are taking to Twitter to complain. Yahoo says it has fixed the issue. Originally posted at The Digital Home
- Gmail voice calling offering lower international rates
- Accessible through Gmail, Googles phone call feature is now available in 38 different languages with cheaper rates across more than 150 international regions. Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Museum of Modern Betas
- PicPack
- PicPackSelect your Instagram moments. Order them as magnets. | Blog | | |
- Mashup
- Mashupthe tool will deconstuct the text and reconstruct it aleatorically. | | |
- MasterMind.li
- MasterMind.liMultiplayer World Domination Game | | |
- I Told Y'All
- I Told Y’AllTired of telling people «I told you so»? We’ll do it for you! | | |
- LG Cloud
- LD CloudLG Cloud is the online storage service that users can enjoy video clips, music files or photo files wherever they are.(↬ theverge) | |
- WikiPaintings
- WikiPaintingsthe encyclopedia of painting | Blog | @wikipaintings | | |
- Bracketgeek
- BracketgeekBracketgeek.com has set its sights on being the most popular way to vote online and create your own tournament brackets. | |

ProgrammableWeb
- 72 Medical APIs: Avvo, National Library of Medicine and NHS
- Our API directory now includes 72 medical APIs. The newest is the pVerify API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Avvo API. We list 2 Avvo mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including
- Gumroad Aims To Make Selling Items as Simple as Sharing Them
- Ever tried to sell something on the Internet and hoped that the process was simpler than what it currently is? What if selling an item on the Internet was as simple as sharing the item
- Why REST Keeps Me Up At Night
- With respect to Web APIs, the industry has clearly and emphatically landed on REST as the standard way to implement these services. And for good reason... REST, which is generally implemented as a one-size-fits-all solution,
- API Strategy Lessons from Factual’s Upgrade of its Mobile/Local APIs
- Factual Inc, a company founded by ex-Googler Gil Elbaz that is creating an open data platform, announced extensions to its APIs today that are aimed at improving the ability to target advertising and provide
- 45 Coupons APIs: Groupon, 8coupons and US Yellow Pages
- Our API directory now includes 45 coupons APIs. The newest is the Wishpot Coupon API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Groupon API. We list 10 Groupon mashups. Below youll find some
- Gecko Landmarks is Changing the Face of the Mapping Industry
- Gecko Landmarks is working on an easier way of giving directions. The theory behind their madness is that “everyone thinks in landmarks”. They took this idea and ran with it. In fact they have
- 71 New APIs: Wishpot, Gecko and Optical Character Recognition
- This week we had 71 new APIs added to our API directory including a social eCommerce platform, optical character recognition service, location information services, web marketing services and a mobile printing app. In addition we covered
