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The New “Handmade”: Amid grumblings of a “general fatigue” when it comes to software-based startups, a potentially transformative technology called 3D printing is

BrandYourself Upgrades Its Online Reputation Tools With A Full-Service Concierge Feature: BrandYourself is expanding its efforts to take on the big names in the online reputation market (particularly Reputation.com) with the launch of a new version

What Sets The Google Cloud Platform Apart From The Rest: There is a misperception about the new Google Cloud Platform that the company put into general availability last week at Google

Google Glass Year In Review: It’s been a little over a year since Google started teasing something it called “Project Glass.” The futuristic, wearable computer that would change the way

Ziff Davis Is Buying NetShelter/InPowered's Display Ad Business: Digital media company and ad sales platform Ziff Davis is expanding its network of properties even further with the purchase of NetShelters display advertising

Hey, Hardware Hackers! There's A WiFi-Enabled Arduino Now: Lets say youve come up with a brilliant idea for some shiny new piece of hardware. You brush up your coding chops, scratch out a

Google Believes Web Components Are The Future Of Web Development: While it was missing the skydiving antics of last year’s event, Google’s I/O keynote last week wasn’t short on product launches. In between the

Mashable

Is Lagos Home to an African Tech Movement?: The Lagos taxi driver roars across the biggest bridge in Africa at 110 mph. Buffeted by the night wind, it feels as if were riding a

Singer Miguel Jumps on Fans' Heads in Freak Accident: In an ugly freak accident, singer Miguel landed on the heads of fans while attempting to jump over them during his performance of Adorn at the

The 7 Habits of Serious Procrastinators: Procrastination is a serious business. In fact, procrastinators who

How to Feel Like You Rocked the Interview Every Time: After you have a few interviews under your belt, you typically know how to go into

Is This the World's First Liquid-Cooled Smartphone?: If youve ever had your smartphone feel too hot after a long bout of Facebook, email, and taking photos or video, NEC hopes to solve that

8 YouTube Covers So Nerdy You'll Scream: YouTube is the land of the amateur music cover. Anyone with a webcam and a hunger for the spotlight can arrange “Call Me Maybe” and launch

Chris Hadfield Is Still Great on Earth: Some of His Best Earthbound Tweets: We were a little sad to see Chris Hadfield leave the ISS earlier this month, but were glad hes back safely, and that hes still tweeting

Hands-On With the Week's Top Apps: There were a lot of great apps and updates released this week.Google announced two big apps during the keynote at its annual developer conference Google I/O.

Baby 'Bachelor' Breaks Hearts in New Reality Show: Everyone loves a steamy reality TV show. And everyone loves a cute kid. Jimmy Kimmel combined the two with a reality show starring a cute kid:

Linkin Park Frontman Joins Stone Temple Pilots for New Song: Its never too late for an aging rock outfit to reinvent itself, as Stone Temple Pilots set out to prove by inviting Linkin Park frontman Chester

15 Mind-Bending Panoramic Photo Fails: Smartphones have made taking panoramic photos easy for even amateur iPhotographers (or photoids). Unfortunately, easy doesnt always mean stellar quality.Panoramic fails have resulted in disembodied heads,

17 GIFs That Express Your Graduation Day Feelings: Congratulations, today is the day you graduate from student to real-world adult. Its terrifying and exciting, happy and sad, exhilarating and slightly mundane (the hours-long process

Wooden Pinhole Cameras Make Old-School Techniques Cool Again: Digital cameras are great, but like most electronics, they likely wont withstand the test of time in, say, a century from now.So Slovenian industrial designer and

The 15 Best Free iPad Games: Not all iPad games are created equal, especially when it comes to cost. You might download a great game only to fall into a trap of

Windows Phone: Time for Microsoft to Put the Pedal to the Metal: Greg Sullivan, Microsofts Windows Phone marketing lead, was grinning from ear to ear when we sat down for an interview earlier this week. Market research firm

Epson Moverio Smart Glasses Display a 360-Degree Video Wall: Google Glass may have stolen the show at Google I/O this year, but Glass wasn’t the only pair of smart glasses displayed at the event. Enter

Why the Government Hates Google Glass: Google Glass is one of the hottest

Tech Hubs Flourish Outside of Silicon Valley: Silicon Valley has long been at the forefront of the tech startup scene, but thanks to the growth of emerging companies in other areas of the

Social Media In an Uproar Over Yahoo's Rumored Tumblr Acquisition: Reports have recently surfaced that Yahoos board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr. While Tumblr and Yahoo have yet to release official

Viral Video Recap: Must-Watch Memes of the Week: If our viral video recap is any indicator, theres a boatload of animal news to catch up on this week. Good thing its the weekend, so

Read/WriteWeb

Buying Tumblr Will Leave Yahoo With The Same Old Identity Crisis: Yahoo is expected to announce the acquisition of blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion on Monday, with both companies boards having agreed to the deal, according to reports in AllThingsD, which first broke the news of sale

Please Don't 'Like' This Post (And I Really Mean It This Time): Editors Note: This is the last installment of a 3-part series covering Len Kendall’s abstinence from the “Like” button for a month.If you havent been following along, in April I decided to commit myself to a

Google's Flirtation With Being A Hardware Company Is Over: A year ago, I left Googles annual I/O developers conference convinced it was making a major strategic shift into being a hardware company.As this years I/O wraps up, Im left questioning that conclusion.The message Google is

App Not Working? It Might Be Time To Check The 'Weather': If youve ever used the Internet — and you know who you are — youve undoubtedly had apps or various services stop working unexpectedly. For ordinary users, this usually just means no access to Twitter or

Google: Please Fix The Crippling Problem Plaguing Google+: Google+ has never looked and felt as it good as it does right now. Alas, looks arent everything.A massive overhaul of the service, announced Wednesday during a keynote at Googles I/O conference for developers, has brought

Yahoo Reportedly Looking To Buy Tumbler For That Magic $1B: Yahoo is in talks to acquire the fast-growing blogging site Tumblr for as much as $1 billion, All Things D reports. This could be the big deal Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has reportedly been looking for.

New 'Social' Businesses Want To Know All About You. No Thanks!: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.coms hyperbolic CEO, has been telling anyone who will listen that the sudden convergence of cloud, social and mobile spheres is forcing - and allowing - companies to connect with customers in new ways,

Google Sensors Are Data Mining I/O Attendees - And They Don't Care: If youre visiting the Google I/O developers conference this week, youre a tiny part of a giant Google experiment to sniff out everything from your body heat to your breath. Google is even listening to your

Google And STwo Very Different Cloud Strategies: While both Google and SAP shared a 1980s music sensibility at their respective conferences this week - Billy Idol performed at Google I/O and U2s Bono walked the floor at SAPPHIRE - the two companies see

Google Is Prepping A Sneak Attack On Microsoft Office: Googles alternative to Microsoft Office, Google Apps, has always suffered from the fact that it offers a sort of good enough compatibility — fine for most basic document and spreadsheet tasks, but not enough to match

Smartphones Have Bridged The Digital Divide: Since at least the 1990s, when personal computers first became commonplace, public policy experts have worried the ill effects of a Digital Divide. That is, a learning, socialization and economic gap across socio-economic status, race and

The Epic Battle Between Apple & Google Is All But Over - Who Won?: Guest author Derek Brown is a technology executive and analyst who blogs at One Blind Squirrel.Android, it seems, is the worm that eats away at Apples core.According to Gartner, Android-based handsets outsold iOS-based handsets 4-to-1 on

How To Hack Your Google Glass — And Void Your Warranty: In one of the more popular Google I/O sessions of Day 2, two members of the Google team behind Project Glass explained how to enable root access on your expensive eyewear — a step that will also

Why Path May Be The Ultimate App For Google Glass: Im a devoted Pathhole—a hardcore user of mobile social network Path. For all that I make fun of Paths twee, artisanal, and bespoke nature—on a recent visit to its lovely office in San Francisco, I was

Google Glass Gets New Twitter, Facebook, CNN Apps: The universe of apps for Google Glass, initially limited to the New York Times and the social network Path, is expanding rapidly. Google on Thursday announced several more entries to its Glassware stable: Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Tumblr, CNN

Making Sense Of Google's New Social Stuff: Messaging, Hangouts & Google+: With a whirlwind of announcements at its Google I/O developers conference this week, Googles vast suite of social products is finally starting to look like it was created by a single company and not cobbled together

Can Google Be The Amazon.com For The Rest Of The Web?: Amazons 1-Click arguably offers the best shopping experience on the Web—desktop and mobile.But 1-Click has been slow to expand beyond Amazons walls. While Amazon offers the convenient checkout service to retail-website builders, competitors are understandably loath

So Much For Self-Driving Cars, These Robots Will Make You A Drink: Google sure knows how to throw a geek fest. The After Hours party after the first day of Google I/O was packed full of augmented reality, food, fun, dancing, Billy Idol and... robots.Lots and lots of

Decoding Larry Page: How Google Is Staking Out The Future Of Innovation: “We are only at 1% of what is possible.” ~ Google CEO Larry PagePage is right. Even though it seems like we get a breakthrough new technology every year, we are really just scratching the surface. But

iOS Users Beg Apple: Set Our iPhones & iPads Free!: Were still weeks away from Apples World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 10-14, but one things for sure: Plenty of iPhone and iPad users are hoping for a fresh design and a more open, customizable

GigaOM

What Tumblr’s sale means for New York startup ecosystem: New York startup ecosystem will get a big boost from the $1.1 billion sale of Tumblr to Yahoo. The exit, one of the biggest New York has scene shows that with content becoming important, New York is finding its footing

Pinterest takes a “first step” toward working with big brands: Pinterest is unveiling a new pin structure for different types of products and an integration with a large number of retail brands, as it continues buildng up the platform and paving the way for growth.

What Nikola Tesla vs. VCs video says about the state of Silicon Valley: Imagine if Nikola Tesla had to pitch venture capitalists to fund his idea. The reaction to his crazy ideas would be precisely what you see on this video. Sadly, the video also says a lot about the skewed risk and

Report: Yahoo’s board agrees to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr: Yahoos board has agreed to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr, according to reports.

For developers, the cloud means having to rethink everything they know about making software: Its not often the software world goes through a revolutionary change. But the advent of the cloud will force software developers to reevaluate – and discard – many of their most basic assumptions.

The week in cloud: Google and Microsoft in slap fight while IBM and SAP play hot hands: Google and Microsoft slapfest continues; IBM pushes Watson for third-party apps; SAP bets big on HANA for ERP.

Why we can’t quite seem to make up our minds about Google: We admire Google. Were impressed by Googles accomplishments. But were wary of Googles relentless ambition and its at-times curious thoughts about our world.

ICYMI Podcasts: Real Chrome apps, a history of IoT and Google I/O 2013: In case you missed the GigaOm weekly podcasts, heres a second chance. Two of our shows had special guests to explain new technologies and our wrap-up show is fully dedicated to understanding all of the news out of Google I/O.

Last week on Pro: a guide for the cloud curious and social at work (literally): For a deeper dive into the topics and technologies covered on GigaOM, check out the latest in-depth analyses on GigaOM Pro, our subscription-based research service. This week: a guide to cloud implementation and social networks in business.

How cloud, big data and mobile will make the CMO the BMOC: The rise of cloud and big data is altering business models, and in the process shifting corporate hierarchies, too. The chief marketing officer could be a big beneficiary of all this change.

How to make Twitter the ultimate news ticker: Recent events, tragic and triumphant, emphasize the social webs role as a central source for disseminating breaking news. But getting the facts right continues to be a challenge, and a solution requires cooperation and technical innovation.

How iPads, apps and YouTube can be a band’s best practice tools: While OS X continues to be a starting point for my music, I find now when it comes to rehearsals, everything I need is on my iPad.

Why Yahoo acquiring Tumblr for $1 billion makes a certain horrible kind of sense: Fans of the social-blogging network might not like the idea much, but a $1-billion acquisition of Tumblr would arguably solve a number of problems for Yahoo -- and do the same for Tumblr CEO David Karp.

We’ve entered the age of emotional, design-centric, e-commerce: Everlane and True & Co are part of a new wave of e-commerce startups that are using emotion and design to sell goods.

Android this week: Google I/O recapped; Better Bluetooth; Galaxy S 4 Google Edition: No new hardware appeared at Google I/O, but a recently released phone debuts as a Nexus-like device. Meanwhile, Google updated Android, without adding further fragmentation issues, through dozens of new services, apps and APIs.

7 stories to read this weekend: Costa Ricas killer bull, fear in Cyprus, crimes of Ranbaxy and BitCoin bubble -- that along with basketball uber coach Phil Jackson are part of this weeks reading material. Of course, question to ponder: briefs or boxers, how did they

Report: Yahoo eager to close $1.1 billion cash deal for Tumblr by Sunday evening: Tumblr might become part of Yahoo as early as Sunday night, according to a report that suggests Yahoos board of directors is set to consider a $1.1 billion offer for the startup.

New networking features make hybrid clouds possible on Google Compute Engine: The Google Cloud Platform gets a little stronger with the coming of new networking features, such as load balancing, on the Google Compute Engine, which could help enterprises get on board.

Redbox Instant is coming to Google TV soon, Roku up next: Redbox Instant is coming to Google TV devices soon, and the company plans to launch a channel on Roku streaming media players soon after.

Tableau closes Day 1 as a $2.9B public company, up 64 percent: Tableau had a successful IPO, closing the trading day up 64 percent and raking in $254 million. CEO Christian Chabot says the company is now set to make itself known around the world.

TNW

China’s Qihoo sees profit fall to $5.6 million in Q1 2013, even as revenue climbs 58.6%: China’s Qihoo 360 reported an on-year decline in net profit for the first quarter of 2013, as

ZTE targets India as it reveals plans to launch five new smartphones in the country: ZTE, the Chinese firm that makes telecom equipment and mobile devices, is stepping up its presence in India after

Help Me Help wins US Imagine Cup finals, besting Pitch, Project Sam, Produce Wars, others: Last week I attended a demo day at Microsoft’s Mountain View campus. The event, the US finals, was part

Turnaround: Marissa Mayer’s first 300 days as Yahoo’s CEO: Yahoo has been plagued by leadership changes among its C-level positions for years. Many of its

Meet three startups that participated in Microsoft’s Azure-focused Israeli accelerator: TNW recently met with three companies from Microsoft’s Azure-focused accelerator in Israel in San Francisco. For an inside look at the program, we went

That buzzing sound: President Obama to address drone program in Thursday speech: It’s a pity that ‘drone’ isn’t ‘Dorne,’ but I digress. This Thursday the President of the United States will address the nation on its

Yahoo board approves $1.1B Tumblr salvation, but will the company accept?: Today it became known, via the Wall Street Journal, that the Yahoo board has approved the $1.1 billion offer for Tumblr, a microblogging

37signals

LINK: Ryan on Jobs-To-Be-Done Radio: Ryan on Jobs-To-Be-Done RadioI talked about software design and seeing through the customer’s eyes for 30 minutes on Jobs-To-Be-Done Radio. In my favorite part we thoroughly debunked personas and talked about how situations, not attributes drive behavior. Hosts Bob and

Don’t have the right gear? Make it.: I’ve been working on some video tests with the iPhone and I needed to mount it on tripod for some steadier shots. Some folks in the office had good things to say about the Glif from Studio Neat, but the

Don't have the right gear? Make it.: I’ve been working on some video tests with the iPhone and I needed to mount it on tripod for some steadier shots. Some folks in the office had good things to say about the Glif from Studio Neat, but the

LINK: The 37signals Report Card: The 37signals Report CardWe’ve long believed in the value of transparency at 37signals. It’s why we write about how we work and why we provide real-time information about our customer happiness and uptime. We like being held to a high

VIDEO: “If you wanna meet with me… come…: “If you wanna meet with me… come to the garden… with your shovel… so we can plant some shit.” -Ron Finley

Wanted: 25 special customers.: We’re working on a entirely new product, and I’m looking to meet some potential customers. We can meet in person, over the phone, or via Skype, etc.The tool is for the small business owner who runs a company of between

LINK: The importance of quick and dirty: The importance of quick and dirtyQuick and dirty is a skill. Use it or lose it. My latest article for Inc. Magazine.

Current status: We have a lot of data to parse through at 37signals. Our internal stats application, Dash, does the majority of heavy data lifting for us, including reports, application health, CI builds, and much more. Our Campfire bot named Tally happily

When empathy becomes insulting: Most corporate customer service departments seem to have been reduced to call scripts of apologies with no power whatsoever to actually address the problems they encounter. That’s the conclusion I’m left with after dealing with three business bureaucracies this year:

QUOTE: By showing the shark less, the movie was…: By showing the shark less, the movie was even scarier, and as Steven Spielberg said in the documentary The Universal Story, “By the shark not working, it allowed me to be much more experimental and find a way to make

PHOTO: Recent versions of Google Chrome on OS X…: Recent versions of Google Chrome on OS X mangle native input buttons. I don’t know precisely when it started but no amount of CSS brute-force seems to correct the text alignment. Have you found

PHOTO: There’s a flash flood warning for all…: There’s a flash flood warning for all of Chicago today. Unfortunately there’s water in my basement (like other Chicago home owners)...The flood fixing company U.S. Waterproofing has a cool

LINK: Auditioning your bike bell: Auditioning your bike bellWhen you’re buying a bike bell online, you don’t know what it’s going to sound like. Is it a hearty “RING RING RING”? Or a dainty ”...tiiiiiiing…”? It’s an important consideration!I love that

You play like you practice: Back in high school my track coach would often get on me about my sloppy block practice. He’d say “You aren’t setting up in the blocks properly. You’re rushing it, just going through the motions.” I’d say “Why does it

The only camera you need is an iPhone?: My friend Nick Quaranto is in the market for a new camera. A few days ago we discussed the pros and cons of various cameras (DSLR, mirrorless, iPhone, etc) in our Campfire chatroom. He was overwhelmed by all the options.

Embracing slow time: When you work in a traditional office and have a question, instant gratification is hard to resist. It’s so easy. Just stumble over to a co-worker’s desk, make sure they stop whatever it was they were doing, blather on until

Basecamp Delivered is Headed to Atlanta: Getting support online is great, but wouldn’t it be nice if you had an expert right beside you? A few of us will be in Atlanta and would love to meet you and your team!We’ll be at Roam in Alpharetta

QUOTE: You know, one of the things that really hurt…: You know, one of the things that really hurt Apple was after I left John Sculley got a very serious disease. It’s the disease of thinking that a really great idea is 90% of the work. And if you just

LINK: Shipping a real product: Shipping a real productI’m really in awe of this. There’s no “pledge $10 or more” and get a prize. There’s no stretch goals. It’s real, the entire production process is documented openly, and you can get the final product today

Million Dollar Art: I have always struggled with the dark art of pricing artwork. Weird magic is involved. I have seen an interested buyer lose interest when I quoted a price that was too low. Oops, I mean… All of a sudden the

O'Reilly Radar

Software and the physical world: In this episode of the Radar podcast series Jon Bruner and I are joined by Mike Loukides as we muse more on software and the physical world. No coffee shop clatter in the background this time around as we were

Three organizations pressing for change in society’s approach to computing: Taking advantage of a recent trip to Washington, DC, I had the privilege of visiting three non-profit organizations who are leaders in the application of computers to changing society. First, I attended the annual meeting of the Association for Computing

Four short links: 16 May 2013: Australian Filter Scope Creep — The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for

Four short links: 15 May 2013: Facial Recognition in Google Glass (Mashable) — this makes Glass umpty more attractive to me. It was created in a hackathon for doctors to use with patients, but I need it wired into my eyeballs.How to Price Your Hardware Project

Four short links: 14 May 2013: Behind the Banner — visualization of what happens in the 150ms when the cabal of data vultures decide which ad to show you. They pass around your data as enthusiastically as a pipe at a Grateful Dead concert, and you’ve

Big data, cool kids: My data’s bigger than yours!The big data world is a confusing place. We’re no longer

Four short links: 13 May 2013: Exploiting a Bug in Google Glass — unbelievably detailed and yet easy-to-follow explanation of how the bug works, how the author found it, and how you can exploit it too. The second guide was slightly more technical, so when he

Four short links: 10 May 2013: The Remixing Dilemma — summary of research on remixed projects, finding that (1) Projects with moderate amounts of code are remixed more often than either very simple or very complex projects. (2) Projects by more prominent creators are more generative.

Yet another Kickstarter: Otherlabs’ Home Milling Machine: If you have a good memory, you know that I’ve written about 3D printers. Technically, I grew up with the laser printer; my first computer industry job (part-time while getting an English PhD) was with Imagen, a startup that built

Where will software and hardware meet?: I’m a sucker for a good plant tour, and I had a really good one last week when Jim Stogdill and I visited K. Venkatesh Prasad at Ford Motor in Dearborn, Mich. I gave a seminar and we talked at

Four short links: 9 May 2013: On Google’s Ingress Game (ReadWrite Web) — By rolling out Ingress to developers at I/O, Google hopes to show how mobile, location, multi-player and augmented reality functions can be integrated into developer application offerings. In that way, Ingress becomes a

Four short links: 8 May 2013: How to Build a Working Digital Computer Out of Paperclips (Evil Mad Scientist) — from a 1967 popular science book showing how to build everything from parts that you might find at a hardware store: items like paper clips, little

Steering the ship that is data science: Mike Loukides recently recapped a conversation we’d had about leading indicators for data science efforts in an organization. We also pondered where the role of data scientist is headed and realized we could treat software development as a prototype case.It’s

Four Short Links: 7 May 2013: Raspberry Pi Wireless Attack Toolkit — A collection of pre-configured or automatically-configured tools that automate and ease the process of creating robust Man-in-the-middle attacks. The toolkit allows your to easily select between several attack modes and is specifically designed to

Another Serving of Data Skepticism: I was thrilled to receive an invitation to a new meetup: the NYC Data Skeptics Meetup. If you’re in the New York area, and you’re interested in seeing data used honestly, stop by! That announcement pushed me to write another

Four short links: 30 April 2013: China = 41% of World’s Internet Attack Traffic (Bloomberg) — numbers are from Akamai’s research. Verizon Communications said in a separate report that China accounted for 96 percent of all global espionage cases it investigated. One interpretation is that China

White House Science Fair praises future scientists and makers: There are few ways to better judge a nation’s character than to look at how its children are educated. What values do their parents, teachers and mentors demonstrate? What accomplishments are celebrated? In a world where championship sports teams are

Google Glass and the Future: I just read a Forbes article about Glass, talking about the split between those who are “sure that it is the future of technology, and others who think society will push back against the technology.”I don’t see this as a

Four short links: 6 May 2013: Nautilus — elegantly-designed science web ‘zine. Includes Artificial Emotions on AI, neuro, and psych efforts to recognise and simulate emotions.A Short Essay on 3D Printing — This hands-off approach to culpability cannot last long. If you design something to go

When industrial revolutions collide: Jon Bruner and I continued our Radar coffee talk series of conversations at Astro Coffee in Detroit’s Corktown. In the shadow of the abandoned Michigan Central Station we reflected on what we think of as a collision between the second

Micro Persuasion

The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...: The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris

No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies...: No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies like

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 is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...: The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris

No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies...: No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies like

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 is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...: The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris

Museum of Modern Betas

Reclaim.fm: Reclaim.fmTake back control of everything you create, curate and share on the internet.(↬ wirres) | | |

WIP Videos: Wip VideosA new way to share and review work-in-progress videos(↬ pandodaily) | | |

Unicode Character Table: Unicode Character Table❤ ☀ ★ ☂ ☻ ♞ ☯ ☭ ☢ € → ☎ ❄ ♫ ✂ ▶ ✇ ♎ ⇧ ☮ ♻ ⌘ ⌛ ☘ ✈ ☊ ♔ ♕ ♖ ☦ ✝ ❖ ➎ ♠ ♣

kloudless: kloudlessKloudless offers a simple, secure way to move attachments between your email inbox and other cloud storage services.(↬ techcrunch) | @kloudless | |

ShotClip: ShotClipCreate and share a cool video(↬ wwwhatsnew) | | |

BitTorrent Sync: BitTorrent Sync(in BitTorrent Labs)Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology.(↬ gigaom) | | |

CrowdMed: CrowdMedCrowdMed is revolutionizing healthcare by harnessing ‘the wisdom of crowds’ to help solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online.(↬ netzwertig) |

ProgrammableWeb

38 New APIs: Sunlight Foundation, WeatherSource and Hoppit: This week we had 38 new APIs added to our API directory including a weather data service, national digital library, personalized restaurant recommendations and photos, U.S. political contributions database and remote home heating control service. In

API Spotlight: Popyoular, BIPS, and They Said So APIs: Of the many APIs we published this week, ten were highlighted on the blog by our team of writers. In this post, we’ll shine a

20 APIs Used in 7 Days: Bing, Billboard and FeedBurner: This past week 6 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 20 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Baidu, dlvr.it, Google Closure

Today in APIs : Fed {API}, Summarization API and 2 New APIs: Fed {API} to provide curated Government data sets. Stremor Corp releases Content Summarization API. Plus: Apigee launches a research and strategy organization for the app economy and 2 new APIs.

Best New Mashups: Data Mashups Using Google Chart, EchoNest and Google Fusion Tables: The news of data visualization provider Tableaus IPO on Friday is yet another sign that the movement behind data and analytics continues to gain steam. With that in mind, today well take a look

Civic Hackers Across the Country Will Band Together in June for National Day of Civic Hacking: Hackers across the country are getting ready to participate in the first annual National Day of Civic Hacking which will take place in over 80 cities on June 1st and 2nd,

Big Data, IoT, API … Newer technologies protected by older security.: Now-a-days every single CIO, CTO, or business executive that I speak to is captivated by these three new technologies: Big Data, API management and IoTs (Internet of Things). Every single organizational

Today in APIs: Google’s Instant Buy API, Openmind’s API for Mobile, and 6 New APIs: Google Wallet Android API. Openmind creates a mobile communications platform API. Plus: Intuit revamps partner platform, Google Maps API in visual refresh, and 6 new APIs.

Get People Talking About Your Content With Popyoular’s API: Word of mouth is a powerful marketing tool, and businesses (not to mention the consumers), can benefit greatly from helpful reviews. Popyoular is an editorial review-based recommendation and discovery platform. Its aimed specifically at film,

BIPS Provides Bitcoin Payment Processing via API: BIPS, Bitcoin payment system, allows users to buy or sell online using Bitcoin digital currency. In addition to Bitcoin transaction-based apps and an e-wallet, BIPS provides an API that users can integrate with existing workflows

USDA Launches New API That Provides Developers Access to a Wealth of Farmers Market Data: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just launched the brand new USDA Farmers Market Directory API providing developers programmatic access to the USDA National Farmers Market Directory database. According to the USDA website,

116 Retail APIs: Shopping.com, SearchUPC.com and 123 Shop Pro: Our API directory now includes 116 retail APIs. The newest is the Leaf API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Shopping.com API. We list 60 Shopping.com mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including

Today in APIs: USDA Farmers Market Directory API, Google Play Games Services API and 9 New APIs: The USDA has announced the release of a new farmers market API. Google gets serious about gaming with a cross-platform gaming API. Plus: the Mirror API for Glass is awfully prohibited and closed and 9

Glympse Releases SDKs Allowing Developers to Add Real-Time Location Sharing to Apps: Glympse, a service that allows GPS-enabled mobile phone users to temporarily share their location in real-time, has announced the availability of the Glympse platform allowing developers the ability to integrate real-time, temporary location sharing into

Boxfish Releases TV Discovery and Search API: Boxfish, television discovery startup, released an improved TV discovery app this past week. With the new release, Boxfish decided to make its technology available to third parties via an API. Boxfish allows the

Say It With Style: Access Daily Quotes With They Said So’s API: People love to quote those who have found a way to say it better. Be it a humorous one-liner or inspirational food for thought, its a quick and easy way to appreciate and

Today in APIs: Netflix Public API Changes, Google I/O 2013 and 10 New APIs: Netflixs Public API update drops access to expiration dates for titles. What you can expect from Google I/O 2013. Plus: Yookos unveils an API for African developers and techpreneurs and 10 New APIs.

Reliable Statistics, Come Rain Or Shine: Weather Source API: A lot of the things we do and the decisions we make on a daily basis can be affected by the weather. For businesses, understanding weather patterns and how they affect things like attendance,

Planspot API Simplifies Event Marketing: Planspot, event marketing service provider, provides access to its marketing tools through the Planspot API. The Planspot platform offers an all-in-one marketing tool that can manage, promote, and sell tickets to events. From promotion via

IBM Looks for Bigger Slice of API Economy: IBM has been tracking the emergence of the API economy and likes what it sees. At the recent IBM Impact 2013 conference, IBM unveiled an API management platform that

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