Every once in a while we show some of the stats about the feed readers people are using to access TechCrunch content. Since we recently passed a million daily RSS readers, now is a good time
Every once in a while we come across a company that seems to have a giant bullseye on it for acquisition, with a great product, viable business model, and a talented team. Twilio, a company that has
For all their mesmerizing graphics and adrenaline fueled gameplay, it might come as a surprise to non-gamers that many of todays most popular computer games are bogged down by downtime (I should know - I spent the
Last I heard about Leapfish (this was a couple of years ago), they ran a useless but fun tool that provided you with a free appraisal for your domain name based on a variety of ratings and
Live Current Media, a Canadian company which is in the business of developing, operating and monetizing premium domain names, has raised a little over $1 million through a private placement. The money comes from Live Currents own management
Senor Gruber has uncovered a trick inside Googles Mobile app that uses an undocumented method to access the iPhones proximity sensor. In normal situations, the iPhone proximity sensor - the little thing in the top of the
FanIQ, a sports site that focuses more on entertaining its users than bogging them down with the stats and opinion pieces found on the likes of ESPN, has had a landmark year. The site launched in 2006,
Real Girls Media, a San Francisco-based online publishing company specializes in—you guessed it—social communities for women, has raised an undisclosed amount in funding led by Meredith Corporation, which took a minority stake in the company. RGM, which
The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers just released their quarterly report on U.S. online advertising revenues. For the quarter, they estimate online advertising revenues were almost $5.9 billion ($5.865 billion, to be exact), which is an 11 percent
Mufin, a powerful music recommendation engine that actually works, has launched to the public. We last covered the site in early October, when it opened in a restricted private beta.The site, which was created by the same
Will the music subscription business ever grow beyond its current niche? It looks increasingly doubtful. Today, eMusic announced that since it launched its current music subscription service in 2003, customers have downloaded 250 million songs. Apples iTunes, by
The ‘iPhone killer’ label (which I hate using – BTW) as been thrown around since the first touch-screen device hit the market after the original iPhone was launched last year and, unfortunately, nothing has been able
Its hard to believe that nearly a year has gone by since we gave out those crazy gorilla awards to the best startup and product successes in Silicon Valley and around the world. Some of the
Its not easy being a wrestler. Inside the ring your pounding an opponents head against the corner post, but outside the ring its hard to meet people. Nobody really wants to be your friend. Not even on
Even Google is getting into the downsizing spirit. It just announced that it is killing Lively, its browser-baseed virtual worlds that could be embedded into other Websites. Lively launched just last July. The death notice on the site
Yahoo Glue, a new search results page design that the company has been testing in India, is rolling out to the US market this evening. You can view it at glue.yahoo.com, although Yahoo says it
The cutbacks continue, even at seemingly healthy startups. Social recommendation engine Strands let exactly 10 percent, or 14 people go (7 in the U.S. and 7 in Spain), the company confirms. Strands has raised a total of $55
In other Mozilla news, Firefox hit a major milestone today with the one billionth download of add-on software for the browser. That feat took three and half years. Many of those downloads are never used more than once
Make sure to look at the latest job listing on CrunchBoard. While doing that take a look at our new Crunchboard Service and Sales Directories. They are a great way to connect with the start-up community.
Chinese Democracy, the first new Guns N Roses album since 1991, debuts tonight at 9 PM PST exclusively on MySpace Music, where fans can listen to it for free.Well, actually it debuted on BitTorrent a while
This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services.We know that Clearspring is the biggest widget network in the world, but they are also dominating early voting in the Embeddable
That’s right, Playboy really does use Twittertise. This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials.Company NameTwittertise20-Word DescriptionTwittertise allows you to schedule tweets and track their
This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services.Since kicking off the voting round of the Open Web Awards yesterday, we’ve seen nearly 10,000 votes cast across 26 different categories.
Lingerie connoisseurs will be happy to know that CBS has launched a multi-media, multi-platform Victoria’s Secret assault on all senses. That’s right: no longer will you have to search through the Internet’s wastelands to get your Victoria’s Secret fix; it’s
The third Thursday of every November has been designated the Great American Smokeout by the American Cancer Society since 1977. While it’s important to quit smoking the other 364 days a year, designating one day allows everyone to rally around
Having long played the part of a utility that allowed users fast access to places near and far, MapQuest now seems to be taking a cue from Google’s 2007 launch of MyMaps and is making things a little more personal
The always quotable basketball star Shaquille O’Neal (see: Kobe, How’s My #$! Taste?) is on Twitter, and it is without a doubt, the real Shaq. Twitter welcomed the Phoenix Suns star to the service in a blog post, and The
Mufin, the music recommendation engine that suggests songs based on their sound characteristics, is now open to everyone in public beta. With the launch, Mufin is also introducing two new applications: Mufin for iTunes and Mufin for Facebook. As you
Google was once invincible and unable to make a mistake. Well, although its share price is not what it used to be, one can argue they’re still invincible in most areas they’ve dabbled in, but the mistakes and flops are
There are three kinds of items users of Microsoft’s Office application suite share with one another more than anything else: Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.Yet precisely how such files are being transferred between co-workers as well as companies
Without much fanfare, the 20% time project Lively is now facing the end of it’s brief lifespan, as Google announced today that the virtual chat and meeting tool is set to be shut down by the end of the year.“…despite
Back in May, Yahoo launched a new variant of search entitled “Glue,” something which combines news, images, videos, and other content from around the Web (and other Yahoo properties) along with traditional search results that link to web pages.We just
Mashable reader Patrick de Laive over at Fleck, at the suggestion of our fearless leader Pete, put together a simple bookmarklet that posts URLs to Twitter (in a shortened form, of course) and then saves that tweet as an easy
Is it time to put your portfolio online? Portfolio Monkey thinks it is, offering a set of tools for managing your portfolio on the web. This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The
Writing a novel is a much different beast than writing magazine articles or maintaining a blog. That’s why a new tool called FortyChapters makes a lot of sense. The site is essentially a web-based app for organizing your work, saving
Simon Salt is CEO of marketing communications company the IncSlingers. He writes for www.simonsalt.com and Dad-O-MaticYou use Twitter, email, IM and even your phone to stay in touch with your world. Maybe your office uses services like Yammer for internal
Maybe you’re a fan of Google’s Grand Central phone controller. Maybe you also happen to be a Mac addict. So how do you match those two loves into one? Vocito, that’s how.Savvy to your Mac OS X desktop and things
Mobispine, the mobile services developer already responsible for introducing a $1.99 self-titled iPhone application for RSS news junkies, has debuted a white-label option for wireless carriers to deliver to subscribers seeking classic MMS utility from their devices. Just short of
Many people decorate their workspace with pictures of their families. Often, these photos serve as a good conversation piece. But, what if you could have a life-sized cutout of your kids, playing sports? That’s where StickyFan comes in. The service
Andrew Warner is an Internet entrepreneur and the founder of Mixergy.com.Tim Ferriss’ relationships with bloggers helped him reach the New York Times bestseller list with his book, The Four Hour Work Week. I recently called Tim to ask him how
Walter Mossberg, who has been reviewing technology since 1991 for the Wall Street Journal in his weekly Personal Technology column, is convinced the companies that succeed in this type of econaclypse, as AllThingsD has
Crowd Science is a new tool that allows web publishers to gather demographic data. Were using Crowd Science currently on ReadWriteWeb - you may have already come across a pop-up invite and filled out the survey.
According to a report by Wireds Meghan Keane, YouTube is testing stereo sound as a default option for videos and is also offering very high quality HD versions of a small selection of clips. We werent
The ways young people use the internet everyday are transforming learning in ways that adults often fail to understand but represent major new opportunities that need to be taken advantage of by supportive educators.
In November 2007, we listed 10 Semantic apps to watch and yesterday we published an update on what each had achieved over the past year. All of them are still alive and well - a couple are
When we first reviewed Mufin, a music recommendation service that is entirely based around algorithms that can automatically detect the similarities between different songs, we only gave it a pretty average review. Since then, however, Mufin
Officials at Boston College have made what may be a momentous decision: theyve stopped doling out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students already had established digital identities by the time they entered
Whenever there is a conference or event, theres a secondary bit of action taking place behind the scenes: the backchannel. Here, the attendees are live blogging, twittering, posting photos, and streaming live video about what theyre seeing on
These are reflections from having spent a few days at the annual Salesforce.com event, Dreamforce. We hope they are valuable to people who need an executive summary-level understanding of the company and its position in the
The current economic climate is having a devastating effect on almost every business around. In order to adapt to changing conditions and opportunities, businesses will need to use flexible, adaptable systems to survive. The days
In an economic environment where a number of companies are stumbling, its important to remember that sometimes even Google makes bad decisions. Such would be the case with Lively, a browser-based virtual world environment
Editors note: were currently running a series of Sponsor Posts, focused on use cases and business stories. These posts are clearly marked as written by sponsors, but we also want them to be useful and interesting
This May Yahoo! started testing an all in one search product called Yahoo Glue in India. Its a really cool service that tonight becomes available to US users of Yahoo.Yahoo! Glue search results include web search, images,
Mozilla today announced that it has served its 1 billionth addon download since they started keeping track of these downloads in 2005. Currently, Mozillas users are downloading close to 1.5 million addons every day. Mozilla has
Gmails interface was revolutionary when it was first released, but the design was a bit too plain for a lot of users. After a short while, users started to develop Greasemonkey scripts and Firefox plugins that
The Creative Commons Foundation announced today that award winning TV and radio news show Democracy Now! will now be distributed under a CC license. Democracy Now! is broadcast daily on more than 700 television and radio stations around
PC Magazine, Ziff Davis flagship print publication, has announced that it will go 100% digital. The January 2008 issue will mark the end of PC Magazines print edition after 27 years of continuous publication. Instead of
We like to report good news, not just because it makes us all feel good, but because when a company is doing something positive during a downturn, it indicates something pretty interesting about that company. That
Can you imagine getting a link to your website highlighted just below the search box on Google.com? How much traffic do you think that would drive? According to one estimate published today by traffic analysts Compete.com, the link
EtherPad is not likely to win a price for its user interface design, but it might just be one of the most useful web apps we have seen in quite a while. EtherPad allows you to
Today Qualcomm scored a huge coup for its MediaFLO mobile television service by winning the right to broadcast the Victorias Secret Fashion Show and to create a 27/7 channel devoted to the event. All
RIMs recently released Blackberry Storm is a device that tries to outdo Apples iPhone by including a beefed-up OS, polishing up the interface and marrying it to a really fast 3G network (instead of AT&Ts
Today, Ultra-wideband chip makers Artimi and Staccato Communications announced $20 million in funding and a merger agreement, which seems like tying two leaky boats together, giving them some more gas and hoping they make it
Ive spent the past few days pretty immersed in the SC 08 conference here in Austin, Texas, but Im still embarrassed that I missed the formation of a new lobbying organization think tank called The
Im a geek groupie when it comes to technology. I cant actually produce any of these life-changing products, but I can recognize something cool when I see it. And the 100-Gigabit data transfer demo that Ciena was showing off at
After a very successful debut last year, The Crunchies are returning to once again celebrate the best of entrepreneurship and new startups. With the economy being what it is, 2009 is going to be a tough year for everyone and
The folks in charge of the SC 08 conference being held in Austin, Texas, this week have trumpeted the phenomenal growth of the supercomputing show, with attendance up by almost 10 percent from the previous
A report prepared for The Broadband Forum by research firm Point Topic and released today says that there are now 400 million broadband subscribers worldwide. In 1998, there were only 57,200 subscribers -- thats growth of nearly 600,000 percent.
Meraki, the Google and Sequoia-backed startup that focuses on citywide Wi-Fi networks, hasnt let the demise of municipal Wi-Fi halt its efforts to make money or make the wireless network technology available in more places. It has scaled back considerably
Now that Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang has finally stepped aside, removing what many (including Ballmer himself) saw as one of the main barriers to bringing the two companies together, Microsoft should re-ignite acquisition
Katie over on Earth2Tech just tipped me off on President Elect Barack Obamas CTO website. They are using Digg-like social voting to figure out what are the top priorities for this new job. There are some interesting ideas there
Quantance, a San Mateo, Calif.-based chip firm, has raised a $12 million second round of funding to build a component part that will improve cell phone data reception by boosting the signal the phone sends to the base station. The
KPN and FTTH operator Reggefiber are planning to roll out a fiber-to-the-home network that could cost as much as seven billion euros. The network might take up to seven years to build out and is going to cover pretty
Dave Winer wrote a poignant post this week about President-elect Barack Obamas interview on 60 Minutes, prompting me to actually go to the CBS web site in search of the most-watched 60 Minutes episode...ever. It was hard to find the
Im intrigued by the idea of personal supercomputers such as the Cray CX1, which was unveiled earlier this year, as well as the Dell Workstation that was given a teraflop boost using an Nvidia Telsa card. So I jumped at
Last week, President-elect Obama appointed Kevin Werbach, assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton, and Susan Crawford, who teaches communications and Internet law at the University of Michigan, to co-chair his FCC
I spoke with Brad Booth, chairman of the Ethernet Alliance, at the SC 08 conference here in Austin, Texas today, and he noted that while Ethernet is entrenched in the corporate data center, it is the interconnect standard for little
Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Inc., in a speech at the SC08 Conference in Austin, Texas, today highlighted the democratization of supercomputing thanks to the use of standards and off-the-shelf parts. That democratization,
Nothing like a deep recession to get a companys management to focus. Carphone Warehouse, a major retail chain in Europe, is going to de-couple its broadband (telecom) business from its retail operations, according to
Today Amazon Web Services launched the beta version of its content delivery network service called CloudFront. As Om mentioned in September when the service was announced, this is a good move for Amazon, and something
A couple weeks ago on Twitter I said: “I still maintain the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web. Has been for years.” A few people agreed, but most didn’t. Some thought it was a
David asks:The recent economic downturn has me wondering… Are small ‘Getting Real’ businesses like 37signals more resistant to the declining economy or is it just that any downside is much less dramatic than multi billion dollar failures and job cuts
Starting in 2006 Peter Schiff goes prescient. He nails the current crisis in detail. The other talking heads can’t get the bull out of their mouths fast enough. They’re even laughing him off. My favorite moment is when Ben Stein
Some recent posts at the 37signals Product Blog:Basecamp Large monitors on production floor show company’s Basecamp milestones“I love my new production schedule monitor. Great job and the best part is that I can see the red dates from my office.
Apple must be smiling whenever one of their competitors bill their next MP3-player as an iPod killer. It reminds everyone who the market leader is and invites them to evaluate the product on Apple’s terms.If you’re going to be an
Highrise has been on a roll lately. The new Deals feature has been a huge success. Let’s keep the good news coming. Today we’re excited to roll out two of the most requested features in Highrise: CSV (Excel) import, and
Scientists have created the first ‘humanoid’ robot that can mimic the facial expressions and lip movements of a human being. Full article at Mail Online.
Rollover menus can be finnicky but the ones at Threadless are very comfortable to use. Overall, Threadless is very disciplined about keeping the front page clean. You can actually read the whole thing.
My talk at the Business Innovation Factory 4 conference in Providence, RI last month. While you’re at it, be sure to watch Tony from Zappos, Dennis Littky walking the walk on school reform, Matt Cottam
This gets a 10 for creepy and a 10 for clever.The creepy partThis is a 240 pencil set made from the carbon of a cremated human. Each pencil is foil stamped with the name of
Stream of consciousness rant:I’ve been in too many meetings, too many conferences, too many discussions where someone goes “I’m having a hard time explaining this or that…” Then they say “I just really want to say this…” And then they
This week I’m having a new roof put on my house. I did the research, got the quotes, picked a company, and they’re working on it now.They’ve been at it two days so far, but I’ve already been surprised twice.
Blue lobster caught off coast of Scotland: “Blue lobsters are caused by a genetic defect. Rather than containing the pigments that combine to make the normal olive green and brown colour, the shell contains
Big Data is a major theme on the OReilly Radar, so were delighted to welcome guest blogger Joe Hellerstein, a Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley whose research focuses on databases and distributed systems. Joe has written a whitepaper
Or, My Enterprise is Appliancized, Why Isnt Your Web?I wrote a couple of posts a while back that covered task-optimized hardware. This one was about a system that combined Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with a commodity CPU platform to
As I wrote in Daddy, Wheres Your Phone?, its time to start thinking of the phone as a first class device for accessing web services, not as a way of repurposing content or applications originally designed to be accessed on
Over the weekend, TechCrunch postulated that with a frenzy of election-related activity, Twitter hit its hockey stick moment in late October. The theory goes that Twitter saw a 25 percent increase in U.S. visits from September to October and is
I met recently with Vic Gundotra, formerly Microsofts head of platform evangelism, and now VP of Engineering at Google, responsible for all their mobile efforts outside of Android. We were talking about Googles mobile strategy and the insanely cool new
Boston.com has a really thought-provoking article entitled Depression 2009: What would it look like?. The subtitle answers: Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one.This is one of
The fifth Where 2.0 Call For Participation is now open. This year were going to focus on location-ware technologies and their implications. The iPhone and
Vivek Kundra, the District of Columbias CTO, isnt just talking about transparent government and participative democracy, hes working hard to make DCs massive data stores transparent
The bailout of the US financial system isnt working. The governments rescue plan has fundamental flaws, including incentives that favor the failed firms, not the country as a whole. New ideas are needed. In New American Bank Initiative: Removing structural
Recently I spoke with Francois Gossieaux of Beeline Labs about the role of online communities in the enterprise. Francois has been evangelizing the learning gained from his recent study “The Tribalization of Business” (see here for the Slideshare presentation). The
One of my favorite sessions at the recent Web 2.0 summit was Tims half-hour conversation with Shai Agassi, the CEO of Better Place. Better Place aims to make electric cars widespread (the electric car as the de facto standard) by
Larry Lessig was busy last week: he was in New Zealand for the LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aoteatora) conference, flew back to California to man the phone banks for the Presidential election, and then spoke at
This morning, via twitter, I came across two contrasting blog posts, one from JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth), and one from Martin Varsavsky (@martinvars), that seemed to me to sum up the very essence of the problem Ive been calling out in
I wrote this piece about a month ago as the Welcome for Make: 16, which will be on the newsstand soon.As I write this, there is panic on Wall Street despite Washington’s $700 billion rescue attempt. The crisis is not
Big Data is a major theme on the OReilly Radar, so were delighted to welcome guest blogger Joe Hellerstein, a Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley whose research focuses on databases and distributed systems. Joe has written a whitepaper
Or, My Enterprise is Appliancized, Why Isnt Your Web?I wrote a couple of posts a while back that covered task-optimized hardware. This one was about a system that combined Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with a commodity CPU platform to
As I wrote in Daddy, Wheres Your Phone?, its time to start thinking of the phone as a first class device for accessing web services, not as a way of repurposing content or applications originally designed to be accessed on
Over the weekend, TechCrunch postulated that with a frenzy of election-related activity, Twitter hit its hockey stick moment in late October. The theory goes that Twitter saw a 25 percent increase in U.S. visits from September to October and is
I met recently with Vic Gundotra, formerly Microsofts head of platform evangelism, and now VP of Engineering at Google, responsible for all their mobile efforts outside of Android. We were talking about Googles mobile strategy and the insanely cool new
Steve Rubel posted an entry on Micro PersuasionMaking Gmail Your Gateway to the Web18 minutes ago -Comment -LikeRolf Schewe, Ed Shaz/NextInstinct, Adam Singer and Wendy liked thisInteresting
Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“Google shuts down Lively, its virtual world. Good move. http://tinyurl.com/6n6rol”19 minutes ago -Comment -Like
Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“No themes in my Gmail yet. Anyone get em?”27 minutes ago -Comment -LikeMorton Fox and tony liked thisI still keep logging
Steve Rubel shared an item on Google ReaderiPhone 100 apps youve got to try | RedEye | iPhone, Therefore I Blog7 minutes ago -Comment -LikeAndrew Trinh liked this
Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“Some newsstands are starting to shut down b/c of online readership http://tinyurl.com/634o6x”1 hour ago -Comment -LikeBill Sanders, Tom Landini and Robert Scoble liked this
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Steve Rubel posted an entry on Micro PersuasionHow I Tweet Plus Thoughts on Twitters Future3 hours ago -Comment -LikeChris Herbert, Matt Pfefferle, Mike Doeff and 2 other people liked this
Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“On a train thats going nowhere. 40 minute plus delays today on the LIRR.”10 hours ago -Comment -LikeJohn-David Lusan liked thisI
Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“I am writing a blog post about how I use Gmail as my gateway to the web.”12 hours ago -Comment -LikeAmanda Clay Powers, John Sirman,
Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“Long Island Railroad collision is all over Twitter. http://tinyurl.com/5ho6z5”9 hours ago -Comment -LikeRobert Scoble and Dion Hinchcliffe liked this
White label multimedia provider Pixsy has announced a variety of new distribution partnerships today. The following sites will use Pixsys Video Search Playback: eZanga, GenieKnows.com, IceRocket, EgoTVOnline, and GossipGirls.Pixsy explains how the Video
Berlin-based music recommendation service Mufin has moved into public beta today. Mufin launched in private beta in October. Check out initial Mufin reviews on VentureBeat, Download Squad and Webware. It looks like
NY-based CafeMom has announced the launch of a new ad network today. The CafeMom Plus Ad Network could help CafeMom sell more ads by selling not only into CafeMom but into a variety
Flo TV and Victorias Secret have announced a very exciting new mobile television channel today. Models like Miranda Kerr (seen on the right) will be part of the channel which
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NY-based KickApps has announced a new partnership with the New Orleans Hornets NBA team today. The partnership brings a new "Hornets Fanzone" social network which includes fan videos, photos, blogs, chat, a
Akamai is out today with their third quarter 2008 "State of the Internet" report. The report is well worth a read as it covers a variety of topics including: security, connection speeds,
Mosso, Rackspaces cloud hosting division has announced a new partnership with Limelight Networks today that allows Mosso customers to use Limelights content delivery network (CDN). Mosso notes that, "this union brings unlimited
Mobile advertising marketplace Apptera has announced that they have raised a new round of funding to the tune of $10.5 million. The funding round was led by existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners,
Video search provider blinkx has publicly announced its proposal to (once again) acquire online advertising company Miva today. Back in August, blinkx offered $1.20 for each Miva share for the company but
One of the most popular questions I get asked when helping startups with their business plans and models is around lowering costs and moving towards profitability. As a former accountant and having
Last year we had ten days of holiday gifts from a variety of great companies including Compete, Ourstage, Freshbooks, Clicky, Tapefailure and more. We are bringing back the Days of
Earlier this month I spoke with FreeWebs CEO & Co-Founder Haroon Mokhtarzada about how FreeWebs was doing and what updates were in the pipeline. The first bit of news that Haroon shared
We first reported on the Glam Applications Network back in July. Today Glam Media is announcing several widgets that have been approved for use on the network. They include: Sphere, BuzzFeed,
I stumbled upon Inkubook this morning and thought it was worth sharing. Inkubook provides a collaborative space where you can create a photobook with your friends and then send it to print
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This following column was provided by Mark Davis. Mark is the author of Get Venture, a column designed to help entrepreneurs raise venture capital. He currently works at DFJ
Just a week after the release of Glue from NY-based AdaptiveBlue, they have announced the launch of Glue for the iPhone. The iPhone version of Glue might even be more useful than
Asian entertainment destination site Crunchyroll has announced a variety of new partnerships with three major Japanese anime studios today. The three studios are: TV TOKYO Corporation, SHUEISHA Inc. and Pierrot Co., Ltd. Back
Berlin-based social recommendations service Plista has announced a round of funding today from the Draper Investment Company. Swiss-based investor Peter Schüpbach also joined the round. The company is not disclosing the total
Wikimedia CTO Brion Vibber(Credit: Rafe Needleman / CNET)What is the significance of Suns announcement today that Wikimedia is buying truckloads of Sun servers? Its that the Wikimedia team, which runs Wikipedia, Wikinews, Wikibooks,
Visual search engine Searchme has a sexy new iPhone app that brings its signature Coverflow-like interface to the phones 3.5 display. Search results come in the form of large thumbnails with a short
Google says it aims Gmail at the technological elite, knowing that the information overload problems they have today will be the problems mainstream users have tomorrow. But apparently the company isnt above appealing to those who are willing to judge
Real estate search site Trulia announced Wednesday that it has inked a deal with 1020 Placecast, an advertising company that uses location-based information to target audiences, that will see the sites advertising become
Eariler this month, I spoke with Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla and creator of JavaScript. We discussed the development process for the open-source Firefox browser, the status of Firefox mobile, and new competition. Eich maintained that increasing competition from Google
Google has released a new application for Mac users called Vocito that puts GrandCentral calling right on your desktop. It integrates with OS Xs address book, Automater app, and third-party applications like Blacktrees
Netflixs streaming movie service is finding itself on more and more devices, and recently the companys blog featured a detailed account of exactly how movies are encoded. While many companies hide behind misleading
Blinkx, a British video search compan that already tried to acquire online advertising firm Miva, announced Wednesday that it is placing another bid to acquire the company.Only this time around, Blinkxs offer is just $0.55 per share for Miva--less than
The interplanetary network that Vint Cerf envisioned years ago got its first real test recently. The EPOXI spacecraft, which carried the Deep Impact probe to Comet Talent 1 in 2005, had its software reconfigured after delivering the payload to work
Apptera, a company that delivers visual and voice advertising, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $10.5 million in funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, and Walden International. The company also announced
Personal finance site Mint is getting a useful SMS query capability: You send the word Bal or balance to short code 696468, and it will send back the balances of your bank and
Monty Python, the iconic comedy series, has launched a YouTube channel. And although the page features a slew of clips from the show, most noteworthy is its featured video, which blames users for ripping the show off.For three years you
The popular Outlook extension Xobni is getting hooks into additional data sources. The service, which to date has given users historial detail about the people they communicate with in e-mail, is now extending
Citysearch is still ahead, butupstart rival Yelp is catching up. Good thing Citysearch has brought in some much-needed new social features.(Credit: Compete.com)Citysearch, the online business directory owned by Barry Dillers IAC/InterActiveCorp, has gotten
It was probably inevitable given what Google did with Gears, but Yahoo said Tuesday its releasing BrowserPlus software as open-source software.BrowserPlus and Gears are aimed at improving browsers native abilities so Web applications can better match those running natively on
As mentioned early last month by my CNET News colleague Daniel Terdiman, Microsoft is giving users the option to browse and purchase XBOX Live Marketplace content within the browser. The new store front,
(Credit: Howcast Media)Facebook, Google, and the Google-owned YouTube are among the sponsors for the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit, an event taking place at New Yorks Columbia Law School
Heres an oldie but a goodie. Feed Rinse is a super simple and user-friendly way to tweak RSS feeds before subscribing to them in your favorite reader tool. With it you can pick
Without fanfare, Apple has apparently added antiphishing to its Safari 3.2 release. The new version of Safari, which was largely a security update and released last week, includes a new configuration option saying:
You2Gov, a political communication site, announced Tuesday that it will start offering its Direct Democracy 3.0 service to organizations and businesses that want to add social-networking features to their Web sites and allow
A to-do list manager and web app that helps you prioritize your current tasks to increase your productivity and get things done faster than ever before.
Create collage sets with images across the web. Use Polyvores bookmarketlet tool Clipper to add images to play with, and use the editing tool to select, change and add images to any themed set, ranging from fashion creations to wedding
One line music reviews with ratings. As with Twitter, lines are limited to 140 characters. Rate other reviews with Yea or Nay buttons. Currently in beta; you can request an invite.
A resource for designers and developers to find each other for personal projects. Complete a profile, use the ranking tool to discover other peoples projects, and follow people whose projects youre interested in. Get updates on people whose project statuses
A social media community for financial and business news. Submit articles about the latest financial news, tip the stories you like, and discuss the stories that have been posted.
New search features available for the first time on iPhone, including voice search, quick search your contacts, location-aware results, and one-touch to Google services (Gmail, photos, talk, reader, etc). Available for free in the iTunes app store.
Mashup Camp, a.k.a The Unconference for the Uncomputer is an unconference-style event thats dedicated to bringing together the Internet software mashup community for a face-to-face collaborative meet-up where new relationships are formed, old relationships are nurtured, ideas are shared, multiple
Put your iTunes on the internet. Lets you post your music and playlist collections on the net, and gives you and your friends access to play your music legally over the internet.
A free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make the U.S. Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. Brings together official government data with news coverage, blog posts, comments, and more to give you the
Donate the time your computer is turned on, but is idle, to projects that benefit humanity with this secure software that does it all for free. Once you install the software, you will be participating in World Community Grid. No
A free online Flash gaming portal designed just for kids. All games are reviewed for kid appropriateness so parents can let their kids surf the site without concern that theyll encounter an inappropriate game. The site is operated by KidZui.com;
NewTeeVee Live pushes forward the online video industrys hottest topics, features its most talented video producers and promising technologies, and draws together its leading personalities, investors and innovators.
An online learning network designed to help high-school students deepen their understanding of important subjects and better prepare for college through video-based courses designed and taught by expert teachers from across the country.
Online photo editor that allows users to add different effects like stickers and thought bubbles. Save and share creations on various social networking and blogging tools, or put them on physical objects like T-shirts and mugs. No registration required.
Wonder if your username has already been registered, or forgotten which sites youve signed up for? Enter the username you use or would like to use, and UserNameCheck will scan sites from Blogger to Zooomr (with more on the way)
A widget that you add to the existing OpenID login form on your website. You embed a snippet of javascript code into your page, and it writes in an HTML button tag styled to match your CSS. When clicked, a
Yahoo GlueGet great images, videos, articles, and more all on one page. Glue topic pages help you get to all the information you want with just one click.Gluing Together the Best Content on the Web
RexyoIt is considered different from other search engines because it can search visually within images and video but also in audio and other types of data.
1CastThe 1Cast web and mobile-based video delivery system enables you to build your own personalized video news feed from a multitude of broadcast and cable news sources around the world, on topics that interest you.Blog1Cast: Sort Of
CookstrFind a recipe for a favorite dish, or discover something you’ve never made before.Cookstr Helps You Find Recipes From People Who Know Their Onions
zaplive.tv (german)On zaplive.tv. users can run their own free webtv station. They can stream their live broadcasts via the internet for viewers all over the world.Blog
Earlier this week Intuit announced the release of a new web application that allows QuickBooks users to visualize customer data on a map mashup. The Customer Explorer, developed by SpatialKey, is provided as a free
Microsoft has released a significantly enhanced version of their Live Search API. Live Search API 2.0 offers increased flexibility in terms of API protocols (REST/XML and JSON are now offered, in addition to the original SOAP
Elsevier, the worlds leading publisher of science and health information, has announced the Article 2.0 Contest, which invites developers to create innovative applications related to scientific journals and articles using the Elsevier Article 2.0 API. The
Popular hyperlocal news and information service Outside.in recently released an API (our Outside.in API Profile) that provides developers with a way to access up-to-the-minute, location-based news. Based on its “news around you” feature, Radar,
With all of the new APIs opening-up these days and increasing emphasis on development in the cloud, its timely that next week is Mashup Camp. Now in its eighth run, it is free
With all of the new APIs opening-up these days and increasing emphasis on development in the cloud, its timely that next week is Mashup Camp. Now in its eighth run, it is free
The winners of Washington D.C.s Apps for Democracy mashup contest were announced by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and CTO Vivek Kundra. The contest invited software developers to utilize Washingtons large public data
San Francisco-based Urban Mapping has released a new Mass Transit Proximity API that allows developers to easily tap into the companys Mass Transit Database. The RESTful API includes two search methods to retrieve results
One of the many frustrations that mashup developers (and web developers in general) run into is trying to use contextual ads for sites with lots of dynamic content. By their very nature, mashups typically tap
Its not often we see an API go on sale. But thats what Google is doing with their announced a Google AdWords API. They have a new version update but along with it, they have holiday
The world of music is not just where the phrase mashup originated, it is also one of the most popular types of web mashups. With over 40 music APIs to choose from, developers have created
You may remember our previous blog post on ShowUsABetterWay.com, a web site set up by the UK Governments Power of Information Task Force as a resource for public involvement in the use of government data
BooRah, the restaurant search service, has announced the release of the BooRah API. The API augments the existing BooRah syndication platform, which is currently used by newspapers and other web sites that have
The Echo Nest API, a suite of web services for music search and recommendations, officially launched at DEMOfall08. As they say: Input any song and get an XML description of its content. Its a very
Google has just announced that its Visualization API (our API Profile) now supports server-side data requests. In essence, the API now supports an open-wire protocol that allows individuals and organizations to create visualizations directly
Last week ProgrammableWeb crossed one of its biggest milestones thus far when we added our 1,000th web service API to our directory. This is a long way from the 32 APIs we started with back in
iKnow, a social learning site launched last month by Japanese company Carego, have launched an API (our iKnow profile) to allow third parties to add a little Learning and Linguistic magic to applications, widgets
Apparently a lucky few Gmail users had a Themes tab pop up under settings. No longer do you have to suffer through the boring-if-functional standard Gmail interface for the 16 hours a day that you keep the page loaded. Try
OTTAWA -- American military researchers say they have unlocked the secret to regrowing limbs and recreating organs in humans who have sustained major injuries.
Now that Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang has finally stepped aside, removing what many (including Ballmer himself) saw as one of the main barriers to bringing the two companies together, Microsoft should re-ignite acquisition talks with the company. But
Fundamentally any weblog would be made up of header, sidebar, content section and footer. In the eye of a visitor, the footer is perhaps one of the most unnoticeable section but to a designer who knows how important user experience,
Everybody or every company like to have a beautiful unique business card, but if you arent going to outsource it, this post is your chance to learn how to make your own professional business card using these awesome Adobe Photoshop
Citysearch, the online business directory owned by Barry Dillers IAC/InterActiveCorp, has gotten a full makeover. Its available now at beta.citysearch.com--theres a more streamlined and Ajax-y interface, but a few important features have been tweaked as well. According to company representatives,
Mr. Colin Giles, President of Nokia China, said at the event: Nokia firmly supports the development of TD-SCDMA. Our goal is to not only develop TD-SCDMA products that can deliver outstanding user experiences to consumers, but also to work with
There are many useful Web development tools that integrate in your browser. These in-browser tools are commonly known as add-ons or extensions. Though add-ons and extensions arent just for Web development, many of them out there are designed specifically for
Our picks for this years 10 IT security companies to watch offer products and services that involve everything from video surveillance to application whitelisting to malware blocking, and you can view samples of their products in this slideshow. But if
Hewlett-Packard delivered a comparatively optimistic forecast Tuesday for sales in the coming year, bucking the recent trend of gloomy predictions from other major technology companies.
In November 2007, we listed and reviewed 10 promising Semantic Web apps. A lot can happen in one year on the Internet, so we thought wed check back in with each of the 10 products and see how theyre progressing.
I guess we got a little too lazy this time. We were busy looking at the stats and all the sponsor emails that we have been getting. Things went a little over our head and we got a little lazier
In recent weeks, we have been watching visits to the retail and travel categories as consumer spending continues to decline. There have been several factors impacting traffic the elections, the economy, and also the calendar, with Thanksgiving falling later
The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your face
The Hewlett-Packard Company, the worlds largest-maker of personal computers, said Tuesday that it expected fiscal fourth-quarter results above Wall Streets expectations despite the bad economy.
Forget boring old standard-def DVDsmovie pirates have moved on to selling high-definition discs in an effort to make money on the HD craze. The HD discs are not genuine Blu-ray discs and dont boast as high resolution as Blu-ray does,
Adam and Josh sat down with Kevin Marks from Google. We chatted about Microformats, Open Social, The social graph api, etc.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Adam and I visited the posh South Park Engine Yard office to talk with Ezra Zygmuntowicz. We covered hosting, managing open source, and even a bit about writing a book.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Adam and Josh sat down with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanswrath. They are two of the three guys behind the genius that is github. They also talk a bit about previous projects like FamSpam and Gravatar.Click here for show notes.Download
Adam and Josh sat down with Blaine in Miami to pick his brain about scaling twitter, among many other topics. *Note: Blaine was workng for twitter at the time still.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Josh and Adam sat down with Kathy Sierra to talk about creating passionate users, building web apps, and Tasty Planner.This edition of The Web 2.0 Show is brought to you by the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, with special
DIGG THIS!! Josh and I interview Kevin Rose and Gary Vaynerchuk at the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami, FL.Make sure you follow Kevin and Gary on Twitter. You might as well follow us too while you’re at it:
Josh and Chris interview Founder and CEO of (http://www.google.com/search?q=Aaron+Patzer “Aaron Patzer – Google Search”). Aaron is the visionary and technical mind behind Mint.com.Mint is a free personal finance web application that takes about two minutes to setup that links directly
Chris and I sat down and talked about the new website and how we built it. We also talked about our rails rumble app. Go "vote ":http://vote.railsrumble.com for all the apps!Click here for show
Chris and I sit down and talk to Jeff from YikeSite. Our apologies on the delay as we have been working on the new website. Come take a gander :)Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Chris rejoined the cast to chat with David Wadler from Twistage, a roll your own YouTube like video distribution service. After an initial recording snafu, we get rolling and discuss the online video distribution, content distribution networks, pirating media, and
Jon Maddox and I sit down to chat with part of the rails core and prototype core peeps to talk about their new company and their upcoming software directed at developers.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Chris and I sat down to talk with John O’Halloran from Trailfire. Listen to us chat about the fall of the USSR, the original intent of the web, and other interesting topics.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
We finally have the long lost episode we have promised forever! Chris and I sat down to chat about a ton of differnt things, then I followed up with an interview of Bill Nguyen from Lala. Bill and I chatted
Hey guys, we have finally posted the latest show! Chris and I chatted with Kevin Burton of TailRank. Chris swears he will update this post with shows notes…Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Sorry about the delay, loyal listeners. I deliver to you a show recorded while at the Future of Web Apps Conference. Chris and I were able to sit down with a fascinating gentleman named Kristopher Tate. The podcast details some
Dont Buy Into These 10 Social Media Myths | SocialComputingMagazine.comSocial media can produce numerous benefits for you and your brand. Of course, as the bandwagon for social media has filled up, many myths have been spread. This list of 10
Expanding the Cloud: Amazon CloudFront - All Things DistributedWerner Vogels looks at Amazon's new cloud offering: A content distribution network based on S3 that is 'dead simple.' And inexpensive.10 Semantic Apps to Watch - One Year Later - ReadWriteWebAfter years
FT.com / Companies / Media - Rival forecast to catch YouTubeSome very useful strategic datapoints on online video and the race for financial success. YouTube wins hands down in traffic and will for the foreseeable future but Hulu is expected
Enterprise 2.0 Blog » Blog Archive » Social Media vs. Knowledge Management: A Generational WarA long series of excellent points made by Venkatesh Rao. Traditional KM is ingrained in many organizations and it's a good analogue to what's happening in
How Nikes Social Network Sells to Runners - BusinessWeekExcellent video and article about how Nike using the sharing of running data and a community site to drive customer engagement and business outcomes. Not to be missed given some other large
Vacation Rental Site Raises $250 Million - Bits Blog - NYTimes.comDefying conventional wisdom that most investors are hunkering down during the downturn, Internet firm http://HomeAway.com raises $250 million. Just goes to show you that market leaders don't watch the market
Why Traditional Recession Tactics Are Doomed To Fail This Time - Umair HaqueExcellent piece on why what we do in business won't sustain us through the recession. We have to do something different. Good compliment to our discussion of using
Who will be the nation’s CTO? | ZDNet Government | ZDNet.comGood coverage from Doerr's session yesterday about who might be the top technical resource for the Obama administration. Could it be Vint Cerf, Jeff Bezos, or Steve Ballmer?HD video of
Two of the big themes clearly evident at this week's Web 2.0 Summit is 1) how to effect change successfully today and 2) how to deliver genuine, meaningful value in today's marketplace. The current economic climate combined with this week's
Best Buy Remix - Welcome to the Best Buy Remix Developer NetworkHere's another great example of traditional organizations moving beyond simple Web presence and e-commerce to the next level of strategic use of the Internet: Building lightweight SOA connections wit
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