Apple
Posted on 29 August 2008
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In the effort of pushing their mobile platform, Google announced yesterday the launch of Android Market, a place where people can easily download and buy content for their Android-powered device.
Anyone familiar with Apple would compare this new marketplace to the mobile App Store, but I don’t think they have that [...]
Business
Posted on 26 August 2008
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According to Gartner, SaaS (Software as a Service) will be a key element for the ecommerce market by 2013.
According to Gartner, at least 90% of eCommerce sites will leverage SaaS (Software as a Service) by 2013. As Gene Alvarez, research vice president for Gartner, says, “The trend toward SaaS applications has affected [...]
Deals
Posted on 29 August 2008
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It looks like Microsoft is playing hard to strengthen his position in the search and ecommerce sector.
They just announced they bought Ciao.com for $486 million. Ciao.com is a popular price comparison site and a public company (Greenfield) in Europe where users write reviews of any kind of digital good and [...]
Humor
Posted on 18 July 2008
I think that addiction to games like Tetris can be much worse than addiction to social networks… Is Scoble more addicted to Friendfeed than this guy to Tetris?!?
Check this out and verify by yourself. My take? This guy wins the “addiction” game
IP TV
Posted on 04 December 2007
She told me about this off the records a couple of days ago during our lunch, but since Arrington is officially telling the world about it, I presume it’s not a “secret” anymore. Well, she didn’t tell me it was, so I presume I could write about it already, but I’m not a journalist
Natali [...]
Nokia
Posted on 28 August 2008
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The standard email client of any S60 device is (IMHO) the worst part of this operating system. I never used it and any time I tried, I gave up after a few hours.
Now it seems they are getting serious about email clients, releasing a new mobile email client that brings [...]
Photography
Posted on 10 July 2008
SmugMug, the popular professional photo sharing website, introduced SmugVault , a new service which lets users store not only photos, but many other types of files, including RAW (yessssss!), PSD and even excel and word.
The service is offered in collaboration with Amazon and costs are the following:
Storage costs 22 cents per gigabyte per month. If [...]
Social Media
Posted on 27 August 2008
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Ubiquity, the new Firefox extension released by Mozilla Labs really brings your browser to the next level. This is clearly another important sign that something huge is happening and we are moving to a digital world where the only app that you will need is your browser.
For those who use [...]
Video
Posted on 28 August 2008
I just came across two interesting features provided as a value added service by a Korean 3G mobile operator thanks to the technology provided by the Canadian company TelcoBridges: “Lie Detector” and “Love Detector”.
Thanks to a voice pattern recognition engine, users can get the level of lies/love they are getting from the other user, making [...]
VoIP
Posted on 29 August 2008
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Jim Courtney at Skype Journal promptly posted three alternatives to the demised Skypecast service.
I recommend to take a look at his post, Calliflower, HiDef Conferencing and Skype itself are all great alternatives.
Check it out:
Skype Journal: Alternatives to Skypecasts.