Yearly Archive
for: ‘2010’

StumbleUpon Comes to the iPhone and Android

StumbleUpon has finally released its mobile apps for the iPhone and Android. "Think about all those times when your’e riding the bus, sitting at the airport gate, or waiting for friends, playing with the same mobile apps again and again," says StumbleUpon’s mobile apps team. "Now you can have the perfect boredom-buster: with StumbleUpon for …

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People In The UK Spend Nearly A Quarter Of Their Time Online

Consumers in the UK are spending nearly half (45%) of their time watching TV, using mobiles or other communication devices, according to a new survey by government regulator Ofcom. They are now sending four times as many texts per day than in 2004, spending nearly a quarter of their time on social networking site like …

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Checking In with Facebook Places

If you watched Facebook’s news event, you know that the company unveiled Facebook Places, its much-anticipated location feature. This lets users "check in" to places from their mobile device and let their friends know where they’re at and who they’re with in real time. To use Facebook Places at this point, you either need to …

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Watch: Facebook News Event (Location Feature Announcement?) Live

Facebook will be hosting a live news event this evening at 8pm Eastern (5pm Pacific). While the company has yet to confirm the news, it is widely expected that Facebook will announce its location features. Facebook has provided us with the embed code for the live video of the event for you viewing pleasure: Watch …

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Facebook And Twitter Most Popular Social Media Tools For Retailers

As retailers prepare for the holidays they will have to do more to attract shoppers than just offering good deals, according to a new survey by shop.com The majority of retailers (76%) said their customers are still price sensitive and are shopping for deals, while twenty-four percent say their shoppers are brand loyal, regardless of …

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Facebook: Location, Auto-Suggest and Fighting Spam

Word around the Web is that Facebook will be announcing its long-awaited location feature today. While this has still not been confirmed, a mysterious account appeared on Twitter today, for @FacebookPlaces. Kim-Mai Cutler at InsideFacebook has a screenshot of a tweet from this account, which claimed to be the official account for "Facebook Places". The …

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eBay Plans End To Third-Party Checkout Solutions

In the not-particularly-near future, eBay’s checkout process will become a simpler affair.  The company announced today that it intends to stop supporting third-party checkout solutions on June 30th of next year. This seems like a wise move for several reasons.  For starters, it will grant eBay more complete control over its site, and search boxes …

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Firefox 4 Gets Panorama and Sync

About a month ago, Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin revealed "Tab Candy", a Firefox feature designed to make managing tabs easier. It shows an overview of all tabs so they can be quickly located. It also includes other organizational features like tab groups. It has only been available in alpha form, but Raskin announced today …

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Pandora Improves Its Music Discoverability

Pandora announced today that it is giving users the ability to launch genre-based Internet radio stations.  While Pandora is known for the creation of personalized stations, based on artists or songs, this gives users the opportunity to listen to broader stations, while remaining in their musical comfort zone. "Our listeners have been telling us for …

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Intel and Nokia Collaborate on 3D Mobile UIs

Intel and Nokia announced that they have created a joint laboratory at the University of Oulu aimed at creating new user interfaces and experiences. It’s called the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center, and will employ about two-dozen R&D professionals. Intel says the lab will initially conduct research for mobile user experiences that could leverage …

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Overstock Launches Private Sales Site

Online retailer Overstock.com has launched a private sales website today called Eziba.com. Eziba offers exclusive deals on home decor products from a variety of popular brands. Items will be offered in daily sales starting each day at 11 EDT. Each sale will last between 48 and 72 hours.     "We are excited to launch …

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NewsBasis Aims to Be Basis for News-Maker, News-Breaker Relationships

In a nutshell, NewsBasis is a site where journalists and bloggers can find sources, while experts and companies can find journalists and bloggers to write about them in their articles. WebProNews had a conversation with NewsBasis Founder and CEO Darryl Siry (who also happens to be a contributor to Wired, and was formerly CMO of …

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