Google will be the latest company trying to convince users that they want to surf the web from their living room — it’s working with Intel and Sony on a new platform called Google TV, according to a report in The New York Times. This follows Google’s...

Story found on: Venturebeat at 18th March 2010 - 9:56

The market for mobile apps - be they for smartphones, less capable "feature phones," or carry-alongs such as Apple's iPad - will swell to $17.5bn by 2012. Or so says a study commissioned by a company with a vested interest in that growth, Getjar, the self-described "world's...

Story found on: Theregister at 18th March 2010 - 9:58

Yahoo is beefing up its Sports content site as it acquires social sport startup Citizen’s Sports  — ?In case you’re not aware, Citizen’s Sports are responsible for the popular Fantasy Sports Game in Facebook. By acquiring...

Story found on: Searchenginejournal at 18th March 2010 - 9:59

If you run a business and know the value of promotional campaigns on Facebook but have been stopped?by the logistics, legal aspects and costs, you might want to check out Wildfire Interactive’s Promotion Builder application  —  The service, which has now been integrated with...

Story found on: Allfacebook at 17th March 2010 - 3:55

Hello, Today we published the Questions & Answers from the March 2010 Security Bulleting webcast  — We answered a total of 13 questions concerning the March bulletins and open Security Advisories  — No particular themes emerged from the questions but there were some good ones so...

Story found on: MSRC at 17th March 2010 - 4:03

Google is replacing SearchWiki with stars in Google search  — The stars sync with Google Bookmarks, so you can get access to them wherever you go  — Once you star something, it shows up above the search results: Pretty cool  — But I discovered an extra little tip  — If you go to Google...

Story found on: Mattcutts at 17th March 2010 - 3:54

In a seemingly minor tweak to Facebook’s search results, the company is testing the addition of some key new details in its drop-down menu, or so some users are starting to spot  — When you start typing letters into the search box in the top navigation bar, you’ll see...

Story found on: Insidefacebook at 17th March 2010 - 4:02

Google tries to explain in three beautiful videos the main principles behind its three core businesses: search, ads and apps  — "Search is our core technology; ads are our central business proposition; and apps are the umbrella over our web-based...

Story found on: Winbeta at 17th March 2010 - 3:54

Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained a number of documents that highlight the ways in which law enforcement is harnessing social media to obtain information about U.S  — citizens  — Topping the list are training guides...

Story found on: Appscout at 17th March 2010 - 4:06

According to a study commissioned by mobile application store operator GetJar, the mobile application market will reach $17.5 billion by 2012  — By then, the number of mobile application downloads will have also grown to nearly 50 billion from just over 7 billion in 2009  — Although...

Story found on: Readwriteweb at 17th March 2010 - 3:55

Playdom, a fast-growing social game company, is investing $5 million in Argentina’s MetroGames as part of an expansion in social games. The deal is somewhat unusual one for San Francisco-based Playdom, which is the biggest social game publisher on MySpace and has acquired...

Story found on: Venturebeat at 17th March 2010 - 3:56

This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks  — Look for the label "Google Apps highlights" and subscribe to the series  — - Ed.Today’s update includes a handful of experimental features, a bunch from third-party developers and one...

Story found on: Googleblog at 17th March 2010 - 3:58

Don't you just hate when your back itches? It's so hard to reach and annoying  — But we have a really cool fix for that  — Check out this Itch Chair that you need to scratch under to feel how the motion is mapped and scaled up to your own back  — This seems like...

Story found on: Gizmodiva at 17th March 2010 - 4:00

Facebook saw a couple traffic spikes over the winter holidays that temporarily made it the largest site in the US, according to Hitwise  — But now, the web measurement firm reports, Facebook now represents 7.07% of all US internet visits on the average day, taking the lead over...

Story found on: Insidefacebook at 17th March 2010 - 4:02

When Steve Jobs badmouthed Adobe Flash to The Wall Street Journal, he said it was buggy, littered with security holes, and a "CPU hog"  — It's hard to argue with the first two, but a new study claims the Apple cult leader was wrong about the hog bit. According to tests from the...

Story found on: Theregister at 12th March 2010 - 12:56

I have to admit that the only reason I'm using Google Buzz, is actually because it's attached to my Gmail  — I found myself almost obligated to check the Buzz tab from time to time, so I won't miss a thing (yes, simply because it is there)The...

Story found on: Go2web20 Blog at 12th March 2010 - 1:01

Share In the range of thigs discussed at Google’s Search Evolution event in December Engineering VP Vic Gundotra demonstrated mobile shopping with real-time inventory information.? Now Google has announced that product is live. Google is working with a...

Story found on: searchengineland at 12th March 2010 - 12:55

Like many of you out there, we’re gearing up for the SXSW Interactive Festival, which starts tomorrow, March 12 in Austin, TX  — In just a few short hours, dozens of Googlers and YouTubers will be descending on Austin for a packed weekend of panels, demos and parties  — Of...

Story found on: Googleblog at 12th March 2010 - 12:57

So you do your research, you read up on everything important about the PS3's new Move controller, and you consider yourself well prepared for a future of wild merrymaking and multiplayer gaming parties  — And then you find out you can't use four full sets of controllers...

Story found on: Engadget at 12th March 2010 - 12:54

We knew iPad pre-orders were starting tomorrow, but now we know exactly when all you lovable crazies have to stumble out of bed and transmit your credit card numbers to Steve's brain: 8:30AM ET, or 5:30AM on the West Coast  — We generally recommend a bed shaker alarm clock, but...

Story found on: Engadget at 12th March 2010 - 12:54

Mobile manufacturer and platform market share stats for the US are in for the month of January thanks to comScore, and as usual, they tell a fascinating (and somewhat unpredictable) story of what's actually going on at the cash registers  — Motorola -- which has long since...

Story found on: Engadget at 12th March 2010 - 12:54

As you know, a couple of weeks ago (my company) Trackur launched Trackur Free–a competely free version of the popular social media monitoring tool. To celebrate Trackur Free’s success–and to get as many people protecting their reputation as...

Story found on: Marketingpilgrim at 12th March 2010 - 12:56

Google Reader Labs is adding a new way to view your feeds—Play  — According to the blog announcement, this was conceived as a way to help introduce people to Google Reader—people who “aren’t interested in taking the time to get Reader set...

Story found on: Marketingpilgrim at 12th March 2010 - 12:56

We recommend open source software whenever we can, and the Firefox browser from Mozilla is one of our favorites  — Firefox 3.6 recently came out with persona support, allowing users to skin their browsers with favorite designs and brands  — WordPress users everywhere seem to love...

Story found on: Wordpress at 12th March 2010 - 12:58

There are 2,073,600 pixels in a 1080p TV, yet Carnegie Mellon student Chloe Fan has blown our minds by showing that you only need 64 of them to have a little fun with Super Mario Bros  — She wired an Arduino to an 8 x 8 LED matrix through a breadboard, then scaled the first level...

Story found on: Engadget at 12th March 2010 - 3:54

After years of rumor and speculation, Apple's now taking orders for its iPad tablet  — And now that cash money is involved we'll finally see if Apple has a success on its hands by filling the void between smartphones and netbooks/laptops -- something Microsoft and its...

Story found on: Engadget at 12th March 2010 - 3:54

In the past 50 days, Firefox 3.6 has been downloaded over 100,000,000 times by people looking to improve their web experience, and install the world’s best web browser  — Mozilla believes that the user’s choice of web browser matters, and is extremely proud of...

Story found on: Mozilla Developer at 12th March 2010 - 1:00

1  — Post buzz with your voice  —  You can post your public buzz simply by speaking it  — From the Google Mobile App for iPhone or Quick Search Box on Android, select the voice search icon, say "post buzz" followed by the text you'd like to post, and watch your words appear  — Before...

Story found on: Googlemobile at 12th March 2010 - 1:03

Google Maps added a new type of directions for the US: bicycling directions  — Google's blog explains that "biking directions keep you on bike-friendly roads and avoid some of the city's busiest intersections".Adding bicycling directions wasn't an easy task because Google...

Story found on: Googlesystem at 11th March 2010 - 9:58

The Google Apps team here in New York City is a hotbed of movie fanatics  —  But while planning a recent movie night, we realized we spend too much time organizing our events and not enough time discussing, debating and watching movies.To take the hard work out of planning, we...

Story found on: Googleblog at 11th March 2010 - 9:59