Amazon Buys Shelfari and its Innovative UI
Shelfari, a small book sharing startup, was acquired today by Amazon (an existing investor in the company). Shelfari is known for its innovative user interface, something which we've discussed a few ...
No More Speculation - This is the G1 from T-Mobile
Update: Since we published this article, we've received some specs from a few people/places. Click here to see a compiled list of the inner beauty. — It's time to put this rumor to bed once and for...
Introducing Ubiquity
An experiment into connecting the Web with language. — It Doesn't Have to be This Way — You're writing an email to invite a friend to meet at a local San Francisco restaurant that neither of you h...
If Amazon Really Wants To Get Serious About The Kindle...
Facebook cuts off Scrabulous after legal complaint
EXCEPT INDIA, WHERE COURT CASE PENDING — Already blocked from Facebook users in the United States and Canada, “Scrabulous” — the online imitation of the popular Scrabble board game — has been yanked...
College Sophomore Sells His iPhone App To Flixster
Movie focused social network Flixster acquired a popular iPhone application called Movies.app (iTunes link) last week, and has re-released the application this evening. As far as we know, this is the...
As Facebook hits 100 million user mark, twenty percent have already opted in to the redesign
Will Facebook users like the redesign? The company made a big gamble in changing the interface to focus on feeds — it's a move that many in the “early adopter” crowd liked (including myself).
AT&T expands iPhone international data plans
AT&T announced Tuesday it's expanding its iPhone international data plans, in a move designed to cut consumers' reliance on pay-per-use data services. — Under the expansion, which is slated to begin...
For Andreessen and Horowitz, it's gotta be Qik
Netscape wunderkind Marc Andreessen and longtime business partner Ben Horowitz are teaming up again, this time to invest in Qik, which lets users stream live video from their mobile phone. — Andrees...
Opinion: Why Google has lost its mojo — and why you should care
and why you should care — Computerworld) Google has gone from innovative upstart to fat-and-happy industry leader in what seems like record time. Put simply, the search giant has lost its mojo. Tha...
Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole
Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the...
VoIP Goes Mobile
Gorilla Mobile and other carriers are allowing cell-phone users to make calls for virtually free using Internet technology — Scott Goldman uses his mobile phone to call friends and business contacts...
Gears for Safari
Google posted a link to a beta version of Gears for Safari: http://dl.google.com/gears/current/ gears-osx-opt.dmg. The minimum system requirements are: Safari 3.1.1 on Tiger 10.4.11 or Leopard 10.5.3...
Firebug 1.2 Released
The final version of Firebug 1.2 has been released. The release should be up on the Mozilla Add-ons site today, but it's also up on GetFirebug.com right now. — John J Barton and Jan Odvarko put a t...
Apple pulls free Tetris clone from iTunes
Apple's legal machine has turned its sights on an independent developer, a college student responsible for an iPhone Tetris clone called Tris, who is conceding to the company's removal of the game fro...
Lights! Camera! Action! - Nokia N96 brings movies and more to North America
White Plains, NY, USA - Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N96, unveiled earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be made available for high-speed 3G HSDPA ne...