Podango Warns That The End Is Near
Podcasting startup Podango announced today that its future is uncertain and warned its users to make sure they've got their data backed up before the end of this month. — Here's the announcement fro...
Should Twitter Add Authority-based Search?
Loic Le Meur is asking Twitter to add an authority filter to their search (he also goes on a rant about Sprint, but ignore that). He wants to sort through Twitter messages based on how many followers...
Slim pickins' for IPOs could yield investor bargains
Putting a positive spin on a bleak outlook, Renaissance Capital said it only expects about 100 initial public offerings in 2009, but suggests that the best values surface during hard times. — “Histo...
Lala may lead bid for Facebook music service, but questions loom
Facebook wants to let its users freely listen to and share music — and it's considering a partnership with music site Lala to help it do so, industry sources tell us. Lala's model, though, doesn't ex...
Twitter: We Need Search By Authority
There were more than 7000 tweets posted during the two days of LeWeb, no way anyone can read them quickly. We need filtering and search by authority. We're not equal on Twitter, as we're not equal o...
IT COULD GET CONDé NASTY
WEB, DOMINO, DETAILS COULD BE ‘JANUARY SURPRISE’ VICTIMS — Condé Nast Chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. is slated to return from his extended annual European vacation next week and already insiders are gro...
Cuil Fail: Traffic Nearly Hits Rock Bottom
Remember the ill-fated Google-killer Cuil? Named ‘Cuill’ and very much in stealth mode for the first part of the year, they finally emerged end of July 2008 with a ‘massive’ search engine that would ...
Firefox and Chrome Run Gmail Twice as Fast as IE, Says Google
Google has taken a more aggressive approach to moving users away from Internet Explorer, recommending that Gmail users install Firefox or Chrome if they want to see Gmail run “an average of twice as f...
My Software Is Being Pirated
If you're at all familiar with computer history, you might have heard of Bill Gates' famous 1976 letter to the Homebrew Computer Club. The letter was written to address rampant piracy of Bill's earli...
Pirate Party Gets Massive Support in Sweden
When the Swedish Pirate Party was launched three years ago, the majority of the mainstream press viewed them with skepticism, with some simply laughing them away. Times have changed though. As the g...
Lalawag hopes to get tongues wagging about L.A. technology
It might be the final sign that the L.A. tech scene is something to be reckoned with. Months after Gawker Media laid off much of the staff of Silicon Valley news and gossip site Valleywag, an indepen...
UK Minister: Internet age ratings may be needed
LONDON: An age-rating system for Internet Web sites may be needed to prevent children from being exposed to unacceptable images, Britain's culture secretary was quoted as saying Saturday. — Andy Bur...
The 10 Best Android Apps of 2008
Following only two months behind iPhone 2.0 (but at a significant installed-base disadvantage), Android still has a long way to go. But there is definitely some early potential. Here are our favorit...