Yahoo's “Project Rushmore” Begins with Massive Facebook Connect Deployment Across Internet Giant
A few weeks ago, several sources at Yahoo begin telling BoomTown about a mysterious “Project Rushmore,” which was described as a massive integration of major social networking sites across the giant I...
Acer to launch Chrome OS netbook in 2H10
Acer plans to launch a Google Chrome operating system-based netbook, which the company has been developing since mid-2009 in the second half of 2010, according to industry sources. — Acer chairman J...
Web-Based Productivity Suite Zoho Launches Full Integration With Google Docs
Zoho is undoubtedly the lesser known name and an underdog in the productivity suite race with Google and Microsoft. But the startup has a compelling strategy: Zoho continuously launches integrations ...
Google and paid content
As newspapers consider charging for access to their online content, some publishers have asked: Should we put up pay walls or keep our articles in Google News and Google Search? In fact, they can do ...
Groupon Gets A Hefty $30 Million From Accel For Local Offers Service
Chicago based Groupon, which was formerly known as ThePoint, has raised a hefty Series B financing - $30 million - from new investor Accel Partners and existing investor New Enterprise Associates.
webOS 1.3.2 Released for Pixi, Pre Standing By
note: webOS 1.3.2 is not Christmas-themed, that'd be an add-on — We're not sure what to make of this yet, but andidendel in our forums just let us know that webOS 1.3.2 is getting pushed out to the ...
How fast is your site?
We've just launched Site Performance, an experimental feature in Webmaster Tools that shows you information about the speed of your site and suggestions for making it faster. — This is a small step ...
Nokia's 2010 Goals: Fix the Symbian UI, release Maemo 6, and make more money
Today Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is holding their Capital Markets Day event in Espoo, Finland. It's similar to the Nokia World event that took place in September, but instead of an having an audience of press...
Google Patent Reveals Data Center Innovations
A diagram of an “air wand” indicating the location of cooling vents in the wand, a key feature of a patent application by Google data center engineers. — Google has revealed some of the secret techn...
Now you see it, now you don't
You may have noticed that our homepage is sporting a new look. Today we're excited to be releasing a new version of our classic homepage. The main feature of the new homepage is that it “fades in” —...
Manufacturers redirecting R&D on declining GPS device orders?
If you enjoy the decimation of an industry as much as Google does then you're going to love the latest rumor sourced from DigiTimes' manufacturing moles. According to the Taiwanese rumor rag, persona...
Count Down Memorable Videos of the Year
We'd give you chocolates with it if we could: This week marks the launch of our advent-style calendar counting down some of the most memorable videos of the year on YouTube. This sponsored collection...
Game On: Time Inc. Shows Off a Tabletized Sports Illustrated
Last month, Condé Nast played show-and-tell with its concept of a digitized magazine. Today it's Time Inc.'s turn: The publisher is demoing a concept version of Sports Illustrated it says will be abl...
Aussie Googler hits the world stage for climate change
A Google Map lets users drill down to view votes by country, city and even postcode. — An online platform developed by an Australian Googler in his “20 per cent time” has been adopted by the United ...
Spring Design denied injunction on sales of Barnes & Noble Nook
This shouldn't be seen as an indicator of future rulings, but Spring Design has been denied its injunction to halt Barnes & Noble from selling the Nook. According to court documents, there is “genuin...
Researchers Develop 3-D Squeezable Input Device
A team of researchers has developed a squeezable mouse-like input device that gives three-dimensional control to its users. — The device is called Suma, short for satsuma or the mandarin fruit, said...