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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
San Francisco - Social news site Digg announced on Wednesday that it has landed a $28.7 million third round of venture capital financing, led by Highland Capital Partners.
Previous backers Greylock Partners, Omidyar Network and SVB Capital also participated.
San Francisco-based Digg, which was founded in 2004 and now counts 30 million unique monthly visitors, allows users to share news articles, blog posts and other content on a site that ranks submissions according to their popularity among Digg users.
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
Gmail turned online email on its ear when it popped up a few years back. Naturally, there are more than just a few Gmail extensions for Firefox for an improved user experience. Want a more dynamic signature? How about the ability to open multiple Gmail accounts at once in the same browser? What about the chance to write your emails from right to left? All of these and more are available via these 13 Gmail extensions.
As with any list of Firefox tools, please do not install all of these at once unless you’d like to slow down your browser.
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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Business social networking site LinkedIn has created an advertising network that will allow partner publishers to identify LinkedIn users and target them across hundreds of sites. The site has joined ad network Collective Media to create the LinkedIn Audience Network, which lets advertisers target specific sections of LinkedIn users - called the InCrowds - based on the information in their profiles. Targeting could be based on the type of industry - such as aviation, pharmaceuticals or IT - the level of seniority, size of company or the gender of users, although individuals will not be identified and can opt out. Full Article
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Submitted by actz
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Monday, 08 September 2008 |
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Germany’s Office for Information Security, also known as the BSI, has apparently looked at Google’s Chrome browser and felt a pinch of uneasy déjà vu (a la Microsoft), only this time sensing that the company behind the software wants to know too much about you, too often. As a result, the BSI is advising anyone who’ll listen to steer clear of the crayon invader’s brand new beta. At least for anything other than experimental tasks. Though this isn’t a warning stretched to the whole EU, the fact is that the BSI’s red flag has been shown by a number of German media stalwarts, including Berliner Zeitung and Tagesschau, the second of which is a news program widely viewed by the public. Which makes for fairly substantial news.
Read More at Mashable
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Submitted by actz
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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Google announced Monday that it has been hard at work on an open-source browser known as Chrome, a beta version of which will be released in 100 countries on Tuesday. New features will included "isolated" tabs designed to prevent browser crashes and a more powerful JavaScript engine. "Why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web," Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, Google engineering director, wrote in a blog post. Google was apparently looking to keep news of Chrome under wraps until after the holiday weekend. A 38-page, online comic book that provided details about Chrome hit the blogosphere Monday morning, but Pichai and Upson said in their blog post that Google had "hit 'send' a bit early" on the web comic. |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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If FriendFeed displayed only video, it might look like Utagoe Live 100 . The service lets you track live video streams from all of your friends on one screen. Tokyo-based Utagoe just launched it as a hub for broadcasting and watching multiple, free live video streams simultaneously (from sites like Qik, Ustream, Justin.tv etc.), video-based chatting and conferencing. Aiming mainly at the U.S. and European markets, the service is available in English. Utagoe Live 100 is browser-based and, as its main selling point, requires just a 400 kbps Internet connection to display around 100 different live streams on one screen (settings can be individually adjusted). The underlying technology, dubbed “traffic controller”, is self-developed. |
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Submitted by actz
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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Google’s foray into the online video market has been criticized by many. In fact, some believe that Google’s decision to acquire YouTube was one of the worst it has ever made, thanks to the confluence of massive copyright violations and Google’s financial backing, which gave copyright holders the impetus they needed to sue the popular site. Others believe that Google’s decision to enter the online video market and become a quasi-content firm wasn’t the best way for it to capitalize on the booming video advertising business. Either way, Google is now wholeheartedly invested in online video and YouTube is the centerpiece of its strategy. YouTube’s Sorry Situation YouTube may be wildly popular, but Google’s ability to realize a profit has been difficult, at best. The company spent $1.65 billion for YouTube and so far, it has yet to find a way to monetize it effectively and realize a positive return on its investment. |
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Submitted by actz
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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The creator of US TV drama The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin, is making a film about the controversial origins of Facebook. The social networking site, which now counts more than 100 million users, has already distanced itself from the yet-to-be-named movie, saying it has not agreed to cooperate with any film project. Harvard alumni magazine 02138 reported the film would be an adaptation of Ben Mezrich's upcoming book, Face Off, which includes allegations that founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for the site from classmates and started it in 2004 as a way to meet women. |
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Submitted by actz
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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Rumours that user-driven news website Digg is close to being sold to Google Inc. have resurfaced, with the internet search leader reportedly offering around $200 million US for the social news site. Full Story
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Submitted by actz
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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Forget those mass-produced stereos—the road to top-quality sounds begins in your house, not at Best Buy. TONS OF PHOTOS Full Story
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