It’s time for the annual sharing trends report for 2010 by AddThis. AddThis, by DC-area based startup ClearSpring, is one of the largest sharing offerings on the web. We reported earlier this year on how they go about designing for 1 billion users and last year we reported on the top 15 shared pages on the…
Read MoreIn true digital nomadic fashion, I spent the last month on the road with stops in San Diego, where we hosted our final Tech Cocktail mixer event of the year, and then in Kauai for a “work-cation”, which is defined as a trip where at least some tasks for your regular work must get done…
Read MoreThere is a rising tide of local sites, often city or region-specific, that are showcasing startups and tech people in cities all around the country. The latest, and my favorite, is Proudly Made in DC a custom site created by Zvi Band and Michael Mayernick to highlight local entrepreneurs, developers, and designers in the DC…
Read MoreSitting outside my apartment is a stack of yellow pages. They were delivered a few weeks ago but nobody has picked one up. As they collect dust I am reminded of how useful they use to be and how dominant those books were. Even more, it reminds me of some striking changes in the online…
Read MoreGiven the importance of an open Internet to our economic future…it is essential that the FCC fulfill its historic role as a cop on the beat to ensure the vitality of our communications networks and to empower and protect consumers of those networks.” – FCC Chairman Julian Genachowski. Earlier this fall, part of the Tech…
Read MoreWe are excited to be working with the Consumer Electronic Association this year as we look to show off some of the latest innovations at the 2011 Consumer Electronic Show at the official CES Tweetup on January 7th. This year’s tweetup will be bigger and better than ever, and we can’t wait to see you…
Read MoreIn Adobe’s fourth quarter earnings statement out today, the company recorded its first ever billion dollar quarter, achieving record revenue of $1.008 billion. This beats the revenue target range of $950 million to $1 billion. “We posted our first billion dollar quarter and record annual revenue in 2010, driven by outstanding performance across all of…
Read MoreSeeing the rumors today that Delicious may be shut down by Yahoo makes me want to vomit. Ok, that’s sugar-coating it a little, but you get the idea. And it’s now been confirmed by Liz Gannes that the social bookmarking site that lead the “Web 2.0″ movement with its open sharing infrastructure is going to…
Read MoreIn the hip Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, the streets are filled with restaurants, bars, cafes and coffee shops which bring energy to the community. But above the buzz of the streets, OpenCandy has been doing business since 2008. With it’s hip new office in downtown San Diego which oozes with startup energy, freedom and…
Read MoreMapQuest continues to embrace crowd-sourcing with today’s release of open.mapquest.com for the US. Since July 2010, the company released 10 international open mapping sites. Today, Mapquest has released a version that allows users to label previously unmarked destinations and add details, as well as contribute to error reports. Additional features include: Map tiles updated every…
Read MoreThousands of communities across the US are going to have to wait a little longer to find out if they have been selected as Google’s ultra-high-speed broadband network test site. Google announced today it needs more time. Earlier this year, Google announced plans to build test locations for fiber-optic networks that would deliver Internet speeds…
Read MoreI was a big fan of Tim Ferriss’s first book The 4 Hour Work Week as it offered some tips and tricks on how to escape the 9 to 5 for a lifestyle of freedom and pleasure. The 4 Hour Work Week was a New York Times Bestseller and since then Tim has been busy…
Read MoreWorking in the education field for years in the Chicago area, Jeff O’Hara got frustrated seeing that social networking and sharing sites were blocked in the classroom. This did not seem right to Jeff as he thought that education was the ideal place for social collaboration. So Jeff decided he was going to do something…
Read MoreGoogle’s looking for a few good testers for its Chrome operating system. The company has announced a pilot program and is reportedly looking for 60,000 users to take part in a beta test and receive a Cr-48 Chrome notebook loaded with the Chrome OS. It is also reported that Google is signing up beta testers…
Read MoreBlack Friday, Cyber Monday…now add “Mobile Sunday” to the list of super-hot days for retailers. eBay released metrics that showed a peak in mobile sales for the second year in a row. This past ‘Mobile Sunday’ (the second Sunday in December) was eBay’s top-grossing day for sales made using mobile devices. From eBay’s site: “In…
Read MoreFacebook has over 500 million users and with it a dizzying array of friendship connections. Facebook engineer intern Paul Butler recently analyzed the data to create a visualization of these connections. In a recent Facebook blog post Paul explained: “Visualizing data is like photography. Instead of starting with a blank canvas, you manipulate the lens…
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