As a creative agency founder and an entrepreneur I wanted to share my thoughts on how Foursquare will work in the future. It started as a rant about how to improve Foursquare, moved to IM, email, Twitter and Facebook discussions with friends and colleagues, and has evolved into an explanation of how Google and Facebook…
Read MoreAccording to several reports, Google will continue the trend of giving away Google Android devices at its upcoming I/O conference on May 19th and 20th. I benefited from the Google dev lab this past February at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona when Google offered up Nexus One devices to every attendee of their half hour…
Read MoreHave you fallen for an April Fools joke or two today? Don’t sweat it, we have too. So we decided to help point out the various companies embracing this day of pranks by doing a quick April Fools Day round-up from around the Web. Let us know which Aprils Fools joke you like the best…
Read MoreLast year at this time, SXSW time that is, the new “big thing” was location-based updates I would see from folks attending who were “checking in” here and there. As is the case most times at SXSW, people latch on to the next big thing and off it takes. Over the course of the last…
Read MoreApplications leveraging cloud computing services that are built on top of Google Apps now have a place to be shown off as Google just announced the launch of an Apps Marketplace. The Google Apps Marketplace allows Google Apps customers to easily discover, deploy and manage cloud applications that integrate with Google Apps. Today more than…
Read MoreThis is a good week to be a fan of data. The Economist devoted a issue full to data, stating that: “In recent years Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, and SAP between them have spent more than $15 billion on buying software firms specialising in data management and analytics. This industry is estimated to be worth more than…
Read MoreWonder how much energy leaving your laptop plugged in could be wasting? Google took a step to try and help by announcing the launch of Google Powermeter API on Google Code. Google PowerMeter is a free software tool that allows you to view your home’s energy consumption. Here are a few points to explain how…
Read MoreTwitter’s monetization plans have been the topic of a number of conversations and debates over the years as this start-up has grown in prominence. It looks like those days are close to over as Twitter has revealed plans to create an advertising platform similar to that of Google’s Adsense and Adwords programs. According to a…
Read MoreYesterday Google continued it’s winter shopping spree as it announced it had acquired Picnik, an online photo editing application. Other recent purchases include the acquisition of social search Aardvark and the acquisition of iPhone email application reMail. For those of you unfamiliar with Picnik, it is a Seattle based start-up that offers a pretty slick…
Read MoreGoogle announced this week the launch of its new Android app called Google Shopper. In a blog post Google software engineers Daniel Switkin and Farhan Shamsi said: Shopper lets you find product information quickly by using your phone’s camera. It can recognize cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, along with most barcodes….
Read MoreGoogle has been all the buzz as it just launched a new social service that is basically a new lifestreaming product called Google Buzz. Google Buzz enables users to share photos, status updates, videos and more right from your GMail. It also has a mobile component at buzz.google.com that enables users to leverage location information…
Read MoreGoogle Voice is a product that lets you manage your multiple phone numbers by giving you the choice of directing your calls where you want them. Example : If you dial my Google Voice number you may get me on my desk or cell phone or even my home depending on the time of the…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Ryan Graves, an entrepreneur focused on taking the web offline. He lives in Chicago, is the co-founder of Chicago Tech Meetup, and is currently working on business activities with Foursquare. You can find more on his blog at THE DREAM IN ACTION.com and follow him on Twitter at:…
Read MoreIf you are Microsoft Internet Explorer user to navigate the Web then you might want to listen up as Microsoft has issued a security advisory. This official security advisory explains that the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser could put you at risk. McAfee, a leading security software maker, has been investigating the China-based cyberattacks that prompted…
Read MoreLast week, Google boldly released the Google-branded NexusOne phone (manufactured by HTC), the closest device to date to compete with the iPhone in terms of features and flexibility. By now, critics and users have discussed the phone on its merits and by how its release changes the smartphone landscape. For those looking to enter the…
Read MoreGreetings from abroad. As I am in the future, I had to wait till Wednesday morning to see the official news of the new Google phone, the Nexus One. Obviously we have been tracking the rumors of its launch and everything that came with it, but there were a few wrinkles that made the announcement pretty…
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