With hundreds of different smartphone models and a growing number of tablets that run Google’s Android operating system, fragmentation continues to challenge. Some devices can run certain apps, while others can’t. Google begin taking steps to address this issue last year, and more recently, has added a new function to its web-based Android Market....
Tomorrow, the State of Alaska is set to release over 24,000 of Sarah Palin’s emails, “covering much of her tenure as governor of Alaska.” The New York Times is hoping that its readers will pitch in and help them filter this vast cache of new data on the former governor and erstwhile vice presidential...
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I realize its anathema to some, but one of the things I miss most about the transition from print to digital books is the ability to write on the pages. Oh sure, I can justify my notes and marginalia as being full of intelligent insights. But I think it all stems back from a...
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Pero Subasic, chief architect of RD at AOL, will present at the Erlang Factory event this month in London on AOL’s Erlang framework for real-time computational advertising. You can find the a paper that includes some of these details here. Subasic describes the company’s Erlang framework as “experimental.” It’s not clear whether this is...
Big news today for Embedly, the service that makes it easy to embed content from nearly any site on the web. Today the company is announcing that it’s raised another $450,000 in a round that includes Howard Lindzon, Social Leverage, Venture 51, Adam Schwartz and follow-on investments from Betaworks and Chris Sacca, who participated...
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It’s Microsoft’s Hack Day competition on Saturday 11th of June, and more than 200 developers in London will be given full access to National Rail Enquiries (NRE) live departures information services to see who can develop the best app. Last month, we reported on how SoundRain had been developed for SoundCloud at a similar...
So many times in business, the simple answer to your question is right in front of you. How many times have you turned to that co-worker who always knows how to fix your computer, but her job is actually in accounting? You drop her an email and 10 minutes later the problem is solved....