This is because Google are preparing their assets for their big Social Initiative which is nearing release – probably in just a few weeks time. Florian Rohrweck recently detected mentions of an image sharing site in Google java script code – we all believe this is the asset that will be integrated. There has...
Daily Archives: June 28, 2011
Viralheat Grabs $4.25 Million For Affordable Social Media Tracking And Intelligence
Viralheat, the social media measurement tool that allows content producers to monitor consumer-generated content on the Web in realtime, announced today that it has closed a $4.25 million series A round of funding. The round was led by the venture firm Mayfield Fund and adds to the $75K of seed capital Viralheat raised back...
Apple begins refunding unhappy Final Cut Pro X customers
When Apple launched the long-awaited update to industry-leading video editing software Final Cut Pro, many people couldn’t wait to jump onto the Mac App Store to download a copy. As customers began using the software, it quickly became apparent that the new version of Final Cut Pro X wasn’t meeting user expectations; support for...
Facebook bans KDE application without warning, deletes user photos
NetworkWorld reports that Facebook has not only blocked KDE apps from uploading without warning, but it has also deleted photos that have been uploaded using the KDE plugin. The KDE Image Plugin Interface (KIPI) is an open source Facebook plugin that lets users upload and download photos with Facebook. It is used by applications such...
TomTom Lowers Guidance Because Nobody Wants To Buy Its Products
TomTom, the maker of GPS devices, lowered its guidance and the stock is down. Why? Well basically, nobody wants to buy its products. That will tend to put a drag on earnings. GPS has become a feature, not a product, and cars and smartphones now come with very good GPS and guidance systems on...
Google Street View poses “security threat”, could be banned in Bangalore
It looks like Google’s problems with Street View in India is far from over. Times of India reports that the Street View project hasn’t gone down too well with the Karnataka State Government. A memo sent to State Home Minister R Ashok by Bharatiya Janata Party‘s communication cell states that because Bangalore is a hub...
OpenCandy’s Pokki Brings Web Apps To The Desktop, With Style
“The future is the web.” So goes the mantra that seems to be echoing throughout Google, Facebook, and plenty of smaller tech companies that view the web as the solution to sidestep the fragmentation created by native app platforms. And they’re almost certainly right. But the web still has a long way to go...
Check out Skype’s cool Stockholm offices
Skype’s investors may be downright stingy when it comes to options for their employees, but at least they didn’t skimp on the office space. Here are some pictures of Skype’s offices in Stockholm, Sweden, courtesy of Daily Icon (who has many more photos in the full article). This office, designed by PS Arkitektur, is...
Google Is Trying Out A Black Home Bar (GOOG)
This morning we saw this when googling. Reports on Twitter confirm it’s not just a browser glitch. apparently Google is testing this out. We hope it’s temporary, because it seems ugly, and not just because it’s new. Image: Screenshot Don’t Miss: The Operating Systems That Time Forgot → Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/tJqJALMNUxc/google-black-bar-2011-6
Ravel Open Sources GoldenOrb, Big Data Graph Processing for Everyone
Traditional databases, even when they’re called “relational databases,” tend not handle relationships very well, and the traditional way of processing data – particularly large-scale datasets – can actually mean that some of the relationships between objects are lost or obscured. Several years ago, Google began encountering these sorts of problems with relational data, particularly...