Daily Archives: July 8, 2011

Epic Gif: The Facebook Google+ Slapfest

July 8, 2011
Epic Gif: The Facebook Google+ Slapfest

Oh, I could just watch this all day. We’ve been writing about the growing rivalry between Facebook and Google, with its new Google+ social network. But here you have it in gif form, with the Facebook and Google+ favicons superimposed on the dwarf from Game of Thrones (Google+) slapping the child-king (Facebook) over and...

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Foursquare API Hits 10,000 Developers

July 8, 2011
Foursquare API Hits 10,000 Developers

Today Foursquare announced that its API now has 10,000 registered developers. That’s an impressive number, especially since Facebook and Google were supposed to have killed the service off by now. But what exactly are all those developers doing with the API? Marshall Kirkpatrick, our resident geolocation buff, asked around our virtual water cooler “Where...

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Can patent licensing fees derail the Android express?

July 8, 2011
Can patent licensing fees derail the Android express?

The Android Express has taken Google and a number of manufacturers on a dizzying ride to the top of the smartphone market. But with Android’s patent strength increasingly under fire and companies lining up for their share of licensing fees, is the platform headed off the tracks? That’s becoming more of a pressing question....

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Chromebook Concerns for Businesses

July 8, 2011
Chromebook Concerns for Businesses

Visit the Qwest resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how smart businesses harness the power of customer data to improve satisfaction and sales: Unleashing the Power of Customer Data. We have covered Google’s Chromebook in a series of posts previously, including our story about questions...

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Guess The Most Popular Music App On Facebook

July 8, 2011
Guess The Most Popular Music App On Facebook

See Also: RDIO: Here’s How We’re Going To Beat Spotify When It Comes To The States A Photo Of The Future: Facebook Search LEAKED: Spotify’s Plans For U.S. Domination The most popular music app on Facebook today isn’t iLike or another app that lets users share song snippets or playlists. It’s BandPage by RootMusic,...

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Canadian taxpayers fund Royal Tour iPhone app

July 8, 2011

The Royal Tour? There was an app for that, and Canadians funded it whether they could (or would) have used it. Since June 30th, Prince William and his new bride Kate Middleton (also known as The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) have been touring throughout various parts of Canada. For those royal-watchers that wanted...

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Kenya Launches Sub-Saharan Africa’s First National Open Data Initiative

July 8, 2011
Kenya Launches Sub-Saharan Africa’s First National Open Data Initiative

Yesterday, Kenya became the first Sub-Saharan African nation to institute a national open data program. “The Kenya Open Data Initiative (KODI) goes live this morning,” White African wrote yesterday, “in a big event that includes President Kibaki, as well as many politicians, government officials and local technologists.” Article source: RRW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/sp8atOjUyqo/kenya_launches_africas_first_national_open_data_in.php

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Kenya Launches Africa’s First National Open Data Initiative

July 8, 2011
Kenya Launches Africa’s First National Open Data Initiative

Yesterday, Kenya became the first African nation to institute a national open data program. “The Kenya Open Data Initiative (KODI) goes live this morning,” White African wrote yesterday, “in a big event that includes President Kibaki, as well as many politicians, government officials and local technologists.” Article source: RRW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/sp8atOjUyqo/kenya_launches_africas_first_national_open_data_in.php

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Readings: A slick way to read articles by any author or publisher. GReader replacement?

July 8, 2011

This doesn’t hurt my eyes. Unlike the current theme for Google Reader. Note: Google has yet to re-theme Google Reader, like Google Calendar, Gmail, … etc Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/u46RTF_NsLg/

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The space shuttle: So flawed, yet so inspiring — so human

July 8, 2011
The space shuttle: So flawed, yet so inspiring — so human

As the U.S. space shuttle program comes to an end with today’s launch of the Atlantis, there’s been a lot of looking back at the modern space program, including our own collection of memories from a number of GigaOM staff. As I mentioned in that post, my memories of the shuttle come not just...

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