Sina Weibo, China’s hottest Twitter-like microblogging platform, is pushing a new user verification program called DaRen (达人), meaning “expert” in Chinese, in a bid to build a real-identity social network, reports TechRice. The verification system is not mandatory for new signups and is open to users who aren’t well-known professionals or celebrities. Aside from...
Image: Dan Frommer Google+ has 10 million users The airplane industry needs its iPhone How to pitch SplatF Reading airplane industry news these days reminds me a lot of the smartphone business before Apple stunned everyone with the iPhone in 2007. That is: A few companies getting by with minor updates to their products,...
Tapbots, makers of the stylish Tweetbot Twitter application, has released a new update for its iOS app, version 1.4, which now adds the highly anticipated push notifications support, and various bug fixes. Alongside these changes are a few minor adjustments such as the ability to publish text notes with tweets, where users can now attach...
It’s probably too much to expect that a more expensive new handheld would immediately unseat its predecessor, but I doubt Nintendo is too happy that consumers are buying more than twice as many DSes as 3DSes. At the same time, selling over half a million handhelds in a month isn’t exactly bad news either....
Google today announced that you can now earn badges by reading articles on Google News. There are badges for a variety of topics from the Dominican Republic to Harry Potter that are earned as you spend more time reading on those topics. Google says that they’re launched with more than 500 topic badges. Each...
Carmageddon is upon us! This weekend, Los Angeles will close down its 405 freeway, which is one of the main routes for Angelenos to go from north to south and anywhere in between. And if you’ve ever been stuck in L.A. traffic — even when all the freeways are open — you know that...
First you must understand your target audience. If you’re developing applications forkids you must make the application easy to use and easy to understand. For example,consider eliminating text labels, popup menus, etc.When I started developing “My Little Artist” the hardest task for me was to create thebrush icons. The easiest way was to make...
Google spent $917 million on infrastructure during the second quarter, continuing an upward trend that helps ensure new services like Google+ keep running. It’s the eight consecutive quarter of increased capital expenditures for Google, which is now spending at near-record levels after hitting a low of $139 million just two years ago. Anybody who...
The T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide smartphone launches later this month and pairs the latest version of Google Android with an advanced camera. An early review unit just arrived, so I’m sharing some first impressions and general information on this video look of the upcoming handset. Like many higher end smartphones these days, the myTouch...
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. This week at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference the company made its tablet strategy more clear. As...