Daily Archives: September 23, 2011

Social achievement app Star.me is “the happiest place on the webs”

September 23, 2011
Social achievement app Star.me is “the happiest place on the webs”

You might be familiar with the founder of Star.me, his name is Ze Frank, and he’s best known for his daily internet show, “The Show w/ Ze Frank”, a year long project that ended in 2007. Star.me is most definitely not a show, but it could be Frank’s most engaging community project to date....

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Google Plus Mobile Hangouts: It Pretty Much Works!

September 23, 2011
Google Plus Mobile Hangouts: It Pretty Much Works!

ReadWriteWeb’s Friday afternoon news team confirms that the Google Plus app for iPhone has been updated to incorporate this week’s new mobile features. The messaging service formerly known as Huddle has been renamed Messenger, and iPhone users now have the ability to join video Hangouts in progress. The update also adds some basic functionality,...

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According to letter, Yahoo! has “potential options” for selling, process will take months

September 23, 2011
According to letter, Yahoo! has “potential options” for selling, process will take months

According to a report by Reuters, Yahoo! is receiving multiple inquiries from parties interested in purchasing the company. A letter which was given to Reuters reads: Our advisers are working with us to develop ideas that we will pursue proactively. They are fielding inquiries from multiple parties that have already expressed interest in a...

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Google+ for iOS gets big update adding Hangouts from your phone and more

September 23, 2011
Google+ for iOS gets big update adding Hangouts from your phone and more

Google has updated the Google+ app for iOS today, bringing along with it a lot of the changes that we saw Google make to its social network earlier this week. The app has added the Hangouts feature to its mobile app, meaning that you can now join a hangout from your iPhone or iPad....

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Social networking enters the dreaded “It’s Complicated” stage

September 23, 2011
Social networking enters the dreaded “It’s Complicated” stage

What do Bill Belichick defensive schemes, Tom Clancy novels, Google+ and Facebook have in common? The answer is that all are so byzantine that they leave many people scratching their heads to figure them out. For NFL playbooks and spy novels, such intricacies are the norm. Social networking should not be that way. The trouble is the...

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Groupon’s Departing COO Could Take Some VERY Valuable Info Back To Google With Her (GOOG)

September 23, 2011
Groupon’s Departing COO Could Take Some VERY Valuable Info Back To Google With Her (GOOG)

Image: abardwell via Flickr See Also: Google’s Eric Schmidt: We’re Not Microsoft Is Google A Monopoly? “We’re In That Area,” Admits Schmidt Groupon Amends Its IPO Filing For A THIRD Time Departing Groupon COO Margo Georgiadis probably learned a lot about Groupon’s business during the four and a half months she worked there. She...

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Back In 2009, Microsoft Gave The Kinect Team One Month To Prove Skeptics Wrong (MSFT)

September 23, 2011
Back In 2009, Microsoft Gave The Kinect Team One Month To Prove Skeptics Wrong (MSFT)

Image: AP See Also: REPORT: Microsoft Is Close To Deals With Comcast And Verizon For Live TV On Xbox The TRUTH About Windows 8: These Stylish Apps Will Be The Killer Feature We Finally Get A Release Date For Windows Phone’s Big Mango Update Kinect is one of Microsoft’s biggest successes in years. But...

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Comcast’s live streaming iPad app coming soon?

September 23, 2011
Comcast’s live streaming iPad app coming soon?

For a while now, Comcast has been promising subscribers it would introduce an iPad application that would allow them to stream live TV feeds in the home. It looks like the company might finally be ready to introduce the capability through a new service called AnyPlay, according promotional materials posted on MacRumors. According to...

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Who copies who? Samsung store display re-uses Apple icons

September 23, 2011
Who copies who? Samsung store display re-uses Apple icons

Samsung is currently engaged in a massive legal battle with Apple over which company has been stealing the other’s designs for phones and tablets. That’s why this image, discovered by John Paczkowski of All Things D, is so ironic. It’s a store display in the Centro Sicilia store in Catania, Italy that re-uses the artwork...

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Don Graham, Facebook and the social news

September 23, 2011
Don Graham, Facebook and the social news

It’s not every day you get to meet one of the members of the first family of U.S. media. When you do, you tend to expect some sort of pronouncement. Don Graham, scion of the Graham family that owns the Washington Post and a handful of other businesses, didn’t disappoint. For starters, Graham, who is...

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