Interactive cloud-based presentation service Prezi has announce it just passed five million registered users. The impressive milestone has been reached in 2 years, according to a post on the company’s blog. To mark the occasion, the company developed the Prezi (of course) below which shows its progress highlighting its most significant moments along the way. The company...
Daily Archives: October 4, 2011
Infographic: These fall TV pilots rule Facebook & Twitter
Fall TV season is in full swing, and viewers are using Twitter and Facebook more than ever to chime in on their favorite shows. Question is: Which of the new pilots got the most traction on social networks? We asked the folks over at Trendrr.com to find out, and they produced this neat little...
Google+ quietly rolls out searchable Twitter-esque hashtags
The Google+ gods are listening, and they have given us searchable hashtags. While surfing my merry little workaholic way through my main Google+ stream this evening, I noticed a post from Natalie Villalobos, Community Manager at Google+, pointing towards a hash tagged search on the platform. I did a double-take, of course, as just...
Larry Ellison Cancels Marc Benioff’s Keynote at Oracle’s OpenWorld
Well, well, well. The Oracle OpenWorld Conference is in full swing, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was scheduled to be one of the keynote speakers tomorrow (Wednesday). “Was” being the operative word here. Thanks to a recent update from Benioff’s Twitter account, it seems that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has cancelled Mr. Benioff’s keynote...
Big Question (Answered): "You’ve Seen the iPhone 4S… What Do You Think?"
Following today’s iPhone event, ReadWriteWeb writers took you through the paces. From Siri, snail mail cards, facebook integration and iCloud to what everyone expected, and why that was dead wrong, you know what we think about today’s Apple event. You saw our take, now we want yours… You’ve Seen the iPhone 4S… What Do...
KDDI to get iPhone 4S, end Softbank’s exclusivity in Japan
Softbank’s reign as the exclusive provider of the iPhone in Japan is to end after Apple confirmed that rival KDDI will join the operator in selling the newly announced iPhone 4S. Speculation of this development has been rife for a while, as we reported back in September when KDDI took down its Android website...
Take A Look At Siri, The iPhone’s New Voice-Powered Personal Assistant (AAPL)
Image: Screenshot We’re intrigued by Siri. Reserved only for the iPhone 4S and touted as your “new personal assistant,” the voice-activated software will help you juggle calendars, texts, emails, and even research on Wikipedia and Wolfram Alpha. We expect it will only get better and more capable as time passes. Are we heading into...
iCloud: Can Apple Finally Get Seamless Sync Right?
One of the announcements from today’s Apple event was iCloud, described as “a set of free cloud services that work with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.” In other words, iCloud is a file...
Kickstarter Hit With Patent Claim Over Crowd-Funding
Kickstarter, which just recently celebrated the 10,000th successfully funded project in its 2.5-year history, is under siege by that most ubiquitous of foes, presently at least: patent litigation. Yes, the site that works so diligently to advance interesting and original ideas among the community is being shaken down by a company seemingly formed for...
What Microsoft Can Learn After Choking Off Desktop Gadgets
The first moment that Windows Vista’s appearance was confirmed to the general public, from the Microsoft PDC 2005 conference. (Yes, that’s Paul Thurrott peeking up from the corner.) “Apple tried it first” is not always the best reason to plant an ecosystem. Although it has always been a good idea to have a segment...