Tumblr is on the cusp of doing something quite incredible. Google searches mentioning the service are poised to surpass searches for ‘blog’ by the end of the year, showing that the New York-based company has truly established itself as the Web’s most popular blogging platform. Comparing the two terms, ‘blog’ is currently ahead — as...
Unfortunately, an estimated 148,040 people will be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma in 2012. Whether it be blood-based, or any other form, cancer has and will touch many of us. Since its founding in 1949, The Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS) has invested more than $814 million in research to study the cause (and...
Oh hey, here’s some shocking news: Online video viewers are much more likely to watch an ad if they’re already interested in the content that it’s been inserted into. According to new research from Adobe, mid-roll video ads are the “most engaging” ad type, outperforming pre-roll and post-rolls when it comes to completion rate....
Google is set to launch its Street View service in Israel on April 22, unveiling the street-based photography collection which will include images from a number of major cities and the country’s famous Dead Sea. According to a report from Globes, the launch event is scheduled to take place this coming Sunday, with a...
Swivl is a neat iPhone dock that gives you hands-free control as you shoot and record video. All you have to do is open up the Swivl app, attach your iPhone to the dock, and hit record on the remote control. The dock then follows the remote control – or, it swivels towards the...
Editor’s note: Sean Gerety is a user experience geek and Microsoft Regional Director (a program for independent developers who connect Microsoft with the developer community). Follow him on Twitter @IdeaKitchn. When I saw 4ormat’s TechCrunch post, “Bootstrapped Startup Saves Over $100K by Dropping IE,” I first called shenanigans, but then congratulated them on their brilliant...
After a month of rumors surrounding a funding round being picked up by mobile social networking startup Path, the company has finally closed the deal and officially announced that it has raised more than $30 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and includes a number of other investors,...
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Internet Explorer hasn’t had the best reputation over the past few years, and for good reason. IE basically had a browser monopoly, and when competitors like Firefox grew in popularity, hatred for IE grew with it. No standards support, ample bugs, security holes; the list goes on and on. Out of all the trash...
Boonsri Dickinson, Business Insider Phil Libin started Evernote so that people would have an external brain. Now, 27 million users have that extra capability and can store notes, photos, and audio all in one place, across all devices. The majority of Evernote’s 160 employees work at its Mountain View headquarters. Before Evernote moves to...