Second-hand stuff has never looked so sexy. Thanks to a redesign rolling out Thursday, HipSwap, an online marketplace for local goods, is now like a Craigslist re-imagined for Fab and Pinterest fans: Lots of pictures, curated collections, a personalized experience and the ability to socialize every item on the site. Rob Kramer, the company’s...
Foursquare, the app that lets people virtually “check in” to places that they physically visit, has debuted a new top-to-bottom redesign of its mobile applications. The new look does not come as much of a surprise — it has been whispered about quite loudly for days, in the tech media and perhaps most by...
Foursquare has been teasing the fact that it was about to launch a brand new version this week, and we’ve been following all of the clues on what it might potentially entail. It seems like we were right and the new app is now available for iOS and Android. This new version of foursquare...
Foursquare has spent the past six months quietly working on a major redesign. This morning it launched in all its glory with a new look, more interactive tools, and a bunch of new features. The iPhone and Android apps have been updated; a new Blackberry release will roll out in a few weeks. The...
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Library of Congress In November, Americans will have a chance to speak their minds. And there’s one thing everyone should agree on: America just isn’t working right now. It’s not just Americans who aren’t working. It’s America itself, a country whose economy once worked for almost everyone, not just the rich. In the old...
Samsung has revealed that its Galaxy S III smartphone will launch in China this weekend — June 8 — becoming available on all three carriers: China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. At the launch event in Beijing yesterday, the Korean phone maker revealed that the Android-powered phone would cost $785 (4,999 yuan) off contract, as MIC...
Satya Patel joined Twitter in March of 2011, after a four-year stint as an investor with Battery Ventures. He took on the big job of managing the company’s core product as well as its growing advertising business. But now, as its ads business is starting to take off, he’s leaving the company. The decision...
Jolie O’Dell Dick Costolo is going mobile. See Also FACEBOOK FALLOUT: Suddenly It Feels Like Google Is Actually Going To Buy Twitter Revealed: Mobile Advertising Strategy From Top Publishers REVEALED: Beautiful Mobile Ads, Next Week Twitter CEO Dick Costolo told a crowd at a conference put on by the Economist today in San Francisco...
Nasdaq OMX announced on Tuesday it would offer $40 million, subject to SEC approval, to compensate member firms that lost money during the first chaotic hours of Facebook’s debut on the exchange. $13.7 million of the payout will be in cash and the remainder will come in the form of trading discounts over the...
We have a redesign in the works and a new name too, reflecting our 2012 mission to chronicle the consumerization of IT. More on that soon, but in the meantime here is the press release from SAY Media about our new hires: SAY Media Announces New Hires for ReadWriteWeb SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 6...