Daily Archives: August 23, 2012

AtTask Raises $13 Million For Software as a Service That Combines Social Tech With Traditional Project Management

August 23, 2012
AtTask Raises $13 Million For Software as a Service That Combines Social Tech With Traditional Project Management

Utah-based AtTask has raised $13 million for its collaborative work management software as a service (SaaS) according to documents filed with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). Names of the investors were not disclosed. AtTask has previously raised $7 million from OpenView Partners. It’s unclear at this point if this new $13 million investment is a Series...

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White House open sources “We the People” petition app

August 23, 2012

If you want to design a petition application for your town government, group or agency, you can now download the source code for the White House’s  “We The People” online petition from GitHub and tweak it for your own use. The stated goal of this move is to let other organizations —  state, local or foreign...

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Car-sharing service Lyft goes public, adds Android app

August 23, 2012
Car-sharing service Lyft goes public, adds Android app

Lyft, the San Francisco-based mobile app from car-sharing company Zimride, has launched out of beta on Thursday with iOS and will release an Android app shortly, testing the viability of the real-time ride-sharing in a market flooded with transportation options for urban smartphone owners. Lyft was launched this summer in private beta as the...

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Siri Is The New Clippy

August 23, 2012
Siri Is The New Clippy

So you’re trying to navigate through apps to distract yourself from the mind numbing boredom of a tech conference, let’s say, and all of a sudden you accidentally press too hard on your iPhone’s home button and boom, the tell-tale tone of your digital inattention interrupts the entire auditorium: Siri butting in out of...

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LANCE ARMSTRONG QUITS: 7-Time Tour De France Winner Won’t Fight Doping Charges

August 23, 2012
LANCE ARMSTRONG QUITS: 7-Time Tour De France Winner Won’t Fight Doping Charges

AP See Also Lance Armstrong Is Going To Have To Fight The Feds’ Doping Allegations Lance Armstrong’s New Lawsuit Buys Him Time To Fight Doping Allegations Lance Armstrong’s Lawyer Says He Is “Certain To Lose” His Doping Case Lance Armstrong has decided not to fight doping charges brought against him by the US Anti-Doping...

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Microsoft’s ‘Meh’ New Logo: Graphic Design Expert Armin Vit Weighs In [TCTV]

August 23, 2012
Microsoft’s ‘Meh’ New Logo: Graphic Design Expert Armin Vit Weighs In [TCTV]

Microsoft today unveiled a new corporate logo, its first large-scale logo redesign since 1987. Everyone with a working set of eyeballs can weigh in on whether they like it or not — and many people have with quite amusing results. But it’s always good to get insight from an expert, someone who focuses on...

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Tagwhat’s Virtual Tour Guide Gets A Social ‘Superslider’

August 23, 2012
Tagwhat’s Virtual Tour Guide Gets A Social ‘Superslider’

Tagwhat tries to connect online content to real-world locations, and it’s taking that idea step further with a new feature that it calls the Superslider. Co-founder and CEO Dave Elchoness says that there’s an enormous amount of content on the web that’s related to location but not geotagged — which means that you might...

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What’s on TV? Online videos of course!

August 23, 2012
What’s on TV? Online videos of course!

“Online content is mostly viewed on computers or mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones, but TVs are increasingly becoming devices of choice for consumers, particularly since an increasing numbers of sets have either built-in connectivity or can be connected to the internet via a peripheral device such as a connected Blu-ray player...

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Like cookies? This is the most genius invention ever

August 23, 2012
Like cookies? This is the most genius invention ever

If you’ve ever eaten a cookie after you’ve dipped it in milk, you know that this presents a few problems. First, you can sometimes lose the cookie in the milk, or your hands get really sticky. Either way, it’s bad news bears. I love inventions, and I count this as technology. Cookie technology. It’s...

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Quick everyone, announce stuff before Apple does!

August 23, 2012
Quick everyone, announce stuff before Apple does!

It’s that season again. The season when everyone rushes to announce products and ‘innovations’ before Apple drops their latest iPhone and iOS software on the market, obliterating alternative coverage for weeks. This year is tightly packed, with 7 events in roughly three weeks so far, and still time for more to pop onto the...

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