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Telco Greed Overshadows iPhone 3G Launch
via ReadWriteWeb by Richard MacManus on July 09, 2008
Yesterday we reported on the outlandish iphone 3G pricing plans of Vodafone New Zealand, which is charging up to $250 per month for data plans and $1129 local currency for the 16 GB phone by itself - a far cry from the $199 Steve Jobs was promoting last month. But Vodafone NZ is not the only telecoms carrier to be rubbing its hands together like a greedy fly in anticipation of the iPhone 3G...
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Ask.com's New Strategy in Search: Focus on Answers
via ReadWriteWeb by (author unknown) on July 07, 2008
Shared by spavis i'd love to see Ask challenge Google on this front. AJ was my primary search engine (pre-google, ~8 years ago) for question based queries. i love Google but they could use a little competition on the UI front.Ask.com isn't a bad search engine. In fact, the company has launched some innovative features over the years that have demonstrated their ambition and drive...
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Twitscoop Rolls Out Real-Time Tag Cloud for Twitter
via ReadWriteWeb by Frederic Lardinois on July 07, 2008
The Paris-based Twitter search engine and meme tracker Twitscoop rolled out a live tag cloud for Twitter today. While a tag cloud was always a major part of Twitscoop's design, having it update in real-time makes it a lot more interesting to follow. Twitscoop is also a very capable Twitter search engine that can hold its own against Summize.Tag CloudThe idea of using a tag cloud to track...
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Add Profiles to FriendFeed and Extend Your Twitter Profile
via ReadWriteWeb by Corvida on July 06, 2008
Micro-blogging darling Twitter and the charming aggregation site FriendFeed are missing one huge thing that most users don't mind overlooking: profiles. While, it really isn't a big deal profiles can be helpful when determining whether or not to add someone as a friend. So if you've been missing those features, here's a way to add a profile to FriendFeed and extend your Twitter...
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Six Ways To Update Your Status
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on July 04, 2008
As Twitter began to fail on a regular basis, many of its users turned to other micro-blogging services to continue on with their 140-character lifestyle. Some returned to Jaiku or Pownce, others starting plurking, and just recently, an open source Twitter clone launched called identi.ca which has people "denting" (Yes, really - it won the vote). And then there are the true social media addicts...
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Viacom Gets YouTube User Data
via ReadWriteWeb by Frederic Lardinois on July 03, 2008
In the ongoing copyright litigation between Google and Viacom, a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered Google (PDF) to hand over data on every YouTube user, including username, the associated IP address, and a list of all the the videos that user ever watched. In this lawsuit, Viacom is seeking more than $1 billion in damages because of...
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Mapstraction Takes Map Mashups To A Whole New Level
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on July 03, 2008
If you're a developer who loves to build mashups - especially map mashups - then you have to check out the library provided by Mapstaction. (And if you're end user, wait until you see the demos!) Mapstraction is library that provides a common API for various mapping APIs already in existence. This allows developers to use the Mapstraction API to build a mashup that supports nine of the...
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Swurl: Your Lifestream, Made Beautiful
via ReadWriteWeb by Marshall Kirkpatrick on July 03, 2008
... in leveraging the visual to create new interfaces for data, his ListPic application lets users browse Craigslist by images. Just like Listpic creates a whole new experience for Craigslist, Sit hopes that Swurl will make interacting with lifestream data a much more visually enjoyable experience.How it WorksThe most important part of Swurl is the timeline view, where all the messages, b...
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Source of FriendFeed Spam Revealed - Write APIs Can Be Trouble
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on July 02, 2008
An interesting note came across our inboxes just now - the source of yesterday's FriendFeed spam has been revealed. If you've been using the social aggregator FriendFeed, then you may have noticed some odd-looking discussions yesterday where the same comment was repeated over and over by numerous different users. The source of this spam has now been identified, but this problem highlights...
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Is Email In Danger?
via ReadWriteWeb by Alex Iskold on July 02, 2008
Human history is one of progressive improvement in communication. From the 20th century mail was a fundamental form of communication. The invention of electronic mail (email) changed two things. It became cheap to send short mail, and delivery was instant. Email became favored for both corporate and personal communication.But email faces increasing competition. Chat, text messages, Twitter,...
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