With the rise of Foursquare, the &''check-in&'' has become fairly commonplace. With the launch of Places, Facebook will only make it more so. It shoul... read more »
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It&'s been my experience that Google Maps has always been the most legible of the online map services, though even the worst have come a long way sin... read more »
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With holiday shopping season now in full swing, it is time to revisit one of the strangest toys to come out this year. Yes, I am talkin... read more »
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Samsung said two months ago that it expects to sell 10 million Galaxy S Android phones in 2010, and now it looks like the company is set to reach that... read more »
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A lot of people out there still seem to think that all blogs do is riff off of major media content. Reblog it, or just plain plagiarism. Most people ... read more »
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This just landed in our inbox: a pitch for a new URL shortener with the slightly amusing name Bu.tt, which is of course described by its creator &821... read more »
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For developers, it was Apple&'s way or the highway.‚ It seems like that highway seems more appealing every day.The team behind iPhone app Readability ... read more »
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Intel made a big deal at the recent Consumer Electronics Show about how its Sandy Bridge combination graphics-microprocessor chip has been one of its ... read more »
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Nvidia announced that a number of companies are using its Tegra 2 mobile chip in their power-efficient and graphics-rich mobile devices known as super... read more »
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Technology is making it easier to marshal a response to natural disasters, as we&'re seeing unfold today with relief efforts and charitable donations ... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:Solyndra star fades, admits to mistakes &8212' Once-bright rooftop solar startup Sol... read more »
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It&'s time to start taking bets on this question: Could Zynga become the most valuable company in the video game industryWith its rumored funding roun... read more »
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Foursquare, the hot New York-based location-based check-in game, has partnered with Japanese telecommunications company KDDI to give users a short-cut... read more »
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Editor&'s note: This guest post was written by Alex Ahlund (@alexahlund), the former CEO of AppVee and AndroidApps, which were acquired by mobile app... read more »
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Notorious content farm Demand Media announced today that it has purchased CoveritLive, a popular &''liveblogging&'' tool used to cover events as they ... read more »
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Herea4‚¬a4„s our roundup of the weeka4‚¬a4„s biggest tech business news. First, the most popular stories that VentureBeat published in the last seven ... read more »
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Tim Ferriss is one of the world‚a4‚¬‚a4„s leading transcenders of limitations. Best known as the author of the 2007 monstrously successful self-help g... read more »
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&''Meebo did widgets super early. Guess what we learned Don&'t build stuff that sits in a box.&'' Better than a box A bar. No, not one with hotties an... read more »
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When Facebook launched Places in August, it encouraged advertisers to list their businesses in the Places directory. But now an advertiser is taking... read more »
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Inbox &''un-clutterer&'' NudgeMail now has tens of thousands of users within the first three months of its launch, with a significant gain this week t... read more »
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