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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter buttons disappear from Gawker redesign]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gawker Media&amp;39's new look, as shown on the site io9.com.(Credit:Gawker Media)When blog network Gawker Media announced last year that it would be completely redesigning its portfolio of media properties--which include Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, and the namesake Gawker.com--it created a wave of banter in the media industry. With only one story fully highlighted on the front page and a frame serving up alternate stories' headlines, Gawker honcho Nick Denton is steering the company into a theoretical post-blog age.But, when the redesign went live on several Gawker properties Tuesday, there were still a few surprises to the notablytablet-friendly experience. For one, Gawker sites have now completely eliminated the buttons that let readers share a headline on Twitter or StumbleUpon, winnowing the options down to Facebook alone.Facebook is &quot;by far the biggest social source of traffic for us,&quot; Denton told the New York Observer via e-mail, adding that he found the smattering of other buttons to be cluttery. &quot;These sites festooned with social media buttons--they look like primitive tribesmen clutching pathetically onto shiny baubles they believe to the symbols of modernity,&quot; he added to the Observer.Denton is a proud contrarian, but even his critics admit he's been spot-on correct on occasion--like launching the original Gawker Media titles in the first place long before most people had ever heard of a blog.It probably isn't necessary to take a single publisher's removal of Twitter buttons from its sites as a sign that Twitter's shelf life has been shaved down, but it's an interesting glance at one company's belief in what drives traffic and what doesn't--and perhaps what it believes its priority audiences are more likely to be using.For Facebook, it's a nice minor victory. The social-networking site has been plotting to creep further into the world of mainstream digital media, like Monday's revelation that it will be launching a new product for third-party publishers that want Facebook-powered comments.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's iPad 2 rumored to have USB port]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rissbobet</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)With the bulk of the holiday shopping buzz dying down, rumors of Apple's newiPad 2 have sprung to life. The most recent rumor, courtesy of the Mobile Review blog editor-in-chief Eldar Murtazin, says the iPad 2 will include a USB port.The tweet, discovered by AppleInsider, reads: &quot;Talked with colleague which working with some ODM vendors connected with Apple. He is research guy. According to his sources iPad2 will have usb port.&quot;AppleInsider reports that Murtazin is a trusted insider with good sources and the news of the integrated USB could be the result of a European device-maker pact that decided micro-USB ports should be standard device charging ports. Apple, of course, uses the 30-pin dock connector for its mobile devices, including the iPad.Including an integrated USB port would also quickly make obsolete the USB adapter kit provided by Apple for the iPad. Currently, the USB adapter only supports importing photos from digital cameras, though some other peripheral devices have been said to work. There is no word whether an integrated USB port would offer greater functionality. In the meantime, expect rumors to keep flowing from various sources as the new iPad gets closer to be announced and released.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uber lives on despite SFMTA cease-and-desist]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rissbobet</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Uber looks beyond apps and is building a mobile Web site. The technology company may launch its service in New York City in 2011.(Credit:Uber)Uber (formerly UberCab), which received a cease and desist order from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority, is alive and kicking despite the SF taxi commission's best attempt to squelch the privatecar network. In fact, the company is looking to expand in 2011. This week, the company launched in Paris for a day to demonstrate just how easily and quickly it could expand to new cities, and CEO Ryan Graves tweeted that he's studying maps of Brooklyn.Not bad for a company that started just a few months ago and faced some serious backlash from the local city government. A few months ago, I eagerly blogged about Uber, which connects users with a network of livery drivers and helps them hail a town car instead of a cab. Car-less, I've spent my fair share of drizzly San Francisco days waiting in vain for a cab to know of a good transportation solution when I see one. Uber fills the taxi void by providing a reliable and safe alternative to taxis by creating a network of on-duty livery drivers and making an application that will lets users connect with them to request rides.Shortly after the post went live, I received an e-mail from a taxi driver calling the service illegal and unsafe. We agreed to disagree, and then I moved to New York where cabs are more plentiful and less expensive, but equally terrifying. In October I received another e-mail from the same taxi driver (who I found out was soon to be a San Francisco taxi medallion holder), showing the cease-and-desist order that the SFMTA issued Uber, detailing the numerous ways it was in violation of city and state regulations. Once the taxi commission sighted Uber in its crosshairs, I figured it was the end of the company.But Uber is far from struggling. Since the blog post, it raised $1.25 million in venture capital, moved into new office space in San Francisco, and released an Android app. Despite the cease-and-desist order, Graves says his company never shut down or stopped service, and has been working with the SFMTA to address each of violations, beginning with the obvious company name change. In San Francisco, only permitted taxis can advertise themselves as taxis or cabs, including having those words in the company name. Hence the name change from UberCab to just Uber.Since there's a 10-year waiting list to get one of those coveted taxi medallions in San Francisco, I can see why cab drivers would be threatened by the service and worried that it would take away potential revenue. While that remains to be seen, the technology has been a boon to another segment: livery drivers. Graves says that his application and platform has enabled private car companies to increase revenue, add more cars, and hire more drivers. The chilly reception from start-up-friendly San Francisco local government was a good learning experience as Uber looks to expand next year to other cities, and is already eyeing New York City as its next potential target. Uber's app is available for Android and iPhones, but in addition to SMS service (which Graves tends to use), the start-up is working on a universal mobile site that will work on any mobile device browser. The move should enable the company to reach a larger share of the smartphone demographic. Although cabs aren't in short supply, the expansion to NYC is a much-needed service for those dead hours and during shift changes when it's next to impossible to get a cab to stop for you. And the service would be a great marketing tool for smaller car services that don't have the marketing budget to compete with larger private car services services that offeriPhone apps for easier booking. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will RIM buy social data aggregator Gist to strengthen its hold on enterprise market]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rissbobet</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Research in Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry business smartphone, is in talks to pick up social data aggregator Gist to maintain its stranglehold on the enterprise smartphone market, according to a report by GigaOm.Gist takes email contacts and scours the web for other types of information about them, using anything from news feeds to LinkedIn pages to build a better contact profile. The company claims it&amp;'s built profiles for around 100 million people now.Right now the service integrates with Gmail and Microsoft&amp;'s Outlook by adding a separate rail that includes additional information about a contact.The service has plug-ins for Salesforce.com and web browsers like Chrome and Firefox. There are also iPhone and Android applications.The biggest potential here is for enterprise users. Gist gives users quick access to additional information about potential business partners and clients. It can also speed up the process a bit by dropping the information right into a browser or email inbox.It makes sense that Research in Motion would want to pick up the service for its BlackBerry email services. Research in Motion still has a strong grip on the enterprise smartphone market, but other smartphones like those running Google&amp;'s Android operating system and the iPhone are starting to creep up on the BlackBerry maker. Adding additional functions to its corporate email and BlackBerry messaging services that help enterprise users is just one way of fending off the latest wave of challengers.There&amp;'s definitely some interest in the service a4&quot; the company recently raised $6.75 million from Foundry Group and Vulcan Capital. Gist raised an undisclosed amount of funding fromVulcan Capital before that round. The Seattle, Wash.-based company was founded in 2008.Next Story: Delicious dilemma: Who will buy Yahoo&amp;'s faded Web 2.0 star Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: Cadillac plans plug-in hybrid, DOE grants $1.3 billion loan guarantee to world&amp;'s largest wind farmPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Blackberry, enterprise, enterprise phones, smartphonesCompanies: Gist, Research In Motion, RIM          Tags: Blackberry, enterprise, enterprise phones, smartphonesCompanies: Gist, Research In Motion, RIMMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony Ericsson&'s PlayStation Phone expected to debut in April (report)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rissbobet</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The rumored Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone could hit stores as early as April, according to the news site Pocket-lint.Pictures and videos about the upcoming game-focused phone have been appearing for a few months, suggesting that something is happening. The phone would likely be Sony&amp;'s response to the competitive threat from Apple&amp;'s iPhone, which has become a major gaming device with tens of thousands of game apps.Sony Ericsson also has to worry about the threat from Windows Phone 7 phones, which feature integration with Microsoft&amp;'s Xbox Live online gaming service.Pocket-lint said that the phone would like be announced at the Mobile World Congress in February, not at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, as some had hoped.Based on earlier leaks, the phone will come with a slide-out keypad that features game-like controls in the familiar PlayStation pattern of a square, x, triangle, and circle buttons. The device reportedly has a 1 gigahertz Qualcomm MSM8655, 512 megabytes of random access memory, a gigabyte of read-only memory, and the screen is 3.7 to 4.1 inches.Sony Ericsson hasn&amp;'t commented. But the company&amp;'s chief executive, Bert Nordberg, said in November, &amp;''There&amp;'s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere&amp;'', when asked about the PlayStation phonea4a4s existence.&amp;''Sony has an extremely strong offering in the gaming market, and that&amp;'s very interesting&amp;'', Nordberg said before adding: &amp;''gaming, including content, is a very interesting proposition&amp;''.Previous Story: Renewable chemicals get hot, Elevance raises $100 millionPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iPhone, PlayStation Phone, Windows Phone 7Companies: Sony, sony ericssonPeople: Bert Nordberg          Tags: iPhone, PlayStation Phone, Windows Phone 7Companies: Sony, sony ericssonPeople: Bert NordbergDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon iPhone coming February 3 (Update: Announcement next week)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[All signs are pointing to an imminent launch of a version of Apple&amp;'s iPhone that can run on Verizon&amp;'s network, according to multiple reports.Apple has apparently blacked out employee vacation requests between February 3 and 6, a sign that it may be gearing up to launch the Verizon-compatible version of the iPhone during that time period, sources close to Apple told the mobile site Boy Genius Report.Previous reports placed the announcement of the Verizon iPhone some time in the coming weeks, so this latest news fits well into that timeline. We also previously heard that Apple may black out employee vacations for several weeks in late January and early February.BGR points out that Verizon typically launches new phones on Thursdays, and Apple doesn&amp;'t have any other rumored new products for this time period, so it&amp;'s likely we&amp;'ll see the Verizon iPhone on February 3rd. We&amp;'re expecting news on the iPad 2 in the coming months as well, but a February 3 launch seems unlikely for the tablet.Update: It looks like Verizon is holding a big announcement next Tuesday in New York, where its iPhone will likely be announced, according to All Things Digital. This makes it even more likely that Apple will be ready to ship the iPhone to Verizon users in February.Update 2: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon&amp;'s event is definitely for the iPhone, citing the usual &amp;''sources familiar with the matter.&amp;'' Apple CEO Steve Jobs may also make an appearance at the event, according to All Things Digital.Next Story: Multimedia search startup Qwiki raising $8M Previous Story: Here are the Crunchies finalists: Vote for your favorite startupsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: CDMA, iPhone, iPhone 4, Verizon iPhoneCompanies: Apple, Verizon, Verizon Wireless          Tags: CDMA, iPhone, iPhone 4, Verizon iPhoneCompanies: Apple, Verizon, Verizon WirelessDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smartphone owners paid less for apps in 2010]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It looks like smartphone owners are pretty cheap, despite carrying around flashy and often expensive devices.Prices for paid applications on app stores fell by about 16 percent in 2010, and free applications that make money off in-app purchases grew increasingly popular when compared to 2009, according to a new report by Distimo.The price of the average application on Apple&amp;'s app store fell 12 percent, while the prices for BlackBerry applications fell 24 percent. Android applications were actually 1 percent more expensive in 2010 across the entire marketplace. But the top 100 applications on the Android marketplace were 9 percent cheaper than they were a year ago. The prices of the top 100 applications across all marketplaces fell by around 28 percent.The $1 to $2 price point was the most popular choice for developers looking to sell their applications. The number of applications at that price point grew to 27 percent of all applications, up from 22 percent in January. The number of applications costing more than $5 fell to 15 percent of all applications across app stores, compared to 21 percent of all applications in January.More applications on Apple&amp;'s App Store switched to a freemium model, which lets users download applications for free and then makes money by selling premium services through the application. About 34 percent of all revenue generated by App Store applications came from in-app purchases on free applications. Half of the revenue generated from the App Store came from paid application sales.The top free applications across all app stores generated around 3 million downloads each day last year. Paid applications generated around 350,000 downloads each day. Those numbers exclude app downloads on and after Christmasin order to give a more accurate picture of the marketplace.The most popular category for applications on Apple&amp;'s App Store was business-oriented applications, where downloads grew 186 percent when compared to a year earlier. Apple has been charging into the enterprise space for a while now, but still has a while to go before it catches up with Research in Motion&amp;'s 55 million BlackBerry users. Applications for viewing comics were the most popular on the Android marketplace, and entertainment-focused applications were the most popular on the BlackBerry app marketplace.Nokia&amp;'s struggles continued with its Ovi app store in 2010. The Ovi store trailed behind Android and other competitors with around 25,000 free applications and 18,000 paid applications. The cost of paid applications across the Ovi store fell 29 percent, and the top 100 applications on the Ovi store were 61 percent cheaper than they were a year ago. Free applications were more popular than paid applications because many Nokia users were unable to apply the cost of each app to their monthly phone bills, according to the report.Despite having a smaller marketplace, the Ovi store grew the most quickly a4&quot; with the number of free applications increasing by about 900 percent, and the number of paid applications rose 258 percent.The Apple App Store, which has around 300,000 applications, grew steadily a4&quot; the number of free applications on the store grew by 174 percent, and the number of paid applications grew by 111 percent. The number of applications a4&quot; both paid and free a4&quot; in the Android Marketplace grew by about 270 percent to 130,000 when compared to 2009.Next Story: Why global companies like ABB plow millions into electric car charging startups Previous Story: World of WarCraft Cataclysm hits 4.7M in first monthPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: App Store, applicationsCompanies: Apple, Distimo, Google, Microsoft, nokia, Palm          Tags: App Store, applicationsCompanies: Apple, Distimo, Google, Microsoft, nokia, PalmMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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