1. Identity in the Browser 1 hour ago permalinkIdentity will be one of the defining themes in the next five years of the Web. Nearly every site has a concept of a user account, registration, and identity. Searching for “sign in” on Google yields over 1.8 billion hits. And yet, the browser does nothing to make this experience better save for some basic auto form filling. The ...
2. Who gets their news from Google? 2 hours ago permalinkLike everyone else, I'm peripherally following the fur flying about Murdoch thinking about whether or not to block Google from searching his news sites. In the background I keep wondering if this isn't all a misunderstanding. I mean, do a lot of people get their news on Google? That's a question. Okay I know I'm not average, so I don't mean to ...
3. The Most Influential Websites in the World: Wikipedia #1, Twitter #4 With a Bullet 1 hour ago permalinkA year ago we profiled an oddly-named service called ://URLFAN , which we concluded was a good 'Influence Index' for the Web. ://URLFAN ranks websites by popularity, based on blog mentions . Unlike analytics services like Alexa or Compete , ://URLFAN doesn't measure website traffic. It's similar to Technorati , only ://URLFAN ranks all websites ...
4. Google to Put Iraqi Artifacts Online 9 hours ago permalinkBAGHDAD — Amira Edan, the director of Iraq’s National Museum, says that soon she will no longer have to worry so much that the famous institution remains closed to the public for fear of violence.
5. A.H. Belo To Experiment With Pay Walls 1 hour ago permalinkBuried in the announcement that A.H. Belo ( NYSE: AHC ) ( NYSE: BLC ) and MediaNews may pull their content from Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) News is news that yet another newspaper chain is experimenting with putting pay walls up on its websites. A.H. Belo says it will put up pay walls within the next six months at either the Dallas Morning News , ... 6. Yahoo! Application Platform search box code example 3 hours ago permalinkPutting a search box in your YAP app Want to add a search box to your Yahoo application (YAP app)? Here’s some sample PHP code to help you get started. It consists of a single file that calls itself to perform a search and output the results. If the file is requested without a search_term parameter, it will output a form consisting of: yml: ...
7. IAB: Online Ad Spend Slipped 5.4 Percent In Q3; Signs Of Recovery Emerge—But Keep Hope In Check 1 hour ago permalinkThe final numbers for Q3 are in from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the main takeaway is that things may actually be looking up—or less worse, depending on your disposition. While online spending was down 5.4 percent to $5.5 billion in Q3, it’s slightly better than the $5.4 billion spent in Q2, according to the trade group ... 8. Los Angeles 1 hour ago permalinkEl que no vio el pasado domingo los American Music Awards en Los Angeles no puso ver a Jennifer L pezcon su nuevo single Louboutins Para su show Jennifer Lopez prepar una impactante coreograf a que incluy un bochornoso blooper en el que se la vio a JLo c...... more
9. Dropbox Raises $7.25M, Crosses 3M Users 1 hour ago permalinkYou don’t go into file backup and syncing for the fame and glory, but that’s what it seems to be yielding for 2-year-old Dropbox. Simply put, people — including my GigaOM coworkers and I — love Dropbox because it works. “We do have a rabid following,” Dropbox CEO Drew Houston admitted in a conversation today.
10. Microsoft delays opening Win7 netbook tool code 6 hours ago permalinkMicrosoft has delayed open-sourcing the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool after admitting it contains copied code. Microsoft combed through the code after a blogger raised concerns that it violated the GNU General Public License version 2. Raphael Rivera Jr. found that part of looked suspiciously like it was lifted straight from an open-source ...
11. If Kerouac Lived In The Present, OnTheRoad, The Service, May Have Interested Him 3 hours ago permalinkThere's a ton of buzz around location right now. Our discussion on it at the RealTime CrunchUp this past Friday easily could have gone on twice as long as it did. There are just so many interesting facets: Business models, privacy, real-life social implications , and so on. Not surprisingly, we're seeing an explosion of services that are built ... 12. WaPo Closes N.Y., L.A., Chicago Bureaus; Focus on DC Local & Politics 5 hours ago permalinkThe Washington Post ( NYSE: WPO ) is shutting down its bureaus in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, following some layoffs at its online division last week. The goal is to save money by focusing more on politics and local Washington news, the company says. This means all its national bureaus are now gone, and the six correspondents who worked ...
13. Ommwriter: Be Alone with Your Thoughts 4 hours ago permalinkBetween Skype, chat, texts, push news notifications and three screens of scrolling feeds, it's easy to get distracted while writing an email or post. If you've misspelled names, forgotten words or hit send prematurely on numerous occasions, then you probably just need to slow down. Rather than resorting to a life in the woods of hermit-like ... 14. Canopy Financial Turns Into Sad, Comical Game Of Hot Potato 5 hours ago permalinkThis morning we broke the news that Canopy Financial, no. 12 on this year's Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, is a complete sham. And it's no surprise that today, everyone is trying to point the finger at everyone else. The company's investment bank, Financial Technology Partners, which has represented Canopy Financial through at least ... 15. Enterprise 2.0: Study Shows Adoption is Real 5 hours ago permalinkWhen you look at Enterprise 2.0, you can see the hype pretty clearly but what is not so evident is how social computing efforts are faring within corporations and large organizations. That's what's striking about the report from the 2.0 Adoption Council . The group did a web survey of its 100 members with 77 responding. That may seem like a ... 16. In Time For The Holiday Retail Frenzy, Lucky Magazine Makes Editorial Picks Shoppable 6 hours ago permalinkAs fashion magazines, like Vogue, are trying to establish viable digital strategies, Lucky Magazine is making their first venture into the e-commerce world with the launch of a online retail site. Partnered with loyalty shopping technology startup Mall Networks, Lucky is rolling out a retail site that makes editorial picks "shoppable." The site ... 17. IBM staffer posts pics on Facebook, loses benefits 7 hours ago permalinkInsurance companies want us to be healthy. Really, they do. They have our interests at heart, and they defend those interests with an unusual zeal. This is why I am wondering which details might be missing from the tale of Natalie Blanchard.
18. Julie & JuliaDvDrip-FXG 7 hours ago permalinkAlternative download: This download might also be available on Usenet. Click here to download the UseNeXT client. 19. US Gov Funds Benetech To Create The First Open Content School Books For Disabled Persons 8 hours ago permalinkThe US government has awarded Benetech $100,000 to create the first versions of open content school books that can be more easily accessed by disabled people. The math and science textbooks are freely distributable under a Creative Commons license. The textbooks, which have been approved for California high school students, will be converted to ... 20. Amazon announces better battery life and native PDF support for the Kindle 9 hours ago permalinkAmazon announced some major changes to their Kindle e-book reader today. Specifically, it stated that they’ve worked out a way to increase battery life by 85%. That means that the new firmware update will allow you to leave your Kindle on (with the wifi active) for about 7 days before you need to recharge. Additionally, the Kindle will now ...
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