Monthly Archives: June 2010
Virgin America Offering Free Flights For Influential Twitter Users In Toronto
Virgin America is partnering with Twitter analytics service Klout to determine who some of the most influential Twitter users in Toronto are. Those influential Toronto Twitter users will be given free flights.
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Categories Klout, Twitter, Virgin, Virgin America
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Google Launches HTML5 Showcase Website
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has launched a new website called HTML5Rocks to showcase what can be done with HTML5. This website counters a move made by Apple for displaying what can be done with HTML5 (Apple’s version can only be seen using Safari). HTML5Rocks has 9 tutorials on HTML5 and there is also a code playground that lets you experiment with code. [TechCrunch]
Categories Google, HTML5Rocks
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Discontinued Paper Magazine Gourmet Magazine Back In Business On iPad
Gourmet Magazine is a publication owned by Conde Nast that was shut down this past October. But now they are back… on the iPad as an application called Gourmet Live. “We closed the magazine last fall but we did not close the brand,” said Conde Nast president of consumer marketing Robert Sauerberg.
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White iPhone 4 Not Available Until End Of July
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) said that the white iPhone 4 will not be available until the end of July because of manufacturing challenges. Apple also said that the white iPhones will not affect sales of the black iPhones. [TechCrunch]
Categories Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 4
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Mark Zuckerberg: 1 Billion Users This Year “Almost A Guarantee”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed today that his social network will hit 1 billion users this year. It is “almost a guarantee that it will happen.” “If we succeed [in innovating and remaining relevant] there is a good chance of bringing this to a billion people… it will be interesting to see how it plays out,” said Zuckerberg at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. “We are down to just four countries where we aren’t the leading social network.”[Guardian UK]
Categories Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg
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Google: Every Day 160,000 Android Devices Are Activated
Google announced the Droid X with their partners Verizon and Motorola. Google also revealed an interesting statistic: about 160,000 Android powered devices are being activated per day (or about 2 per second). There are currently 60 compatible Android devices across 21 OEMs, 59 carriers, and in 49 countries. Google is also open sourcing Android 2.2 (Froyo) to partners who manufacture Android phones around the world. The announcement was made by Google VP of Engineering Andy Rubin. [Google Blog]
Verizon Selling $2.35 Billion Wireless Spectrum License To AT&T
Verizon has given permission from the FCC to sell a $2.35 billion wireless spectrum license sale to AT&T. Verizon is selling the assets as a condition for regulatory approval of for their purchase of Alltel this past January.
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Categories Alltel, AT&T, AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc.
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SanDisk SD WORM Card Can Store Photos For At Least 100 Years
SanDisk has started shipping an SD card called the WORM (write once read many) that can write once and store images and data for at least 100 years. SanDisk sold its WORM SD card to Japan’s National Polcie so far.
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Categories SanDisk, SanDisk WORM
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Facebook Is Testing A New News Feed For People With Few Friends
Facebook is testing a custom, new News Feed for users that have a few friends. Above is a screenshot of what it looks like. You will notice that the modal news feed is missing and there are popular photo album shots and their associated interactions highlighted at the top. “This is a test we’re running to a small percentage of users who have very few friends on Facebook. This is simply to help them discover interesting content and create an instantly valuable experience for them,” said a Facebook rep. [BusinessInsider]
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Android Preferred In The Long-Term By Developers [SURVEY]
Around 2,733 mobile application developers were surveyed by Appcelerator about which mobile platform they prefer. It turns out that they said that Apple’s near-term outlook is favorable, but Google was voted best for the long-term based on a 69% vote. Do you agree with this survey? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments. [ReadWriteWeb]
Categories Android, Appcelerator, Google, Google Android, iPhone
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