Innovation

StumbleUpon Hits 7 Million Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2009

StumbleUpon, the social bookmarking site acquired by eBay, has hit 7 million users.

Bill Gates Lets Mosquitoes Loose At A TED Conference

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2009

At a TED conference, Bill Gates released a bunch of mosquitoes to make a point about malaria.

Court Allows First Order By Verifying Facebook Accounts In Australia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2008

The Supreme Court of the ACT in Australia has accepted the first court order made by verifying contact info through Facebook.

Google: 1.5 Million HTC G1s Have Been Pre-Sold Through T-Mobile

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2008

Google has sold out of 1.5 million HTC G1s through T-Mobile via pre-orders.

A History of Google Acquisitions And Where They Are Today

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2008

Here is a history of Google's acquisitions and how they were integrated into the company.

Massive Digg Ban For Using Greasemonkey Scripts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2008

Digg is banning users who are using Greasemonkey scripts.

Testing Gmail’s New Forgotten Attachment Detector

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2008

Gmail has added a forgotten attachment detection feature.

Microsoft Bans Coder From Making Vista Emulator Theme For iPhone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2008

A developer who posted a Windows Vista emulator received a cease and desist letter from Microsoft.

Kraft Foods Launches Social Network uPumpItUp With Mandy Moore As Spokesperson

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2008

Kraft Foods has launched a social network called uPumpItUp with Mandy Moore as their spokesperson

Google Video Can Now Index External Videos Via Sitemaps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2007

Google has announced a new feature called Video Sitemaps

News Corp Acquires BeliefNet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2007

News Corp has reportedly acquired BeliefNet

IMDb Files Trademark For Term ‘SoundUnwound’

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2007

IMDb has filed a trademark for the term 'SoundUnwound,' which covers social networking services for music enthusiasts.

Facebook Is Revamping Beacon Following User Complaints

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2007

Facebook has announced that it has added some new privacy options for Beacon following a number of complaints from users.

Google Maps Adds A ‘My Location’ Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Google has launched a new "My Location" feature.

Pouchons: A New Hip Hop Social Network Worth Checking Out

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Pouchons is a hip-hop social network worth checking out.

Pluck To Connect Traditional Media With Social Media

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Pluck has announced that it will enable traditional media companies to connect with social media.

Amazon.com Introduces Kindle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2007

Amazon.com has introduced a new device called the Kindle

YouTube: Higher Quality Videos On The Way Within 3 Months

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 15, 2007

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen said that higher quality videos are on the way.

YouTube Is Now Accepting Multiple 1GB Uploads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2007

YouTube now allows users to upload multiple 1GB uploads.

Photobucket Adds A New Tagging Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2007

Photobucket has added a new tagging feature.

Facebook Announces A New Ad Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2007

At an event in New York, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced a new advertising product.

Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Uses Second Life To Promote New Book

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2007

Google Announces The Open Handset Alliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 5, 2007

Google has announced the Open Handset Alliance.

Facebook Is Adding Retail Recommendation Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 4, 2007

Facebook is planning to launch a retail recommendation feature

Kylie Minogue Launches Her Own Social Network KylieKonnect.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 4, 2007

Kylie Minogue has launched a social network called KylieKonnect.com

MySpace And Google Launch OpenSocial Initiative

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 1, 2007

Hulu Enters Private Beta And It Has An Amazing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2007

Hulu is now in private beta and the platform has proved all the nay-sayers wrong.

Yahoo’s MyBlogLog Adds E-Mail Signature Generator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2007

Yahoo! MyBlogLog has now added an email signature feature.

Why It Is A Good Thing That Facebook Monitors Whose Profile You Look At

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2007

Why it could be a good thing that Facebook monitors the profiles that you look at.

NBA Team Phoenix Suns Start Social Network Planet Orange

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2007

The NBA team Phoenix Suns has started a social network called Planet Orange