Amazon Launches Kindle App for Web & More in Bid Against Google
Following Google’s release of an e-bookstore and web-based reading app on Monday, Amazon today announced at Google’s Chrome OS launch event that consumers can now read full Kindle books on their web...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Still Not Talking About Windows Phone 7 Sales Numbers
Windows Phone 7 has been on the market for a little more than a month, but the company still isn’t disclosing how many devices featuring its revamped mobile OS have been sold.Pressed on the issue by...
View ArticleCelebrities’ Internet “Deaths” Raise $1M for Charity
Facebook and the Twitterverse have been a little quieter for the past several days, as some of the networks’ most famous users — including Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Alicia Keys — signed...
View Article5 Lessons Big Corporations Can Learn From Startups
Shawn Parr is the CEO of Bulldog Drummond, a design and innovation consultancy headquartered in San Diego whose clients include Starbucks, Adidas, MTV, Nestle, Pinkberry, Virgin, Disney, Nike and...
View ArticleMOG Hits the Chrome Web Store
Let the deluge of apps begin! Google officially unveiled the long-anticipated Chrome Web Store at its big Chrome event today, and the first app I checked out, naturally, was MOG.First impressions on...
View Article#NewTwitter Adds Blip.tv, Instagram, Slideshare & More
Twitter users can now access multimedia content from blip.tv, Instagram, Rdio, Slideshare and Dipdive without leaving twitter.com, the microblogging service announced has announced.This brings the...
View Article“The New York Times” Chrome Web App Remodels the Online Newspaper
Google just unveiled its the Chrome Web Store, making tons of highly optimized web apps available to users of Google Chrome (or the latest versions of Safari or Firefox 4 beta).One of the apps that was...
View ArticleAT&T Exec: We’re Not Concerned About a Verizon iPhone
A day after being named the worst wireless carrier in the U.S. by Consumer Reports, AT&T’s head of emerging devices, Glenn Lurie, took the stage at All Things Digital’s D: Dive Into Mobile...
View ArticleThe Google Cr-48 Chrome OS Notebook Is All About the Web
Google just launched artillery deep into territories held by Microsoft and Apple by making one of the biggest announcements in its history: The reveal of Chrome OS. And in doing so, it has declared war...
View ArticlePaper.li Brings Its Daily News Aggregator to Facebook
Today, Paper.li has expanded the breadth of its feed aggregation service to include publicly searchable content from Facebook.Paper.li may have been creeping into your life with its “custom newspapers”...
View ArticleGoogle Maps for Android to Add 3D and Offline Support
Get ready, folks with no sense of direction; Google Maps 5.0 app for Android is looking to make your life a lot easier with 3D graphics, more accurate orientation and the ability to function...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Gets Cloud Print
Google today confirmed that Cloud Print would be built into the latest version of the Chrome browser.The feature was first revealed in the spring, and it’s aimed at substantially improving the...
View ArticleReal-Time Traffic App Waze Raises $25M in New Funding
Waze, a startup with a great product for real-time traffic monitoring and GPS navigation, has just announced a $25 million Series B.This most recent round was led by Blue Run Ventures, with previous...
View ArticleSalesforce Seeks to Lure Enterprise into Social Collaboration with Chatter Free
Five months ago, Salesforce released Chatter as a “Facebook for Enterprise.” With more than 60,000 companies already using the cloud-based app, Salesforce is today releasing a complimentary version...
View ArticleWhy the 5 “Best Internet Meme” Finalists Went Viral [Mashable Awards]
This post is brought to you by Dynadot, sponsor of the Mashable Awards’ “Best Internet Meme” Category. Dynadot is an ICANN accredited domain name registrar and web host. Join Dynadot on Facebook to...
View Article10 Chrome Web Apps to Check Out
The Google Chrome Web Store has only been open for a few hours, and already hundreds of apps are available to use.To be fair, not every app offers a new experience; some are merely bookmarks to...
View ArticleStartup Uses Photos to Enable the Discovery of Things, People [INVITES]
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details...
View ArticleViddyJam Is a Pandora for All YouTube’s Music Videos
ViddyJam is a cool new web app we’ve been playing with tonight; we liked it so much, we thought we’d share it with you.This app gets a starting point from you — an artist and a song — and extrapolates...
View ArticleHands-On with CNBC’s Real-Time Stocks Dashboard for iPad [SCREENSHOTS]
CNBC released a brand new iPad app late Monday, delivering the first truly useful, real-time market updates dashboard for the device.The free app is cleverly organized for quick access to the latest...
View ArticleForget the JumboTron — Startup YinzCam Gives Fans Control Over Replays
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details...
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