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  • A Little Twitter #Hallelujah: 'Semantic' Search For User Names Now Possible
    One of the most incredible shortcomings of Twitter that didn't seem very high on their To-Do list was the inability to find a person's handle in a simple search of that person's name. It was a Catch-22: You either had to know the handle already in order to find it, or resort to a Google ...
    12.09.11
  • Getting Started With Twitter's Embedded Tweets Feature
    Somewhat lost amidst the news of Twitter's revamped interface is a slightly more interesting tidbit for web developers: Twitter posts can now be embedded in other pages. The new Embedded Tweet feature works just like a YouTube movie, offering a short HTML snippet that you can copy and paste into any third-party website. Unfortunately using ...
    12.09.11
  • First Look: Zite¿s Personalized News App for iPhone
    You may best know Zite as a personalized iPad magazine that learns from your interests to intelligently provide you with just the right content. The app has now been repackaged for the iPhone to deliver a similar customized experience on the small screen.
    12.09.11
  • Philippe Starck: Intelligence, Honesty and (My Friend) Steve Jobs
    Can there be any doubt that Steve Jobs was a modern-day Renaissance man ¿ a latter day da Vinci, brimming with creativity, invention, aesthetic and business acumen! If Jobs had been around 200 years ago he would have designed cathedrals, structures so breathtaking no one could have imagined them possible until they saw what he had brought to life.
    12.09.11
  • Panasonic Returns to Worldwide Phone Market With Lovely Android Slab
    Panasonic, manufacturer of everything from bikes through batteries to cameras, is set to re-enter the non-Japanese phone market. The announcement comes alongside this concept/reference phone which runs--you guessed it--Android. Apart from that, though, the phone looks pretty sweet. As you can see, it's thin, with a slab-like sleekness and curved back. The body of the handset is ...
    12.09.11
  • Review and Giveaway: iMainGo 2 & iMainGo X
    Although the iPhone and iPod Touch have built in speakers, their sound is, to be kind, less than high-fidelity. The small speakers sound tinny at best -- about enough to listen to voice audio, but hardly enough to crank it up to 11. And, of course, they can be fragile devices, subject to breaking when ...
    12.09.11
  • 9 Awesomely Geeky Spots Where You Must Check In
    It doesn't matter which location-based service you use, but if you want to claim the crown of the ultimate Wired Geek, you need to check in at these nine supremely nerdy locations.
    12.09.11
  • Google's 10 Billion Android App Downloads: By the Numbers
    In the wake of surpassing 10 billion Android Market downloads, Google has released a detailed, visual look at the sales metrics of its store. Google's infographic reveals a number of interesting downloading stats, such as the specifics of peak downloading times, the most popular types of apps downloaded, and the most app-hungry nations worldwide.
    12.08.11
  • Google Adds Google+ Info to Gmail Contacts
    Google now includes Google+ profile information within contacts lists, both in Gmail and in the standalone Google Contacts manager. In addition to Google+ information about your contacts any Google+ circles you've set up will now be available inside the contacts manager. If you'd like to see the new features in action, head over to the Google ...
    12.08.11
  • INuke Boom, The Biggest, BAddest, Expensive-est iPhone Speaker
    The most shameful part of Behringer's iNuke Boom press release is that it shows the huge iPhone dock out of context, with almost no sense of scale. To really understand just how big is is this speaker you need to see it alongside people. But if you squint just so, you can make out the speck ...
    12.08.11
  • Hacker Ports Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich' to Kindle Fire Tablet
    Leave it to the Android community to hack a new device. On Wednesday, an eager Android developer posted a video to YouTube, showing off the new -- and still unreleased -- version of Android, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, running on a Kindle Fire tablet.
    12.07.11
  • Microsoft Launches Xbox Live App for iPhone, iPad
    Microsoft released an Xbox Live app for iOS devices on Wednesday, bringing features of Microsoft's gaming service to Apple devices for the first time. My Xbox Live lets users edit their 3-D avatars, chat with Xbox Live friends and revel in their achievements.
    12.07.11
  • Apple Job Postings Hint at Upcoming Siri Development
    Two new Apple job postings suggest new development paths for Siri, Apple's virtual digital assistant. Siri's UI could be getting a makeover, and Apple could be working on an API to foster greater third-party integration.
    12.07.11
  • Planking, Charlie Sheen and Stupid Acronyms: A Facebook Memology of 2011
    It¿s official -- we¿re living in a TMZ world. According to Facebook, this year¿s most prominent trending topics are dominated by the deaths and pratfalls of major public figures: the killing of Osama Bin Laden ranked as the most shared subject matter of the year (obviously peaking in May at the time of his death).
    12.07.11
  • Windows 8 App Store to Open with Rich Developer Incentives
    Microsoft revealed Tuesday one of the key components that will be shipping with its upcoming Windows 8 platform: the Windows Store. The new software portal will launch in late February alongside the beta of Windows 8, selling applications ranging in price from $1.49 to $999.99.
    12.07.11
  • Big Bang Theory: Mystic Warlords of Ka'a on Facebook -- Awesome DVD Giveaway!
    If you watch The Big Bang Theory regularly, and even if you only tune in now and then, you may recall the first episode in which Wil Wheaton appeared playing an "evil" version of himself. The plot in that episode revolved around a fictional Magic: The Gathering-esque card game called "The Mystic Warlords of Ka'a," ...
    12.07.11
  • Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Pipes Digital Signal to iPad
    Running an analog signal from your guitar to your iPad is fine, but the crackles and pops that come along with it aren't. Griffin's new GuitarConnect Pro fixes this by putting an analog to digital converter into the widget, and piping the result direct into the dock connector. Thus, you can feed your guitar straight into ...
    12.07.11
  • IBooks Updated With Features From 2008
    Apple's pedestrian e-reader app--iBooks--has been updated and brings a handful of new features that users of other e-reader apps have enjoyed since forever. These updates are so basic that I wouldn't have been surprised to see "displays words on a screen" in the release notes. As it is, iBooks users now get full-screen mode (so you ...
    12.07.11
  • Flipboard Launches a New iPhone App
    Flipboard is taking its celebrated iPad magazine and shrinking it down so you can take your page flipping, graphics-filled social media experience with you on your iPhone, everywhere you go.
    12.07.11


 

 

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