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Apple Previews iOS 4.2, Still Syncs Like iPhone OS 1.0
GigaOm | 53 minutes ago
Reiterating much of the iOS presentation by Steve Jobs, a new web page adds a few details to what iOS 4.2 brings in November.
Stumbleupon and Fark: Not Much Attention, but Big Traffic
GigaOm | 53 minutes ago
In a chart of the traffic it gets from a variety of social networks (posted by All Things Digital), Gawker Media showed that the number one referrer is Reddit ? which has been gaining momentum recently, thanks in part to the reaction to Digg?s relaunch, but was number one as far back as last year.
Stumbleupon and Fark: Not Much Attention, but Big Traffic
GigaOm | 53 minutes ago
In a chart of the traffic it gets from a variety of social networks (posted by All Things Digital), Gawker Media showed that the number one referrer is Reddit ? which has been gaining momentum recently, thanks in part to the reaction to Digg?s relaunch, but was number one as far back as last year.
More on the Virgin MiFi
Pogue's Posts | 1 hour 1 minute ago
The Virgin MiFi review got a lot of reaction--including complaints from readers on what I didn't mention.
Stumbleupon and Fark: Not Much Attention, but Big Traffic
GigaOm | 1 hour 7 minutes ago
A chart of the traffic that Gawker Media gets from social networks shows Reddit in number one position and Digg as a distant number 5 -- but the most interesting part is how much influence Fark and Stumbleupon have, despite the lack of attention they get.
App Review: Angry Birds (Android)
Engadget Mobile | 1 hour 36 minutes ago
What does it take to make an addictive game? Not much -- just throw in some super simple controls, cute graphics, and basic physics. Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds is one such game that includes all these elements, and today the studio's just released a public Android beta to cater those without an iOS or Ovi-enabled device. In case you're not already familiar with the popular title, the backstory is that a gang of hungry pigs snatched away some eggs from the birds, forcing the feathered creatur...
Apple Previews iOS 4.2, Still Syncs Like iPhone OS 1.0
GigaOm | 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Reiterating much of the iOS presentation by Steve Jobs, a new web page adds a few details to what iOS 4.2 brings in November.
Angry Birds Land on Android
GigaOm | 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Worker productivity likely took a massive downturn today with the arrival of the highly successful Angry Birds game on the Android platform.
Apple Doubles iPad Production, May Triple Soon
GigaOm | 1 hour 52 minutes ago
iPad SideshotThe Apple iPad recently became available to ship within 24 hours for the first time since it began production in April of this year.
U.S. Mobile Web Usage a Win-Win for Google
GigaOm | 1 hour 52 minutes ago
The use of Google Android devices to access the web continues to rise in the U.S., at the expense of Apple?s iOS, BlackBerry and other handset platforms.
1.4B Minutes of Live Online Video Watched in July
GigaOm | 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Online video is entering the mainstream, and nowhere is that more evident than in the growth of live video services over the past year.
Vodafone's Microsoft Surface: like Go Fish for phones
Engadget Mobile | 1 hour 54 minutes ago
Microsoft worked with Vodafone late last year to deploy Surfaces to a few dozen stores in several European countries (much as AT&T has done in the US), and one of those units happens to be set up at the carrier's IFA booth this week. The basic idea here is that each available model appears as a card that can be twirled, resized, and flung around the screen. When the software first starts, the cards start in a deck from which you can "deal" onto the table -- but when we first approached i...
Angry Birds Land on Android
GigaOm | 1 hour 55 minutes ago
Worker productivity likely took a massive downturn today with the arrival of the highly successful Angry Birds game on the Android platform.
U.S. Mobile Web Usage a Win-Win for Google
GigaOm | 2 hours 6 minutes ago
Google Android continues to gain mobile browser share in the U.S. as all other platforms, including Apple's iOS, are declining. Thanks to smart partnerships on other platforms, Google has had the mobile search market sewn up for years. And with Android, that's not likely to change.
Online Viewers Watched 1.4B Minutes of Live Video in July
GigaOm | 2 hours 52 minutes ago
Online video is entering the mainstream, and nowhere is that more evident than in the growth of live video services over the past year.
iTunes 10 Interface: Where Apple Went Wrong
GigaOm | 2 hours 52 minutes ago
Almost every year, Apple releases a new version of iTunes with some new feature.
HP Mini 5103 Review: Dual-Core Atom & Touch
GigaOm | 2 hours 52 minutes ago
The HP Mini 5103 is the next generation of netbook with the Atom dual-core processor and touch screen.
iTunes 10 Interface: Where Apple Went Wrong
GigaOm | 2 hours 52 minutes ago
Almost every year, Apple releases a new version of iTunes with some new feature.
HP Mini 5103 Review: Dual-Core Atom & Touch
GigaOm | 2 hours 53 minutes ago
The HP Mini 5103 is the next generation of netbook with the Atom dual-core processor and touch screen.
Apple Doubles iPad Production, May Triple Soon
GigaOm | 2 hours 54 minutes ago
iPad SideshotThe Apple iPad recently became available to ship within 24 hours for the first time since it began production in April of this year.
iTunes 10 Interface: Where Apple Went Wrong
GigaOm | 3 hours 12 minutes ago
Almost every year, Apple releases a new version of iTunes with some new feature. Last year it was Home Sharing. This year, it's Ping. Apple also usually tweaks the UI, many times creating a backlash. This year Apple has outdone itself.
Mint Sets Spending Data Free
GigaOm | 3 hours 50 minutes ago
The online personal finance assistant Mint often mines user data for trends and interesting charts to feature on its popular corporate blog. Now the Intuit-owned company is preparing to release the data it's collected on behalf of its 3 million users.
Droid R2-D2 gets docked -- not in a X-Wing
Engadget Mobile | 3 hours 50 minutes ago
Verizon's teaser site for the Droid 2 R2-D2 edition has been teasing a series of locked spokes, accessible by all as soon as anyone in the community solves the "puzzle." We don't know exactly what the magic code was, but regardless, thanks to David H. yesterday, we've got a new gallery of devices pics and -- oh, lookie -- a special edition Droid R2-D2 dock. We don't see room for a hyperdrive anywhere, nor wings, photon torpedos, or a cockpit for future Jedis to blast orbital space stations. ...
Are Smaller Cable Networks At Risk Of Being Squeezed Out?
GigaOm | 3 hours 50 minutes ago
Smaller cable networks might see their renegotiation leverage being stripped away, as cable companies and other pay TV providers commit more of their spending to ?must carry? channels like ESPN, TNT, Discovery and CNN.
Mint Sets Spending Data Free
GigaOm | 3 hours 50 minutes ago
The online personal-finance assistant Mint often mines user data for trends and interesting charts to feature on its popular corporate blog.
New official MeeGo screenshots show promise, influence
Engadget Mobile | 4 hours 45 minutes ago
MeeGo's official user interface guidelines could easily end up determining whether the platform sinks or swims -- no one wants a phone whose UI looks like junk, after all. The minions at Nokia and Intel's little pet project have posted new OS shots as examples of how to properly implement the interface in third-party apps, and we've got to admit -- things are looking a lot cleaner, prettier, and generally more modern than the first round of pictures we saw back in June, thanks in part to a de...
Odds of Success for the Latest iPad Competitors
GigaOm | 4 hours 47 minutes ago
As expected, several Google Android slates were unveiled at the IFA electronics show in Berlin, which kicked off yesterday.
Ping: A Social Network Inside a Walled Garden
GigaOm | 4 hours 47 minutes ago
Many commentators were dismayed and/or puzzled by Ping?s lack of integration with Facebook and Twitter, especially as Apple was known to be in discussions with Facebook about just such a move.
iTunes 10 Interface: Where Apple Went Wrong
GigaOm | 4 hours 47 minutes ago
Almost every year, Apple releases a new version of iTunes with some new feature.
Are Smaller Cable Networks At Risk Of Being Squeezed Out?
GigaOm | 4 hours 47 minutes ago
Smaller cable networks might see their renegotiation leverage being stripped away, as cable companies and other pay TV providers commit more of their spending to ?must carry? channels like ESPN, TNT, Discovery and CNN.
Are Smaller Cable Networks At Risk Of Being Squeezed Out?
GigaOm | 4 hours 49 minutes ago
Smaller cable networks might see their renegotiation leverage being stripped away, as cable companies and other pay TV providers commit more of their spending to ?must carry? channels like ESPN, TNT, Discovery and CNN.
Are Smaller Cable Networks At Risk Of Being Squeezed Out?
GigaOm | 4 hours 51 minutes ago
Smaller cable networks might see their negotiation leverage being stripped away, as cable companies commit more of their programming spend to "must carry" channels. That's one key takeaway from AT&T's recent negotiations with Crown Media for carriage of the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel.
Teen archer launches cellphone-laced arrows into Brazilian jail
Engadget Mobile | 4 hours 57 minutes ago
Sometimes we sit around at Engadget HQ and do informal, anonymous surveys of our favorite gadgets of all time. Cell phones are unsurprisingly always at the top of the list. But the bow and arrow always comes in a close second -- call us closet traditionalists. Anyway, seems like a gang in Sao Paulo trained a 17-year-old to shoot arrows with cell phones strapped to the tips over a prison wall to communications-starved inmates. Apparently the misguided teen got at least four phones in before h...
Intel on the Couch
Light Reading/The Blog Roll | 5 hours 26 minutes ago
12:40 PM So, tell me what's been troubling you (not that I don't have a guess)
Odds of Success for the Latest iPad Competitors
GigaOm | 5 hours 27 minutes ago
Three iPad competitors running Google Android were announced at the IFA show in Berlin. Each has pros and cons, but will any be able to take a bite of the hot tablet market? Here are the odds of each to sell a million units by year-end.
Foodspotting Gets Funding for Food-Based Social Network
GigaOm | 5 hours 46 minutes ago
Foodspotting, a startup that allows users to share photos of their favorite dishes with friends and other food-lovers, has landed a $750,000 seed round from a series of angel investors led by former Google executive Aydin Senkut and Dave McClure?s 500 Startups fund and including Path CEO Dave Morin, Google product manager for location-based services Steve Lee and Dipity founder Derek Dukes.
Does Facebook Still Have Some Twitter Envy?
GigaOm | 5 hours 46 minutes ago
Facebook has confirmed that it?s testing a new feature with a small group of users that allows a member of the social network to ?subscribe? to another user?s updates, in the same way that Twitter allows users to ?follow? each other.
YouTube Serving 2B Video Ads Each Week
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
YouTube?s ability to monetize user-uploaded video content has increased substantially over the last year, with the Number 1 online video site serving ads against two billion videos a week, according to a report in the New York Times.
Groupon Close to Half a Billion Dollars in Sales
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Groupon, the web-powered group-buying service, says it?s been growing at an exponential rate over the past six months, and expects to end the year with as many as 25 million subscribers and $400 million in gross sales.
AOL vs. Yahoo: A Tale of Two Search Deals
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Updated: You know things are bad when AOL?s search business looks better than yours.
Seriously, FCC, Get a Move On
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Stacey pinged me and pointed to this report about the state of Internet Access Services (pdf) issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
Twitter Has 145M Users, Mobile Use Up 62 Percent
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Mobile use of Twitter has climbed by more than 60 percent since April, when the company introduced its official iPhone client, Twitter CEO Ev Williams said in a status update posted to the company?s blog.
iPod touch Is Close, But Still No Contract-Free iPhone
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
If you don?t count the ol? iPod Classic, Apple completely revamped the iPod line yesterday at its annual music event.
Vlingo Adds Voice Check-ins to Foursquare
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Vlingo today added voice support to Foursquare on Android handsets, allowing Foursquare users to check in, find friends and send shouts through speech-to-text.
Digg Exec: Sorry About the Bugs, But Glad You Care!
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Digg?s had a hectic week. The company?s long-awaited relaunch didn?t exactly go as planned; it was fraught with technical problems and poorly received by many users.
Announcing the Mobilize Launchpad Finalists!
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Can I get a drumroll please? Or maybe just the trill of a thousand ringtones to celebrate the selection of our Mobilize 2010 Launchpad finalists?
iPod touch Is Close, But Still No Contract-Free iPhone
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
If you don?t count the ol? iPod Classic, Apple completely revamped the iPod line yesterday at its annual music event.
4chan Decides to Do Something Nice For a Change
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Updated: The anarchic online community known as 4chan isn?t known for doing things that are cute and heart-warming.
Tale of the Tweet: Foursquare Founder Tells Facebook to Bring It
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley Even before Facebook launched its Places location feature on Thursday, many assumed that the giant social network would eventually wind up killing off Foursquare, the startup that?s gotten the lion?s share of attention ? and $20 million in funding ? for its location-based service.
Why Recommended Places Are the Next Big Thing in Location
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Now that Facebook is doing its best to make location-based services and the idea of a ?check-in? mainstream with Facebook Places, the real game in location is shifting elsewhere: such as trying to make sense of all of the location data that users are providing through various services.
YouTube Serving 2B Video Ads Each Week
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
YouTube?s ability to monetize user-uploaded video content has increased substantially over the last year, with the Number 1 online video site serving ads against two billion videos a week, according to a report in the New York Times.
MobileTechRoundup 220 Podcasting Live at 1pm ET
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
The podcast will be available sometime after the show for those unable to join us live.
MobileTechRoundup 220 Podcasting Live at 1pm ET
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
The podcast will be available sometime after the show for those unable to join us live.
Live Blog: Apple s Digital Media Event
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
It?s a packed room, with more than 200 people at the Yerba Buena Center here in San Francisco, Calif.
Why HP, Dell and Toshiba Aren't Benefitting Fully From Netbook Sales
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
With sales up 43 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner ? the highest rate of growth in nearly eight years ? the mobile PC market is flexing its muscle.
Facebook Places: The Real Target Is Yelp
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Most of the attention paid to Facebook Places, the new location feature that the social network launched on Thursday, has focused either on the privacy implications of the service, or on the impact that it could have on location-based startups such as Foursquare (which some have said they expect to be ?crushed? by the new feature).
Location Is the New Shopping Assistant
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Point Inside, a Seattle, Wash.-based company that provides consumer location-based services, today announced a Find-It application specific to the Meijer retail chain.
Ev Williams: Twitter Will Actually Help Information Overload
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
At its core, Twitter is a ?recipient-driven medium,? said CEO Evan Williams in a public conversation tonight in San Francisco, Calif.
Ping: A Social Network Inside a Walled Garden
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Many commentators were dismayed and/or puzzled by Ping?s lack of integration with Facebook and Twitter, especially as Apple was known to be in discussions with Facebook about just such a move.
Why Ping Is the Future of Social Commerce
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Apple announced on Wednesday a cornucopia of new hardware and software: sleek iPods, a brand new Internet-enabled video streaming device and new versions of its iOS software and iTunes 10.
Twitter Launches iPad App With Focus on Consumption
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
Twitter launched the first native app it?s built from scratch Wednesday night: Twitter for iPad.
Meet Angry Birds the Next Big Entertainment Franchise (Video)
GigaOm | 5 hours 47 minutes ago
It has taken me nearly four hours to write this post! Ironically, you can blame it on Angry Birds, the super addictive game that has become the top iPhone app in the world.
LTE Speeds on a 20 MHz Carrier in Stockholm
Wireless Moves | 6 hours 2 minutes ago
Computer World editor Mikael Rickn s seems to have taken a little trip to Sweden to give the live LTE network there that operates on a 20 MHz carrier in the 2.6 GHz band as well as their 3G network a try. Very interesting numbers he gives in his report indeed, with peak downlink speeds of 59.1 MBit/s and peak uplink speeds of 18.2 MBit/s. Also, the reported HSPA speeds of up to 8.5 MBit/s (in a 5 MHz carrier) are...
Vodafone R201 mobile WiFi hotspot review
Engadget Mobile | 6 hours 3 minutes ago
Mobile broadband has come a long way since the early (and expensive) attempts at integrating 3G modules into laptops; today, cubicle dwellers are liberated by cheaper mobile data, along with the abundance of 3G dongles and the emerging mobile WiFi (ergo "MiFi") hotspot devices. It's no secret that Huawei's been flirting with both Three and Vodafone for some time, but it was only recently that the manufacturer also made a MiFi -- the R201 -- for Vodafone (the carrier's lesser-known MiFI 2352 ...
Ping: A Social Network Inside a Walled Garden
GigaOm | 6 hours 15 minutes ago
Whether by design or accident, Ping's lack of integration with other social networks, or even with the web itself, is now its most compelling feature at least from a strategic perspective. It's essentially an e-commerce platform for music disguised as a social network.
Guitar Sidekick brings your phone to your guitar, while your guitar gently weeps
Engadget Mobile | 6 hours 15 minutes ago
You may not want to be seen rocking one of these at your next gig, but if you've been trying to juggle your phone and guitar while using some of the endless number of apps out there, you might just want to consider this so-called Guitar Sidekick from Castiv. As you can see, there's not a whole lot to it -- just a bracket that attaches to the neck of your guitar, and an adjustable mechanism that will accommodate just about any smartphone (or even a PSP). No word on an iPad version just yet, bu...
Does Facebook Still Have Some Twitter Envy?
GigaOm | 6 hours 42 minutes ago
Facebook has confirmed that it is testing a new feature with a small group of users that allows a member of the social network to ?subscribe? to another user?s updates, in the same way that Twitter allows users to ?follow? each other.
Analyst: Tablets to Outsell E-readers
GigaOm | 6 hours 42 minutes ago
Tablets that serve multiple purposes are going to see tremendous growth according to UK analyst firm Informa Telecoms and Media, as consumers choose them over dedicated e-readers such as Amazon?s Kindle.
Analyst: Tablets to Outsell E-readers
GigaOm | 6 hours 42 minutes ago
Tablets that serve multiple purposes are going to see tremendous growth according to UK analyst firm Informa Telecoms and Media, as consumers choose them over dedicated e-readers such as Amazon?s Kindle.
Does Facebook Still Have Some Twitter Envy?
GigaOm | 6 hours 42 minutes ago
Facebook has confirmed that it is testing a new feature with a small group of users that allows a member of the social network to ?subscribe? to another user?s updates, in the same way that Twitter allows users to ?follow? each other.
Ping: A Social Network Inside a Walled Garden
GigaOm | 6 hours 42 minutes ago
Many commentators were dismayed and/or puzzled by Ping?s lack of integration with Facebook and Twitter, especially as Apple was known to be in discussions with Facebook about just such a move.
Does Facebook Still Have Some Twitter Envy?
GigaOm | 7 hours 26 minutes ago
Facebook has confirmed it is testing a new feature that allows a member of the network to "subscribe" to another user's updates, in the same way Twitter allows users to "follow" each other. But implementing a full "follow" feature would be a big risk for Facebook.
Is Flash on Android Shockingly Bad or Shockingly Great?
GigaOm | 7 hours 50 minutes ago
Since posting Kevin Tofel?s demo of Flash video on his Nexus One handset, we?ve received a ton of comments: some pro-Flash, some anti-Flash, some anti-Apple, some even anti-Kevin.
Is Flash on Android Shockingly Bad or Shockingly Great?
GigaOm | 8 hours 13 minutes ago
After posting Kevin Tofel's demo of the struggles he had with Flash-based video on his Nexus One mobile handset, we've received a ton of comments, including response videos from readers who showed their own experiences with Flash on Android mobile handsets. Here are just a few.
Walking the Startup Pavilion at VMworld
GigaOm | 8 hours 47 minutes ago
One of the most fun areas of any trade show is the startup pavilion: a place where smaller companies can rent a kiosk to show off their wares.
Walking the Startup Pavilion at VMworld
GigaOm | 8 hours 47 minutes ago
One of the most fun areas of any trade show is the startup pavilion: a place where smaller companies can rent a kiosk to show off their wares.
Walking the Startup Pavilion at VMworld
GigaOm | 8 hours 56 minutes ago
One of the most fun areas of any tradeshow is the startup pavilion: a place where smaller companies can rent a kiosk. So I wandered through the pavilion at VMworld and discovered plenty of interesting startups attacking the hot market segments today. Here are some.
Plex announces paternship with LG, pledges to beat Boxee Box and Apple TV for free
Engadget Mobile | 10 hours 26 minutes ago
We're excited about the Boxee Box, and the new-look Apple TV is intriguing, but no single box is as good as a box that doesn't exist yet does the same stuff. Confused? Sit down, let us explain. That's the point Plex is making in announcing its new partnership with LG, which will integrate Plex software into its 2011 Netcast HDTVs and Blu-ray players. Plex enables the same sort of functionality as those smart little boxes mentioned above, letting you serve content from a machine running OS X ...
GigaOm | 10 hours 57 minutes ago
Dublin, Not Nice
Light Reading/The Blog Roll | 11 hours 54 minutes ago
6:00 AM TM Forum moves its annual jamboree
Huawei Ideos hands-on
Engadget Mobile | 12 hours ago
Chinese telecom giant Huawei -- which has been playing the Android game with major carriers around the world for some time now -- has selected IFA to debut the Ideos, a new entry-level model running Froyo in a variety of colors. Huawei's press release calls the Ideos "the world's first affordable smartphone" -- which seems like a bit of an overstatement (okay, a huge overstatement) to us -- but really underscores the fact that this thing is going to be launching for somewhere between $100 an...
Fastweb Hits 100Mbit/s
Light Reading/The Blog Roll | 12 hours 5 minutes ago
5:45 AM Italian operator takes fast FTTH to 2 million homes and businesses
NES controller pressed into service to Android overlord (video)
Engadget Mobile | 14 hours 52 minutes ago
Perhaps the worst, and least repairable, shortcoming of touchscreens is their failure to act as viable game controllers. Keyboard-equipped smartphones alleviate that pain a little (particularly if you pair them with a Game Gripper), but ultimately we'd all prefer real controllers for our real games. Such was clearly the thinking behind the homebrewed setup here, which combines an HTC EVO 4G -- with Android and an NES emulator inside -- with an Arduino board, a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth module, and...
Boost Mobile adds $2-a-day unlimited everything option -- Engadget Mobile
Engadget Mobile | 16 hours 27 minutes ago
Ev Williams: Twitter Will Actually Help Information Overload
GigaOm | 16 hours 54 minutes ago
At its core, Twitter is a ?recipient-driven medium,? said CEO Evan Williams in a public conversation tonight in San Francisco, Calif.
Ev Williams: Twitter Will Actually Help Information Overload
GigaOm | 16 hours 54 minutes ago
At its core, Twitter is a ?recipient-driven medium,? said CEO Evan Williams in a public conversation tonight in San Francisco, Calif.
Ev Williams: Twitter Will Actually Help Information Overload
GigaOm | 17 hours 27 minutes ago
Given the opportunity, Twitter CEO Evan Williams will happily extemporize at a high level about the ideas that drive his company (which is now up to 145 million users). Williams contended tonight that the medium of Twitter is (gasp!) actually well-suited to handle information overload.
Ringtone creationism banned iTunes 10, but DIY still seems to work
Engadget Mobile | 18 hours 42 minutes ago
Not that we've ever been a fan of paying an additional 99 cents to turn an already-purchased track into a seconds-long ringtone, but if you fancied the option in iTunes 9.2.1, we're sad to inform you that yesterday's update seems to have nixed said option. But hey, look at this way, now you can learn a new skill: how to make iTunes 10 ringtones free of charge with some filename finagling. The old method still seems to work just fine (instructions via More Coverage link below), so turn that ....
Twitter Has 145M Users, Mobile Use Up 62 Percent
GigaOm | 18 hours 48 minutes ago
Mobile use of Twitter has climbed by more than 60 percent since April, when the company introduced its official iPhone client, Twitter CEO Ev Williams said in a status update posted to the company?s blog.
Twitter Has 145M Users, Mobile Use Up 62 Percent
GigaOm | 18 hours 50 minutes ago
Mobile use of Twitter has climbed by more than 60 percent since April, when the company introduced its official iPhone client, Twitter CEO Ev Williams said in a status update posted to the company?s blog.
Twitter Has 145M Users, Mobile Use Up 62 Percent
GigaOm | 18 hours 55 minutes ago
Mobile use of Twitter has climbed by more than 60 percent since April, when the company introduced its official iPhone client, Twitter CEO Ev Williams says. The service also has 145 million registered users, up almost 40 percent from the number it had four months ago.
Vid-Biz: Amazon 99-Cent Shows, Sezmi, Vimeo
GigaOm | 20 hours 52 minutes ago
About Those 99-Cent TV Episodes Being Sold On Amazon; Amazon still has to pay the contracted rates for electronic sell-through TV shows, so it?s taking a loss on all 99-cent videos sold.
Vid-Biz: Amazon 99-Cent Shows, Sezmi, Vimeo
GigaOm | 20 hours 52 minutes ago
About Those 99-Cent TV Episodes Being Sold On Amazon; Amazon still has to pay the contracted rates for electronic sell-through TV shows, so it?s taking a loss on all 99-cent videos sold.
Meet Angry Birds the Next Big Entertainment Franchise (Video)
GigaOm | 21 hours 40 minutes ago
I hear birds squawking in my sleep. I see green pigs dance in front of my eyes. Like millions, I am addicted to Angry Birds, the game. In this video, CEO Mikael Hed and executive Peter Vesterbacka share the secrets of capturing all our idle minutes.
New ESPN TV Everywhere Service Begins With Time Warner Cable Deal
GigaOm | 21 hours 52 minutes ago
Disney and Time Warner Cable have settled their retransmission negotiations, finalizing a deal that will keep ABC, ESPN and Disney networks on Time Warner Cable and Bright House Network cable systems.
Meet Angry Birds the Next Big Entertainment Franchise (Video)
GigaOm | 21 hours 52 minutes ago
It has taken me nearly four hours to write this post! Ironically, you can blame it on Angry Birds, the super addictive game that has become the top iPhone app in the world.
New ESPN TV Everywhere Service Begins With Time Warner Cable Deal
GigaOm | 21 hours 52 minutes ago
Disney and Time Warner Cable have settled their retransmission negotiations, finalizing a deal that will keep ABC, ESPN and Disney networks on Time Warner Cable and Bright House Network cable systems.
Meet Angry Birds the Next Big Entertainment Franchise (Video)
GigaOm | 21 hours 52 minutes ago
It has taken me nearly four hours to write this post! Ironically, you can blame it on Angry Birds, the super addictive game that has become the top iPhone app in the world.
Is Angry Birds the Next Big Entertainment Franchise? (Video)
GigaOm | 22 hours 11 minutes ago
I hear birds squawking in my sleep. I see green pigs dance in front of my eyes. Like millions, I am addicted to Angry Birds, the game. In this video, CEO Mikael Hed and executive Peter Vesterbacka share the secrets of capturing all our idle minutes.
Alloy s Teen-Skewed First Day is Decent But Derivative
GigaOm | 22 hours 53 minutes ago
There?s been an interesting debate going on in the web series community over the last day or so, sparked off by a strongly-worded TwitVid of former UTA agent and consultant Barrett Garese, about whether or not the web series as we currently understand it is doomed to be ?derivative television.? There has been some great discussion on the topic, including Gold creator David Nett?s Facebook response and Garese?s expanded thoughts, that are worth reading.
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