Category Archives: Web2.0 & Tech

Dell Launching Mobile Phone in China

TechCrunch: A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Dell is launching (or at least announcing) a mobile phone in China in the next day or two.  What we’ve heard on the hardware: iPhone-like, touchscreen, no physical keyboard. … Continue reading

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Microsoft Sells Razorfish to Publicis for $500-600 Million

BusinessInsider: French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA will pay $500-600 million to buy Microsoft’s digital ad firm, Razorfish. As part of the deal, Publicis “will purchase hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising over several years across Microsoft’s digital properties, … Continue reading

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Team Apart: Best Virtual Meeting Tool

Mashable: Team Apart (formerly Meetcast), a Y Combinator-funded startup that is now launching its free, web-based workspace application. And it is something to behold: not only does it carry basic virtual meeting features such as demo support and video chat, but … Continue reading

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Microsoft Gets Office.com

Mashable: According to the blog istartedsomething.com, the domain name for Office.com was transferred to Microsoft on August 4th – just two days ago – from a European company called ContactOffice group. Sure enough, WHOIS records now indicate the domain name belongs … Continue reading

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Digg to Test New Ads Next Week

TechCrunch: Digg has just announced that it’s going to begin rolling out Digg Ads, the site’s innovative and experimental advertising product that invites users to vote on which ads they like best, over the next week. Here’s how it works: the more … Continue reading

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PicTreat Photo Editor: One Click for Facial Retouching

Mashable: PicTreat, a brand new online photo editor, is catering to our vainer side by promising fully automated online facial retouching in just one click. The web-based application is primarily for enhancing beauty shots of human faces by removing blemishes, … Continue reading

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Technorati Launches Twittorati: Top Tweets from Blogosphere

ReadWriteWeb: Technorati, the world’s first blog search engine, just unveiled Twittorati- a site where the top 100 bloggers’ tweets are featured and analyzed. The service allows users to view the links most tweeted as well as displays Technorati’s original concept of showcasing the Internet’s top … Continue reading

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iPhone Approved To Sell In China

BusinessInsider: Apple (AAPL) seems to be closer to getting access to the world’s biggest mobile market: China, with with almost 600 million mobile users, via China Unicom. Engadget reports today that it has gotten its hands on a government certificate … Continue reading

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Twitter is Blocked in The White House

ReadWriteWeb: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mentioned casually to CNN today that Twitter is blocked on official White House computers. Gibbs clearly doesn’t appreciate the value that can be derived from the innovative social network; he jokes about it … Continue reading

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GeoChirp is a Cool Local Twitter Tool

Mashable: GeoChirp, is a Twitter and Google Maps mashups, doesn’t even require to register. It helps you search tweets for keywords in a certain geographic area which means you can easily see who is tweeting around you.

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