Monthly Archives: August 2009

SwebApps: Build Your iPhone Apps Online

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Zack

ReadWriteWeb: A new website Sweb Apps launched for iphone developer, the service is aimed to help anyone to build your own iphone apps in six steps.

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My WordPress Themes Updated

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Zack

New update: Update: GrayLines Theme Updated 05/November/2009 Update: BlackNWhite Theme Update 05/November/2009 I’ve created two WordPress themes, the Gray Lines WordPress Theme and the BlacknWhite WordPress Theme. I updated them today for WordPress 2.7(also 2.8), supporting threaded (nested) comments, sticky-post … Continue reading →

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Facebook Lite Testing in India

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Zack

“Facebook Lite” is a new service being beta tested by Facebook, some Facebook users received the invite message to test it out, unfortunately, the link doesn’t work. That’s because Facebook Lite is now testing in India, not USA. According to … Continue reading →

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Facebook Acquires FriendFeed for $50 Million

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Zack

Facebook has acquired online activity aggregator FriendFeed for nearly $50 million.

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URL Shortener Tr.im is Shutting Down

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Zack

WebWare: With so many URL shortening services out there, this was bound to happen to at least one of them: Tr.im is shutting down. According to a blog post by parent company Nambu Networks, it was an expensive and fruitless … Continue reading →

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Dell Launching Mobile Phone in China

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Zack

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

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Zack

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

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Zack

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

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Zack

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

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Zack

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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