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In 2010, It’s Time To Kill Off The Dotcom Hero CEO

Chris — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:45 +0000

As I sit here listening to Ben Cohen’s radio documentary about how he nearly became a teenage dotcom millionaire, I’m reminded of how tedious us journalists all found him back in the late 90s. We don’t now of course – now that’s he’s grown up and actually turned out to be a pretty good tech reporter for Channel 4 News, and quite an OK guy, I’d quite happily have a pint with him

Samsung announces the Monte ahead of MWC

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:01:14 +0000

Sure, Mobile World Congress kicks off in just under a week, but that doesn’t mean all the big boys are going to hold off on their product announcements. Take Samsung, for example, which today announced the S5620 Monte. Running the propriatary TouchWiz 2.0 Plus UI, the Monte features one-touch access to popular social media sites like Facebook and MySpace while supporting services such as Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and Google Sync. Physically speaking we find a 3″ WQVGA capacitive touchscreen display, 3.2 megapixel camera, 200MB of internal memory expandable via microSD and chips for A-GPS, Wi-Fi and 3.6Mbps UMTS/HSDPA. Right now it doens’t look like the Monte is North America bound simply because it lacks the proper 3G bands, but one never knows. Pricing and availability have yet to be announced.

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Twilio’s Telephony API Now Lets Applications Send And Receive SMS Messages

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:46 +0000

Back in November 2008, we covered the launch of Twilio , a startup that’s akin to an Amazon Web Services for telephony apps. After signing up for a phone number, Twilio lets you integrate phone services into your application using intuitive tags like Dial when you want your app to place a call. Today, the company is expanding to include support for the world’s most popular data channel: SMS messaging.

Social Travel Guide Tripwolf Adds In-App Purchasing

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:16 +0000

Social travel guide tripwolf has released an updated iPhone app that ramps up the company’s freemium offering with the introduction of in-app purchases for destinations where tripwolf has more in-depth information. The premium content is garnered from the startup’s existing partnerships with travel guide publishers, which is supplemented with user-generated content from the tripwolf community

Company.com Debuts Social Community For Businesses

Chris — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:51:57 +0000

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Publisher cutting books down to 2,000 words and less for the Kindle

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:31:05 +0000

Sure, I love me some e-reading, but the one big downside is that books have too many darn words! Lucky for me a company called FT Press has my back: it’s boiling down professional and self-help books into “Elements” and “Shorts.” The former hovers somewhere between 1,000 to 2,000 words and sells for $2, while Shorts are a little longer at $3 for around 5,000 words.

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Sparkeo’s Video Platform For Experts To Get Paid – Invites

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:30:24 +0000

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Apple announces Aperture 3

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:22:44 +0000

Something photographers have been waiting for; Aperture 3 finally brings all the features we know and love in iPhoto ‘09, and meshes them with a new and improved Aperture software set. We’re talking about great organizatioin features using Faces and Places, brand new Brushes that let you paint effects on images, full 64-bit support for Snow Leopard, and even Facebook and Flickr uploading — all part of more than 200 new features. Apple has a free 30-day trial on their website or you can buy Aperture 3 for $199. Still, some new MacBook Pros would have been appreciated, guys…

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4th gen iPhone to be taller and include front facing camera?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:01 +0000

Section: Rumors , iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPhone iResQ has posted some pictures of what they believe to be the glass for the 4th generation iPhone. There are two notable differences from the current iPhone glass.

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Apple Releases Aperture 3 With Faces and Places Tagging Features

Chris — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:49:16 +0000

Apple today announced the release of Aperture 3, adding over 200 new features to the company’s professional photo editing and management application. The updated version includes the Faces and Places tagging features introduced in iPhoto las…

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