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Sometrics GameCoins Join Facebook Credits in Virtual Currency Exchange Program
Earlier this year we saw Facebook Credits start taking off, which they’ve expected to be a huge boon to their social gaming community with the ability to spend virtual coin anywhere across a multitude of gaming and social environments. Now, social app maker Sometrics is jumping on board as well. Customers of Sometrics can now ...
New Generation of Teens Less Concerned With Online Password Safety, Survey Says
A new survey is showing that the younger generation—what we might dub the social generation—of teens are a bit less smart with their online security than the one before. Just like interacting with the real world, it’s equally important to understand the basic rules of sanitation when running around in a virtual environment and common ...
Posterous for the iPhone: Post Once. Share Everywhere.
Social networking with your iPhone just got easier with Posterous. This iPhone app allows users to tap out a message and then with one or two touches of the screen send it to every social sharing site they belong to. You can check out their newly announced app and download it from their blog, Effortless ...
Android Gives Smart Phone Manufacturers a Huge Boost in Q2 2010
It looks like everyone who jumped on board the Android ship found themselves sailing fair waters in Q2. HTC Corp., Samsung, and Motorola have all shown growth and market promise arising out of embracing the Google product. This early decision has placed them among the top 10 brands second quarter, and it’s something Microsoft will ...
Why Is Google Testing Self-Driving Cars?
We’ve all seen them in our favorite SciFi movies and shows: cars that drive themselves: from Demolition Man to Minority Report. But how far away are we from getting our very own vehicles that will permit us to sit back, sip at our coconut drinks, and read a Tom Clancy novel in the driver’s seat ...
Mail.ru Announces IPO by End of 2010
The most popular Russian site on the web, Mail.ru, is making their initial public offering by the end of the year. Little is known about the upcoming public offering, but it looks like it’ll be a strong entrance according to Reuters, The company is seeking to raise more than $500 million, a source close to ...
Microsoft Pulling the Plug on Massive In-Game Advertising
Looks like Microsoft Inc. might be shutting down their in-game advertising department, Massive. The idea: Let advertisers release specially formatted ads for display in-game so that players get to experience a changing marketing experience (to replace in-game mock ads, graffiti, or other environmental effects.) The venture, however, doesn’t seem to have gone as well as ...
Former Cisco Executive Vice President and Facebook VP of Technical Operations Join Clustrix
Clustrix, a technology company leading in the development of Internet-scale clustered database platforms, is getting a few big names added to their rolls. Don Listwin joined their board of directors, hailing as a former Cisco Executive Vice President, and Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations at Facebook, who filled a position on the advisory ...
Infographic: The Rise of Facebook Mobile
Flowtown has published a mammoth infographic entitled “The Rise of Facebook Mobile.” And risen it has, into the hands of 150 million mobile users (up more than 200% since 2009.) The monster covers almost three pages of visual data displaying everything from growth, to current users, to what platforms represent the most access—apparently iPhone users ...
Google Admits to Acquisition of Plannr, “Everything Is Best”
Google has gone ahead and bought startup “Everything Is Best” and all of their assets, which includes a product dubbed scheduling for hipsters, Plannr. The company, run by Ben Eidelson and Jason Pardo, also offers several other mobile apps including ridepenguin, LoveTap, and SheetIt. However, Plannr appears to have made the most splash in the ...