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Online language-learning site Babbel has added voice recognition, giving users a real-time feedback system. As part of the lessons, users are encouraged to speak to the web-based Babbel site, where their pronunciation can be gauged and fine-tuned. Babbel has created a way …
Primal Pages and Public API Customize Semantic Web Search
Primal is adding a few things to its semantic search tools today at the Semantic Tech Conference, including the launch of Primal Pages and the availability of its public API. The two new features are major announcements for Primal, as the company …
Posterous Gives Power to the Ning People, More to Come.
Posterous is moving towards blogging domination. Over the next 15 days, the simple blogging solution will enable free import options for a number of services, starting with Ning. TechCrunch surmises that WordPress is up next, but that leaves 13 more services for …
Mark Zuckerberg Caught Off Guard by Popular Facebook Games
In an interview with Inside Facebook today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reflected on the past couple of years and how the social network’s platform has grown. Interviewer Justin Smith dug in for some insight specifically on the gaming industry, and how it’s …
Inform Technologies Raises $4M towards Consumer-driven Semantic Web
Inform Technologies, a New York-based company providing semantic web solutions, has raised $4 million in a Series A round of funding. Led by previous backers Spark Capital, The Stephens Group and The Oklahoma Publishing Company, Inform Technologies has also brought on Tony …
Facebook Will Have to Create Standards Around Mobile App Consumer Outreach
Keeping up with mobile demand is something Facebook should know all about. With an iPhone app update over the weekend, many device users were thrilled, but the rest of the mobile device world was feeling a little left out. iPad users are …
TripIt Prints Travel Plans on Web-Connected Lexmark App
Most travel sites are becoming more digital with their processes; Orbitz has digital boarding passes, the Intercontinental Hotels Group is working on mobile apps as hotel room keys. But TripIt is returning to the tangible, with its new partnership with Lexmark. The …
Cardmobili Brings European Loyalty Lessons to U.S.
Cardmobili launches its loyalty card service in the U.S. today, diving in head first to an increasingly competitive market. The company, which has an iPhone app, is based in Europe and is already off to a good start. One reason for that …
OneRiot on Monetizing Instant Gratification
Real time search engine OneRiot is launching an update, including the expansion of its search API with Facebook data, and new monetization options for developers. The news comes shortly after OneRiot brought the beta version of its real time advertising network to …
Data Plans’ Business and the Role of Smart Phones
We like all the new smart phones coming out on the market, but how do the wireless providers feel about them? They’re generally happy, too. I’s opened up an entirely new business model for them, generating revenue hand-over-fist. All that data that’s …