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Google launched Boutiques.com in beta today, a mix of fashion retail, recommendations, and of course, search. I took a good amount of time exploring the new service, which is decidedly unbranded as a Google tool. It’s clear Google’s after the fashion retail …
Why Public WiFi Should Be a Part of Your Business Model: JiWire Report
Public WiFi and mobile access is a big topic right now, thanks to the spreading of smartphones like a disease with no cure. A number of initiatives, including some massive pushes from Google, have brought this topic to the forefront of tech …
Gist Takes the Social Graph Beyond the “Of Course” Moment
Gist has mastered email, social networks and mobile phones. Now it’s taking its social navigation tool to the browser. In effect, you’ll be able to take your social graph with you across the web. Gist’s new tool for Firefox comes in the …
Yummly Gets $1.85M from Intel and Others, Seasons Foodie Semantic Search
Yummly has raised $1.85 million in its Series A round of funding, gaining investment from Harrison Metal Capital, Intel Capital, First Round Capital and existing angel investors. The semantic recipe search and recommendation platform will be using the funds to grow its …
Aro Adds Context to Android Contacts and Beyond, Making Smartphones Smarter
Aro is a new organization tool for Android phones, combining a bit of semantic search, contextually-aware email and actionable contact management for an intelligent use of your smartphone. Launching at the Web 2.0 Summit today, Aro is entering its public beta with …
New Facebook Mail Restructures Around Your Social Graph (Gmail Priority Inbox Rival?)
Who uses Facebook Messages? Party promoters. That’s right. I’m hoping Facebook changes this spam problem with the updates it’s rolling out today, which center around filtering messages based on your relationships. Classic Facebook. We’ll see how well it works. At Facebook’s live …
Android’s Broken Influence on Entertainment, Game Apps
Android’s been an interesting study in platform design, roll-out and execution, but it’s been frustrating at times, with staggered releases, fragmented support and an unending stream of update issues. And just as we were settling into Android FroYo 2.2, Google brings word …
Google Instant Previews Keep Updates as Speedy as Results
Google’s come with another Instant search update, just days after a major mobile launch, and nearly a month after early testing. Now you get previews as you go through your search results, packing in even more information from a single page. Hover …
Infochimps Gets $1.2M, Taking Dataset Markets to Health Care and Beyond
Infochimps is growing its marketplace, with a $1.2 million round of funding from DFJ Mercury. This is the first round of funding for the dataset market, and its total amount raised, including angel funding, amounts to $1.6 million. The money will go …
State of the Apps Industry: Windows Phone 7 Builds Steam
Mobile ad network Millennial Media has teamed with Digiday on a spcial report, looking at the state of the mobile app market, and expectations for next year. The data offers some interesting insight as to the direction in which the mobile market …