Category Archives: Top Stories

Gmail Changes Again: Google Rolls Out New Look




The new-look Gmail that Google accidentally told us about last week is now rolling out to all users.
The changes, officially announced in a blContinue reading

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New Facebook Feature Shows You Your Old Status Updates From 2010 & 2009

The world’s largest social network is getting nostalgic. Facebook has quietly rolled out a new feature that displays status updates you posted exactly one or two years ago. The feature appears as a small box in the right-hand column above the advertising, either titled “On This Day in 2010″ or “On This Day in 2009.” […] Continue reading

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LinkedIn Launches Revamped Developer Platform

LinkedIn has announced that it’s opening its developer platform, including its faster JavaScript APIs and customizable plugins, to all dev… Continue reading

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Instagram Releases API to Expand Beyond iPhone

Uber trendy mobile photo sharing startup Instagram is fast-approaching 300,000 photo uploads per day and closing in on 2 million members. It has… Continue reading

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Facebook Users Lend Profile Photos To Reveal Ad Agency’s New Name [PIC]

When Swedish ad agencies Grey Stockholm and Ogilvy Stockholm made plans to merge, they decided to add a social media component to get fans invol… Continue reading

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Google to Hold Android Honeycomb Event Next Wednesday

Google will be holding a press event next Wednesday, February 2, at its Mountain View headquarters to show off Android Honeycomb, the company’s tablet-optimized OS. The invitation, which just landed in our inboxes, asks us to join the search giant “for an in-depth look at Honeycomb, Android ecosystem news and hands-on demos.” The stage presentations […] Continue reading

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Google Wins Access To “Super Wi-Fi” Broadband Spectrum

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken new steps to open up the “white space” wireless spectrum, a move that could lead to the development of next-generation Wi-Fi. The FCC has given nine companies permission to manage and administrate the white space wireless spectrum, an unused spectrum used previously as a buffer between TV channels. […] Continue reading

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Tumblr Gets Official Downtime Image [PIC]

Tumblr has finally gotten its own “fail whale.” Inspired by the blogging service’s occasional downtime spells as of late (so… Continue reading

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Facebook Turns Friend Activity Into New Ad Format

Facebook is rolling out Sponsored Stories, a new ad format that turns your friends’ actions into promoted content. Sponsored Stories is “a way for marketers to sponsor activities that happen throughout the News Feed,” Facebook Product Marketing Lead Jim Squires told Mashable. Companies can choose to take certain user actions — such as checkins or […] Continue reading

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Apple Brings the App Store to Twitter

Apple has launched @AppStore, a new Twitter account for its popular iOS and Mac App Store. The new @AppStore Twitter account only made its debut a few hours ago, but it has already amassed more than 35,000 Twitter followers as of this writing. For comparison, its sister account, @iTunesMusic, has more than 680,000 followers. As […] Continue reading

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