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- Samsung GT-i8700 Windows Phone 7 Handset Leaks
- GeekStyle: Stop dressing up as phones guys
- Google Voice App Returning To The App Store?
- Nokia Appoints Microsoft Head As New CEO
- Seesmic Desktop 2 launches with over 40 social media services, Mac OS X version
- Apple’s Game Center needs an extra life. Now.
- The Next Web Podcast – Episode 26: Go Faster!
- The NYT And Betaworks Team Up For Stealth Social News Application
- Shake your way to photo sharing with photoBump.
- Twitter Launches New Site To Cover Fashion Week
- Touching Base With: Tara “Miss Rogue” Hunt
- Google Adds Walking Navigation To Android
- There Is No @i In Twitter
- Is This The Future Of Social Search?
- GetGlue now stuck on your iPad with launch of dedicated app.
- Google Voice gets custom Android widgets for easier access
- Sony Has Apple Envy And Then Some
- Parallels 6 Released: Promises More Power, 64 bit Engine
- Google: 40% of our ads are non-text ads, number doesn’t include DoubleClick ads
- textPlus, a truly better text and picture messaging app, gets some major upgrades
| Samsung GT-i8700 Windows Phone 7 Handset Leaks Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:11 AM PDT
The shots show that the model sports 8GB of internal storage and also an LED flash, unfortunately for us that’s just about all we get. You will notice that the GT-i8700 does look a lot nicer than the other Samsung prototypes sent to reviewers and developers. With Windows Phone 7 set to launch on October 11, will the Samsung GT-i8700 be one of the launch handsets? Original title and link for this post: Samsung GT-i8700 Windows Phone 7 Handset Leaks |
| GeekStyle: Stop dressing up as phones guys Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:53 AM PDT
Welcome to GeekStyle, a column that discusses the ins and outs of geek fashion. (Also read the previous GeekStyle) We are here to help you answer your style questions and provide you with some practical tips on what’s hip (and What is Not), for geeks. First up, The Tip of the Week:
I know I know, it was fun for a while when people first started dressing up as iPods or iPads. But nowadays it’s just naff, if you want to attract the eye of the opposite sex (which let’s face it, this is what this is all about) start dressing up as yourself in your own style. That’s not to say you can’t have fun with it though, more on that here: Now, onto readers questions. Timo Kouwenhoven: How do inadvertent olfactive disasters relate to geekism? Positively of negatively? Zee M Kane: I tend to shave my head, is that allowed under nerd chic? The shaved head was previously mainly associated with rough and tough alpha males like Bruce Willis. Or the average biker dude. Not anymore. These days a shaved head just tells the world that you are efficient and clean. Or bold. As long as you can display an air of ‘I do this because it keeps the dust out of my keyboard’ you should be fine. To help you achieve that here are some great facts about hair: depending on your age and health you will lose 40 & 120 strands a day. Those hairs turn into dust and stick to memory chips, choke up your mouse and get all tangled up in your keyboard. You lose most of your hair in the fall, usually between November and December. A more interesting question is what to do with the hair in your armpits and groin area but we will save that question for another column somewhere in the near future. Read the previous GeekStyle if you can’t get enough!
Yes, we do questions every week! Have a geek style question you want to have answered? Don’t want to bother your mother? Or maybe you have ‘a friend’ with an issue that needs answering? Just email GeekStyle or leave a comment. Illustrations by Kiersten Essenpreis from Twaggies.com for TheNextWeb.com. Feel free to display the images on your own websites and blogs but please do link back to this post. Original title and link for this post: GeekStyle: Stop dressing up as phones guys |
| Google Voice App Returning To The App Store? Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:43 AM PDT
TechCrunch is reporting that Sean Kovacs, developer of the GV Mobile app, had poured through the new Apple guidelines and came to the conclusion that his app would no longer violate any of the rules. Emailing Apple’s review board, Kovacs received some good news, if he was to re-submit the GV Mobile for approval, it would very likely gain acceptance into the App Store. Jason Kincaid does point out that there are still rules present in the guidelines that could result in non-acceptance of the app, namely a stipulation that states "Apps which appear confusingly similar to an existing Apple product or advertising theme will be rejected". With an un-official app being resubmitted to the App Store, it might prompt Google to resubmit its app that was blocked previously. Google responded in true PR style, stating “We currently offer Google Voice mobile apps for Blackberry and Android, and we offer an HTML5 web app for the iPhone. We have nothing further to announce at this time." Of course Google Voice is still only officially available in the US so if an app was approved, international users would not be able to use it. Android and Blackberry users can download the official Google Voice app via their respective application stores. Original title and link for this post: Google Voice App Returning To The App Store? |
| Nokia Appoints Microsoft Head As New CEO Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:54 AM PDT
Elop will succeed former CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo on September 21, with the former chief executive receiving serverance to the tune of 4.6 million euros. Many analysts suggest Nokia would be better off to start incorporating the Android operating system into its smartphones, although we think that Nokia is already too invested into its new MeeGo operating system to start thinking about that option. Elop was instrumental in the successful launch of Microsoft’s Office 2010 suite, helping to roll out online versions of Word, Outlook and Excel, advancing use via mobile phones also. Nokia’s new CEO has a big challenge ahead of him. Nokia is still the world’s biggest mobile manufacturer so it is by no means impossible. Original title and link for this post: Nokia Appoints Microsoft Head As New CEO |
| Seesmic Desktop 2 launches with over 40 social media services, Mac OS X version Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:59 PM PDT
Seesmic Desktop 2 (SD2) has come out of beta right now and is now live to download. In addition to the the first full version of the SD2, Seesmic is also launching a plugin marketplace which already includes over 40 social media services that can be included into the dashboard. SD2 comes preloaded with the following services/plugins; Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Twitpic, Bing Maps and Google Buzz. Some of the other services that have plugins on the SD2 Plugin Marketplace include YouTube, MySpace, Ning, Topsy, Klout, Google Reader, and even Zappos. Seesmic says that there are “dozens more” plugins on the way in the next few weeks, and there is a SDK that other services can use to build new plugins as well. With this launch Seesmic is rolling out a Mac OS X version as well, saying “Apple fanboys, rejoice”. The OS X version is in addition to the Windows version which runs on the latest version of Microsoft Silverlight (not Adobe Air) – there is no Linux version unfortunately. We got a preview of the Windows version which installed quickly (even though we had to update Silverlight first) and the sign-in process for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Foursquare all went fine. When the app launches it launches without any columns populated, and this was a little disorienting – we’d suggest that Seesmic put some kind of a placeholder or prompt to get people to quickly set up their dashboard. As far as performance in our limited tests with about half a dozen columns going was that the streams updated quickly, but scrolling within columns was a bit rough in some columns and better in others. We do like the tabs along the left-hand side of the app, which lets you switch between “all”, “accounts” and “userlists”, with the “userlists” tab especially useful as a way to view multiple Twitter Lists. The app didn’t freeze up at all or crash, which is always great to see, and really except for the column scrolling we didn’t notice any performance issues. Really though, Seesmic’s play with SD2 is really around the plugins and some of them, including Klout and Zappos, have pretty interesting implementations (take a look at the screenshots below). Overall, it is a different approach to the desktop (much more akin in a way to the extensions strategy for browsers) and it will be very interesting to see how far and fast Seesmic can expand its plugin ecosystem. We wouldn’t be surprised if many more third party developers and services take a shot at developing SD2 plugins to get themselves in front of Seesmic’s audience.
Original title and link for this post: Seesmic Desktop 2 launches with over 40 social media services, Mac OS X version |
| Apple’s Game Center needs an extra life. Now. Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:21 PM PDT
A little over a week ago, I profiled Apple's Game Center. The title of that post? "Apple's Keynote App-solutely changes the games." At that time my contention was that portable gaming device manufacturers, namely Sony and Nintendo, had better fear the fruit's new feature. Game Center to me spelled doom for portable gaming device manufacturers and Apple would take a huge bite out of their business. Full disclosure: I love Apple (sounds like a line from Anchorman). Outside of one Android phone, all computers, both of the desktop and laptop varieties, the phones of my legally bound female life partner, our tablet computers, ect… are all made by Apple. That said, it is with much sadness that I stand before you and say, "My name is Jeff and I am extremely disappointed (at this point) by Apple's Game Center." Here's why… The Opening Screen:
Apple designs wonderful products (before you comment note that yes, I am aware of the recent iPhone 4 antenna issues). They are easy to use, last an incredibly long time, and are aesthetically pleasing. The last point being one of my first issues with Game Center. The opening screen is hideous. See for yourself:
My nickname font? Deplorable. The brown, green and yellow hues? Vomit-inducing. Add those disgusting features to what I guess are three ugly-colored ribbons? in the middle with "Friends," "Games," and "Achievements," and you have a screen that looks like someone melted a box of old crayons on your iPhone's screen. The "Friends" Screen:
Grand. Same font and color scheme. As you can see, my colleague at The Next Web, Tris Hussey, and I are playing the same game! Hooray?
What a downer for one's Game Center friends or yourself when you see that not only might you rank lower than a friend in a particular game you both play, but the "Unfriend" ribbon is, outside of your friend's name, the largest item on the screen. A slip of the finger and there would go my only friend. Not only that but finding friends? Not the easiest thing to do. The Games:
We at The Next Web gave the Game Center a good day to grow. The chief reason was that there were no games to play. That's since changed and not in a good way. The only reason Tris and I are playing Flight Control is because it was one of the more inexpensive games in the Game Center and people seem to enjoy it.
As of the writing of this post, there where only 29 games in the Game Center, two of which involved farming, with most ranging in price from $2.99-$4.99. Yes, PAC-MAN is $4.99. Why the high price? Game Center support is the "great" new feature. Sorry PAC-MAN but I can play you for free online. One last note on the games. Angry Birds where are you? You were featured in the Keynote, yet you, my favorite iPhone game is no where to be found in the Game Center. Nice. I'm sure there are those that will argue neither Rome, nor the Game Center was built in a day. To that I agree. However, with colors so violently gross, fonts equally as hideous, and featured games (I'm looking at you Angry Birds) are not in the Game Center, but FarmVille is, what you get from the Game Center at this juncture is nothing more than a rotten apple. In conclusion, here's what I would like to see, and see quickly, changed about Game Center.
Will I continue to use Game Center? Of course, but it is with a squeamish feeling in my stomach that I do so. Again, I love Apple and their products, but certain features of Game Center at present need a new life. Yes, even one day into it's existence. What are your thoughts? What do you like/dislike about Game Center? Original title and link for this post: Apple’s Game Center needs an extra life. Now. |
| The Next Web Podcast – Episode 26: Go Faster! Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:06 PM PDT
On this week’s show: Brad McCarty (Nashville), Matt Brian (Essex), Alex Wilhelm (Chicago), Chad Catacchio (Los Angeles) Download / Listen: In this week's episode: Original title and link for this post: The Next Web Podcast – Episode 26: Go Faster! |
| The NYT And Betaworks Team Up For Stealth Social News Application Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:07 PM PDT
With those two names behind the product, it is going to be a big deal. We bring you the news sans real substance due to its potential market impact. All that exists at the landing page is a bland image that will tell you about as much about the product as glaring at your kitchen floor. That said, News.Me is hardly a vanilla domain, it says volumes about the coming product; it should be a very personally focused news system that will (presumably) feature NYT content. John Borthwick, the CEO of Betaworks said this: “We're building something wonderful and amazing in the social news space.” The project has reportedly been under construction for 6 months. It will come out first as an iPad application (thus estranging most potential users), but might make it to a web version in the future. The product is expected to launch “later this year.” Betaworks is famous for helping launch Tweetdeck and Bit.ly, two wildly popular services in the current real-time and social internet-spheres. The New York Times had this to say about the News.Me: “we're abstracting from [a] vision of how social sharing and the real-time Web are going to influence the news consumption experience." The newspaper participated in Betaworks’ recent funding round and sold the start of the News.Me project to the company. That covers it mostly, two companies are teaming up to launch a social service for iPad later this year, and it should be a corker. If we can uncover more, we will update this post. Original title and link for this post: The NYT And Betaworks Team Up For Stealth Social News Application |
| Shake your way to photo sharing with photoBump. Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:06 PM PDT
photoBump allows you to share photos with another iPhone/iPod touch user simply by shaking your device. Love It: Easy way to quickly transfer photos from device to device. Hate It: Limited to one photo per transfer, with requirement that transferee and transferor both be connected to the same WiFi network and running the app. Overall: 3/5 The Details:Photos on one’s iPhone/iPod touch. A love/hate relationship. Why? Some iPhone/iPod touch owners love having a tremendous amount of photos on their device, while others (me), quickly rid themselves of iPhone/iPod touch photos by uploading them to my MacBook Pro, Flickr, or other repository because I hate wasting valuable device memory on photos. There’s another aspect to iPhone/iPod touch photos. Sending them to another. No longer. Say hello to photoBump (free). Transferring photos from one iPhone/iPod touch to another using the app is pretty straight forward. Here’s how it works:
That’s it. Pretty easy, and free to download. Is it the optimal solution? No. I would like to see multiple photo transfer. That said, no longer do you always have to email, MMS or other, your iPhone/iPod touch photos. Now you have photoBump and we are all the better for it (I think). Is this an app you would use? What other similar apps do you suggest we give a try? Original title and link for this post: Shake your way to photo sharing with photoBump. |
| Twitter Launches New Site To Cover Fashion Week Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:18 PM PDT
What does the site do? Twitter has partnered with numerous companies involved with fashion (like Womens Wear Daily and Bergdorfs) to create and curate content for a small website to track news and user opinion on New York Fashion Week.
To support the whole event a new Twitter account has been created. Named @nyfw, It promises to be a “Twitterista,” that is “Back Stage, Front Row, Right Now.” If you are into fashion, you might find it very interesting. In tech-speak Twitter has launched a portal for a massive clothing show with the support (or at the prodding) of major fashion companies to promote and spread the conversation that surrounds the whole ordeal. New York Fashion Week kicked off today and will continue until the September 16. For Twitter users into high-fashion, the portal should provide engaging content. For everyone not into the fashion scene, this is merely an example of Twitter partnering with large companies and events to bolster its penetration in non-traditional areas. Twitter desperately wants to break further into mainstream culture. This is one of that desire’s byproducts. Original title and link for this post: Twitter Launches New Site To Cover Fashion Week |
| Touching Base With: Tara “Miss Rogue” Hunt Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:14 PM PDT
When I started The Next Web Canada, it had been after a long hiatus of reporting on the Canadian tech scene. So I thought a great way to get back into the scene, catch up with friends, and introduce you to some of the luminaries of the Canadian (and world) tech scene was to start a series of “Touching base with…” interviews with friends. My first interview is with my friend Tara Hunt who I’ve known online for years and met in person about five years ago at Mesh in Toronto. She is the author of The Whuffie Factor and The Power of Social Networking, as well as part of a new start up Shwowp. Oh, and she’s is smart, eloquent, and damn fun to talk to. I sent Tara these questions by email and here are her answers: What have you been up to lately?
Whuffie Factor came out in 2009, then The Power of Social Networking …. Any new books on the go?
You’re originally from Calgary, but when you moved back to Canada from Silicon Valley you chose Montreal. What excites you about Montreal?
Michael Arrington recently wrote about women in tech on TechCrunch, as a leading woman in tech, what’s your take?
In the world of social media, what service do you use most often for business?
What about for fun?
What Canadian company should we be on the look out for?
While I do have my own list of people I’m going to touch base with over the next while, leave a comment if there are particular people you’d like to read here. Original title and link for this post: Touching Base With: Tara “Miss Rogue” Hunt |
| Google Adds Walking Navigation To Android Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:33 PM PDT
Google has also updated Street View on Android to make it work more like the desktop browser version, by allowing you to drag the Pegman (the little guy on Google Maps) to where you want to see. Check out this video on how it works: Google has also added a new Google Maps search bar, saying that:
Obviously, this part of the rollout is Google increasingly trying to push users to Places to circumvent Yelp and other similar services. It certainly makes sense to focus on this while people are walking around, presumably looking for places to eat, shop, etc. Smart integration. The updated Google Maps with Navigation app (version 4.5) and the separate “Street Views on Google Maps” apps are now available on the Android Market.
Original title and link for this post: Google Adds Walking Navigation To Android |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:59 AM PDT
We’ve emailed Twitter for comment for an explanation of this, but as Twitter rarely discusses “user statistics” we aren’t too hopeful. Really, we only see three possible reasons: 1. The account existed before, someone gave it up, and Twitter put it into review limbo. This is the most likely reason. 2. There is some technical reason why @i can’t exist – could be, but unlikely. 3. Twitter is actually planning to launch a “Twitter i” social network to take on Facebook (yes, that’s a joke). A number of the single letter accounts seem inactive to us, so where that is the case below we’ll note it. As far as these users are, @k works for Twitter, @z works for Square, and most of the “letters” live in San Francisco (which of course is where Twitter HQ is located). So without an further ado, here are the 26 letters of the Twitter alphabet, with the users’ real names and their Twitter bio: @a Andrei Zmievski – Founding member of Analog, a web design & development co-operative. Photographer, coder, beer lover and brewer, Russian, and San Franciscan. @b Brian Griffing – Hello, My Name is Brian.. I play music.. I tour.. you should come see me play a show! @c Coley Wopperer – A world-nowned, combobulated, luctant, sheveled, and sometimes posterous, crastinating eased signer. @d Dave Bragdon – Just a guy. @e erin @f Fred Oliveira – Designer/Developer hybrid, Thinker, Public Speaker, Ex-Techcrunch. Founder of WBS. Blogger. @g greg (seemingly inactive) @h Helgi Þormar Þ. – Party person, programmer, echolibre person etc etc @i “Sorry that page doesn’t exist” @j Juliette Melton – UX in SF. If it’s called human centered, electropop, or tropical fruit flavor I probably like it. @k Kevin Cheng – Product manager @ Twitter • My book: seewhatimean.org • My iPhone game: arghgame.com • My UX webcomic: ok-cancel.com • My everything: @c @l anonymous (account is completely inactive) @m Mark Douglass @n Naoki Hiroshima – A guy who cares nothing but his family and his friends, and what they care. @o zero – ninja @p paolo i. – things never happened in this order. maybe they never happened at all. the old man told me: ‘this planet is like a cougar’ @q Ariel Raunstien – Chief Doer of Things at QuickUnit; Unit Testing FanBoy; Potential Organ Donor Extraordinaire. @r Rex Hammock – founder/ceo of media and content marketing firm Hammock Inc. (hammock.com) and wiki-wrangler of SmallBusiness.com. Lover of family, dogs, Titans and tomatoes. @s (inactive) @t Tantek Çelik – barcamp bicycler coder css designer evolve gtd hacker html5 independent microformats mozilla openweb optimist pescatarian rock-climber scientist skeptic yoga ux @u weird autotweets @v William Lawrence – vê, vé, ℣, vrijeđati, versus, višeobličje, vruć, vođa all stand for veeliam. And, he stands for accessibility. @w (inactive) @x gene x – photographer and friend of lemurs @y (inactive) @z Zach Brock – I’m mostly made of water. I was a Pivot. Now I’m a Square. Original title and link for this post: There Is No @i In Twitter |
| Is This The Future Of Social Search? Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:24 AM PDT
The company seems to have recognized that limitation, and today while rolling out an integrated search function to its users (a growing number, it needs to be said) has also built a standalone product that provides a simple compelling solution to social search. You can play with it at search.cliqset.com. In short it is an aggregated search function for Facebook, Buzz, Twitter, and Cliqset. You can mix and match which services that you want to scan, bringing together a rather complete version of what people are talking about on the fly. It is something of a marketers dream, allowing for response segmentation depending on where the message originates.
Why is this smart for Cliqset? The company is building a free tool that is dead useful; this will bring in new people to the regular Cliqset service. Or, at a bare minimum, they will have a search engine that they can monetize. Either way this is a victory for the company. What can they do to make it better? It feels a little slow, it needs better update capabilities, and requires other small tweaks. Cliqset is all over that saying “over the coming weeks we’ll also be enhancing the service with a number of new and interest filtering features which will make the information even more valuable.” They get it. For a first run, this is one of the most compelling social search features I have seen. To give it a test, try this term. Original title and link for this post: Is This The Future Of Social Search? |
| GetGlue now stuck on your iPad with launch of dedicated app. Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:57 AM PDT
GetGlue for iPad has arrived and let’s cut to the chase on the social network’s latest app offering. The main features of the GetGlue iPad App are:
The GetGlue app takes advantage of the native iPad UI elements and bigger screen. The app creates overlays for conversations, encouraging users to interact with fans and friends around shows, movies, music and books they love. The app also makes it easy to vote directly from the stream, to quickly navigate to profiles, objects details and conversations.
At this point, you may wonder, "what is GetGlue, and what devices is the app compatible with?" We have you covered if you enjoy a good read, or below if you enjoy a good film. In addition to the launch of the GetGlue iPad app, the service continues to grow with new partnerships and building on existing ones: FOX: A new partnership with FOX, features rewards for fans of Glee, Bones and two new shows premiering this fall – Raising Hope and Lone Star. HBO: GetGlue is now permanently placed on show pages on HBO.com. Moreover, a set of new exclusive rewards for Boardwalk Empire and Eastbound and Down are in the offing. Starting today, users will have the opportunity to earn the trailer stickers for both shows, with exclusive rewards for fans who tune in during every episode. Showtime: New, exclusive, rewards for fans of the biggest show on Showtime – Dexter. Dexter fans will be able to earn the trailer sticker for season 5 and after the premier on Sep 26, fans will be able to earn new stickers for tuning in and following the new season. PBS: A new, broader, partnership with PBS, including rewards for fans of NOVA, Nature, POV, Charlie Rose, American Experience and Masterpiece. PBS will be also offering special rewards for watching their highly anticipated mini-series – The Tenth Inning, God in America, Circus and Michael Feinstein American Song Book. Rewards for mini-series will be limited only to the users who check-in while watching live. Universal Pictures: Starting today, GetGlue users will be able to earn Catfish and Devil trailer stickers. Additional rewards will be available once the movies come out in the theaters. Users of GetGlue no doubt love the service, the launch of the new iPad app, and the announcement of new partnerships. If you haven’t tried GetGlue yet, get after it by signing up. You can find my profile here and delve a little deeper into what I like and don’t like. Original title and link for this post: GetGlue now stuck on your iPad with launch of dedicated app. |
| Google Voice gets custom Android widgets for easier access Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:12 AM PDT
The main widget is all about your Voicemail. You have easy, fast access to your latest, and can easily scroll through them. The settings widget is where the real fun comes in. Broken into 4 parts, it will give you the following:
Give them a shot, and let us know what you think, Android users. Original title and link for this post: Google Voice gets custom Android widgets for easier access |
| Sony Has Apple Envy And Then Some Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:11 AM PDT
In these short adverts, we see Marcus Rivers highlighting a new campaign called “Marcus Don’t Play That”, calling out the rash of useless apps on the App Store like Waste Basket and a game called Hold It, a game that requires you hold a large red button for as long as possible. The first round of commercials highlighted that the PSP would allow you to play “Big Boy Games”, going on to showcase a golf game, a driving game and a quiz game, all of which have similar titles on the App Store. Here are the commercials in question: Marcus Don’t Play That #1Marcus Don’t Play That # 2- Hold ItI mean that’s some genius marketing right there, instead of comparing games on the PSP to titles like Angry Birds, Need For Speed and other wildly popular games, Sony have instead targeted games that really aren’t games in the first place. Also, what’s with the tape over the iPhone earpiece? Original title and link for this post: Sony Has Apple Envy And Then Some |
| Parallels 6 Released: Promises More Power, 64 bit Engine Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:52 AM PDT
Upgrading will set you back $50 for v5 owners (like me), but if you’re new to Parallels, its $80 full retail price and $40 for students. One gotcha is that Tiger users (10.4) need not apply, this version is for Leopard and Snow Leopard users only. Here’s the big question: should I update? My gut says yes. I started off with VMWare Fusion and thought it was okay, but not too great. When Parallels 5 came out I get it a try and thought it was vastly superior to Fusion. I did test the updated Fusion that came out at the same time as Parallels 5 and I thought it was no contest—Parallels 5 FTW. Now with Parallels 6, I might just skip the trial and upgrade right away. I don’t have to use Windows too often (mostly just for testing and for my publisher), but when I do, I have to have a lot open at once (graphics apps in OS X, Word in Windows…). Now, where is that credit card…time to download. Original title and link for this post: Parallels 6 Released: Promises More Power, 64 bit Engine |
| Google: 40% of our ads are non-text ads, number doesn’t include DoubleClick ads Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:50 AM PDT
Google today has announced that it is simplifying its display advertising process in a post on the Official Google Blog. Dropped right in the middle of the post, however, is a big number: 40% of Google’s ads – not even including the 45 billion ads served daily through DoubleClick, the display ad network it acquired a few years ago – are “non-text ads”, including video ads on YouTube. Saying that, “Display advertising has come a long way from the ugly banner ads and pop-ups of the mid 1990s, but there's still huge improvements to come,” the rest of the post goes into Google’s push to simplify display advertising so that more companies – large and small – will take the leap into display. Google is launching a promotional campaign called “WATCH THIS SPACE” where it will highlight how advertisers and agencies can better leverage Google’s display ads. Simple is good, so it’s certainly good news to hear that Google is focusing on making this process smoother, especially in video ads which certainly aren’t the easiest thing for a small business to crack. In addition to simplifying the process, Google says it is working to offer better performance and to “open the display ecosystem”, i.e. make it available to smaller businesses. Original title and link for this post: Google: 40% of our ads are non-text ads, number doesn’t include DoubleClick ads |
| textPlus, a truly better text and picture messaging app, gets some major upgrades Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:48 AM PDT
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