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Archive for January 24th, 2008

We can’t stop adding features! (Chris Nokleberg/Official Google Docs Blog)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

We can’t stop adding features!  —  We kicked off 2008 with a slew of new presentation features and your feedback is keeping us busy.  Today’s additions address some of the most requested features:  — Save as PDF, for when you really need to download your presentation as a file.

Source:   Official Google Docs Blog
Author:   […]

Google to kill Domain Tasting (Jay Westerdal/DomainTools Blog)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Google to kill Domain Tasting  —  Submit to Digg.com!  —  January 24th, 2008 by Jay Westerdal  —  A confidential informant says Google will stop monetizing all domains if they are less then five days old.  This potential new policy change by Google could stop all Domain Tasting in its tracks.

Source:   DomainTools Blog
Author: […]

“Top Friends” Ranks as Most Engaged Facebook Application Among U … (comScore)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

“Top Friends” Ranks as Most Engaged Facebook Application Among U.S. Internet Users in November 2007, According to comScore Widget Metrix  —  Myspace.Com Has Largest Web Widget Viewing Audience  —  comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released …

Source:   comScore
Link:   http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2021

Alchemist Author Pirates His Own Books (Smaran/TorrentFreak)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Alchemist Author Pirates His Own Books  —  Coelho’s view is that letting people swap digital copies of his books for free increases sales.  In a keynote speech (embedded below) at the Digital, Life, Design conference in Munich he talked about how uploading the Russian translation of …

Source:   TorrentFreak
Author:   Smaran
Link:   http://torrentfreak.com/alchemist-author-pirates-own…

Report: iPhones piling up at AT&T stores (Tom Krazit/CNET News.com)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Report: iPhones piling up at AT&T stores  —  Is demand for the iPhone in America already starting to wane?  —  AT&T, the exclusive American carrier of the iPhone, activated just 900,000 iPhones during the fourth quarter, the company revealed during its earnings conference call Thursday.

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Tom Krazit
Link:   http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9857622-37.html

iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak released (cre.ations.net)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak released  —  Well, the iPhone Dev Team has done it again.  A working jailbreak for 1.1.3 is finally here.  —  STATEMENT OF RISK  —  As all upgrades are risky, this one is doubly so.  You may have to restore your phone using iTunes and start again if it fails.

Source:   cre.ations.net - […]

NTT DoCoMo in talks on Android-based cell phone (InfoWorld)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

NTT DoCoMo in talks on Android-based cell phone  —  San Francisco - Japan’s biggest mobile telecom carrier gave its strongest support yet to Google’s Android platform on Thursday when it said it is considering a cell phone based on the technology.  —  “We are starting discussions to offer handsets …

Source:   InfoWorld
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080124…

Microsoft Reports Record Second Quarter Results (Microsoft)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Microsoft Reports Record Second Quarter Results  —  Robust holiday sales and enterprise demand drive revenue growth of 30%  —  Segment Revenue/Operating Income(Loss)  —  Second Quarter Form 10-Q View the PowerPoint Earnings Release  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced second quarter records for revenue …

Source:   Microsoft
Link:   http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY08…

After the Techcrunch Bump - I see many consumer Internet pitches … (Josh/Redeye VC)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

After the Techcrunch Bump  —  I see many consumer Internet pitches these days where the basic marketing strategy is to (1) get covered by Techcrunch, (2) get tens of thousands of users from the “Techcrunch Bump”, and then (3) “grow virally”.  While a positive Techcrunch review has the potential …

Source:   Redeye VC
Author:   Josh
Link: […]

The “Work From Home” Generation (Alex Iskold/ReadWriteWeb)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

The “Work From Home” Generation  —  For decades in American households the most dreaded morning sound was that of an alarm clock.  Sometime between 6 and 7am a beep or radio music signaled that it was time to get up and head to work.  But in the early 21st century two things have begun to […]