Seesmic for iPhone Now Available
The long-awaited Seesmic app for iPhone is now available. You can download the app for free from the iTunes App Store .
Read the original: Seesmic for iPhone Now AvailableThe long-awaited Seesmic app for iPhone is now available. You can download the app for free from the iTunes App Store .
Read the original: Seesmic for iPhone Now AvailableThe Wall Street Journal is reporting on what could be a major scandal brewing for Facebook, MySpace and other social networks: despite assurances to the contrary, the sites have apparently been sending personal and identifiable information about users to their advertisers without consent. Large advertising companies including Google’s DoubleClick and Yahoo’s Right Media were identified as having received information including usernames or ID numbers that could be traced back to individual profiles as users clicked on ads.
Read more:There’s a new Chatroulette spinoff in town: meet ChatVille . It’s a Facebook app that combines the basic video chat elements of Chatroulette with the game mechanics, badges and leveling up of casual games like FarmVille . Just like in Chatroulette , you have the opportunity to get paired up with a total stranger — but since the app can also take advantage of your Facebook social graph, you can also invite specific friends to chat with you as well. Plus, in chatting with either strangers or friends, you have the opportunity to earn badges for specific actions, like taking your first screenshot or getting a “compliment” from another user.
Read the original: Chatroulette + FarmVille + Facebook = ChatVilleFor many of us, the most exciting part of Google I/O today was the announcement of Google TV . Google and its partners are trying to make the connected living room a success and bridge the gap between the computer and the television at long last. Jolie O’Dell has already given us a run-down of what Google TV is , but what does Google TV mean for existing players in this space and the future of connected devices? How does Google TV impact companies like Apple, Boxee, PopBox and others?
More: Will Google TV Be a Game-Changer in the Realm of Connected Devices?Today sees the airing of the Season 2 finale of MySpace’s original web series, Married on MySpace . We got an exclusive chance to go behind the scenes at the actual wedding of winning couple Dehlia and Graeham Ford-Feliz to sneak a peek at what it’s like to get hitched with a little help from the Internet. For those not familiar with the show, think of it as a reality show for the web in which one couple is chosen to have their wedding ceremony planned and prepared with the help of the MySpace community.
See the rest here:Time Magazine’s May 31 issue will hit newsstands with a cover and feature story dedicated to the “scary” side of Facebook. The cover art pays homage to the Facebook generation with a mosaic of 1,295 Facebook profile photos, accompanied by a blurb from the feature article: “Facebook …and how it’s redefining privacy. With nearly 500 million users, Facebook is connecting us in new (and scary) ways.” The feature article by Dan Fletcher delves inside Facebook and its methodologies for hooking new users and explores the historical events leading up to present-day privacy concerns around Open Graph and instant personalization.
Read the original post: Facebook Privacy Makes The Cover of Time MagazineOne analyst’s forecast shows that iPads are flying off retail shelves almost twice as fast as Macs at a nearly 2-to-1 ratio. The data collected by Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital Markets estimates that Apple sells in excess of 200,000 iPads each week in the U.S., as opposed to the estimated 110,000 Macs it sells each week. These stats would place the iPad just below the iPhone 3GS in terms of sales; Apple’s latest iPhone has been selling around 246,000 units per week in Q1 2010.
Read the rest here: iPads Are Outselling Macs, Analyst SaysThis post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: TabbedOut Quick Pitch: TabbedOut is an app that allows patrons to securely open, review and pay bar and restaurant tabs from a smartphone.
Read the original post:The unveiling of Google TV today leaves many of us with more questions than answers. When can we buy one, and for how much? What kind of hardware and subscription services will we need
Excerpt from:Google TV has arrived and will begin bringing the Internet into living rooms this fall, but we are all wondering: Can it play Hulu? For the last few days, I’ve been testing out Adobe Flash 10.1 for Android. While almost every Flash website worked for us, Hulu did not.
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