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Apple CEO: Google Wants To “Kill The iPhone”

According to a hearsay report in Wired, Apple CEO Steve Jobs allegedly said the following at an internal town hall meeting for Apple employees coinciding with the launch of the iPad:We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the p…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Search Engines |

Drupal Gardens

Drupal Gardens(email waitinglist)You can create socially smart websites and microsites that accelerate your business with Drupal Gardens.@drupalgardensDrupal Goes Hosted With Private Beta Launch of Gardens

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Tom’s Planner Makes Web-based Project Management Less Like Pulling Teeth

This 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 BizS…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Windows Mobile Finally Checks Out Foursquare

For much of the past year, the major criticism of Foursquare was that it only worked in a few select cities in the U.S. and was basically iPhone-only. In the past few months, both Foursquare itself and a growing core of third-party developers have c…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Check Mate: Apple’s iPad and Google’s Next Move

“I think this will appeal to the Apple acolytes, but this is essentially just a really big iPod Touch,” said Charles Golvin, an analyst at Forrester Research, adding that he expected the iPad to mostly cannibalize the sales of other Apple products. …

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Spotify’s Promises of Profits and a US Launch? Still MIA

I’m going to keep this post short and sweet because no one likes a blogger who says “I told you so.” But, Spotify fans: Paul Carr and I told you so.StrategyEye reports that less than 4% of users of Spotify—the gorgeous online music app with …

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Overhyped, Overpriced & Disappointing: iPad? No, iPod in 2001

“I still can’t believe this! All this hype for something so ridiculous! … I want something new! I want them to think differently! Why oh why would they do this?! It’s so wrong! It’s so stupid!”Sound familiar? That wasn’t a reaction to yesterday’s…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Two Years After Launch, Howcast Is Streaming 25 Million How-To Videos A Month

Two years ago, former Googlers Jason Liebman, Daniel Blackman and Sanjay Rama launched Howcast, a site filled with originally-produced how-to videos on everything from “How to Ice Skate” to “How To Deal With a Mean Boss.”  Today, Howcast is streami…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Google Updates Google Book Search After Apple iPad Launch

Less than 24 hours after Apple announces the Apple iPad, Google announces improvements to the Google Books home page.The improvements include:You can now scroll through categories of books and magazinesThe My Library feature is now on the home pageM…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Search Engines |

No iBooks For You, Rest of the World (For Now)

It seems that iBooks will be a US-only service, at least when iPad first lands in stores. Engadget dug up through Apple Australia site, discovering that both the iBookstore and the iBooks app are nowhere to be seen.Of course, this could be an accide…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |