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Round numbers: 10,000 iPhone apps?
How many iPhone apps does it take to make 10,000? It all depends on bow you do the counting. (Credit: 148Apps) Apple watchers this weekend have been ruminating on the overall tally and on the counting methods following a report on 148Apps, a site that keeps tabs on iPhone applications, seen h ...
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Get your customized Twitter background with TwitBacks
People with a good looking custom Twitter background have been the envy of ordinary Twitter users, without the Photoshop skills to make their own. TwitBacks is looking to make those same rich profiles available to everyone. It only took me a few minutes to pimp out my Twitter profile with my very ...
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Joost gets back on our radar with iPhone app
Men in Black playing on Joosts new iPhone app. If ever there was a Web service that experienced a rapid fall from grace, it was online video start-up Joost. What started out as a much anticipated new service ultimately fell short of expectations and has recently struggled for attention. Today Joo ...
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Joost gets back on our radar with an iPhone app
Men in Black playing on Joosts new iPhone app. If ever there was a web service that experienced a rapid fall from grace, it was online video startup, Joost. What started out as a much anticipated new service, ultimately fell short of expectations and has recently struggled for attention. Today ...
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Online retailers overloaded on Black Friday
When people talk about "economic slowdown," I am pretty sure this is not what they are mean: So many buyers flocked to popular online retails sites on Black Friday that many sites slowed to unpleasant levels under the crush. Keynote systems said of the 30 sites they track, 15% had noticeable perform ...
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HairTry lets you try on virtual toupees (in 3D)
Thats me with new hair, and glasses using HairTry.(Credit: CNET Networks) Baldness is serious business--to the tune of millions of dollars every year spent on surgeries, special sprays, and hair pieces. Aderans, the Japanese equivalent of Hair Club for Men has a neat service called HairTry that l ...
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HairTry lets you try on virtual toupees (in 3-D)
Thats me with new hair, and glasses using HairTry.(Credit: CNET Networks) Baldness is serious business--to the tune of millions of dollars every year spent on surgeries, special sprays, and hair pieces. Aderans, the Japanese equivalent of Hair Club for Men has a neat service called HairTry that l ...
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Food Network launches mobile app
The Food Network announced Friday that it has launched a new mobile application through its Web site that will offer visitors a listing of seasonal recipes, videos from its hosts, and cooking tips. Dubbed Food Network Mobile, the company's new mobile application attempts to offer speed and usabil ...
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Food Network launches mobile app for easy access to recipes
The Food Network announced Friday that it has launched a new mobile app through its website that will offer visitors a listing of seasonal recipes, videos from its hosts, and cooking tips. Dubbed Food Network Mobile, the company's new mobile app attempts to offer speed and usability for busy supe ...
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How to: Get multiple custom signatures in Gmail
If you've got several Gmail accounts and are frequently having to juggle signatures for each of them, worth downloading is Blank Canvas' Gmail Signatures. This experimental Firefox extension will drop in one of four custom HTML signatures based on whichever account you're sending the message from. I ...
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EarthCam preps for live stream of Thanksgiving Day Parade
EarthCam, a company that allows users to search for webcam content across the world, announced Wednesday that it will stream Thursday's 82nd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in real-time on its site. Seven EarthCam cameras will be used to capture the event as balloons and floats pass through Times ...
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Geezeo adds ratings of online brokerage firms
Geezeo, an online financial management service, announced Wednesday that it has expanded its Marketplace to include ratings of online brokerage firms. According to the company, visitors can now evaluate brokerage firms based on the initial investment required to sign up for an account, associated ...
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Twitter: No more outbound texts for Canada
Oh, no! They cant get Twitter SMS updates anymore!(Credit: Second City Television)This can't be good. Just a few months after restricting its U.K.-based text-messaging number due to cost issues, Twitter has done the same for Canada. The microblogging service has cut outbound SMS messages for the ...
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Cinema snobs rejoice: Criterion Collection goes Web 2.0
(Credit: Criterion.com)Highbrow film company The Criterion Collection has launched Criterion.com, an "online cinematheque" for people who want to watch movies, delve into some editorial content, and socialize with other fans. Perhaps the most notable aspect of the new site is the fact that you ca ...
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Amazon assembles Justice League of loyalists for holiday PR
Amazon has enlisted a half dozen of its most dedicated (addicted?) reviewers to act as holiday gift experts this season. They'll be responsible for providing gift picks, tips, and other advice regarding their favorite products available on the mega-retail site. Putting a "real people" face on hol ...
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Yahoo tops in Japan, Google close behind
ComScore on Wednesday released its ranking of the top search properties in Japan during the month of September 2008. And although the same two leaders in the U.S. -- Google and Yahoo -- top the list, it's Google that's trailing in Japan. According to ComScore's qSearch data, 5.9 billion searches ...
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Microsoft launches Webmaster tools to sniff for malware
Microsoft announced Tuesday that it updated its Live Search Webmaster Center with the ability to detect malware on a publisher's site as well as any outbound links contained on that site. It also announced the launch of a simplified authentication process that makes accessing the company's Webmaste ...
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Yahoo BOSS gives partners subject-specific search
Yahoo has begun offering a new variety of its BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) called vertical lens technology that lets partners show a subset of search results relating to a particular area. BOSS lets people repackage, reorder, blend, and otherwise change Yahoo's search results; academics a ...
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How widely used is Chrome? More than I expected
Chrome doesnt have much market share among CNET News visitors, but its climbing.(Credit: CNET News) Is Google's Chrome browser mainstream not. But I've been curious how widespread its use is, in particular because I'm curious if I have any company in my choice to set Chrome as my default browser. ...
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KickApps raises $14 million for expansion
KickApps, a company that offers on-demand social networking and widget platforms, announced Tuesday that it raised $14 million in Series C funding. The round was led by North Atlantic Capital, Softbank, Spark Capital, and Prism Ventures. The funding will be used for expansion into new markets, a ...
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