June, 2010
Facebook makes outside applications ask for user data (AFP)
- June
- 30
<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100630/tc_afp/usitcompanysoftwareinternetfacebook”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100630/capt.photo_1277936221615-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=nHLr2YvZ0d7W.d5PaOpaYA–” align=”left” height=”84″ width=”130″ alt=”Facebook on Wednesday began making outside applications or websites detail what private information they want from people's online profiles.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)” border=”0″ /></a>AFP – Facebook on Wednesday began making outside applications or websites detail what private information they want from people's online profiles.</p><br clear=”all”/> More information: click here
Facebook App Is Finally iOS 4-Compatible. Fast App Switching, High Rez Graphics
- June
- 30
Well, it took a bit longer than other iPhone apps that aren’t, you know, the most downloaded apps of all time, but Facebook has finally today updated its iPhone app to be iOS 4-compatible.
A couple weeks ago, I ripped Facebook for releasing an update without this support (and a broken UI to boot). Competitors like [...]
Amazon Introduces 70% Royalty Option For Kindle Digital Text Platform (Robin Wauters/TechCrunch)
- June
- 30
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Amazon Introduces 70% Royalty Option For Kindle Digital Text Platform — Right off the heels of announcing an expansion of its Kindle Digital Text Platform to authors and publishers around the world, Amazon announced back in January that it would introduce a new 70 percent royalty option …
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Microsoft Puts Down The Kin
- June
- 30
“We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with [...]
Woot’s Deal Of The Day: Woot! — Amazon Buys It
- June
- 30
Woot has been acquired by Amazon, as they briefly note on their blog today with a big “woot!” Well, okay, their exact words were “Holy crap!”
This is a great deal for daily online bargin service as, similar to Zappos and Audible, they’ll continue to be run autonomously under the Amazon banner. The company will remain in Texas. [...]
ModCloth Raises $19.8 Million Series B For Indie Fashion
- June
- 30
Indie fashion site ModCloth has raised $19.8 million in Series B funding in a round led by Accel Partners, with participation from existing investors Floodgate and First Round Capital. As part of the deal Accel’s Theresia Gouw Ranzetta will join ModCloth’s Board, joining Mike Maples (Floodgate) and Josh Kopelman (First Round), along with ModCloth [...]
To Show Off Chrome Integration, Google Builds A Flash Game On Top Of YouTube
- June
- 30
As we noted a few days ago, the latest stable builds of Google Chrome now come with native Flash support built-in by default. The hope behind this is to get better performance and better security out of Adobe’s plug-in. To showcase how well it works, Google has created a Flash-based game on top of YouTube, [...]
Apple tells its clerks that iPhone reception issue is 'fact of life' (Ben Patterson)
- June
- 30
Ben Patterson – Apple store clerks should tell customers who've noticed the iPhone 4's reception problem that holding any phone in "certain places" will degrade the signal, and that one of Apple's new Bumper cases should improve the situation, according to leaked instructions from corporate. That said, clerks are warned, don't even think of giving [...]
Calling all antenna engineers: Apple needs you (AP)
- June
- 30
<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_antenna_engineers”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100628/i/r3074601803.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=ZSy5yA9PR.I.KtZjna7IzQ–” align=”left” height=”85″ width=”130″ alt=”A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York, June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Thayer” border=”0″ /></a>AP – Wanted: Three geniuses to improve iPhone antennas.</p><br clear=”all”/> More information: click here
Chango Closes $1.4 Million Round, Brings Search Targeting To Display Ads
- June
- 30
Toronto-based advertising startup Chango closed a $1.4 million Series A funding, with new investors Metamorphic Ventures and privately from Geoff Judge, a VC at iNovia Capital and co-founder of 24/7 Real Media. Last November, the company raised the first $750,000 of the Series A from iNovia Capital and Extreme Venture Partners.
Chango is an ad [...]
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