Archive | March 7th, 2011

Microsoft Seeding Windows Phone 7 On Nokia With A Billion Dollars Up Front

Posted on 07 March 2011

The strategic partnership between Microsoft and Nokia, announced in February , was regarded as auspicious by some and desperate by others, yet some specifics of the agreement were largely a mystery until today. Most notably, Microsoft was rumored to have led the partnership with hundreds of millions of dollars, outbidding Google (!) to woo the once-magnificent Finnish giant. Considering Google’s sights are increasingly set on the low-cost phone market, it’s interesting that they didn’t just write a blank check

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Wildfire’s IFrames for Pages Facebook App Makes Creating Welcome Tabs Easy

Posted on 07 March 2011

Starting March 11th, admins will no longer be able to install new FBML tap applications on their Pages, and must instead use iFrames.

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Opera Launches Appia-Powered Mobile App Store To The Public

Posted on 07 March 2011

Opera is launching a designated, web-based mobile app store today, called the Opera Mobile Store. The store will be a featured Speed Dial link in the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers. The Opera Mobile Store is actually powered by Appia (formerly PocketGear), which recently shifted its business model to providing white label mobile app stores for providers

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Facebook Comments Box Plugin Includes Live Code for Google and Twitter Logins

Posted on 07 March 2011

The new version of the Comments Box social plugin for third-party websites that Facebook released last week only gives users the options to login with their Facebook or Yahoo! accounts. However, we’ve just learned that the plugin includes live code supporting logins for accounts from Google, Twitter, and other OpenID providers. This means it might be easy for Facebook to enable logins from additional providers if its relations with these companies improve.

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comScore: Android Passes iOS And RIM For U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Share

Posted on 07 March 2011

comScore’s monthly smartphone data is in and it looks like for the first time Android OS has surpassed both Apple’s iOS and RIM in terms of U.S.

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Study: Too Much Technology Has Destroyed Our Ability To Sleep

Posted on 07 March 2011

It would appear that our increased reliance on technology has destroyed our ability to have a good night’s sleep.

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Ustream 2.0 For iPhone Lets You Broadcast And View Live Video, All In One App

Posted on 07 March 2011

Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile? Aspire to be Charlie Sheen? Well, just like it did on Android back in January, Ustream today has combined both its Viewer and Broadcaster app into one all-encompassing and newly redesigned iPhone app allowing you to stream and watch live video all from your iPhone

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Ustream 2.0 For iPhone Lets You Broadcast And View Live Video, All In One App

Posted on 07 March 2011

Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile? Aspire to be Charlie Sheen

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Ustream 2.0 For iPhone Lets You Broadcast And View Live Video, All In One App

Posted on 07 March 2011

Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile?

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Ustream 2.0 For iPhone Lets You Broadcast And View Live Video, All In One App

Posted on 07 March 2011

Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile? Aspire to be Charlie Sheen?

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