Archive | October 13th, 2011

Onepager Raises Seed Funding For A Quick, Easy (And Free) Website Builder

Posted on 13 October 2011

Onepager , the startup that allows any user or small business owner to quickly build a website (for free), is announcing today that it has raised $350K in seed financing from a host of New York City-based angel investors, like Daniel Eskapa and Mark Birch to continue development of new features (i.e. embedding feeds and videos) and support its marketing efforts.

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Video: Google Unveils Their Brand New Ice Cream Sandwich Statue

Posted on 13 October 2011

It’s that time again, folks: with the next big release of Android looming , another massive statue themed around the release’s code name has gone up at the Googleplex.

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The Official Word: Sprint’s iPhone 4S Will Be Unlocked, But Not For Long

Posted on 13 October 2011

Alright, there’s been a lot of conflicting information floating around regarding Sprint’s iPhone 4S and its locked / unlocked status, but a Sprint spokesperson has just offered Macworld her official word. The iPhone will indeed be unlocked at first, but a SIM lock will be “pushed to the devices shortly after launch.” Seriously

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Bit.ly Wants To Predict The Future With Realtime Social Search

Posted on 13 October 2011

Link shortening service Bit.ly just announced the launch of its beta search platform and “reputation monitoring” service for its paying Enterprise customers. Apparently Bit.ly has been crawling every URL its shorten for “virality” (I guess that’s what they were doing all this time) in an attempt to provide a snapshot of content that’s trending and interestingly enough content that’s going to trend through user search.

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Can Microsoft Salvage Windows Phone?

Posted on 13 October 2011

When Microsoft launched Windows Phone last year, I was of the opinion that it was a platform that would never build steam. The entrenched players – iOS, RIM, and Android – already controlled the market, and the hiatus between the last Windows Mobile phone and the first Windows Phone was too long for even the most dedicated or curious customers to wait. It seems that this was uncharacteristically prescient as both Gartner and Horace Dediu both estimate that Microsoft sold 1.4 to 1.7 million Windows Phones this last quarter.

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Buying A MacBook Pro? Wait Just a Minute, Updates Are On The Horizon

Posted on 13 October 2011

The current MacBook Pro design is probably going to be around until next year, but a minor update might be on its way in the coming weeks , according to a few factors that have telegraphed this kind of thing historically. Stock is low on many models, and more importantly, a few new items have appeared in Apple inventory listings. The K90IA, K91A, and K92A SKUs almost certainly represent a minor update to the existing K9*s that are the current MBPs.

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What Cash Crunch? Khosla Ventures Closes Another $1 Billion Fund

Posted on 13 October 2011

There may or may not be a cash crunch in Silicon Valley, but if you are Vinod Khosla you don’t have to worry about it.

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Lovely: A Sleek Tool To Make Your Apartment Search Slightly Less Painful

Posted on 13 October 2011

The words “I’m thinking of moving to a new place” are apparently imbued with dark magic.

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What Does The iOS Newsstand Mean For Content Providers? Nomad Editions Gives Us Some Answers

Posted on 13 October 2011

The iOS Newsstand may be annoying to some but to publishers it’s a dream come true.

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How To Hide iOS 5′s Annoying Newsstand Icon

Posted on 13 October 2011

So, you’ve upgraded to iOS 5 . Look at all the new shiny things! iMessage! Notification Center! Newsstand! Wait, Newsstand?

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