Technology Blogs
ACTA Approval On Hold While EU Commission Asks EU Court Of Justice To Weigh In
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
In recent weeks, the ratification process of ACTA has triggered a Europe-wide debate on ACTA, the freedom of the internet and the...
Pastebin Upgrades Service, Adds Private Pastes (All While Being Under Attack)
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Everyone’s favorite way to share thousands of pages of sensitive information (and dump PHP code that you might use later) has upgraded to what it’s calling version 3.1. This new version, in addition to some cosmetic changes, includes one major upgrade: private pastes.
The system currently supports public and “unlisted” pastes – two types excellent for anonymous sharing – but the private pastes require users to...
GrubHub's CEO On The Shock Of Outgrowing Three Offices In A Few Short Years
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
When GrubHub started, it was just a pair of hungry guys with an idea.
Now the website (and mobile app), which allows users to find delivery and takeout restaurants nearby and order the food online, is a multi-million dollar company.
Back in 2004, Matt Maloney and Mike Evans were both working as developers at Apartments.com, a site that helps you find apartments and condos to rent. The job required a lot of late nights at the office.
"We were...
Google Docs for Android adds real-time collaboration
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Android smartphone and tablet owners can collaborate on documents from their devices with the updated version of Google Docs for Android, released on Wednesday. The software, supporting Android 2.1 devices and up, adds the same real-time collaboration found in the full web version of Google Docs on a laptop or desktop.
This real-time interaction in documents is another example of how mobile devices allow people to work together from practically...
Those 'Facebook For The Workplace' Tools Are Garbage, Says This CEO (RHT)
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
"Everyone's talking about the importance of engaging employees, and the Facebook generation and collaboration tools. All of that is garbage … collaboration is a culture. It's not a set of tools," insists Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst.
Executives at other companies might tell human resources to go out and buy collaboration tools, but unless the company has the structure in place to let employees honestly talk to each other and the bosses, the...
LinkedIn Buys Smart Email Startup Rapportive
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Rapportive, a startup that makes a Gmail add-on that displays social media info about contacts as you email them, confirmed on Wednesday that it had been purchased by LinkedIn.
Rahul Vohra, CEO of Rapportive, confirmed the acquisition on the company’s blog. “In business, partnership is dating — and we went on a lot of dates with LinkedIn. Slowly, but surely, we fell in love,” Vohra wrote. Vohra wrote that despite the new o...
Zipcar Wants to Make Your Car Part of its Fleet
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Zipcar’s 673,000 subscribers currently share its fleet of 8,900 vehicles. But what if they could also rent yours? The company announced on Wednesday that it’s taking a first step toward finding out.
Zipcar has led a $13.7 million round of funding in a peer-to-peer car rental startup called Wheelz.
Like similar startups Getaround and RelayRides, Wheelz runs an online marketplace (there’s also an iPhone app) on which neighbors can...
Adele is the first artist to go double platinum on iTunes, with 2 million downloads
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Columbia records announced today that Adele has become the first artist to rack up double platinum sales on iTunes reports Jim Dalrymple at The Loop. The company’s press release lays out some impressive stats regarding the artists’ sales, especially since her six Grammy Awards.
Adele passed up the 2 million download mark on the US iTunes store of songs including her hit record ’21′. The album simultaneously becomes the l...
Google just made its presentations tool collaborative with discussions
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Google just made its presentations tool much more collaborative thanks to a brand new discussions feature. This new version of Google Presentations was designed to make it easier to share ideas with others, and is now enabled for all new presentations.
According to the announcement, with discussions in presentations, you’ll be able to:
Comment on a shape or an entire slide to give context to your discussion.
Send an email notification by adding...
Apple's Messages Beta: Pretty Meh in a Mixed OS World
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
As part of the Mountain Lion preview last week, Apple put out a beta of its revamped chat application, Messages. If you spend a lot of time connecting with other folks on iOS devices, Messages is a must-have. If not, it doesn't really add much to the mix.
Installing Messages is simple enough, though it does require a system reboot. If you've been using iChat, Messages will automatically import your accounts and you're good to go. If not, it's...
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