Pixazza



Google is joining a $5.75 million investment round in Pixazza, a start-up that hopes to profit by overlaying photos on the Web with links that let people buy the products in the images.

Deep-Web search specialist expands, renames



A search start-up called Infovell has renamed itself DeepDyve, begun offering a free "deep Web" search tool, and expanded its search technology to the domains of computing, clean tech, and energy.

DeepDyve is designed to reach areas of the Internet not indexed by Google, Yahoo, and other major search engines, the company said. The company has indexed 500 million pages so far and hopes to expand to 1 billion by the end of the year.

Operating System Interface Designs [1981-2009]

A Graphical User Interface (GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way.

Over the years a range of GUI’s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/2, Macintosh, Windowsamiga, Linux, Symbian OS, and more.

Ten Facebook Tips For Power Users

Thought you knew everything about Facebook, didn’t you? Here is how to take your Facebook account to the next level.

Chris Hughes, The Boy Wonder


The untold story of how Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.

IBM to acquire Sun?


Server market positioning and open-source resources, says ZDNet's Larry Dignan, are just a couple of the reasons to like a $6.5 billion takeover reportedly in the works.

Whrrl's geo-social network comes to the iPhone


Location-based social network Whrrl has a new application for iPhone users called Whrrl 2.0. It lets you post photos and status updates that are tied to a geographical location. It includes integration with Facebook Connect and Twitter, meaning you can sign up and use the service with your Facebook credentials, and have your location updates and status updates from Whrrl cross-posted to both your social-networking profile and Twitter page.

FriendFeed launches AIR-powered desktop notifier

FriendFeed has a new way for users to keep track of conversations in real time, and it may be the first thing the company has done that I just plain don't like. It runs in Adobe AIR and pops up with small notifications every time there's activity on your home feed or a selected friends list.

Hitwise: Facebook makes gains in U.S.

Facebook users just don't seem to be as young as they used to be. And they're going to the social-networking site a lot more often.

Willie Smits: A 20-year tale of hope: How we re-grew a rainforest

Can Algae Replace Gas?


Can algae, that banal scourge of the swimming pool, fuel an energy-independent America? The hype is certainly there. News reports have been flowing quick and steady about the potential of algal biofuels. Just yesterday, Treehugger proclaimed them the #1 green technology in the offing.

11 Ways To Find Brands & Companies on Twitter


Here are a few resources for finding Twitter accounts for brands, companies, executives, analysts and journalists via directories and lists.

The Artist's Guide to YouTube


Videoblogging isn’t just for teenyboppers with Flips. It’s a simple way professional creatives can make use of high traffic sites like YouTube reviews to showcase their work and communicate with their audience in a fun and effective way. Read article here.

OfficeZilla: The next project management winner?

Online collaboration is one of the best uses of the Web, and project management is where it can really shine. I thought it would be worth taking a look at a product called OfficeZilla to see how well it stacks up against Basecamp and Teamwork, two established leaders in the online project management space. The results may surprise you.

Unlike Basecamp, OfficeZilla is free.

Apple ready for third generation of iPhone

What might Apple have in store for the third release of its iPhone software?

Twitter Demographics

PEW released an interesting document on the demographics of twitter users along with some other interesting information. For example, did you know that 11% of online adults use twitter or a service like twitter to update their status online? Read article here.

Twendz



Normally, PR firms are pitching us start-ups, not creating them. That's not the case with Twendz, a new Twitter tool from the folks at Waggener Edstrom. It pulls in the latest tweets on any given topic, and shows you what the overall user sentiment is, be it positive or negative.

Apple Ads You Can’t Ignore–Even on the Web

There’s increasing evidence that Web surfers have responded to the crush of online advertising by training themselves to ignore the ads altogether. Bad news for marketers and publishers alike.

TED Talk: Twitter and The Power Of The Unexpected

You never know how users will end up using your technology. Sometimes they end up using your product in creative ways that you could not possibly have thought of on your own.

How Does Google Work? Marissa Mayer explains

Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience at Google recently delivered a fascinating Keynote at the Google I/O Developers Conference.

Six Million Users: Nothing to Twitter At



Facebook's megabucks offer is just one sign of the microblogging site's business potential.

Sense Networks



A nascent industry involving the likes of Google and Nokia is pinpointing the movements and behaviors of millions of cell-phone users.

Sense Network homepage

Everything You Need To Know About Watchmen


Feeling Watchmen information overload? Here some Q&A to help.

Google's Marissa Mayer Pities Yahoo

Why is Marissa Mayer, Google's athletically inept cupcake princess, going on such a publicity tour of late?

Facebook's Next Move


Facebook is prepping for a new look. The redesign is interesting because now these pages will look more like typical profile pages, which is to say, they’ll change a lot more often, potentially getting people to visit more often.

Have Smartphone, Can Travel



Can a smartphone make you a better driver? Perhaps.

How To Expand Google's Universal Search

Back in 2007 Google rolled out a revolutionary feature - Universal Search - that blended listings in its search interface from general “plain” search and video, news, images, local and book search.

Read the article here.

TwitteReader turns Twitter into a feed reader



The industry buzz is that searchability is one of Twitter's killer features, and indeed, it looks like the microblogging service is starting to put it more front and center.

Facebook and Twitter: How will you stream your world?

Oodle



Oodle is the fastest growing classifieds service. Pulling together and organizing millions of listings from all over the Web, Oodle is simply the best way to buy and sell through online classifieds.

TweetSum

TweetSum helps you more efficiently decide whether you should follow someone back once they've followed you on Twitter. Rather than respond to endless and often spammy follow notifications one by one, having to investigate the merits of reciprocating each and every follow, you can quickly sign into TweetSum and gleen information at a glance on the quality of a potential contact as well as rapidly respond to multiple follow notifications at once

World's 50 Most Admired Companies

Fifty companies that are loved by everyone.

Skype announces voice-to-text messaging

Skype plans to announce Tuesday that it will be working with SpinVox to provide its users with voice-to-SMS messaging in four languages.

10 Reasons to Buy/Not Buy a Kindle 2

Not sure if you want to purchase the Kindle 2? Here are two sides of the coin to think about.

Home Account


Home-Account is a mortgage-finding service with a little twist. You tell it about your situation (value of home or amount of refinance you're looking for, location, income, etc.) and it gives you advice on looking better to banks, so you get the good rate--or these days, any rate at all. It also monitors mortgages for you, alerting you when a good one comes along.

Signs building toward March iMac launch


It's as clear as it gets in the Apple rumor business that if you're in the market for one of the company's iMacs, it's probably worth waiting a few weeks.

Why You Have To Join Video Chat Communites

Why do this? Check out these 10 reasons.

iPhone has commanding lead on web


The Web metrics firm Net Applications issued its first survey of the mobile search market overnight Sunday, and Apple’s iPhone emerged with what the report describes as a “commanding lead.”