Inside the Microsoft Store

According to a Powerpoint presentation leaked to us, it's going to make the Apple Store look downright boring.

YouTube lets video creators share viewing stats

Google on Wednesday made a small change in YouTube's privacy settings that lets video creators share their viewing statistics with viewers.

Twitter to revamp home page for the masses



Twitter's home page definitely gets some Zen cred by consisting of little more than a text field that asks, "What are you doing?" But that's apparently about to change.

Twitcam turns Twitter into a video streaming hub

The folks at the video broadcasting service Livestream have a new tool out for Twitter users called Twitcam that lets anyone with a Twitter account start streaming their own show, complete with live chat.

TWT Poll

Find out what your followers are thinking. Engage with your customers. Get feedback.

List of Tweets

ListOfTweets.com is a little twitter mashup made to organize tweets. The tool lets you build up a list of tweets from search results, which you can convert to HTML or text.

How to take your podcast to the next level

If you're podcasting, you're probably looking for ways to make it both more entertaining and easier to produce. That's where the Web-based apps and tools come in.

Aardvark

Ask questions and get live answers from your friends (and their friends).

Tweet Reel

A $2.99 iPhone App that lets you take a picture with your iPhone or shoot a video with your new iPhone 3GS, and tweet it.

Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview



The Microsoft Office 2010 technical preview is available today through invite only and--though it's not in its final form--there are plenty of feature enhancements to be excited about, if Microsoft can pull it off.

Giz Explains: What the Hell's Google Chrome OS?


Google. Chrome. OS. Just reading that makes me wonder. But, uh, what is it exactly?

Customize your toolbar via Conduit

Conduit provides website syndication solutions for web publishers that increase site traffic, revenue, and brand loyalty while simplifying access to the content, communities and applications that subscribers care about most.

Mozilla calls on coders for Web-tool index



Mozilla Labs has set up the Open Web Tools Directory, a bid to build a comprehensive list of the open-source developer tools available.

Manage multiple Twitter accounts with your iPhone



You have an account for work and an account for personal use. In that case, switching between usernames can be a pain. There's an easy way to manage multiple Twitter accounts with some basic apps.

Best new way to make an internal sale

How do you get your boss to approve something, the customer service people to understand the pain a system is causing or the folks in engineering to see things your way?

Simple: make a video

2009 Influencers Predictions

Forecasting 2009, TrendsSpotting has published a series of Trends and Predictions as presented by influencers and experts in relevant consumer fields.

Digital Consumers are Brand Minded Targets

Millward Brown research was conducted on WPP’s BrandZ brand equity global database. Findings show that, on average, digital consumers have a 15 percent stronger relationship with brands than non-digital consumers.

Gadgets Show How Much Power Your House Eats

Curtailing your home electricity use is a bit like losing weight: You already understand the basics, but it’s hard to accomplish without help and motivation.

Justin.tv Launches Video Streaming Service for Facebook Pages



Popular streaming video service Justin.tv is the newest developer to take advantage of Facebook’s live stream widget.

Eric Schmidt on what we need for change

This 5-minute video has Google Chairman Eric Schmidt describing fundamental change that needs to be made for industries to genuinely be transformed into the future.

MultimediaInMinutes

MultimediaInMinutes is a video tutorial web site for busy journalists and students dedicated to the craft of multimedia journalism. The simple tutorials and ambitious projects on the site will improve your multimedia workflow.

Learning from Apple's Design Consultant

A new book by Hartmut Esslinger shares his strategies for clients ranging from Apple to Vuitton.

Twitter: Weed Marketer's Paradise

A medical marijuana dispensary in California has found another purpose for the micro-blogging site, PC World reports.

Five Questions for Wim Elfrink



Cisco Systems' Chief Globalization Officer, Wim Elfrink, answers questions on the economy, global trends, technologies' role in connecting communities, changing education, and lessons learned.

T-Mobile launches iPhone challenger


T-Mobile USA is betting big on its second Android smartphone, the MyTouch 3G, as it officially launches the device making it its flagship smartphone to compete against Apple's iPhone on AT&T.

Archive your e-mail from almost any account

MailStore Home is a free program that can archive them all locally, and display those archives in an interface that reads like your Outlook in-box.

Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation

Radio: Innovative ways to follow the aging medium



Radio has evolved from sitting in front of a large wooden box to listening to what you want, when you want, wherever you want. These are the technical innovations that are pushing the medium into the 21st century.

10 Inspirational New York Times multimedia and interactive features



The New York Times, often lauded as one of the greatest producers of multimedia journalism, is inspirational not just because of the dazzling technologies that it uses to bring stories to life (Flash, databases, slideshows), but because of the selected stories themselves.

Tag, you’re it: RFID technology grows up


Coca-Cola this summer is testing a new drink-dispensing machine called the “Freestyle,” packed with cutting-edge technology that tracks everything from supplies to consumer habits, reporting continually back to centrally located controllers.

Social media marketing spend to Hit $3.1 Billion by 2014

Forrester Research is out with their Interactive Marketing Forecast for the next five years.

YouTube Biz Blog Touts Social Media and Video Strategies Forum

SES is one of the best places for businesses to learn about search.

Google plans Chrome-based Web operating system

That Google operating system rumor is coming true--and it's based on Google's browser, Chrome.

What is Twitbin?

Twitbin is a firefox extension that allows you to keep up with all of your Twitter conversations right from your browser sidebar.

Yahoo Search Pad

Yahoo launched a new tool to help people organize research they do on the Yahoo search engine.

Web 2.0 goes to school

Larry Magid shares his visit to the NECC show that covered the use of technology in the classroom.

Sony joins Netbook game with the Vaio W



Sony has finally caved to market demand and is introducing what the company calls, "a chic new line of mini notebooks."

Over a third of Facebook users now 35+, use by seniors at record levels


Interesting stats about Facebook and it's audiences.

Music video shot end-to-end on an iPhone 3GS

Perhaps those iPhone 3GS mounts aren’t as silly as we thought.

Screenjelly

Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it as a video via Twitter or email.

As brands continue to ‘Pollinate’ the Social Web, expect corporate websites to aggregate

Brands are pollinating the social web with easy-to-share features like Sharethis. As conversations splinter across the web, brands must prepare to aggregate those same conversations on their corporate website. As a result, the trusted conversations will centralize back on product pages.

Mossberg says iPhone 3GS is 'impressively improved'

WSJ's personal technology columnist Walt Mossberg says Apple's new iPhone 3G S is significantly more powerful -- it's faster and has a longer battery life.

Mobile video goes social and portable with RealPlayer

Real Networks have launched RealPlayer SP; a cool new application which makes it easy to download, transcode and share online videos as well as transfer them to mobile devices.

LogMeIn specializes in remote-access software, which allows users to log in and control any Internet-connected device, no matter where it is located.

How to get Retweeted on Twitter

But apart from the obvious, what makes a retweet different from a tweet?

Home

We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

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