Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City

Zensify

Zensify, the makers of the Zensify iPhone app, have a new iPhone app out called Zen News that helps users discover the latest headlines from a dozen news sources. These range from established media powerhouses like The New York Times, BBC News, and The Washington Post to TweetMeme and soon other online-only news sources.

Touchscreen PCs prompt interface innovations

Touchscreen displays are going to get a big boost from Windows 7’s built-in support for multitouch tech — but there’s a hitch: Flicking, scrolling and opening programs can be cumbersome when stubby fingers meet Windows’ tiny icons and menu items. By Priya Ganapati

6 of the best budget monitors for your Mac

Unless you only use an Apple notebook or iMac, you need a monitor to go with your Mac. Today's flat-panel models are light, slim and take up very little room on your desk. By Ian Osborne

Chrome Mac beta nearer; Win 7 features recede

Programmers have mostly overcome a crucial hurdle to releasing a beta version of Chrome for the Mac, printing support, but several Windows 7 features won't make the cut for the present 4.x version of Chrome.

Penzu

Penzu is an online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. With a unique and compelling user experience, it makes writing online as easy and intuitive as writing on a pad of paper.

Aardvark

Aardvark was founded in late 2007 by Max Ventilla, Damon Horowitz, Nathan Stoll, and Rob Spiro.

Aardvark was conceived as the first Social Search engine: a way to find people, not web pages, that have specific information.

10 tools for presenting with Twitter

Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter to manage the backchannel. By Olivia Mitchell

6 Taiwanese Startups Demo Their Services



TechCrunch/CrunchGear Meetup Taipei. By Serkan Toto

Did You Know 4.0

tvChatter iPhone Application



tvChatter is an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that presents lively commentary about your favorite TV shows. The commentary comes from the Twittersphere but you do not need a Twitter account to see what people are saying. Watch your favorite show on your TV set or PC, launch the tvChatter app, choose the show from the social program guide, and watch the streaming commentary text. If you have a Twitter account, you can tweet, reply, re-tweet, or filter on your followers for a more intimate conversation.

Tim Brown urges designers to think big

The Apple Museum

The Apple Museum is dedicated to the history of Apple Computer, Inc. and with more than 350 Apple products listed, ...

Goby

Goby (GO-be) is a new search engine that's all about finding fun ways to spend your free time, from a weekend to a week off.

FastPencil

Unlike self-publishing approaches that focus only on printing, FastPencil is about helping you get your book written and published. Write and edit with powerful, free tools; have friends review your book; publish with a few clicks and order one or thousands; sell on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and more.

Musefy

New social network for musicians.

MaYoMo

A new video-centric social news network for journalists and their readers, empowering a new era of Internet news creation and distribution. Attracts content from both young, aspiring journalists, as well as experienced independent journalists and bloggers.

Ruba

A travel guide and tour review site that helps travelers from around the world discover their next perfect trip.

The future of journalism

3 Multimedia journalists to watch. By 10,000 Words

The Evolution of Apple Ads

Apple first started advertising its products in the late 1970s. By Cameron Chapman

Google Releases Chrome Version 3

Just two weeks after Google Chrome’s birthday, the search engine giant has unleashed Google Chrome (Google Chrome) version 3.

Facebook reaches 300m users



Facebook has announced that it now has 300 million members worldwide and is making money.

Opera Mini 5 Released Now Supports Tabs and Bookmark Feature



The world's most popular mobile browser has been upgraded as Opera Mini 5 beta is now available to download.

Steve Wozniak: How I Invented the Personal Computer

The 10 Myths of Social Media

The emergence of social media as a crucial paradigm in virtually all sectors of the economy has led to countless assumptions and new ideas about consumer behavior and marketing activities.

Five Features We Want to See in iTunes

Several days ago Apple released iTunes 9, and while the update brings a few nice feature improvements here and there, the popular desktop music player still has a lot of room for improvement. Here are five things we're dying to see from iTunes.

Google brand value 'on the rise'

In these uncertain economic times, people want answers - one reason perhaps why Google's brand value is soaring and bank brands are plunging.

The Importance Of Enthusiasm In Any Product

A video took the web by storm today entitled “Incredible, amazing, awesome Apple.” Basically, it boils down Apple’s latest event into a series of superlatives.

Touch-Screen Smackdown: iPod touch vs. Zune HD




Apple or Microsoft? The battle moves to your pocket with two new top-notch, touch-screen media players. Which one is right for you?

Google Aims to Wrest Display Ads From Yahoo

The company has built its fortune almost entirely on the back of small text ads, which appear alongside its search results and on sites across the Web. Now it is stepping up efforts to make inroads into graphical display ads, a business long dominated by Yahoo.

7 reasons why the Motorola Dext will save the brand

After what seems like aeons in the wilderness, Motorola is back with a new phone, the Dext.

5 Popular Facebook Scams (and How to Avoid Them)



Just as bearded hipsters migrate from bar to bar in pursuit of young ladies to ogle, so too have scammers and hackers followed their prey from MySpace to Facebook.

Can Amazon Be Wal-Mart of the Web?



Amazon is shaking up retailers, both big rivals and small independent stores, as it speeds its way beyond books toward its goal of becoming a Web-sized general store.

Web Trend Map

The Web Trend Map community curates meaningful link trends by choosing sources they trust.

10 Revealing Infographics about the Web



The use of graphics as a tool for educating viewers is a great approach to sharing information. It’s an effective way of composing otherwise boring information and data into an easy-to-consume and fascinating way.

Intel and Apple--future rivals?

As Intel readies its most potent chip yet for small devices, Apple may already be using competing technology.

Mobile Market Floods Africa

Thanks to an emerging class of social applications, farmers in Uganda have something in common with Madison Avenue advertisers: They both use their mobile phones to do business.

Humanoid Robot Plays Soccer



Created by Hajime Sakamoto, Hajime 33 is the latest addition to Sakamoto’s fleet of humanoid robots. Powered by batteries, the robot is controlled with a PS3 controller, and it can walk and kick a ball. Hajime 33 weighs in at just 44 pounds while overlooking his creator at more than 6 feet 5 inches tall.

New Asus Color E-Reader Folds Like a Book

Computer maker Asus, known for its line of Eee PC netbooks, is working on an e-book reader that will have two touchscreens and when laid open will resemble a hardcover book.

Zune HD review

So the time has come for the Engadget review. Does the Zune HD finally match up with Microsoft's ambition, and can it stand up to the heat and ubiquity of the competition? Read on for all the answers.

The Engadget Show- 001: Jon Rubinstein, Bit Shifter, iPod event, Moto CLIQ, N900

Your Google docs: Soon in search results?


Users of Google Docs and Spreadsheets accustomed to publicly publishing their documents might want to rethink exactly how publicly available they want to them to be.

Twitter users get phone calls

Twitter users on Sept. 17th, will, for the first time, be able to make voice calls directly to each other through the microblogging service.

Facebook, Twitter and Social Media Marketing

A significant number of brands have amped up their social media marketing, but it's not just all about tapping Facebook and Twitter, says a new study.

Skype Founders Sues eBay

Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have sued eBay, the company that acquired their Internet telephony startup and turned them into billionaires.

DreamScreen: HP Beats Apple to the Punch With Sleek Tablet

Originally it looked as if the much-rumored and highly anticipated Apple Tablet would make its debut this month.

Switch to Chrome

Why? Good old NES games.

Fwix lanuches API for real



Fwix, a startup that offers a stream of local news that’s updated in real-time, has somewhat belatedly announced a $2.75 million funding round it closed last year, led by BlueRun Ventures.

Oracle Revenues Down, But Earnings Up 8%

New software license revenues were down 17%, but software maintenance and product support revenues were up 6%.

User Experience Vision Videos

As powerful networked device capabilities continue to enter mainstream use, several technology companies have released "vision" videos portraying how capabilities like augmented reality, flexible OLED screens, and rich sensors can alter our lives in the future.

WolframAlpha Deal Means Bing Gets Its Geek On


Microsoft's Bing just keeps getting more interesting: The latest news is that Microsoft recently closed a deal with WolframAlpha's management to get some of Wolfram's impressive sciencey "fact calculation" goodness showing in Bing's results.

Interview with Yiying Lu, aka Fail Whale Creator

Interview with Yiying Lu, a bubbly Sydney based designer who is responsible for one of the most iconic images Fail Whale which appears on the micro-blogging/social network Twitter whenever their server slows down.

Can the Twitterati help sell your soda pop?

On a Monday night earlier this month, the projection screen hanging on the wall of a bowling alley in Brooklyn's bar-heavy Williamsburg neighborhood was displaying neither strikes nor scores, but columns of the Twitter client TweetDeck.

Strap-on mini helicopters the latest way to travel

Forget bungy jumping and black river rafting: New Zealand's tourists will soon be able to whiz around in a strap-on mini helicopter to get their thrills.

Sony Takes Aim At Amazon's Kindle

Watch out Amazon, Sony's got the Kindle in its sights.

Firefox 3.6 a1: new CSS features, faster JavaScript

Mozilla has released the first alpha of Firefox 3.6. Ars takes a look at the new features, such as CSS gradients.

Stimulus billions fund rural broadband Internet

For businesses in rural America, fast Internet connections remain a scarce luxury. A $7 billion stimulus program aims to narrow the digital gap.

War declared: Apple’s Cult Takes on Google’s Borg

The ignorant masses milling around the iPod display at the local Wal-Mart last week had no idea that they were at Ground Zero of the next titanic battle in all of technologydom.

Mashups pit search engines against each other



Can't decide which search engine to use? Use several.

Facebook launching Twitter-like 'Lite site?



From what it looks like, Facebook Lite is a simpler version of the site and pares down profiles to basic information and a stream of status updates.

dotSub

dotSUB is a browser based tool enabling subtitling of videos on the web into and from any language. There is nothing to buy and nothing to download

Flickroom

Flickroom is an Adobe AIR based application that provides the rich browsing experience Flickr users have long deserved.

Flavortunes

Create your own soundtrack for a party or event. Build a jukebox with your guests' song requests.

Qipit

Turn documents, notes and whiteboards into digital copies (PDFs). Copy documents, whiteboards and handwritten notes with your camera phone or digital camera to store, fax, email or publish.

Globalization of Virtual Events

When looking at a virtual event platform to serve more than one country or culture’s needs what should one consider? Language, imagery, interaction, time zone, content, and more oh my!

Windows 7 jump lists come to Chrome

Google Chrome fans who live on the edge and use the developer's build now get access to one of the best features in Windows 7.

Facebook gets Twitter-like search

New users to Facebook (and probably some existing users, but not all of them yet) are getting a new search experience in Facebook starting Monday.

Facebook buys FriendFeed

The social-networking titan scoops up FriendFeed, a service that gathers people's scattered online activity. It's a deal focused on talent, not product.

GM says new Volt to get 230 mpg in city driving

General Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius.

Thought of the day

Wear Fluid Interfaces

Pattie Maes from MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group showcases the latest work of her students, “a wearable computing system that turns any surface into an interactive display screen. The wearer can summon virtual gadgets and internet data at will, then dispel them like smoke when they’re done.”

MIT Students: Wearable computer

100 Great Resources for Design Inspiration



Finding inspiration is not always as simple as it sounds, whether you’ve been designing for years or only weeks. Here's a collection of 100 great web resources to find inspiration and direction on your next project, whether it be online or in print.

Build your industry voice with social media

Daniel Kraft invents a better way to harvest bone marrow

Why Do You Tweet?

eMarketer reports that, according to the "Consumer Internet Barometer," the majority of Twitter users (42%) use the service to communicate with their friends.

DEQQ

DEQQ is an always-on messaging and media distribution service that provides artists and broadcasters with a brandable desktop application that can deliver music, video, and games directly to your followers.

AltUse

A green wiki-style site that encourages alternative uses for any product you already own. Post your own suggestions for alternate uses, and vote for favorites.

Tweetblocker

Tweetblocker is a free resource for Twitter users and application developers.

BlackBerry Curve 8520 Lightning Review

It's cheap, it's ball-less, it's the BlackBerry Curve 8520. Oh, and it's the first BlackBerry carrying the trackpad that's probably gonna wind up on every BlackBerry eventually.

Social Media is a Culture, Not Just a Strategy



We all know the basic buzz words of social media, “Twitter Marketing, Facebook Strategy, Community Building”. The problem with these terms are they allude to an idea that once you build a strategy for these platforms, you’ll be able to fully leverage social media.

How to Monitor Your Brand on Twitter

More and more companies are starting to realize that Twitter is an excellent (and free!) way for them to monitor how people (or, to be more precise, a particular sub-section of people) feel and converse about their brand, company or product.

New FeedDemon only syncs with Google Reader



As FeedDemon closes in on finalizing the code for version 3, FeedDemon 3 RC 4 abandons its proprietary online synchronization at newsgator.com. The fourth release candidate syncs only with Google Reader, as FeedDemon's creator Nick Bradbury announced it would last week

Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user

A pro-Georgian blogger with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal and Google's Blogger and YouTube was targeted in a denial of service attack that led to the site-wide outage at Twitter and problems at the other sites on Thursday, according to a Facebook executive.

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.