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5 MUST-SEE GOOGLE EASTER EGGS
Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 15:51 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
There’s no doubt Google has a sense of humor — its excellent April Fools jokes are a testament to that. But there’s a wealth of funnies that can found any time of the year too. Here we pull together... (Continue reading)
TWEET #REFRESHMASHABLE TO SUPPORT NEW LOCATION APP TO CHANGE YOUR COMMUNITY
Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 15:51 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
Here in Austin, I just finished introducing SparkHelp , the project Mashable has decided to support for the Pepsi Refresh SxSW Challenge. We’re competing against two other teams over the next few days to help get our idea $50,000... (Continue reading)
PETE CASHMORE TALKS FOURSQUARE, IPAD, AND LOCATION ON BLOOMBERG [VIDEO]
Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 13:45 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
If you had to pick the one buzzword that’s dominating social media chatter today, it would have to be location . Just over a year ago, Foursquare burst onto the scene at the SXSW conference in Austin, TX. Since... (Continue reading)
12 IPHONE APPS FOR SURVIVING CONFERENCE SEASON
Amybeth Hale is a Talent Attraction Manager with AT&T’s Interactive Staffing team. She uses social technology to help drive awareness of job opportunities as well as interact with candidates. Connect with her on Twitter at @researchgoddess . ... (Continue reading)
GOWALLA LAUNCHES ON WEBOS AND VIES FOR YOUR CHECKINS WITH FREE STUFF
Written on 9 Mar, 2010 at 2:08 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
Foursquare is battling for your SXSW check-ins with a musical scavenger hunt . Rival Gowalla is going to go after them with free gadgets – specifically free Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus devices as part of a... (Continue reading)
FOURSQUARE AND SPIN MAGAZINE TURN SXSW INTO MUSICAL SCAVENGER HUNT
Written on 6 Mar, 2010 at 11:41 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
For complete SXSW coverage, check out Mashable’s SXSW channel . Popular music magazine SPIN is going geeky for South by Southwest’s music festival, integrating custom Foursquare badges into its event presence and rewarding the most adventurous users of the... (Continue reading)
TWITTER LOCATION API TO SUPPORT PLACES
Written on 2 Mar, 2010 at 4:38 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
I know what you may be thinking: Twitter location API already supports places; that’s why they call it the location API, right? Well, yes and no. Currently, it supports latitude and longitude, which tells the world where, exactly, you... (Continue reading)
INFINITEC OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES IUM AD HOC STREAMING DEVICE: SHIPS IN JULY FOR $129
Written on 1 Mar, 2010 at 10:32 in CrunchGear | viewed times | 0 Comments
It's been a long time comin', but the little startup-that-could has just gone official with its first major consumer electronics peripheral, the IUM . First introduced at CES , this ad hoc streaming stick creates a local WiFi network... (Continue reading)
GOOGLE ADDS NEW LOCATION-BASED OPTIONS TO SEARCH
Written on 26 Feb, 2010 at 12:41 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
Google has just added a new “Nearby” tool to the Search Options panel that lets users refine results for a custom search experience centered around location. The new location-based search option is now available to English users of Google.com.... (Continue reading)
HOW FACEBOOK BECAME TWICE AS FAST (BUT STILL NOT FAST ENOUGH)
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 10:35 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
There’s an interesting post today at Facebook’s engineering blog , detailing how Facebook’s engineers managed to make the site two times faster in a six-month period — from June of 2009 till the beginning of 2010. It’s an interesting... (Continue reading)