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Gmail’s Priority Inbox available for all, lives up to hype
Written on 3 Sep, 2010 at 14:45 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Earlier this week, Google launched Gmail Priority Inbox , a new feature that will automatically sort your mail to combat email overload. ... (Continue reading)
Twitter: 300,000 apps, but none of them matter
Written on 3 Sep, 2010 at 14:45 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Twitter CEO Ev Williams posted a blog entry Thursday with an update on the microblogging service’s usage, which continues to grow sharply. More interesting than the numbers, though, was the message written between the lines: Twitter now has 145... (Continue reading)
3 ways to improve entrepreneurial success
Written on 3 Sep, 2010 at 7:26 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
John Osher, developer of the low-cost spin toothbrush, was a successful entrepreneur because he thought differently. William Sahlman, professor at Harvard Business School, breaks down the three most important factors in Osher’s success in this entrepreneur thought leader lecture... (Continue reading)
Twitter’s new iPad app — smooth as butter
Written on 2 Sep, 2010 at 17:17 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Much awaited by many, Twitter released its official iPad app some hours ago. And it’s something of a gem — if you think you know what Twitter apps on touch screen devices feel like, you’re going to be in... (Continue reading)
Why didn’t Apple launch its own TV? That will be its next step
Written on 2 Sep, 2010 at 17:17 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Now that it has relaunched Apple TV, the next step in Apple’s living room strategy is the launch of an Apple-branded TV. Some wags expected Apple do so yesterday at its event where it launched the new $99 Apple... (Continue reading)
Yammer 2.0: A Facebook for the Warren Buffett set
Yammer, originally launched as a “ Twitter for businesses ,” will soon expand its services into a full-on social network like Facebook — built to help streamline workplaces and network business professionals. Along with a redesign to be more... (Continue reading)
Bootstrapping band of brothers raise $30M for people search engine Inflection
Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 22:39 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Brian and Matthew Monahan weren’t quite sure how to raise venture capital funding, so they built Inflection from scratch and made it profitable with its first website for searching public records, Archives.com. Now, they seem to have a pretty... (Continue reading)
Apple’s iTunes-only Ping socializes your music with elements of Facebook (video demo)
Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 19:00 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
As part of version 10 of iTunes, Apple announced its Ping social network for music fans. The new social network lets you publicly announce the music that you like. You can share it with your friends and make Twitter-like... (Continue reading)
Why Apple’s Ping is about cutting out the social middleman
Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 19:00 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
This morning at a press conference in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Ping , a social network for music that will be bundled into the next version of iTunes, its music software. After ten iterations of iTunes,... (Continue reading)
A video demo of the new Apple TV shows a simple and elegant interface
Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 16:11 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
After Apple’s press conference today, we were able to check out demos of new Apple products. Here’s our video of the new Apple TV’s user interface. The device is about a quarter of the size of the old Apple... (Continue reading)