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Mozilla Labs Launches 'Web Activities' Experiment, Lets Web Apps Talk To Each Other
Mozilla has just posted an update to its Labs blog, where it shows off some of the new projects that it's been working on (which sometimes serve as previews of features that eventually get baked into Firefox or open web technologies). You'll need to install the Firefox Open Web Apps extension to use them — and these are primarily developer-focused for now — but they both sound very… Read More
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Indian Social Network SMS GupShup Wants To Help Small Businesses Reach Mobile Users
SMS GupShup, a Twitter-like service in India that is primarily accessed via SMS, is launching a new service today for small businesses, BizShup. The new product allows small businesses to create mobile campaigns and send messages to the network's 45 million members on the fly. Launched in April 2007, SMS GupShup (spawned from Webaroo), seen traction from advertisers and brands looking to connect… Read More
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Celebrity And Brand Advertising Startup Ad.ly Launches Social Analytics Platform
You may remember Adly, a startup that in-stream ad network for celebrities and brands on social platforms like Twitter and MySpace. The company was also helping celebs promote brands on Facebook, but got the boot from Facebook (read more about why here). For background, Ad.ly links up advertisers with influencers and celebs and then distribute links to marketing campaigns through the celeb’s… Read More
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Instagram + Color = Instacolor
If photo sharing apps Instagram and Color would mate and have a baby, it would likely look something like the Instacolor app made by tinkerer Rakshith Krishnappa. Basically, the app aims to help Instragram users discover other users in their neighborhood, and lets you view photos posted by people around you in real time. The app can be downloaded from the App Store now and costs $0.99. Read More
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Although Many Investors Are Spinning, Turntable.fm Has Not Yet Picked A DJ
Although many investors are spinning for the chance to invest in Turntable.fm, the hot music startup has not yet picked a dance partner, despite reports to the contrary. Business Insider claims that Turntable has raised $7.5 million at a $37.5 million valuation and "that term sheets were indeed signed yesterday." But reached a few hours ago as he was boarding a plane, co-founder and chairman… Read More
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With Google+ (And A Tweak For Analytics), The Social Sharing War Is Fully On
Google and Facebook are at war. This is old news. They both want to be the center of the Internet — but there can be only one center. For a while, it looked like things were quickly shifting Facebook's way after years of dominance by Google. Then Google+ appeared — already the most compelling social experience Google has ever offered. While it's still far from clear what the actual impact of… Read More
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Facebook Now Lets App Developers See Their Spam Scores
Two weeks ago a number of Facebook developers logged into the site to horrible news: their applications had suddenly been disabled without warning. The culprit was Facebook's spam-fighting bot, which automatically tracks the amount of negative feedback an application receives from users and blocks apps that are faring especially poorly (since they're probably spammy). But the bot was acting more… Read More
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Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth: "The Most Exciting Things Are Things We’re Not Working On"
At yesterday's launch of video Skype messaging, Mark Zuckerberg showed this slide of Facebook user growth graph plotted with the launches of Facebook apps like Photos, Messages and the Like Button. Zuckerberg held that each bump in growth was fueled by a technological innovation and that Facebook is currently right at elbow of the hockeystick, waiting for the technological innovation that will… Read More
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Sōsh Makes Social Actually Social By Giving You Things To Do In Your City
Back in March, as we reported on Offline Labs' initial funding, we also offered up a quick glimpse of their first project, codenamed Project Dragōn. Now the project, actually called Sōsh, is ready to be fully be revealed. The basic idea behind Sōsh is a simple one: "find and share interesting things to do," co-founder Rishi Mandal says. "Life's too short to be bored," he continues noting… Read More
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Gogobot Brings Game Mechanics And Rewards To Online Travel
With the rise in prominence of the social graph, we've seen the proliferation of services like Facebook Connect, which have brought the social web to third party sites and helped make sharing an integral part of the Web's new plumbing. Social seems to be the default setting these days, but as is often the case, there are a few exceptions. The online travel industry, for one, is composed of sites… Read More
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YouTube Unveils Slick Experimental Redesign, Codenamed Cosmic Panda
YouTube has just unveiled an experimental new redesign called Project Panda, and it's looking good. You can activate the redesign right here (and if you don't like it, you can disable it from YouTube's Test Tube control panel). Some initial impressions: The new design makes significant changes to the way playlists are presented, moving them in some cases from a sidebar to a scrolling horizontal… Read More
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Twitter For BlackBerry Ditches The Beta Tag
If you’ve been just dying to blast out some tweets from the official BlackBerry Twitter client but were afraid that the Beta client might make your handset explode or something, two things: 1) You’re kind of a strange one, and 2) It’s go time! Read More
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Onesheet Is About.me For Bands
Onesheet, the latest project from ArtistData founder Brenden Mulligan launches into beta today. Like an About.me for bands, Mulligan holds that Onesheet is the simplest web presence for a band currently available. With Onesheet, bands can verify their identity through Facebook or Twitter and connect their musician-specific third party services like Soundcloud, Bandcamp and ReverbNation as well… Read More
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CardFlick Debuts Location-Based Mobile Professional Contact Sharing App
Mobile app CardFlick is launching in private beta today as a proximity-based business card sharing application. The startup's iOS app allows you to upload your professional information wither manually or from Facebook, into a sleek digital business card. Once the card is personalized users can then share individually to contacts (via email) or can access others who have downloaded the app at an… Read More
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Mark Zuckerberg Explains His Law Of Social Sharing [Video]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg punctuated his "awesome" announcement today by revealing that users are now publicly sharing around 4 billion "things" (status updates, images, etc) on Facebook a day. Zuckerberg explained that in accordance with Facebook's data, social sharing functions exponentially, so that the amount of stuff you shared today is double the amount of stuff you shared a year ago and… Read More
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Remember When Twitter Was A Joke? No One Is Laughing Anymore.
I recall a time a few years ago when Twitter was scoffed at. It was the blogosphere's punching-bag. It was the stupid little service that no one in their right mind would ever use. It was for people who wanted to share the mundane bits of their lives — that no one else wanted to read. It was for egomaniacs. Or losers. It would never catch on. And then it did. I was thinking about this today as… Read More
