When I first read about Hunch’s Twitter Predictor game, I was pretty skeptical. The game asks you to put in your Twitter user name and based on who you follow and who you are followed by, it predicts how you will answer questions on Hunch. Then I used it. It’s awesome. Well, pretty awesome.
Out of [...]
Tags: Bet, Browser, Followers, Game Works, Googler, Hunch, Peek, Scanning, Topical Data, Twitter
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Sat, March 20 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
It was only December when Google officially launched extensions for its Chrome browser. Almost immediately, there were 500 extensions in the gallery as many developers had been working on them for a while. Today, Google is saying that number is now past 3,000. And that’s significant because it’s already pretty close to the browser known [...]
Tags: Add Ons, Beta, Blow, Browser, Developers, Exact Number, Excitement, Extension Numbers, Firefox, Google, Launch, Linux, Mac, Milestones, People, Rapid Growth, Statistic, Statistics
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Thu, March 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
We had a brief chat with Opera Software product analyst Phillip Grønvold here at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday. We inquired about the company’s plans to submit an Opera Mini application for the iPhone / iPod touch in the near future, and also got a hands-on demo of the app in action. [...]
Tags: Apple, Barcelona, Browser, Chat Software, Demo, Eta, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Mini Application, Mobile World, Opera Software, Product Analyst, Software Product, Submission, World Congress
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Wed, February 17 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Google’s Chrome browser is quickly gaining market share, with one estimate putting it at about 5 percent of total usage, while Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is seeing a drop in overall share. But among TechCrunch readers Chrome is already beating every browser except for Firefox.
A look at our Google Analytics numbers for the past 30 [...]
Tags: Browser, Early Adopters, Firefox, Google, Internet Explorer, Market Share Gains, Microsoft, One Fifth, Population, Safari, Techcrunch, Vanguard, Web Surfing Habits
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Tue, February 16 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Ever since I upgraded my beloved Chrome browser to version 5 on my (Windows) computer, I’ve been wanting to get something off my chest about a new feature that was baked into it, one that annoys me to no end.
With the update to the most recent version of the program came an integration with [...]
Tags: Browser, Desire, English Web, Google, Google Toolbar, Hell, Help Page, Integration, Language Other Than English, Languages, Little Bugger, New Feature, Options Button, Pop, Spanish Translate, Translate Spanish, Translate Web, Web Page, Web Pages, Windows Computer
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Mon, February 15 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments