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Twitter has just announced that it acquired Tweetie, the very popular and highly polished Twitter application for the iPhone . The application will now be called “Twitter for iPhone” and will drop from $2.99 to free, with developer Loren Brichter (who makes up the one-man startup Atebits) joining the Twitter mobile team. Twitter [...]
Fri, April 9 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
This May, Google is holding its annual I/O conference, where it invites thousands of developers to learn about the latest Google and web technologies. Last year, Google had its first (of many) “Oprah Moments” when it made the surprise announcement that everyone in attendance would be receiving a free Android phone. This year, [...]
Tue, April 6 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Newly independent Aol is still struggling with the fate of Bebo, the social network they acquired for $850 million in 2008.
No one argues that Aol underpaid for Bebo. And the social network has fallen from 22 million monthly unique visitors when it was acquired to just 14.6 million today (Comscore worldwide). But even so, [...]
Wed, March 10 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Oh the Associated Press, our most favorite banned new source. It seems almost monthly they do something that defies logic and/or looks to be a suicidal act. And today brings another oddity.
The AP is using their Twitter feed to tweet out their stories — nothing new there, obviously — but every single one of them [...]
Sun, February 21 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
