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Is This the Future of Online Video Communication?
thenextweb.com — 6rounds is a fully video enabled real-time meeting point with social networking capabilities, collaborative browsing, chat, multi-player gaming and built-in social recommendation features that can be expanded through an open API. More…
Five Pre-Internet Social Media Technologies
invokemedia.com — Social media is as old as the hills. Well. Maybe not the hills, but the technology that supports social media can be dated as far back as morse code. The following are five social media technologies that predate the internet and all are still in use. More…
3 Features of Google Driving Directions You Probably Missed
makeuseof.com — A cool list of 3 handy dandy features of Google Maps that you may not have known about – features that will help you make it through the day without hitting a pedestrian due to your frustrating experiences like the ones pictured above. More…
Rosetta Stone Sues Google for Trademark Violation
pcmag.com — Rosetta Stone Inc filed a lawsuit against Google Inc in a U.S. federal court, alleging trademark infringement. The company alleged that Google is allowing third parties, including individuals involved in software piracy, to purchase the right to use its trademarks—or other "confusingly similar" terms—in Google's Adwords advertising program. More…
KGB workers reveal the weirdest searches they get daily
latimesblogs.latimes.com — KGB, a service that lets you ask questions by sending text messages and returns an answer researched by one of its volunteer laborers, gets some bizarre queries. The guys who get paid to answer those questions dish on some of the stranger ones. More…
New York sues social network Tagged
venturebeat.com — Even though it’s based in San Francisco, social network startup Tagged is getting busted by the state of New York for scraping users’ address books to send out millions of new invites. Spearheaded by attorney general Andrew Cuomo, the suit alleges that the company used deceptive marketing practices and invaded users’ privacy to.... More…
Maybe ringtone royalty fees aren't such a bad idea after all
networkworld.com — The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) has taken a beating (including on Digg) for saying that its members are due royalty payments every time a musical ringtone is heard in public. It's "an outlandish argument," says EFF. True, but why be so quick to dismiss an idea that just might put an end to this noise pollution? More…
Remember EBay? Traffic at Auction Site Keeps Falling
readwriteweb.com — According to Ina Steiner from AuctionBytes, eBay experienced a major drop in traffic over the last few months. Based on data from Nielsen, Steiner concludes that eBay's page views in May 2009 dropped 32% compared to May 2008, and compared to May 2005, page views were down by 40%. With a 7% drop from... More…
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