Finally, webOS Gets a Facebook App
on Nov 16, 2009 in Social Media iPhone device facebook latest mobile mobile 2.0 palm the-following thoughts very-basic web web 2.0 webos If you ask an iPhone owner what he likes best about his device, you’ll often hear the following answer: well, it’s great for surfing, and it also has a fantastic Twitter and Facebook app… And yet, owners of Palm Pre (which is a dire...

Take Note: Evernote Raises $10 Million
on Nov 16, 2009 in Social Media iPhone device evernote facebook marketing million-earlier mobile 2.0 new-platforms solid-business startup the-following then-it-appears thoughts very-basic web Evernote is the popular note-taking service that works across any platform: desktop, web, or mobile . On Monday morning, the always evolving service is announcing that they’ve raised $10 million in Series B funding, which follows their Series A...

Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXLII: Aphone A6 is all about Android, aping Apple (video)
on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized iPhone a phone after-the-break aphone apple break cellphones even-mistaken kirf quarter-million real-fake roadrunner xt5 An Android and iPhone hybrid isn't exactly new (hello, OPhone ), but at least we can say this has a trackball. In fact, you might even mistaken this for iPhone OS at first glance, it's just that kind of doppelganger. The fine details, you say? The GS...

Cray Jaguar leaps past IBM Roadrunner as world’s fastest supercomputer and pun generator (video)
on Nov 16, 2009 in Social Media Technology Uncategorized after-the-break fastest from-the-lead intel jaguar linpack oak ridge quarter-million roadrunner top 500 top500 top500-video xt5 Cray has finally clawed IBM back from the lead position on the Top500 Supercomputer chip-measuring contest. After just missing out on the title to IBM's Roadrunner last year, Cray's XT5 supercomputer (aka, Jaguar ) at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennes...

Atlantis Space Shuttle Launch will be Twittered Live
on Nov 15, 2009 in Social Media always-the-best awarded-tickets faster-the-more mashable ranking-fast sent-messages shuttle social speed tweetup twitter user NASA is getting even more social media savvy: the organization is sending 100 of its Twitter followers to Cape Canaveral for tomorrow’s launch of Atlantis ; NASA awarded tickets to the Tweetup to the first 100 people to register on its site. Th...

Menq’s $80 EasyPC E790 netbook runs Windows CE now, should run Android later (video)
on Nov 15, 2009 in Social Media Technology Uncategorized 13-2mm-thick after-the-break coming-sometime e790 easypc manufacturer middle netbook price selling-point should-run unskinned-look windows ce Don't be fooled by that background: this Menq EasyPC E790 is only using Windows CE 5.0 for the sake of this hands-on. The successor to the $89 E760 we saw last year still sports a Samsung ARM processor, bumps the 7-inch display's resolution to 800 x...

Google: Social Search Down Till Monday or Tuesday
on Nov 15, 2009 in Social Media are-working back-online downtime heralded-new our-inquiry restore-access search social social-search Sometimes there’s an advantage to calling something “experimental”. Google Social Search , the much heralded new way to combine Google results with data from your social networks, went down today , we reported earlier. Now Google ha...

Should Google Rank Sites Based on Speed?
on Nov 15, 2009 in Social Media always-the-best douglas-karr faster-the-more godaddy mashable pages-on-google ranking-fast ranks-the-order really-greatest should-google speed user Google’s Matt Cutts hinted this past week that Google is considering using a site’s speed as part of the algorithm that ranks the order of pages on Google. Fast sites might rank higher, while slower-loading sites might suffer. It’s...

Samsung unveils Android-equipped Galaxy Spica i5700
on Nov 15, 2009 in Technology 13-2mm-thick breaking news europe galaxy spica galaxyspica i5700 middle samsung unskinned-look The long-rumored little brother to the Galaxy , the i5700 , has finally been made official by Samsung -- and sure enough, it'll go by the trade name "Galaxy Spica." Sammy's latest Android-powered set clocks in at 13.2mm thick and comes equipped with...

Entelligence: Got game?
on Nov 15, 2009 in Social Media Technology iPhone apple cellphones columns entry features google-reader mobile-platform mobileplatform multiple-mobile number-compared past-the-three time Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industr...