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Twitter Seeks Uber Users For A Song From UberMedia's Tweetdeck

Twitter Seeks Uber Users From UberMedia's Tweetdeck For A Song

by Ron Callari

Just last month when I posted, "No More Tweetdeck, TwitPic, Twitter Apps Doing Their Own Shtick?" - it was becoming quite clear that Twitter wanted reestablish control of its own destiny. While Internet giants like Google and Facebook continue to grow with a lot of help from their friends (3rd party clients), Twitter halted APIs from integrating with their platform. This of course included Tweetdeck -which by most reports was one of the most successful.

Does Google's -1 Make Google's +1 Equal Zero?

by Ron Callari

With Google trying to go social and Larry Page displacing Eric Schmidt in the role of CEO, many inside and outside the Googleplex feel that the search giant is once again trying to cast its dominating shadow across the Internet. However the Big G's first quarterly returns coming in lower than forecasted might indicate otherwise.

How Sweet It Is - The Benefits of Growing Sugarcane For Biofuels

by Jamie Reygle

Scientists have discovered that growing sugarcane reduces the temperature.

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This News Is Good News - Fellowships For Innovators In Journalism

Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership

by Jamie Reygle

The Knight Foundation and Mozilla Foundation are offering paid fellowships to journalism's future innovators.

US Tourism Mission Takes Social Media To China

by Ron Callari

In an era when Americans can learn a lot from the Chinese pertaining to various business practices, the Chinese also are welcoming new ideas from the West. A Tourism Mission scheduled for April 22- 29, 2011 will bring together educators and tourism professionals who are travel industry veterans. In addition to topics such as green energy, cost containment and management systems for the travel industry, the itinerary for this mission will also include the new field of social media.

Geolocation App Rethinks Check-Ins Making It Less Hat & More Cattle

Geo-Locaton App Rethinks Check-Ins Making It Less Hat & More Cattle!

by Ron Callari

Since geo-locaton apps - also known as location-based social networks - became part of our cultural zeitgeist, there are many who have chosen not to join their rank and file. Still considered part of the Wild West fringe of the social media landscape, the schadenfreude descriptor of "all hat, no cattle" comes to mind in calling out apps that are more playful than serious.

Since "4 Squared" Is 16, "Foursquare Day" Must Be 4/16

by Ron Callari

While Silicon Valley has more techie start-ups than you can shake a stick at, NYC always seems to have to work a little bit harder to earn its geek cred. However, on April 16, that will change, when Foursquare, one of New York's standout home-based LBSs receives a special honor. On that symbolic date, Mayor Bloomberg has declared it "Foursquare Day."

From Instagram to Postagram: Share Memories Via Postcards

by Gadgetry Inc

Not all of our friends and family are as web savvy as we'd like, which makes sharing treasured memories and photos digitally a bit harder. So when I heard about Postagram, I literally jumped for joy.

First Regulated Cordyceps (Caterpillar Fungus) Market to Open in Lhasa, Tibet

by China.new

Cordyceps, a bizarre fungus that grows out of the top of a Ghost Moth caterpillar's head, is worth its weight in gold. The opening of a regulated market in Lhasa will offer customers more reliable service and improved quality control.

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Flying Spry - Getting Through The Airport Fast

by Jamie Reygle

In a real win-win scenario, you may soon be able to get through the airport quicker, while the airport saves millions of dollars.

Location-Based Social Networks Need Sheriffs, Not Mayors

by Ron Callari

Foursquare has been known to hand-out Mayoralships as an incentive for followers to increase their check-ins activity. Since those mayors aren't doing anything to quash crime in our cities, perhaps Foursquare should think about appointing "Sheriffs" instead - to keep a little law and order in the location-based Wild West.

Interactive Art Gallery and Bar: Revision Lounge In NYC Brings New Life To Discarded Items

by Amanda Hinski

A new bar in the East Village of NYC called "ReVision Lounge" is not only a high-end place to enjoy a few drinks but it also serves as a chic art gallery--repurposed art, that is. From bar stools made of old skis and couches made of coffins, everything at Revision is living its second life.

Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun, Winklevii Need To Take The $65M & Run

Page from "Facebucks & Dumb F*cks" graphic novel

by Ron Callari

Hoping to ride the coat-tails of an award winning movie, an unauthorized biopic and a graphic novel, the Winkelvoss Twins (often dubbed the Winklevii) and their law suit came up empty when they tried to get more than their original $65M settlement from Mark Zuckerberg. The 9th Court of Appeals ruled that the original ruling would stand - and that Facebook was not obligated to pay one cent more.

Keeping It Real - Stopping Child Prostitution With Demi & Ashton

by Brilliant

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher want you to help them stop child prostitution.

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The Mother Of Motherboards, FB's 'Open Compute Project' Is Portal To Web 3.0

The Motherboard Of All Motherboards, FB's 'Open Compute Project' Is Portal To Web 3.0!

by Ron Callari

The blogosphere is abuzz about Zuckerberg's 'Open Compute Project' - his latest innovation of opening his data center's hardware to the industry at large. The intent being to create data mines that are cheaper, more efficient and more environmentally sound. In so doing, the megalithic social network will bring down costs - and in essence - create a new golden standard, using an old business model.

Sucking Less Socially Will Pay More At Google

by Ron Callari

A lot has been written about Google's lack-luster attempts at social media. From Google Buzz reduced to a whisper to Wave waving good-bye, it's been a hard fought uphill battle trying to compete with the LIKES (pun intended) of Facebook - only to come up empty each time.

Mark Zuckerberg Mad After Justin Bieber To Boost User Numbers

by Ron Callari

Has the CEO of the number-one social network in the land got Bieber-Fever? Does Facebook want to increase their user base by riding the coat-tails of the pop-star du jour? Highly unlikely. But what does tie Zuckerberg to Justin Bieber is a 59-year old legacy magazine struggling to keep its circulation numbers afloat.

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Mush Mush Vroom Vroom - Cars Made Out Of Mushrooms

by Jamie Reygle

If you buy a car in the near future, part of it could be made from mushrooms!

Will Facebook See The Light Of Day In The Shadow OF China's Firewall?

by Ron Callari

This month tweets and rumors have been mounting leading to the probability that Mark Zuckerberg might have struck a deal with the Chinese. (Looks his trip to China last December was more for business, than pleasure). If so, conjecture has it that a Facebook-lite iteration might open in the nation known for some of the strictest Internet censorship regulations known on the planet.

China Would Really Rather Have a Buick

by China.new

Buick, the oldest active American car brand, is enjoying somewhat of a renaissance in of all places China. One wonders what old David Dunbar Buick would think if he heard that more than twice as many of his namesake vehicles are sold each year in China than in the USA. Here are 8 Chinese Buicks you won't find on the menu back home.

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