New version of Foursquare reminds you where your friends are — constantly
Foursquare just released a new version of its mobile application for sharing your location with friends — including a new feature that should make the app a much bigger presence in users’ lives. Taking advantage of new options in the iPhone’s operating system, Foursquare 1.3… Read More
Startups looking to make money by enhancing reality
Augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays 3-D graphics or information over a live camera feed, isn’t a brand-new idea. But now that smartphones are penetrating the mass market, AR may be on the cusp of wide adoption.
Imagine traveling to a foreign country, pointing your… Read More
Recordnet.com tries to save Stockton’s Fourth of July
Who says newspapers aren’t embracing the Internet? Stockton, a city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, had to cancel its July 4 fireworks celebration due to a tight budget. Don’t worry, though — the town’s paper is using the web to bring a a little light… Read More
Doom Resurrection brings hardcore gaming to the iPhone
For hardcore gamers, the iPhone hasn’t had much to offer. The games are mostly light-hearted, casual games that you play when you need a short distraction. They’re also a big compromise compared to what you can play on traditional game platforms.
But Doom Resurrection is… Read More
As turnaround continues, June chip sales point to tech economy recovery
While the U.S. unemployment dashed stock market hopes of a recovery in the national economy, the bellwether semiconductor industry seems like it’s on its way to a recovery.
Chips are a leading indicator for sales of things such as computers, consumer electronics and cell phones…. Read More
BringIt lets gamers put their money where their mouths are
Gamers like to brag. That’s why a lot of social networks have risen to serve their need to shout about their achievements. BringIt is going a step further by letting them place bets on their duels.
The Chicago-based company has created a portal where gamers… Read More
From Austin back to the Valley — thanks for coming (pics)
Every now and again, it’s good to get out of Silicon Valley to visit other regions — if only just to put Silicon Valley into perspective.
I’ve just finished a trip around various U.S. tech hubs in order to scout companies for DEMO, the conference… Read More
Ain’t no thang: Socialthing sort of becomes AIM Connect
This past April, AOL began testing out a social toolbar for web sites, under the name of a lifestreaming service called Socialthing, which it acquired in 2008. The toolbar is now going through a rough transition into something else, although it’s not totally clear what’s… Read More
DEMO announces $1M media prize
Here’s the latest reason why entrepreneurs should consider launching their products at the fall DEMO conference in San Diego:
Two winners, as selected by a panel of individual judges, will be awarded a significant amount of media publicity, totaling $1 million in ads — to… Read More
New Twine interface lets users visualize shared bookmarks
Social bookmarking service Twine attracted a lot of attention as an early poster boy for semantic technology, which it uses to help serve you links customized to your interests. But in addition to delivering smarter bookmarks, Twine just unveiled a better interface for exploring that… Read More
FriendFeed introduces real-time search
Lifestreaming service FriendFeed is introducing real-time search, so you can search for anything on the site and see it instantly. Real-time search is also live for advanced search options, including search terms that you can save and track through FriendFeed, and on its blog widget…. Read More
Apple patent could offer hope to iPhone touchscreen haters
One of the earliest and most constant complaints about the iPhone has been its touchscreen keyboard. While these comments seem to have died down a bit, I still hear from BlackBerry loyalists and inveterate SMS texters that the iPhone keyboard just doesn’t provide enough feedback…. Read More
Bling Nation raises $8M for cell phone payment system
There’s something cool about buying stuff in stores with your cell phone. They do it in Europe and Asia, so why not here? Bling Nation has come up with a way to introduce pay-by-cellphone transactions in the U.S. for the purchase of physical goods at… Read More
Operators scramble as T-Mobile UK goes up for grabs
Ever since Deutsche Telekom’s chief financial officer Timotheus Hoettges valued his company’s underperforming T-Mobile UK unit at $5.4 billion in May, there have been a swirl of rumors surrounding a possible sell-off. Those rumors have taken off in the last couple of days with reports… Read More
MobileBeat 2009: Come hear executives from EA Mobile, CBS, Pandora, China Mobile and more
Below is latest batch of speakers we’ve got confirmed for MobileBeat 2009, our executive conference for the mobile industry on July 16 in San Francisco.
I’m really looking forward to the debates we’ll be having about which mobile platform rules: Is the iPhone really destined… Read More
CBS’ Natali Del Conte hosts MobileBeat startup competition: Deadline today!
I’m delighted to announce that Natali Del Conte, host of Loaded on CNET TV, and correspondent for the CBS Early Show, will be hosting the MobileBeat Top Startup Competition.
The competition, part of the MobileBeat conference we’re throwing July 16 in SF, will feature the… Read More
Facebook to get simpler privacy, sharing features
Today, Facebook is announcing simpler ways for users to share information. I’m on a briefing call with a bunch of other reporters, listening to Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly and product manager Leah Pearlman walk us through a presentation about the specific changes the company… Read More
Gaikai demos how to serve games over the Internet
Playing video games on demand, or over a server connection instead of installing a game on your own machine, has become the hot topic of the game industry, not only because it threatens to cut retailers out, but also because it lets gamers play any… Read More
Where to talk back to Obama’s town hall
President Obama posted a call for questions about health care last Saturday. Today at 1:15 pm Eastern (10:15 Pacific) he’ll answer them on video. Press secretary Robert Gibbs is already warming up the crowd with a Q&A session with reporters.
You have multiple options to… Read More