News Archive: March 2010
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POLL: What Location-Based Mobile App(s) Will You Use During SXSW?
1st March 2010 03:18
Last year, Foursquare was called the break-out mobile app of the conference by more than one tech journalist. This year, a new contender has appeared - Austin's native Gowalla. And Brightkite is still hanging on to the LBS community, if only by a thread of loyal users - but they still offer more features than some of their better-known competitors. Which do you use now? And when your attention is at a premium during one of the year's most popular…
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Fotobabble: Add Audio to Your Pics
1st March 2010 04:27
We've recently come across an app that literally brings its users "talking pictures." Essentially, Fotobabble attaches an audio caption to any image you can upload. It's a cute, fun way to share and narrate photos with friends, and could even be useful for certain kinds of online businesses - for example, photographers who wanted to explain more information about a particular shot or online retailers who wanted to give potential customers details about a product. Can Fotobabble accomplish these tasks…
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Google Challenges Bing's Photosynth; Adds User Photos to Street View
1st March 2010 05:15
Google Street View has made a few headlines at RWW lately - once for getting itself into hot water in Europe and once, notably, for bringing Street View's photo-tour features into retail outlets. Now, we've learned that Street View will also begin to feature user-submitted photographs. According to a recent Google Lat Long blog post, "We began integrating user photos into Street View last year. User photos allow you to view locations from entirely new perspectives, whether through the eyes…
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Action Streams: A New Idea for Social Networks
1st March 2010 08:55
Walled gardens are already under attack because of the ease of sending content like messages and photos from one website to another. Sites that don't let content flow in and out freely, when that's what users want, are fighting against the powerful tide of the internet. Now a new proposal aims to take things to the next level and send a payload of item-type specific action options along with every piece of content that gets shot across the internet. A…
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Making Alaias - Surfing old school
1st March 2010 10:07
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Free heel... Free mind...
1st March 2010 10:07
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Walking the Camino del Rey
1st March 2010 10:07
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Super slow motion big wave surfing...
1st March 2010 10:07
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Walking the Amazon insert: 'Taken hostage by Asheninka Indians'
1st March 2010 11:41
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Sponsor Post: Developer Community 101: Treat Your Developers Like Customers
1st March 2010 14:00
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