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Google’s January Search Update: Panda In The Pipelines, Fresher Results, Date Detection & More
Feb 3rd
It’s the first Friday of the month, and that seems to be when Google has decided to push out its monthly update of search tweaks from the prior month. The January update is out and it contains a few interesting nuggets. Panda In The Pipelines There’s a mention of the Panda algorithm…
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Daily Wrap: CTOs Should Avoid These Patterns and More
Feb 2nd
Joe Brockmeier shares several anti-patterns for technical leaders. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.
Sometimes it’s difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a link to some of the most popular discussions in our offsite communities on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ as well.
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Anti-Patterns for Technical Leaders
Joe Brockmeier, reporting from the Monki Gras conference in London, shared management learnings gleaned from Joyent technical leaders, Jason Hoffman, CTO, and Bryan Cantrill, Vice President of Engineering. Of particular interest were their tech leadership anti-patterns. If you’ve worked for a tech enterprise, you’ll probably recognize at least a few of these types.
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How YouTube is Part of a Global Economic Transformation
The Internet may have grown up first in the United States, but it’s a global phenomenon now. The same can be said for the fast-growing body of educational content on the web. YouTube announced a new batch of partners that were added to its Education Channel today and noted that nearly 80% of the viewership of educational content on the site came from outside the United States. Less than 70% of the site’s total traffic is International, so the educational content is disproportionately viewed by global audiences. (more)
Looking for a Better HootSuite? Try Gremln.
If you aren’t happy with scheduling your Tweets and analyzing the sentiment of your social networking accounts, a new service from Gremln.com is available today that might be a better alternative. The company has been part of the St. Louis-based Capital Innovators startup accelerator/incubator program that we wrote about yesterday. (more)
Biggest Winners In Facebook’s IPO
When Hugh Hefner founded Playboy in 1953, he famously offered photographers, writers and artists the choice of cash or stock in the then-private company. While most chose cash, a few held onto shares that were worth millions by the time the company went public. (more)
One More Reason to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S: Tweaking Siri
The first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 dropped two weeks ago, much to the excitement of the hundreds of thousands of people who rushed to download it.
Despite its recent growth in popularity, jailbreaking is still not a mainstream activity among iPhone and iPad owners generally. (more)
Showyou 3.0: The Remote Control for Web Video
Showyou 3.0 launches today, and if you watch videos on an iPad, a Kindle Fire, an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you need to try it. If you have an Apple TV, so much the better. Showyou brings in all the videos from your various social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. It displays them for you in a glorious, sweeping grid organized by magic. (more)
StumbleUpon Says Goodbye to Direct Links
When StumbleUpon did its big rebranding, reorganizing and redesign late last year, we figured that the 20-million-plus discovering engine was done making big changes. At least, for a little while. Boy were we wrong.
The newest SU update removes all direct links. (more)
Jumptap: Use of Native Apps Versus Mobile Web is Tied
The mobile advertising industry was a $1 billion business in 2011. It is expected to hit $6.5 billion by 2014, according to eMarketer. For reference, it was 1998 when Web advertising hit the $1 billion mark. In 2010, it was a $26 billion industry fueling the growth of companies like Google and other Web-centric properties. (more)
New Reuters Site Turns News Decisions Over To Social Media
News agency Reuters launched Social Pulse, which it describes as a “social media hub” that will display “the most talked-about news, companies and influencers across the Web.”
The site is unique in the news-curating space in that it uses trends from the Twitter accounts Reuters and its journalists follow to arrange headlines: in effect, the news agency is automating editing and story selection and putting it in the hands of “everyone from Nouriel Roubini and Jenna Wortham to John McCain and Rachel Sterne.” (more)
Why Facebook Will Become a Food Porn Kingdom
On the same day that Facebook announced its IPO, the FoodSpotting app dished up a few new offerings. Now it creates a personalized picture menu for you, the FoodSpotting user, delivering “smart dish recommendations” based on what you like. The “filter wheel” categorizes food into dishes that you want to try and have already tried, and those you hope to never eat again; you can also see how your friends feel about various dishes. (more)
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Can Bing & adCenter Bring More To The Table For Large Advertisers?
Feb 2nd
During the week of January 4th, I had the privilege of spending a week with the Bing and adCenter teams in Bellevue. First off, I would like to thank them both for their tremendous hospitality. Today, I want to outline some of the most interesting conclusions I have from the meetings with the…
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One More Reason to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4S: Tweaking Siri
Feb 2nd
The first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 dropped two weeks ago, much to the excitement of the hundreds of thousands of people who rushed to download it.
Despite its recent growth in popularity, jailbreaking is still not a mainstream activity among iPhone and iPad owners generally. It’s more for the tinkering type and those who want to customize their device’s functionality and UI design. Whether it’s done to download unauthorized (yet often quite useful) apps from Cydia or customize the look and feel of the OS, there are a lot of reasons why people jailbreak their devices. For iPhone 4S owners, that list is made all the more compelling by one thing: hacking Siri.
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Tools like AssistantExtension lets you use Siri to open apps, modify settings, search for YouTube videos and post tweets. Taking things a step further is the forthcoming MySiri, a tweak for Siri that allows users to do things like adjust the phone’s settings, swap out Siri’s background and define custom commands for Siri to do a wide range of tasks.
Using a feature called Activator, users can do verbally things like lock the phone, turn WiFi and Bluetooth on, run a Spotlight search and much else. Activator lets you define your own customized requests, so if you want Siri to open a new email every time you say “Abracadabra,” then so be it.
Tweaks like this begin to show the real potential behind Siri, as is often the case with features that only work on jailbroken devices. Apple ships a solid, but limited offering, and then developers get their hands on it and in improve. In many cases, some of the best new features find their way into Apple’s next official release.
Even before the Absinthe A5 jailbreak tool was released, developers wasted no time modifying Siri to do things like start cars and adjust thermostats. Such cross-device hacks require coding skills, a third party service like SiriProxy and a compatible, Web-connected appliance to mess with. It can make a fun weekend project, but it’s probably beyond what most users are willing to get their hands dirty doing.
This new breed of device-based Siri tweaks is much more in line with what the average user would likely be interested in using. If history is any indication, these may be standard features in iOS before long.
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Microsoft adCenter Increases Ad Description, Adds Budget Widget & More Mobile Targeting Options
Feb 2nd
Microsoft announced their January 2012 adCenter release update. The update includes three major additions to adCenter: (1) adCenter increased the ad description length by one additional character from 70 to 71. They did this to help with import issues from other advertising products. (2) There is a…
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Pinterest the Referral Giant: New Site Driving More Traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn Combined [INFOGRAPHIC]
Feb 2nd
In addition to recently winning the Crunchie for Best New Startup of 2011, a new study by shareaholic is now indicating that Pinterest is driving more referral traffic than Google Plus, LinkedIn, and YouTube combined. The study, which examined aggregated data for over 200,000 web publishers with a reach of over 260 million unique monthly [...]
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Handyman Service in Fort Worth Hires Local SEO Group to Aid More Texas Customers – PR.com (press release)
Feb 2nd
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Handyman Service in Fort Worth Hires Local SEO Group to Aid More Texas Customers
PR.com (press release) Richland Hills, TX, February 02, 2012 –(PR.com)– Andy OnCall, a comprehensive home remodeling and handyman service in Fort Worth, Texas, is pleased to announce its new SEO marketing campaign developed by Prospect Genius, an Internet advertising firm. |
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Daily Wrap: Android Fragmention of Less Concern and More
Feb 1st
Dan Rowinski explores the ramifications of fragmentation in Android app development. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.
Sometimes it’s difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a link to some of the most popular discussions in our offsite communities on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ as well.
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[Study] Android Fragmentation Not as Bad as You Think
While fragmentation is probably seen as the most difficult impediment to developing Android apps, a new study notes that it might not be the huge problem that people expect. Most, nearly 96%, of devices in the Localytics network are running either Android version 2.3 Gingerbread or 2.2. Froyo. There are really 5 screen sizes, with the majority on 4-inch or 4.3-inch screens. Focusing on key areas should make app development less of a headache.
From the comments:
veggiedude – “Amazon’s Kindle Fire is about to fragment it more than any time in its history.”
DanRowinski – “I don’t actually disagree with that. The open nature of Android allows many companies to create their owned silo version of it. Facebook, for instance.”
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The Anti-Piracy Discussion We Haven’t Had Yet
In 1959 (as I recall), my mother, an acclaimed professional artist, had entered a handful of her oil paintings into an annual art show. Someone attending the show noted that one particular work, the face of a peasant boy, strongly resembled a photograph that had appeared in Life magazine. Well, there was no coincidence about it: Mom had studied precisely that face, and her work was based on that photograph. (The card tacked to the wall actually said so, if anyone had bothered to read it.) (more)
Facebook Files IPO: What It Means For You
Facebook shocked no one by filing an initial public offering of its shares today.
The filing was the first glimpse into the company’s inner financial workings and, as expected, Facebook said it would try to raise $5 billion when the company’s shares begins trading – a number that could eventually be raised to $10 billion and would ultimately value the company between $75 billion and $100 billion. (more)
How Social Sharing Changes What You Drink
What do you drink when you’re out at the bar? What do you brag about afterwards? If you’re like a lot of Untappd users in the United States, they’re not the same thing. At least that’s what the data from Untappd suggests, according to lead developer and co-founder Greg Avola. (more)
Case Over Who Owns Ex-Employee’s Twitter Followers Moves Forward
San Francisco-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James will allow a case by a company arguing that a Twitter list created by an ex-employee is its property to proceed.
PhoneDog LLC, which reviews mobile phones and other tech products, is claiming that former employee Noah Kravitz owes it $340,000, or $2.50 for each Twitter follower he kept by switching the name of his Twitter account after he stopped working for PhoneDog. (more)
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[UPDATED] Microsoft Takes Advantage of Google’s Bad Press
Microsoft gloated on its official blog today about the oodles of coverage of Google’s new privacy policy. The post uses the word “discussion,” but it only linked to the vigorous freak-outs in which many sites engaged. It mentions “concerns and worries” and “lack of choice,” but it never explains what Microsoft is talking about. The central thesis is that “Google… made it harder, not easier, for people to stay in control of their own information.” (more)
Akamai Says The Internet Is a Nastier, and Faster, Place
Akamai has released the results of its latest “State of the Internet” report covering the third quarter of 2011. What is interesting is how nasty the Internet has become, with increasing attack incidents recorded and changing strategies for hackers looking to exploit systems. Our last post on the first quarter results can be found here. (more)
Report: Facebook Ad Spending Grew 1600% in 2011
We’re all on the edge of our seats waiting for the Facebook IPO to drop. Thankfully, Kara Swisher over at AllThingsD reports that we can all hang out a bit (maybe), because the FB IPO isn’t dropping until later today (probably). Phew.
The Wall Street Journal properly reports (no offense, AllThingsD) that Facebook probably makes most of its revenue from online advertising combined with cuts from game purchases. (more)
Flurry Adds HTML5 to Mobile Analytics Platform
Mobile analytics and monetization platform Flurry is adding a new vertical to its platform offering today. Recognizing the coming growth of mobile Web apps, Flurry will begin tracking HTML5 mobile Web apps starting with a beta software developer kit today. (more)
How Not to Advertise on Twitter
Twitter’s sponsored tweets and sponsored hashtags are cropping up more often as the social network places a heavy focus on advertising. As with any new advertising offering, we’ll learn how to use it effectively by watching the efforts of others. Advertising on a social network offers up opportunities for engagement that can’t be found elsewhere, but that opportunity comes with significant risk. (more)
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Pinterest Driving More Referral Traffic Than Google+ [Infographic]
Feb 1st
Forget Google+. Pinterest is the hot new social network right now. Numerous reports agree that unique visitors to Pinterest are skyrocketing, and that Pinterest is driving more referral traffic than Google+, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube.
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Daily Wrap: Lanyrd’s Innovative HTML5 Mobile App and More
Jan 31st
Dan Rowinski takes a look at how Lanyrd has created a great mobile web app using HTML5. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.
Sometimes it’s difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a link to some of the most popular discussions in our offsite communities on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ as well.
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How Lanyrd Uses HTML5 for a Great Mobile Web App
Lanyrd’s new mobile web app, released today, is a great example of how the HTML5 spec can be innovated upon. Taking advantage of offline caching, if the phone and browser support it, the app allows for a mobile conference experience that isn’t at the whim of the very fallible Wi-Fi offerings at so many events. Dan says that there is great potential for an app like this, especially in regards to how they might package the app.
“It can offer this functionality to conferences as a backbone service and help organizers put together dynamic cross-platform apps with offline caching. Or it could lend its mobile Web app to conferences as a partner app. This is not just cool technology being put to use. With a little creativity, Lanyrd could build a business model around its HTML5 offering.”
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[Infographic] The Rise and Fall of Megaupload
We’re not even two weeks into the aftermath of the Megaupload shutdown, but the saga seems to unfold with a new angle or detail everyday. From Kim Dotcom’s colorful personal life to questions about the fate of non-infringing data uploaded by former Megaupload users, this story is far from over. (more)
How to Take Better Food Porn Photos
Admit it. You’re an amateur food porn photographer. But don’t worry, you’re certainly not alone.
Last week, my esteemed Internet ReadWriteWeb-y colleagues Jon Mitchell and Curt Hopkins cooked up this insanely hilarious story about the grossness of amateur food porn. Amazingly, every single photograph in his story was shot by an amateur. And every single time, the food looked totally disgusting. (more)
How Pinterest Uses Your Content Without Violating Copyright Laws
Pinterest, the increasingly popular pinboarding social network, is able to present a visually arresting interface in large part by using copyrighted images pinned by users.
“It’s a huge concern for creative bloggers,” said Amy Anderson, who blogs on the arts and crafts site Crafter Minds. “I don’t think Pinterest does anything to help protect copyright besides removing content when people ask.” (more)
Not So Fast: Teens Aren’t Fleeing Facebook For Twitter
Contrary to an Associated Press report implying otherwise, teens are not shutting down their Facebook accounts in favor of Twitter.
Emil Protalinski has a much more thorough analysis of what is happening, which includes the Pew Research report AP used, as well as a July 2011 Pew report that focused solely on teens and social media use. His conclusion? Teens are definitely using Twitter more, but they are not giving up their Facebook accounts to do so. (more)
Startup’s Petition Raises $3M in 24 Hours if Senate Passes Crowdfunding Act
“We can gamble in Vegas. We can donate on Kiva or Kickstarter. But it’s illegal to purchase $100 of stock in a job-creating business? That makes no sense.”
That is the tagline to a new project called WeFunder from three TechStars Boston alumni who are trying to garner support for the “Democratizing Access to Capital Act” (S.1791) that would allow entrepreneurs to crowdfund startups. (more)
“Anonymous” Fights the Drug Cartels and the Movie Moguls: Reaction
It’s being called the “Mexican SOPA,” especially by press sources wanting to place highly with Google News. Last week, Mexican Senator Federico Döring announced an anti-piracy bill, which that country’s justice ministry describes as establishing a notification service for suspected content pirates, one which would enable the authorities to obtain those suspects’ identities. (more)
The Other 99% of Entrepreneurs
In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little attention to: Over 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected. Yet, the entire world is focused on the 1% that is “fundable.”
The media, when pitched a startup story, is interested in who funded the venture. They seldom ask how much revenue the company has or if it is profitable. (more)
Surprise, Surprise: Amazon Doesn’t Say How Many Kindle Fires It Sold
Amazon is notorious for sharing very little information about how its products and business units perform. Its new Kindle Fire tablet is no different.
Amazon just reported its fourth quarter financial results, and, shocking no one, it doesn’t disclose how many Kindle Fire tablets it sold. Or even how many total Kindles it sold. (more)
Blogger.com’s New Takedown Policy Thwarts Censorship
Google’s Blogger has found a way to handle local government takedown requests similar to the way Twitter now does. It will now start redirecting readers to country-specific top-level domains (TLD) instead of the usual blogspot.com domain. It does so based on the location of the user’s IP address, just as many other Google services do. This gives Google the “flexibility” to comply with removal requests according to local laws. (more)
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