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Saving Time and Reducing Distractions with Instapaper

March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Working on the Internet can become burdensome as you find yourself becoming distracted more frequently. There have been apps created to help organize your time and planning, but these aren’t always too great. With news becoming more prevalent than ever before it’s not a surprise to find our society addicted to information. A new launch titled Instapaper is changing the way we work. The genius of this tool is within simplicity. Instapaper started off as a mobile app for iOS and has grown … [Read more...]

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Aptana acquired by Appcelerator

January 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Aptana, the company behind the popular programming Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Aptana Studio, announced today that they have been acquired by Appcelerator. Aptana has been the choice for many web development professionals for quite some time. It is an advanced open source programming environment built on the very well established Eclipse platform that has advanced greatly in recent years. Their IDE provides advanced functionality for developing HTML, CSS and Javascript … [Read more...]

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New Joomla 1.6 Pushes Enterprise Level Features

January 18, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The new version of the popular Joomla Content Management System (CMS) was released early last week and has already reached over 115k in downloads. 1.6 has been in the making for some time and earlier beta versions have been tested over the last few month. The first release candidate (RC1) was made available for download on December 14th, 2010. Among the many new features that have arrived in this new version come finer access controls, improvements in content categories and removal of the … [Read more...]

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MySpace More Layoffs and Reflecting on What Went Wrong

January 12, 2011 By 7 Comments
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Last July, Inside the Webb reported on new changes coming to MySpace in an effort to streamline the overall design of the social networking giant. As reported at the time, the changes were long overdue, however overhauling such a large organization was no easy task. The once reigning king of the social networking world has suffered in recent years and failed to keep up with the Facebook phenomenon. Techcrunch reported only a few hours ago that the MySpace has cut 47 percent of staff (nearly … [Read more...]

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Google Releases Exclusive Real-Time Stats Dashboard for Blogger

July 2, 2010 By 3 Comments
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An update today on the official Blogger blog has introduced us to Google's latest invention: Blogger Stats. An inline analytics tool working in real-time on all blogs powered by Blogger. You can see current trending searches, visitors and total times per page, along with so many other features. You can view historically over the past weeks/months, or check your blog posts day-by-day to see which one's are gaining the most momentum. Google seems to be utilizing a lot of tools from their … [Read more...]

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Kevin Rose Looking to Step Down as CEO of Digg.com

June 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
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In Episode 11 of The Random Show, Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss discuss internet venture news, latest ongoings in the tech world and their own personal lives. It's really a great program, and the latest episode showcased some fascinating news. The episode is just over 34 mins. long, but you can catch Kevin's discussion on Digg from this video link. Kevin talks about how since he has stepped up as CEO of Digg, he's been really excited about all of the major overhaul's and changes to the design … [Read more...]

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iPhone Google Search to be Replaced by Bing Search

May 30, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Interesting news surfaced today regarding Microsoft's Bing Search to be the leading search engine placed on Apple's newest iPhone's. Previously running through Google's search, it appears TechCrunch has some news and further sources who have regarded the credibility of Microsoft taking over the search. The news seems very good for Microsoft as trying to compete against Google as a major search engine is not an easy thing to do. I'm a bit of a skeptic to this news. I've been using an iPhone … [Read more...]

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