Facebook Goes Loco
By Claire Dumican on Mar 18, 2010 at 8:56 AM
The word on the grapevine is that next month Facebook plans to unveil a tool that will add another dynamic to your friend integration. It seems you will be able to keep up to speed with your friends’ current locations.
Facebook has been working on a location-based tool for almost a year, but have been waiting to get their privacy terms water-tight and the service perfected. Rumour has it that there will be two distinct features of the tool. In its simplest version you’ll be able to directly share your location with friends. The more interesting aspect is that this tool will allow for independent developers to create apps that take advantage of the Facebook location function.
About 100 million people access Facebook from mobile devices, which makes a location feature an incredibly attractive idea to app developers.
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Opera Releases Mini 5 Beta
By Veronica Bell on Mar 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Every week someone I talk to complains about problems with the browser that came on their smartphone. Whether it's the Blackberry Browser or the Nokia Browser, there is always someone that doesn't like their default browser.
While browser producer Opera isn't new to the game, they have recently released a new version of their Mini Browser. It's still in Beta mode but Opera Mini 5 is a huge improvement on Mini 4 as well as the majority of other default browsers.
Post to Twitter from "@anywhere"
By Kevin Lau on Mar 17, 2010 at 6:11 AM
"@anywhere" is Twitter's newest feature, offering Twitter users the ability to post directly to their Twitter accounts from third-party websites, bypassing the step of going to www.twitter.com altogether.
In many ways, it is similar to Facebook's "Facebook Connect" feature that has grown to be very popular.
When this feature is ready to roll out, initial participating sites will include Amazon, Bing, Yahoo!, Digg, eBay, and The New York Times, among a few others (Google is not part of the list).
PayTV vs Internet: The Future of Televison
By Leila Pejman on Mar 16, 2010 at 9:40 AM
The annual techie gathering, South by Southwest Conference (SxSW), kicked off this past weekend in Austin, Texas. The much anticipated debate titled "The Battle For Your TV: PayTV vs. Internet" between HDNet founder Marc Cuban and Boxee founder AvnerRonen, got so heated that the fire alarm went off, literally. So, the panel discussion had forced intermission while spectators evacuated the building.
Stop Clipping Coupons
By Veronica Bell on Mar 15, 2010 at 9:11 AM
US Retailer Target recently announced their smartphone based coupon program. Once you visit their website and Opt-In to the program, you will be provided with a webpage that has a list of deals and a scannable barcode coupon.
Once you have seen where you can save some money, head to the checkout, display the barcode and the money will be deducted from your bill.
