sharing technology
For social sharing, Apple turns to Twitter again
gigaom.com
Apple’s decision to unfriend Facebook has turned out to be a boon for third-party social services that are now finding their way into Apple operating environments. The biggest winner of them all is Twitter. In iOS 5, Apple integrated Twitter. And just like that the company saw “sign-ups more than double...
In world of copyright craziness, BitTorrent, Inc. soars to new heights
arstechnica.com
It's a turbulent time in the world of content distribution. Despite a successful protest against overly restrictive anti-piracy legislation, law enforcement has demonstrated its already considerable power to take copyright-infringing websites offline, and several hosting and torrent sites have gone dark voluntarily to evade prosecution. In the middle of...
Why did Facebook buy Spool & what did Twitter miss
gigaom.com
Over the weekend, news reports emerged that Facebook was buying Spool, a mobile-oriented social bookmarking service started by Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer. At the surface, this seems like yet another acqua-hire but scratch a little deeper and you start to understand Facebook’s motivation in buying this company. Spool was started in late 2010 and launched...
Microsoft Research's shoulder mounted system makes anything a multitouch display
www.engadget.com
Remember the nifty new 3D transparent display, augmented reality mirror, and remote sharing technology that Microsoft revealed just over a week ago? Turns out that Redmond's research arm wasn't done doling out the gadget goodies, as it's now showing off a new Wearable Multitouch Projector that turns any surface...
Mixin lets users insert comments into video and share with friends (exclusive)
venturebeat.com
Mixin, a social video startup, is coming out of stealth mode today with a personal video sharing technology and more than 200,000 users. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company allows users to mix their personal comments into online videos and then share the customized results with their friends on their...
Can Hertz shake up car sharing?
gigaom.com
This article originally appeared on GigaOM Pro (subscription required): Good, but not great, growth has Wall Street punishing car sharing market leader Zipcar, which IPO’ed at $18 last year, zoomed to $28 and now sits at around ten bucks. But the question on many people’s minds is: What is Hertz...
Facebook's read it later comes from Spool
gigaom.com
Facebook is going to introduce “read it later” type features into its mobile app, published reports say. It is not a surprise for this was one of the core offerings of Spool, a tiny start-up Facebook acquired earlier this summer. Many believed that it was an acqu-hire type acquisition, but I disagreed...
How Spectrum Sharing Would Work
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Late last week, a presidential advisory committee urged President Obama to adopt computer technologies, including spectrum-sharing systems, so that better use is made of radio spectrum for wireless communications. How exactly would this spectrum-sharing technology work?...
Glassmap is like Find My Friends but better
gigaom.com
There are all sorts of new apps popping up to help users figure out where their friends and friends of friends are hanging out: There’s Foursquare, which is the granddaddy of the Social-Local-Mobile movement. There’s Sonar, which aims to connect users at events and venues. Most recently, I wrote about...
Lady Gaga-Backed Startup Raises Over $4 Million From Top VC Firms
www.businessinsider.com
The Lady Gaga-backed startup Backplane raised between $4 and $5 million in a series A round from some heavy hitters including Sequoia Capital, Greylock Discovery Fund, Founders Fund, and others. Lady Gaga's social network is the first product and it's called Little Monster. It's still private beta, but will likely launch...
Apple patent suggest real-time sharing of fitness workouts coming to iOS
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Future versions of Apple’s iOS operating system may incorporate new fitness sharing technology, according to a patent uncovered by AppleInsider. The new technology will encourage users to be more competitive by allowing them to share and compare their performance in real-time with other users around the world. The patent,...
Warner Bros. Recruits Students to Spy on Pirates
torrentfreak.com
The people who work at the anti-piracy divisions of Warner Bros. and other large media companies have to be experts in file-sharing technology. It is therefore no surprise that Warner Bros. is actively recruiting students for a job as Anti-Piracy Intern, as most students have grown up sharing files. Warner...
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