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Google acquires Instagram competitor, could make Google+ a photog's social hub
venturebeat.com
Google bought “photography first” mobile app developer Nik Software today, meaning Google also now owns Instagram competitor Snapseed. But while Snapseed will give Google those sepia filters, it also provides an arsenal of photography apps the company can use for its social network, Google+. Snapseed raises eyebrows because it’s...
Review: Medal of Honor: Warfighter struggles to find its niche
arstechnica.com
Since the 2010 Medal of Honor reboot, publisher Electronic Arts and developer Danger Close studios have hung the franchise on the peg of the “Tier 1 operators,” the best of the best of America's special forces. The reboot also continued to capture the original Medal of Honor ethos that...
Microsoft Pulling Facebook and MySpace into Outlook
thenextweb.com
With the release of Google Buzz this past week, posts have been flying across the Internet debating the usefulness and flaws — amongst other things — of the service. Some groan that it’s just another social network to deal with, but I really don’t want to get into that whole...
Yahoo Edges in on Olympics Coverage With Second-Screen Campaign
allthingsd.com
Fresh on the heels of Facebook’s announced partnership with NBC to cover the Olympic Games, Yahoo announced Wednesday it will offer connected TV and second-screen experiences to complement NBC’s Olympics coverage. Much like Facebook’s pitch, Yahoo’s plan is to push consumers to use Yahoo’s connected apps — like its social...
Innovation Agents: Fab's Bradford Shellhammer Embraces Risk, Defines Design
www.fastcompany.com
Watch the cofounder of the e-commerce design site explain how he figured out a way to share his obsession--a breakthrough (and risky) moment that established him as the curator of a wildly successful business. "People who embrace design, it infiltrates their entire life," says Fab.com cofounder (and Most Creative Person...
OS X Mountain Lion Brings The Mac Into The Game
techcrunch.com
Gamers, start your engines, lift your fruit-slicing swords, and lace up your Temple-running shoes. Game Center, Apple’s gaming/social hub for iOS, has finally made it’s way over to the more mature Apple OS, OS X Mountain Lion. This is huge. Not because you’ll be able to enjoy the features of...
What the Facebook’s New Platform Means for your Business
marketingmystic.wordpress.com
The online world’s been buzzing about the bold announcements at Facebook’s third f8 developer conference yesterday, where Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg discussed his vision of the new social web and unrolled the next version of the Facebook platform. While this conference was primarily aimed at developers, here are 3 announcements that...
With redesign, Flixster focuses on discoverability and direct movie sales
www.theverge.com
Since its incarnation, Flixster has aimed to be a social hub for movie fanatics. The jack-of-all-trades site combines trailers, user ratings, Rotten Tomatoes reviews, and a massive movie database into web, mobile, and set-top box applications that have enjoyed exponential growth in recent years. Flixster's iOS offering, for instance,...
Samsung unveils Galaxy Pocket smartphone
9to5google.com
Samsung today announced its latest addition to the Galaxy devices lineup, the Galaxy Pocket smartphone seen on the right. As the name suggests, this Android 2.3 Gingerbread device easily fits into your pocket as it is just 12mm thin and weighs in at only 97 gram. The diminutive phone packs in...
How To Integrate Pinterest Into Your Emails
marketingland.com
More than just a social hub to share images, Pinterest has become a lifestyle brand itself. Exuding a feeling of simple, clean, nearly dreamy — dare I say aspirational — moments of pleasure, it’s actually influencing a new aesthetic style. In fact, one of the common complaints is... Please visit Marketing...
CBS Connect’s social TV platform wants to connect fans and stars
thenextweb.com
CBS.com has just launched a social TV platform called ‘CBS Connect‘, Lost Remote reports. According to the media company, its new site aims to be “a new social hub connecting fans with each other and CBS stars.” As usual with social TV platforms, CBS Connect aggregates content from Twitter and...
A Year Later, the BlackBerry PlayBook is Finally Fully Baked
www.readwriteweb.com
Better late than never, right? Research In Motion has released the next iteration of its BlackBerry PlayBook OS that (finally) brings some core functions to the tablet that were missing when the erstwhile slate was released in April 2010. That includes a dedicated email client with a unified inbox, calendar...
Samsung announces the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy mini 2
www.bgr.com
Samsung on Tuesday announced two new additions to the company’s Galaxy smartphone line; the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy mini 2. The Ace 2 features an 800MHz dual-core processor with a 3.8-inch WVGA display. The handset is also equipped with a 5-megapixel rear camera, VGA front facing one, Android...
OpenFeint gaming service closing down December 14
www.engadget.com
App Store-connected social hub Openfeint isn't going to be around much longer, relinquishing iOS gaming leaderboards to Apple's own offering. Its owner, Gree, picked up the iOS and Android gaming platform back in April 2011 and is now trying to convince developers to bring their titles across to its...
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