The Israeli startups that made the TechCrunch50
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Swype, truly compelling gesture-based mobile data entry
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TonchiDot: Tagging your world one iPhone at a time
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Tomorrow is G-Day
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Apple stock falls thanks to financial panic, down 14%
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Netflix to stream movies from Starz
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Apple sold 10 million iPhones in 2008
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Google Refutes Cloud Computing Negativity
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBase Google Refutes Cloud Computing Negativity - TechTreasures By Ron Miller I spoke to Rishi Chandra, product manager for Google Docs Enterprise about Cloud Computing. He believes many of the fears around Cloud Computing are related more to perception than reality. ...

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Stupid Gmail Tricks: Adding Calendar & Docs Gadget to Sidebar
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBaseJust learned this trick this morning to add a gadget to your Gmail sidebar that lets you see upcoming appointments in Google Calendar and recent documents in Google Docs without leaving Gmail, and it's dead simple to implement: Click Settings. Click Labs. Scroll down and click Enable Google Docs Gadget and Enable Google Calendar Gadget. Click Save. ...

Microsoft Jumps In to Cloud Computing with Azure Announcement
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBaseMicrosoft Jumps In to Cloud Computing with Azure Announcement - DaniWeb TechTresures by Ron Miller I interviewed Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu to get his view on the announcement. Vembu thinks that you have to respect a player as formidable as Microsoft, but wonders if Microsoft can make the transition from high margin desktop software to the low-margin cloud. One area he does see as potentially interesting, however is the ability for third party vendors to tap into the services of applications ...

Stupid Gmail Trick: Drag & Drop Nav Bar Items
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBase After I added the Google Docs and Google Calendar gadgets to my Gmail navigation bar the other day, I found myself wishing I could change the order of the items in the navigation bar. It turns out, the same Google Labs tab in Settings has an option to do just that. You have to admit, those people at Google are always thinking. To add the drag and drop functionality to the toolbar: Click Settings. Click Labs. Scroll ...

Salesforce Plunges Into Web Hosting
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBaseSalesforce Plunges Into Web Hosting - DaniWeb TechTreasures by Ron Miller Salesforce.com best known for its cloud-based CRM package, announced on Monday that it would be providing web hosting services for web sites, intranets and web-based applications...Read the full story at DaniWeb.com ...

Apple’s loss of iPod chief points to interesting new direction
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Flixwagon Lets You Broadcast From Your Cell Phone
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBaseFlixwagon Lets You Broadcast From Your Cell Phone - Daniweb TechTreasures by Ron Miller Web 2.0 has always been about giving the individual the power to publish without having to beg a media company for access. From blogs to podcasts to services like YouTube ordinary (and extraordinary) citizens have been able to publish their work for the world to see. Now Flixwagon lets you broadcast live from your cell phone... Read the full story on DaniWeb. ...

Google Site Search Gets On-Demand Indexing
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBaseGoogle Site Search Gets On-Demand Indexing - DaniWeb TechTreasures by Ron Miller Google announced on Friday that it was adding on-demand indexing to its hosted Google Site Search product, giving customers the ability to instantly re-index a site after adding new content...Read the Full Story on DaniWeb. ...

LGiLab invests in Eyeview
OurielOhayon — We are happy to announce a new investment in a young israeli sartup called Eyeview led by LightSpeed Gemini Internet Lab. They have created a rich media platform that helps site improve significantly conversion on site (think registration, download, participation to a special operation, purchase). The idea is based on a simple observation: adding a rich media layer/tutorial/video guide on your site can help improve conversion rate significantly. This is not a theory but a proved practice based a many case studies Eyeview has lead with ...

Joost iPhone App makes us remember Joost again
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10,000 iPhone Apps… and grooooowing
CrunchGear — 148Apps, which tracks and reviews iPhone Apps, says 10,000 applications have now been released on the iPhone App store (the site is named after the fact that you can add up to 148 applications to an iPhone or iPod touch). A tribute page shows a mini icon for every application. And it also gives some interesting data. About 24% of apps are free; 35% cost $.99. The average cost is $3.12, including free apps. About 34% are games or entertainment, and there are 49 weather related apps ...

It's Time We Learned to Dismiss Apple Rumors
by Ron Miller — Image by via CrunchBaseIt's Time We Learned to Dismiss Apple Rumors - DaniWeb TechTreasures by Ron Miller I like to follow news about Apple and its products as much as anyone. It's interesting and fun and watching the speculation is a kind of voyeurism, a way to get inside a company that keeps a tight lid on information, but much like baseball trade rumors, which I also love to follow, most of them turn out to be dead wrong. Yet we continue to insist on speculating and this week was no different as rumors flew ...

Which gadgets were the most sought after on Ebay in 2008?
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Large form iPod Touch to launch in Fall ‘09
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Roku Netflix box to stream Amazon content
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Steve Jobs taking leave of absence
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There's a Difference Between Gossip and Discussion
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBaseThere's a Difference Between Gossip and Discussion - DaniWeb TechTreasures by Ron Miller There has been a lot of chatter this week about the health of Steve Jobs. On one level, it's a perfectly understandable discussion. Jobs is a public figure and as such what happens to him--good or bad--interests us. But a friend of mine suggested that any discussion of Jobs' health was crossing the line into gossip. He was not alone as comments in the many blog posts in the aftermath of this week's ...

He said/she said: Flash not coming to iPhone
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ZumoDrive goes live, iPhone app tags along
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ZumoDrive goes live, iPhone app tags along [Update]
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Is Kindle for iPhone killing sales of Kindle for your hand?
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Topify: pushing a little more for better Twitter email notifications
OurielOhayon — We started to distribute private invitations here and there for Topify a few days ago, a new service that helps you manage more efficiently your new followers on twitter by email. We wanted to make sure our first users are very happy with the service. Which seem to be the case. But today we wanted to push a little further the limit and we are appearing on TechCrunch for a bit wave of impact. It could have been very tempting to open the service right away. But one thing we now: not screwing up at the launch is ...

PlayOn moves to rule the streaming content roost, adds Amazon VoD and Revision3 content
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Paid apps hit jailbroken iPhones
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5 things Apple could be doing with their new touch screens
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NVIDIA announces investment effort for GPU-based computing startups
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Apple and Google to replace GM and Citigroup on Dow Jones?
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Comcast: We’re the US’s third largest home phone provider, natch
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boxee iPhone App now available
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Pandora now available on VUDU
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Boston-Power’s eco friendly HP laptop batteries now on sale
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It begins: The Dell Adamo spotted at SXSW
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Twitter's Popularity Hits New Heights
by Ron Miller — Image via CrunchBase I love the weekly NPR news quiz, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me. It's hilarious and irreverent and has a great way of making fun of just about everything. In fact, I knew Twitter had hit the big time when shows like Wait, Wait were making jokes about it. I'm starting to hear Twitter references all of over the place and on one hand I'm happy the mainstream is discovering Twitter. I love it, so why shouldn't others benefit, but I also have that same feeling I used to have when a band I loved, which I ...

Peek e-mail device goes after small businesses with $150 five pack
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Are we headed into an era of “dumb tech?”
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How will The Cloud change the way we think about music ownership?
CrunchGear — ... . The conversation touched a number of topics, but the one I found most interesting was the changing notion of music ownership. That is, now that most of us are at least familiar with streaming, on-demand music from pick-your-service (Imeem, ...

Shapeways rapid prototyping service enters the brass age
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Netflix creeps into Facebook with Netflix Updates
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Samsung ready to roll out Papyrus touchscreen ebook reader
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Video: Demo of OnLive
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Free DSi points when you purchase a Nintendo DSi
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Who is this sassy Lauren, she of the cheap HP?
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There’s more than one way to skin a Firefox
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DevTeam has an iPhone 3.0 jailbreak but you can’t have it - yet
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Apple begins variable pricing on iTunes Store: Some songs now $1.29 each
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iTunes isn’t the only online music store that has variable pricing
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Netflix expanding to other game console platforms
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NextWorth now paying for your old gadgets
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Vonage now charges 29% in extra fees (at least for me)
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Contest: Win one year of Slacker Radio Plus
CrunchGear — Today is your lucky day! Slacker Radio is giving away one free 1 year subscription to their Plus service including: *Unlimited Skips *Unlimited Song Requests *No Audio or Banner Ads *Complete Lyrics - NEW! *Over 2 Million Songs What’s that you say? How can I win? Why were we put on this Earth? What is Slacker, incidentally? Per CrunchBase: Slacker provides a three part music personalization suite, which includes an internet radio, desktop music player and ...

Contest: Win one year of Slacker Radio Plus [UPDATE]
CrunchGear — Today is your lucky day! Slacker Radio is giving away one free 1 year subscription to their Plus service including: *Unlimited Skips *Unlimited Song Requests *No Audio or Banner Ads *Complete Lyrics - NEW! *Over 2 Million Songs What’s that you say? How can I win? Why were we put on this Earth? What is Slacker, incidentally? Per CrunchBase: Slacker provides a three part music personalization suite, which includes an internet radio, desktop music player and ...

Oklahoma City teabagger arrested for threatening bloodbath on Twitter
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Apple looking into building its own chips
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Video: Our Full Walkthrough Of The Color Coated COOL-ER Ebook Reader
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Random House shuts down Kindle text-to-speech for their titles
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Faking Flash/Flex on the iPhone: It can be done, we have the technology
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Official: Palm Pre to launch on June 6 for $200
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Guitar Hero 5 slated for September launch
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XBox 360 sales top 30 million with 20 million LIVE subscribers
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John Stewart takes on Twitter and CNN
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Review: Kindle DX
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Quick Look: VholdR Contour HD
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Flip announces Flip Channels, adds easier video sharing
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Feet-on with the VholdR ContourHD
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Bing Mobile concept screenshots surface, looks to be a simple rebadging
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TV Everywhere is Comcast and Time Warner’s answer to free Internet video
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No more teasing. Introducing AppsFire, a new way to share your favorite iPhone apps with anyone
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GDGT Launches For Non Stop Gadget Action
CrunchGear — Last summer we broke the news that Engadget editor-in-chief Ryan Block would team with former editor-in-chief Peter Rojas to create a new gadget startup. Today that new startup, GDGT, launches. Gadget lovers rejoice - this is a social site where you can obsess over those tiny bundles of tech joy among others just as geeky as you. GDGT (pronounced "g-d-g-t," but I like to just say "gadget") is a highly structured wiki that centers on tech gadgets. Like our own Crunchbase, anyone can edit any information on the site, but ...

Amazon applying for in-book advertisement patent for Kindle
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It’s official (kind of): People prefer the Kindle
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Yahoo! Takes a Chance
by Ron Miller — ... Image via CrunchBase Yahoo! is releasing a revamped Home page today, which enables users to update social sites without leaving Yahoo!, and proves they are more than just a Microsoft take-over target. Read more at DaniWeb. ...

Vudu drops to plan B. Offers 1080p streaming on LG TVs
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Bodega Launches Mac OS App Store
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Pre Philosophy: Why are Palm’s ads the way they are?
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The future of fabrication is here: Shapeways announces stainless steel printing
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Desktop Factory hits the dead pool
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What is Comcast going to do with all its money?
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Toobla: Collect and share your favorite stuff from the web. 1000 Beta accounts available.
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Yahoo! Mail still #1, but for how much longer?
Gizmos for Geeks — ... Image via CrunchBase ComScore shows Yahoo Mail is still the world’s leader in e-mail services, but the bad news (for Yahoo) is that Google’s Gmail is the fastest growing service. Hotmail is still #2, and AOL just ...

Snow Leopard protects you from two Trojans
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SundaySky automates the multimedia e-commerce experience
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Google is a Distant Second in China
by Ron Miller — ... Image via CrunchBase Google may be all that and a bag of chips in the US, but in China they are a distant second to a native Chinese language search engine called Baidu. Read more at DaniWeb. ...

Evernote lets you track your content everywhere
by Ron Miller — ... Image via CrunchBase It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Evernote. I use it to organize my work life, and I love that it syncs automatically across the desktop, iPhone (or other smart phone) and the web. Read more at FierceContentManagement. ...

Disney to put an end to those pesky “paper” books
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Kindle 2 goes to $259, International GSM version coming October 19
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Interview: Mike Paolucci, the founder of space-viewing service, Slooh
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DropCam: Another fire-and-forget camera system
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Kindle for PC. I Bet You Look Good On a Touchscreen
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The Ad-Supported World: Ready or not, here it comes
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LawCrunch: Some (more) ideas on why Nokia sued Apple
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My First Impressions of Google Wave
by Ron Miller — ... Image via CrunchBase I took Google Wave out for a spin over the last several weeks, and as I promised, I've written a post on my DaniWeb TechTreasures blog providing my impressions of the good, the bad and the potential. Read my post on DaniWeb. ...

Sorenson’s Squeeze 6: a connected media encoding and distribution platform
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Console Wars: The Effect Of Price Cuts On The Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3
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It’s Google’s world and handset makers just live in it
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Get Ready for Samsung Mythic This Fall
Personal Electronics, Gadgets, Cell Phones, Notebooks, GPS, Video Games, Apple — ... Image via CrunchBase Slim and sleek Samsung Mythic comes with efficient multimedia features like video and audio recording, a camera with a large 3.3-inch touch screen display which is ...

Stay Web Connected with HP Dream Screen 100
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Roku announces Roku Channel Store, adds Facebook and Pandora (and maybe porn!)
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Video Game Network Machinima.com Gets $1.7 Million In Funding
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