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Facebook Connect Pulled From Apple iTunes Ping Music Social Network
D'Technology Weblog &bull 1 Hour Ago
Facebook Connect is now missing from Apple's new social network "iTunes Ping," after it was apparently working during Steve's keynote demos. There seem to be mixed messages coming from Apple, according to interviews that All Things D's Kara Swisher conducted… Full Story »
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Open Thread: How Do You Stream Internet Content to Your TV?
Read Write Web &bull 1 Hour Ago
One of Apple's announcements yesterday was a completely redesigned Apple TV. It's competing in a crowded and still confusing field of products that stream video from the Internet to your TV. Boxee and Roku are two smaller companies trying to… Full Story »
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Google Chrome turns 2: Can we skip the toddler years?
ZDNet Google &bull 2 Hours Ago
Garett Rogers has always had a deep interest in computers and the Internet, which led him to a degree in Computer Information Systems. He is currently employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software designed specifically for the cellular and electronics industry. Garett's journey into Google started with his employer asking him to "get a better rank on Google." Diving into search engine optimization sparked his curiosity for how things work and led him to create a blog dedicated to what interests him most--Google. Christopher Dawson grew up in Seattle, back in the days of pre-antitrust… Full Story »
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The Evolving Ecosystem - Just over four months ago, at Chirp ... (Twitter Blog)
Techmeme &bull 4 Hours Ago
Exclusive: Facebook Blocked API Access to Ping After Failure to Strike Agreement, So Apple Removed Feature After Launch - It's not as mysterious as it seems, this mini-controversy about finding friends on Facebook for Apple's new social music network. Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping - If it is true that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, then Apple and Facebook ought to be friends. Their common enemy, of course, is Google. - But Apple's entry into social networking with the iTunes music social network Ping on Wednesday, has made them frenemies. Ranking the digital living room barbarians: Netflix… Full Story »
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Facebook Wants To Be In A Relationship With The Big Boys - They Want To Be Just Friends
TechCrunch 2008 Web 2.0 Companies &bull 4 Hours Ago
Yesterday, Apple launched iTunes Ping, their new music social network. Part of that launch was a very basic implementation of Facebook Connect, simply to hook in and find out which of your Facebook friends were also using Ping. I tried it yesterday and it… Full Story »
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Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping (Miguel Helft/Bits)
Techmeme &bull 5 Hours Ago
Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping - If it is true that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, then Apple and Facebook ought to be friends. Their common enemy, of course, is Google. - But Apple's entry into social networking with the iTunes music social network Ping on Wednesday, has made them frenemies. Ranking the digital living room barbarians: Netflix rules; Apple, Google others likely to struggle - Apple is trying again with Apple TV in an attempt to be the center of the digital living room. The concept isn't new since Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon and others are… Full Story »
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Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping
New York Times Web 2.0 &bull 5 Hours Ago
But Apple's entry into social networking with the iTunes music social network Ping on Wednesday, has made them frenemies. And like with all frenemies, issues need to be worked out. After introducing Ping on Wednesday, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief… Full Story »
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Tips for creating a Keynote presentation that will be used on an iPad
RexBlog &bull YesterdayWhile I know the ins-and-outs of Keynote fairly well, I'm not a designer. Fortunately, I work with some great designers and from time-to-time get asked to provide some technical tips while one of them is working on a project that involves presentations. During a recent project related to some presentations a client's sales group will be… Full Story »
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Mark Zuckerberg Is On iTunes Ping - But Only One Is Real
TechCrunch Web 2.0 &bull Yesterday
Perhaps you've heard that Apple and Facebook are having a little bit of an issue at the moment. Despite launching with Facebook Connect integration yesterday, it's now nowhere to be seen on Apple's new music social network, Ping. And that's… Full Story »
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Ping Averts Its Gaze: Apple's New Social Network Doesn't Really ... (Peter Kafka/MediaMemo)
Techmeme &bull Yesterday
Steve Jobs on Why Facebook Is Not Part of Apple's New Ping Music Social Network: "Onerous Terms" - Yesterday, at the Apple music event in San Francisco, I had a short chat with Apple CEO Steve Jobs as he strolled through the demo room for the media, just after he had announced various updates for the iPod, Apple TV and iTunes onstage. Twitter for iPad: Sharing content in Tweets - People are increasingly sharing different types of information on Twitter. For example, Tweets point to web pages, photos, videos, hashtags, people, check-ins, and more. Exploring Tweets is a great way… Full Story »
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Facebook Connect Disappears from iTunes Ping
Mashable &bull Yesterday
Late last evening, Apple released iTunes 10 and its new Ping social network to the public. Assuming you were able to access the service, you may have noticed the ability to add friends via Facebook Connect, a feature we mentioned… Full Story »
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Google's Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
Consumer Watchdog took its crusade against Google to new heights Thursday, running ads in New York's Times Square blasting CEO Eric Schmidt on privacy issues. The group's Inside Google site, an extremely vocal critic of the search giant, produced two… Full Story »
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What's keeping you from importing Facebook friends into Apple's Ping social network
Venture Beat &bull Yesterday
Facebook friend importing was a key feature of Apple's new Ping social network, until discussions between the companies fell through, Facebook blocked Ping's access to its data, and Apple removed the feature from Ping entirely - according to All Things… Full Story »
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Amazon Kindle Searches Spike Signaling Challenge To Possible iPad Mini
Paid Content Social Media &bull Yesterday
In the last year, generic searches for e-readers have doubled, while Kindle-related searches have increased eight fold. With the smaller, sleeker and cheaper Kindle 3 now available Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) looks set to further capitalise on its position as a… Full Story »
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- Amazon.com
- Sony
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Incubator BoomStartup unleashes its first class of Utah startups
Venture Beat &bull Yesterday
Startup incubators continue to spread across the country, and one of the latest is BoomStartup, a Utah-based organization that's graduating its first class of entrepreneurs next week. If you're a San Francisco/Silicon Valley snob like me, Utah might not seem like a great place for an incubator. Sure, you can find companies in that… Full Story »
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Facebook APIs are Open - Except if your too big.
Kevin Burton's NEW Feedblog &bull Yesterday
If you want to use them at SCALE or have a serious application (like Apple) these companies want you to execute custom terms of service to prevent you from getting kicked off their platform at some point in the future.… Full Story »
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Why You (Still) Can't Cut the TV Cord: It's Not Technical, It's Just Business
Wired Magazine Web 2.0 &bull Yesterday
Apple's recently-unveiled Apple TV device is one of many that can pull video from the internet and display it on a television, but only two networks -- ABC and Fox -- agreed to rent their shows through them. This week's big Apple announcement featured one big disappointment: Apple TV's relative lack of,… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Mac
- Steve Jobs
- Netflix
- Network
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Another Apple Advantage: Pricing
Webomatica &bull Yesterday
Article at Forbes points out the relatively low prices of everything Apple announced at the recent special event. Shuffle: $49, Apple TV: $99, iPod Nano: $149. This is something my wallet appreciates, as the present annual total spent on Mac… Full Story »
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Apple TV's Meager Offerings Are Due to Business, Not Tech
Wired Magazine Tech Biz &bull Yesterday
Apple's recently-unveiled Apple TV device is one of many that can pull video from the internet and display it on a television, but only two networks -- ABC and Fox -- agreed to rent their shows through them. This week's big Apple announcement featured one big disappointment: Apple TV's relative lack of,… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Mac
- Steve Jobs
- Netflix
- Network
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Happy Birthday Chrome, You're About To Overtake Firefox On TechCrunch
TechCrunch Web 2.0 &bull Yesterday
As we pointed out earlier, today is Google Chrome's second birthday. Since it launched in beta on September 2, 2008, it has come a long way (it's already 6 versions deep). Back then, it was Windows-only, with official Mac and… Full Story »
