Site Matches Consumers with People, Not Businesses
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New Slang: Find Out What Those Crazy Kids Are Saying [APPS]
The web has been blamed for the degradation of the English language — imho, idk wtf da h8ers mean.
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5 Father’s Day Gift Ideas from Web-Savvy Dads
Sara Dunham is the community manager at online coupon site and community Savings.com . You can read more of Sara’s posts on the Savings.com coupon blog or fan Savings.com on Facebook .
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Google News and Why Human Editors Still Matter
After years of having its news generated by algorithms, Google News is testing a new “Editor’s Pick” section with publishers, enabling them to select and promote specific content to users. The new feature — a module of content that is hand-picked by editors at partnering news organizations — with a “small percentage” of users, according to report by Megan Garber of Nieman Lab
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Experts Predict We’ll Be Working in the Cloud by 2020 [STUDY]
In a current survey of around 900 World wide web and tech experts and social analysts, Elon University researchers found that most of their respondents said World wide web users will “live mostly in the cloud” by 2020. These experts, or a full 71% of them, at least, predict we’ll be working primarily through web-based and mobile apps, such as Facebook and Google Docs Google Docs , and less on software installed on our own desktops. This group isn’t ..read more
Google Celebrates Cousteau’s Birthday in the U.S., World Cup Everywhere Else
They say that soccer/football is gaining popularity in the U.S., but Google seems to think otherwise. In most countries, Google’s logo this day is an image related to the World Cup, which starts today; in the U.S., however, it’s an image of a diver, celebrating the birthday of the great Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Combined with the current change of Google’s search results logo, Google Google is now all dressed up for the World Cup, which will occupy the minds of ..read more
Motorola Droid 2 Pics and Video Leak Online
The hotter-than-Hades-in-July Motorola Droid — which we just reported is selling so fast that manufacturers can’t keep up with the demand — is getting some sweet upgrades with its newest iteration, the Droid 2. Pictures of the new handset were leaked this day by Droid Life , and they’ve got us positively twitching for a release date
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City of New York Blankets Times Square with Giant QR Codes
This post is part of Mashable’s World wide web Week New York Channel , which is presented by HP.
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Adobe Flash 10.1 Now Available for Download
The Adobe Flash platform saw significant improvements this day with the launch of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR 2. According to a blog post from Adobe’s Flash team, the new Flash Player 10.1 features improved performance, power management and video features. The player has also been given new multi-touch and private browsing functionality.
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Aviary Launches Online Music Creation Tool
Aviary , maker of a number of browser-based tools for creatives, this day adds the Music Creator to its lineup. The online composition tool allows easy drag-and-drop creation of music loops from a sample library of more than 50 free instruments
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