katango
Katango, the startup that aims to automatically create useful Facebook-based groups based on your interests and affiliations, just expanded its product lineup. Besides its current iOS app , the company now also offers a web-based version with an export and sync function that makes creating Facebook lists easier than ever before.
Even though it’s the middle of summer, the week is off to a strong start with regard to tech news. Not only did Facebook acquire Push Pop Press (a move, which I have to admit I’m not perfectly happy about as I would have loved to see their
AirTran Airways
Until today, there were only two airlines in the U.S. that offered WiFi Internet access on all of their planes: Virgin America and Southwest Airlines subsidiary AirTran. Today, Delta is joining this group. Delta itself apparently didn’t think that this was enough of an accomplishment to warrant its
at&t
A new FCC report based on measuring real broadband speeds in about 7,000 U.S. homes found that ISPs are finally delivering the speeds they promise. For the last few months, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has been working together with SamKnows, researchers from a number of academic
Apache HTTP Server
With Page Speed Service, Google just announced a new service that could make your sites load faster. Just a few weeks ago, Google announced Instant Pages, a service that pre-renders and then quickly loads some of the top search results for Chrome users. Today, Google announced the next step in
Circle
Anyone who has used Google+ for more than a few hours has, no doubt, discovered a very high level of engagement. Users are sharing great content and are eager to share opinions on just about any topic, and there are many ways to share and connect. One can share, re-share,
Today was a pretty busy day in the tech world. Not only did we see the aftermath of Amazon’s and others’ decisions to pull features from their apps to avoid Apple’s rules for in-app purchases, but we were also treated to an old-fashioned bitchmeme about the state of
Digital single-lens reflex camera
Microsoft announces support for raw files from 120 DSLR cameras in Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Explorer. Makes them as easy to use as JPEGs. When it comes to taking professionally looking photos, most advanced photographers with large DSLR cameras opt to save their images as raw, uncompressed – and
ford
I still remember plugging my portable CD player into a cassette adapter so I could listen to my music in the car. Today, in-car cassette players are a thing of the past, but most cars still come with built-in CD players. According to Ford’s global trends and futuring manger
Lots of news today – even for a Monday. Amazon gave in to Apple’s demands – but decided not to fully play by its rules – and removed the ability to buy books from its iOS app. Other companies, including eBook vendor Kobo, made similar decisions. On the opinion side of the
b2g
Mozilla today announced Boot to Gecko, a very ambitious project that aims to create a “complete, standalone operating system for the open web.” This project’s goal is to develop what seems like a ChromeOS-like operating system where all the apps are based on HTML5. This system will use Google’
advertising
It’s no secret that AdWords ads are still responsible for the vast majority of Google’s revenue and that local ads in particular are a major growth area for the company. Today, Google launched AdWords Express, a new product that will make it even easier for local businesses to