Every weekday, we round up the best tech stories of the day. Some of these already got wide-spread attention, others remained under the radar. Most importantly, though, we try to select stories that go beyond the news and provide in-depth reviews and analysis. Google+ Continues to Dominate the News Today,
circles
Google+ was developed around the concept of Circles – groups of people you organize according to your interests and relationship with them (tech bloggers, family members, etc.). While Google was working on Circles for its new social network, though, another company – Katango (formerly known as Cafébots) – was also working on a
competition
In many ways, the story of Google+ and Twitter is that of a planned community vs. organic growth. Twitter was never conceived to be what it is today. Its success was purely accidental and thanks to being in the right place at the right time. Its early years were chaotic.
With 8.5 million daily riders, New York State’s public transit system is not just the largest in the U.S., but due to the fact that it’s very complex and consists of multiple agencies that all cover very large geographic areas, it’s also often hard to
advertising
As we surf the web, we don’t just leave a trace on the servers we visit, but advertisers and advertising networks also track our every moves from page to page with the help of cookies on our own machines. The more they know about us, after all, the more
+1
In some corners of the Internet, the battle between Google’s +1 buttons and Facebook’s and Twitter’s equivalent sharing tools has already been decided. According to Enterprise SEO company Brightedge, however, all of these tools still have a lot of room to grow when it comes to distribution
We can only write so many stories here, but we read (or at least skim) through quite a few more throughout the course of any given day. Here is a selection of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking stories we saw today. Here is a round-up of the best
cosmic panda
YouTube, the world’s most popular video streaming site, just launched a new experimental design that brings a fresh look to virtually every part of the YouTube experience, including videos, playlists and channels. The new look, called Cosmic Panda, introduces a darker look, with an emphasis on black backgrounds that
facebook music
It’s long been rumored that Facebook is working on adding some kind of music product to its feature set. The details about this service remain murky, but enterprising developer Jeff Rose just discovered some interesting code in the application Facebook uses to distribute its new video chat plugin. In
We can only write so many stories here, but we read (or at least skim) through quite a few more throughout the course of any given day. Here is a selection of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking stories we saw today. Here is a round-up of the best
During a press conference at its Silicon Valley headquarter today, Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s new Skype-powered video chat feature. Thanks to this new feature, Facebook users can now easily start video chats directly from Facebook. To use it, Facebook users will have to install a
launch
Spotify, Europe’s streaming music darling, just announced that it is finally ready to launch in the United States. The company, which currently offers a free and paid streaming music service in a select number of countries in Europe, has long been working on a U.S. launch, but until