mobile Fring API Could Shake Up the Mobile Web Popular mobile IM and VOIP service Fring just launched an Application Programming Interface that could bring some awesome new applications to mobile phones around the world. The new API offers the Fring mobile interface, IM, presence indication, file transfer and other features to developers seeking to build apps in standard server-side languages… Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Features Firefox 3 Sets Download 'Record' - Are You Using It? Firefox has already surpassed the 5 million download mark it set out to meet in its first 24 hours. As I write this, the browser just passed the 7 million download mark for its version 3.0 software, and with over 6800 downloads per minute (and rising) is on track to do 8 million or more by 1pm ET (24 hours since the download went live). Whether… Josh Catone View comments
Product Reviews Build Your Own Reddit With Reddit Social news site Reddit's secret announcement -- which people have been speculating about for the past 24 hours -- is out of the bag: Reddit is open sourcing their code. "We've always strived to be as open and transparent with our users as possible, and [open sourcing our code] is the next logical step," said Reddit in a blog post. Reddit, which… Josh Catone View comments
Features Info Overload: The Problem This will be post #1 of 2 posts on today's information overload problem and how we can cope. Part 2 is here. Information overload is no longer a joke. For those who suffered with this affliction, it never was, but now that there are real numbers attached to the problem, it has finally prompted companies to take action. Those numbers come from a… Sarah Perez View comments
Digital Lifestyle The Coming World of Mobile Sensors At Supernova 2008 this week we got a glimpse of what’s next for mobile; and it has little to do with hardware like the iPhone, software like Google’s open-source operating system Android, mobile platforms put forth by Apple, Google, Nokia, Research in Motion, and the carriers. What’s coming is life profound. Put billions of… Mobile Daniel Langendorf, last100 writer View comments