News U.S. Elections: Obama and McCain Start Sharing in Google Reader Google today announced that it has signed up the Obama and McCain campaigns to share blog posts and news items they read on Google Reader. This program, called Power Readers in Politics also includes items shared by a number of high-profile journalists. While neither Google nor the campaigns pretend that the candidates themselves do any of the… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Features Patents: GraphOn Sues Google for Connecting Databases to the Internet GraphOn, which considers itself a "leading worldwide developer of server-based application publishing and Web-enabling software solutions," today announced that it is suing Google for infringing on four of GraphOn's patents. According to the complaint (embedded below), Google Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites, and YouTube allegedly infringe on… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Features First Android Phone Approved By FCC Today, the news broke that the HTC Dream, the first handset to run Android (aka "the Google Phone") has been approved by the FCC. In the documents provided, it appears that we have now a release date for this highly anticipated phone: November 10th, 2008. So what will the HTC Dream offer? We take a look at some of the details and unknowns… Sarah Perez View comments
Features The New Mint.com Launches: Site Redesigned, But Still No Data Upload When Mint.com launched, they were taking a big risk - would people trust a web app to manage their finances online? Web 2.0 apps don't necessarily have a reputation as offering hardened security. However, Mint's efforts to prove they were safe and trustworthy won people over as did their easy-to-use personal finance tools. Today, Mint.com serves… Sarah Perez View comments
Social Networks David Hasselhoff Creates His Own Myspace for Fans People are definitely beginning to understand just how crazy social networks are getting. Facebook, Myspace, Bebo and many more are taking off and taking the world by storm. With plenty of tools to create your own social network, one celebrity is doing just that after getting fed up with Myspace. This should be a pleasant surprise for social… Social Corvida View comments