NYT AOL Gives YourMinis Users the Post-Acquisition Blues, Shutters Service Grab your OPML reading list and get out now. That was the message in an email sent today to users of the innovative start-page service YourMinis, a years-old startup that was acquired by AOL in February. YourMinis was a start-page service like no other, but its feature richness and happy users fall victim to the cold business logic that so many… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Apple Android Goes Open-Source When Google announced Android, its software platform for mobile devices, it released an SDK for developers to work with, but it also promised to eventually release the code under an open-source license. Today, Google and its partners in the Open Handset Alliance did exactly that. You can now download the code and help Google and its partners to… Mobile Frederic Lardinois View comments
Product Reviews Artiklz Wants to Put an End to Comment Fragmentation One of the biggest topics in the tech blogosphere at the beginning of this year was 'comment fragmentation.' With services like FriendFeed, SocialMedian, Digg, Reddit, and others often creating unconnected conversations around a single blog post, many bloggers felt that they had lost control of their content and the conversation around it. Artiklz… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Product Reviews Cooliris Comes To iPhone - Now You Can Surf The Mobile Web in 3D Cooliris (formerly PicLens) makers of a browser plugin which transforms the web into an immersive 3D experience, has just released their first application for the iPhone. The new Cooliris App brings 3D web surfing to the iPhone. Like their plugin, the iPhone app lets you browse using their unique "wall of content," a 3D wall that you can flick… Sarah Perez View comments
Features Twine Launches 1.0 Version - Eyes Facebook, Google Reader, Delicious, Digg, ... When Twine announced itself to the world exactly one year ago, it claimed to be "the first mainstream Semantic Web application". However despite raising millions of dollars in its quest to bring the Semantic Web to the mainstream, Twine has been beset by usability and performance issues in its beta period. Our own Marshall Kirkpatrick… Richard MacManus View comments