mobile Read It Later Launches New iPhone App (But if You Don't Like It, You Can Build Your Own!) Read It Later, a cross-platform browser extension for saving online articles for later reading, has just debuted their newly updated iPhone application. This latest version introduces a number of useful features for voracious mobile readers including support for articles spanning multiple pages, support for sites requiring logins (like WSJ or NYT… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Microsoft Hohm: Microsoft Gets Into the Energy Business A few days ago, a group of enterprising bloggers discovered that Microsoft had just trademarked the name 'Hohm.' Today, we can finally reveal what Hohm is really about. At its core, Hohm is Microsoft's answer to Google's PowerMeter and similar services. Hohm is dedicated to giving consumer's information about potential energy savings, while at… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Google Google Wants to Make the Web Faster, Debuts Speed (Not the Drug, the Developer Site) The Google Code blog announced today the debut of yet another developer resource, this one focused entirely on making Internet browsing "as fast as turning the pages of a magazine." The new site will be all about performance, "from Internet protocols to the browser to website development." When the Web is faster, the apps are faster; those… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Analysis As The Sun Sets on MySpace - Who Will Beat Facebook? The year was 2013. Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg was still the social network's public persona, but he had a young family and new-found loves of world travel, exotic regional cocktails and faux-native art. Facebook had become overgrown with spammy apps and awkwardly targeted advertisements. The company quietly gave Zuckerberg a huge… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
International Chinese Internet Strike Proposed to Protest Censorship Software On July 1, the Chinese government will be rolling out censorship software on every new computer sold in the country. The software, called Green Dam Youth Escort, is intended to block pornography and possibly filter politically disruptive material, all while quietly gathering private user data. One man in particular is staging a protest against the… Jolie O'Dell View comments