Google Turn Right at the Gas Station: Google Maps Gets More Human You'd think it was odd if you called me for directions and I told you to go 0.2 miles southeast and make a slight right onto Old Route 17. You'd expect me to say something more like, "Start driving away from the library and take the second right just after the McDonald's." Google Maps India has just launched a hybridized version of directions that… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Startups Open Messaging Here We Come: Tumblr Releases Twitter Client API Twitter client developers will be pleased to note that popular light blogging platform Tumblr now supports a Tweetie and Twitterific compatible API. In a recent blog post, the company explains how the API will help Twitter clients support Tumblr. While the release allows for similar posting and reading capabilities to last week's WordPress API… Dana Oshiro View comments
Web Development Server-Side Javascript: Back With a Vengeance Last month was Javascript season in Europe, with two conferences dedicated to the language that powers interactive web applications, and a third, which featured it heavily. If a common theme emerged, it was the buzz about Javascript leaping out of the browser to serve other domains, and the noise has only become louder in the aftermath. Of all the… Guest Author View comments
News Another Blackberry Outage: A Historical Look Blackberry users had a bit of a surprise this morning. Email was down. It came back up around 11 a.m. PST but in comparison to prior outages, this was a big one. The Blackberry email outage spared most business users as enterprise servers were not affected. First problems were reported around 2:30 a.m. PST. Enterprise Alex Williams View comments
Analysis More People Now Use iPhones Than Windows Mobile The latest quarterly survey by comScore reports that the iPhone just passed Windows Mobile phones in US market share, though it remains at just over half the level of the Blackberry. The iPhone has been outselling Windows Mobile for some time, so it was only a matter of time until there were more iPhones in peoples' hands. Android is still at the… Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments