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Tuesday, 19th January 2010

Why France and Germany Got it Right: IE Must Go

It looks like Microsoft has moved to the "sticks and stones" method for handling public relations gaffes. As we reported yesterday, France joined Germany in suggesting that its citizens switch from Internet Explorer to, well, anything else. Now, Microsoft's UK security chief, Cliff Evans, has responded by saying that switching to other browsers…

Mike Melanson comments

Who Should Facebook Acquire Next? Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Know

It's no secret that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is interested in scooping up more startups in order to bring their talent on board. From Firefox creator Blake Ross's Parakey (acquired in 2007) through Gmail creator Paul Buchheit's FriendFeed (acquired in 2009), Facebook has made some very high-profile talent acquisitions already. This Fall…

Social Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

One Third of U.S. Internet Users Now Post Status Updates Once per Week

A third of all Internet users in the U.S. now post status updates on social networking services like Twitter and Facebook at least once per week. According to new data from Forrester Research, more than half of what the report calls "conversationalists" are female and 70% are 30 years old or older. Forrester's data also shows that 59% of all U.S…

Frederic Lardinois comments

As 1099 Deadline Looms, Entrepreneurs Get Tax Filing Service, Bookkeeper Directory

Just in time for tax season, online bookkeeping service Outright.com will begin providing a 1099 tax filing service for entrepreneurs and sole proprietors on top of its current W-9 service. The site is also launching what they say is the first community for the self-employed where startups and entrepreneurs can find bookkeepers. For most of us…

Chris Cameron comments

Monday, 18th January 2010

App Stores Are Big Business: $7 Billion in 2010

According to the analysts at research firm Gartner, mobile application stores are expected to generate revenues of nearly $7 billion over the course of this year. That figure is a combination of the $6.2 billion spent purchasing the mobile applications themselves combined with an additional $.6 billion generated through advertising revenues from…

Mobile Sarah Perez comments

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