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Tuesday, 16th February 2010

Facebook Goes Extra-Light: Announces Stripped-Down Mobile Site

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this morning, Facebook announced Facebook Zero, a new stripped-down mobile version of the popular social networking site. Zero, which will go live within the next few weeks, will allow users on slow connections and basic phones to access the service through a very basic version of the site. By default, Zero…

Social Frederic Lardinois comments

Can You Get Paid to Tweet? (Part 2)

You can get paid to tweet. Average, non-celebrity users are making some decent pocket change using Twitter ad services like Twittad, Magpie, Sponsored Tweets, and Ad.ly. And while reports of $10,000 tweets abound, average users are pulling in much smaller amounts, usually three figures at most. But aren't these programs rewarding scam artists who…

Social Sarah Perez comments

Square's On-the-Go iPhone Credit Card Scanner Will Cost $1

The blog iPhone Alley reported Monday night that Square, the forthcoming mobile credit transaction service co-founded by Twitter's Jack Dorsey, will launch early this summer for the low price of $1. By plugging a small square card reading device into the iPhone's headphone jack, anybody with the device can instantly conduct credit card transactions…

Chris Cameron comments

Skype Comes to Blackberry & Android With Verizon Partnership

Skype has announced today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it has joined with Verizon Wireless and will be availble on a number of the company's phones. The partnership brings Skype to both Blackberry and Android platforms on Verizon Wireless phones, which will be shipped beginning in March with Skype pre-installed. Skype over 3G…

Mobile Mike Melanson comments

Monday, 15th February 2010

Minority Report In Your Living Room: Gestural Interface Computers "Five Years" Away

If you never saw Minority Report, then we can just tell you - when Tom Cruise uses a "computer" he looks more like a conductor of an orchestra, or maybe a DJ, than your average typist. As he browses through files, he swoops his arm dramatically in the air. He forcefully pushes useless information out of the way and manipulates video with swoops and…

Mike Melanson comments

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