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Monday, 28th June 2010

Cloud Computing

Alcatel-Lucent Acquires Programmable Web - Well-Known Source For APIs

Alctel-Lucent is acquiring mashup pioneer Programmable Web, a developer favorite, known in social technology circles as the premiere sources for APIs. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Programmable Web will operate independently of Alcatel-Lucent as a subsidiary of the company. Its service will be available to Alcate-Lucent customers…

Alex Williams comments

China Pressures Google to Remove Automatic Redirect to Hong Kong

The ongoing game of cat and mouse between China and Google continued today as the Internet search behemoth announced it is making some changes in an attempt to please the Chinese government. The dust up began in January of this year when Google refused to censor any results on Google.cn after accusing China of orchestrating a cyber attack on its…

Chris Cameron comments

Yelp Says It's Not Afraid of Foursquare

Location based social network Foursquare is the darling of the media's eye these days and appears to be growing very fast. Rumors are growing louder that Netscape co-founder Marc Andreesen's venture capital fund is about to invest in the startup and the company now reports that it sees "100,000 new users every 10 days." Is old-school local social…

Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

Mash Letter to the Past

It is intriguing indeed to witness the Technology of the Future giving us a window on the past. We've discovered new ancestors, both biologically and culturally, using lidar, GPS and online mapping. Those discoveries, however, have been made by professionals. Most of us want to interact with history not to make large scale discoveries that change…

Curt Hopkins comments

Additional States to Adopt Google Apps in Schools

Following trailblazer Oregon, two more U.S. states are adopting Google Apps in their educational systems statewide. Colorado and Iowa join Oregon in Google Apps for Education, which offers Gmail, Docs, Sites, Video and Groups to elementary school, junior high and high school students across both states.

Curt Hopkins comments

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