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Friday, 27th August 2010

Google Buys Innovative Startup Angstro to Help Build GoogleMe

Angstro, an experimental social-graph and news-crunching startup, has been acquired by Google to help lead the company's charge against Facebook in social networking. The acquisition was first reported on by Jessica Guynn of the LA Times. Here's how Angstro describes itself on its website: "Inspired by the angstrom unit of measure (0.1…

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Social Networking Use Doubles Among Older Internet Users

While young adults are the heaviest users of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, older users over 50 are starting to catch up. According to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 47% of Internet users between the ages of 50 and 64 and 25% of online adults over 65 now use social networking sites…

Social Frederic Lardinois comments

Groupon Co-Founder to Headline Midwest's Largest Startup Conference

The two largest startup ecosystems within the United States are arguably Silicon Valley and New York City, but there's a whole lot of land between the east and west coast. Smack dab in the middle of the country is Chicago, and not long ago we told you about a demo contest hosted by venture consulting firm midVentures that brought a bit of…

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Mozilla Fennec: First Browser for Android with Support for Add-Ons

Even though mobile devices are getting increasingly powerful, most mobile browsers are still limited versions of their more fully featured desktop counterparts. With today's release of the latest alpha version of Fennec for Android (2.0 or higher) and Nokia N900, Mozilla is aiming to change this. Specifically, Mozilla hails Fennec as the…

Mobile Frederic Lardinois comments

Weekend Project: Install the New "Google Chrome Labs"

A recent build of Chromium, the open source Web browser which serves as the testing ground for Google Chrome, has been updated with a new feature: Google Chrome Labs. This internally accessed page is available by typing in about:labs in the browser's address bar. Currently, there are only two "labs" (that is, experimental features) available for…

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