News Git Hacking: A Social Layer for GitHub GitHub has become the go-to site for many developers and businesses to host their open-source repositories. The site now boasts over 1.6 million repositories and over 560,000 users. But a project created this weekend at the Philly Startup Weekend addresses some of the pain-points that both developers and businesses face: how do developers find… Hack Audrey Watters View comments
Google Android #1 Worldwide Android is now the number one smartphone platform worldwide, according to new data from analysts at Canalys. In Q4 2010, shipments of Android-based smartphones reached 32.9 million while shipments of phones running Nokia's Symbian platform were 31.0 million. Previously, Nokia had held the top spot. ?However, these rankings are based on handset… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
News Developers are the Future - IBM and its Social Business Tool Kit We saw in the Twitter stream yesterday a slide for IBM's new social business tool kit that is being unveiied today at Lotusphere. The details are bare but you can see how social business will take center stage this week at the annual event. The social tool kit is a developer play as pointed out by RedMonk's James Governor in a recent post. IBM is… Enterprise Alex Williams View comments
Internet TV SoundPrint Wants to Be the GPS of Internet TV Whether it's trying to piece together what happened in the latest episode of Fringe, sharing your surprise over the latest Dexter plot twist, or debating the finer points of an interview on 60 Minutes, people like to interact around the things they watch on television. The only problem is, it can be imprecise. We can check into a series on Miso… Mike Melanson View comments
News Live Blog: IBM Lotusphere is all About Social Business IBM Lotusphere is now just getting underway. It's fiddling and super rock. That is all I can call it. We'll be live blogging through the two days here at Lotusphere. The whole theme is about social business, which says a lot about the evolution of the market and a testament to the innovation of the open Web. Let's get started. Alex Williams View comments