E-Commerce A More Modern Craigslist: Real-Time Local Commerce Arrives via EggDrop's Mobile App EggDrop is a new mobile application for buying and selling goods in real-time with those in your local community. The idea is to improve upon the mobile commerce experience by using the technology that ships on modern smartphones. The app lets you use the camera for posting photos of items for sale, filter searches by location and receive push… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Google Google Swiffy Converts Flash to HTML5 Google launched an experimental tool called Swiffy in its Labs today, allowing developers to convert Flash (SWF) files to HTML5. That means you can reuse Flash content on devices without a Flash Player, even iPhone and iPads, explains Google on the project's Labs' page. And Swiffy's output works in all Webkit browsers, including Chrome and… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
NYT Spam Hits Lowest Level Since 2008 A new report of security company Symantec says that global spam is at its lowest levels since 2008. The geographic center of spammed accounts has also shifted from Russia to Saudi Arabia. Worldwide spam is now down to one in every 1.37 emails. In the United States, spam accounts for 73.7% of all emails. Spam levels are now the lowest they have… Dan Rowinski View comments
NYT Google Circles Unveiled Google announced today the next stages of a major social software strategy. Called Google+, the latest in a suite of services unveiled includes a selective sharing service called Circles, a personalized newsfeed type service called Sparks, group chat, instant photo uploading features and more. The fundamental paradigm of facilitating privacy… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Browsers New Opera 11.5 is Amazingly Fast Norway-based Opera has released the newest version of its Web browser today, promising faster speeds, a streamlined and lightweight user interface and several new extensions. Opera has reconfigured its "Speed Dial" extension. Instead of static thumbnails of frequently-visited sites, now, when you open a new tab, you can embed websites that will… Dan Rowinski View comments