How-To How To Win NaNoWriMo Tomorrow marks day one of National Novel Writing Month, a 30-day, Web-enhanced festival of writing in which thousands of people force themselves (and encourage each other) to finally write that novel they've always had in the back of their brain. The NaNoWriMo website gives participants analytics to track the goal of writing 50,000 words in 30… Jon Mitchell View comments
News YouTube Releases User-Generated Documentary Last summer, YouTube embarked an ambitious film project of the sort that is only possible in the 21st century. They asked thousands of people all over the world to document their experiences on a single day and upload the footage. The result, titled "Life in a Day," is a 90-minute film directed by Kevin Macdonald and produced by Ridley Scott… John Paul Titlow View comments
News 3 Compelling Features of the mobiUs Ecosystem The fact about HTML5 is that it enables every developer to use it for his own purposes. Those purposes can be fairly diverse -- as of yet, no one really has a handle on "pure HTML5." But as incomplete platforms go, it's holding its own pretty well as an equalizing platform for other companies to achieve par against the mighty app stores of… Hack Scott M. Fulton View comments
Advertising Tapjoy Games Skirts Apple TOS Mobile advertising platform Tapjoy is making a pivot with its consumer offerings to create a new application storefront that will showcase cross-platform mobile games tied to publisher virtual currency. Tapjoy, which has run afoul of Apple, with its pay-per-action service and advertising distribution model is adding the Tapjoy Games Web store to… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Data Services SimpleGeo Acquired by UrbanAirship SimpleGeo, a much-watched location data provider lead by serial CEO Jay Adelson, has apparently proven unsuccessful in turning the incredible potential of its technology into a thriving standalone business. Today blogger Michael Arrington reports that the company has been acquired in an all-stock deal by fast-growing Portland, Oregon startup… Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments