Curated Stories July 30, 2010

The great (and sometimes annoying) thing about the internet is that most web services attempt to tailor their ads to you. Reader Defunctfrenzy, though, found t…

Facebook has raised the bar for application developers – creating new rules for applications with more than 5 million active monthly users. Previously the additional requirements only kicked in for applications…

In a move being called scary and patent trolling the Unwired blog passes along some information about three new patent applications by Apple when it comes to ideas about mobile applications. These patent appli…

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Online video continues to be an are…

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iPad users in the U.S. are getting ripped off in how much they are paying for data on the device, says a company that has compared monthly data plans for the…

Flipboard says 130 publishers have reached out to them
and the response has been “universally positive.” I’m guessing
Conde Nast, publisher of the New Yorker, wasn’t among them
as one of Flipboard’s…

Twitter is in the midst of rolling out a new feature called “Suggestions for You” that offers up personalized recommendations of users that you might want to follow on the microblogging service. You’ll f…

Last month, we noted that Twitter was testing a “You both follow” feature, showing users you and another user both follow. That’s interesting, but not particularly useful. Today, they’ve begun to roll o…

Twitter is rolling out a new feature–”Suggestions for You“–that aims to recommend Twitter users you might like based on factors such as the people you’re already following and who they follow. It soun…

ideonexus writes The Atlantic has an excellent interview with Andrew Hacker — co-author with Claudia Dreifus of a book titled Higher Education? — covering everything thats wrong with the American university…

Apple launched the iPhone 4 in 17 additional countries today, causing another round of debate over whether or not the iPhone 4s external antenna design is flawed or not. A UK consulting f…

OpenAppMkt is a just-launched, open alternative to Apple’s “curated” App Store, gathering the best web-apps into one place.
One constant criticism of Apple is the fact that its App Store is too rigid and capric…

According to the Weather Channel, this is the country’s largest hail stone. It’s 8 inches in diameter and weights approximately 2 pounds. It fell in Vivian, South Dakota, leaving damage like that seen in t…

Today at our Social Currency CrunchUp in Palo Alto, CA, Michael Arrington sat down with investors Ron Conway and Paul Graham. Obviously, these are two of the biggest names in early-stage investing (with SV Ang…

According to GroupOn CEO Andrew Mason who is on stage right now at Social Currency CrunchUp, the breakout deals site GroupOn was originally a side project Mason started in order to make money, “We tried a zil…

Rob Howard is the CTO/founder of enterprise collaboration software company Telligent.A 2008 Gartner study on social software noted that “about 70 percent of the community typically fails to coalesce.” While…

Following in the footsteps of the New England Patriots, who recently employed SCVNGR to get fans involved in location-based, pre-season festivities, the Minnesota Vikings will be treating their fans to a traini…

Scott Heiferman’s company, Meetup, has a new product out called Meetup Everywhere.
“It’s about making one tweet or one blog post and saying ‘Hey, go meet up with each other,’ and give them that one link to me…

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With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple’s website over the last few days, TUAW will be highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun.

I’m…

Kevin Guilfoile finds a ticket in an old book at his parents’ house. (Via Jim Coudal.)

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Smart piece by Fred Vogelstein for Wired:

The true comparison is between Android and iOS, Apple’s mobile
operating system. Android’s activation numbers are not device
dependent. Apple’s shouldn’…

Facebook’s privacy woes continue. This week a man harvested and published the profile details of 100 million Facebook users. If that weren’t bad enough, he then made the file available for free download. You’d…

It’s a question that comes up a lot: how do I stand out? how do I break in? how can I be successful?
The answers are simple, but they’re not easy.
Be active.
Presence isn’t enough. You have to act. Wheth…

If you feel like you have your best ideas after a jog or while mountain biking you’re not imagining things. Small lengths of exercise produce long lengths of b…

When we think of banks, we think of the brick-and-mortar financial institutions we turn to to keep our money safe. Even though in recent years we’ve seen reputable banks crumble and interest rates tumble, mos…

In Cisco’s Mid-Year Security Report, the company cites research finding that 50% of end users admitted to accessing social media tools at work, in spite of company rules, at least once a week. Another 27% have…

At long last, I got my new HTC Droid Incredible yesterday.
For the most part, I’m not ready to compare a few hours with the phone to a few years using the iPhone. In fact, I’m not even trying to get too familia…

We’re not far from seeing this big update in the flesh, but in the meanwhile, EVO 4G owners (and fans) might be interested to take a closer look at the features they’ll be getting once it arrives. HTC appears…

Immigrants and Crime: Time for a Sensible Debate is a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Francis Fukuyama with the subhead, The gardeners and maids who cross the border illegally are very different from the tattooed…

The Common Errors of Telecom CEOs, by Rudolf van der Berg, is required reading for anybody who cares about the future of the Internet, and whose hands it’s in.

Samsung will introduce a slate device running Google’s Android operating system this quarter, in an effort to capitalize on the tablet frenzy created by Apple’s iPad. The Samsung tablet will use a 7-inch di…

In all of the fuss, hype and obsession over the iPhone/iPad app store, people seem to forget that when the iPhone first launched, it had no app store and no ability for third party developers to create native a…

Apple’s earnings and revenue growth in mobile have been awe-inspiring to witness. From zero presence three years ago, Apple is now the most profitable cell phone maker in the world.
Apple’s success in this…

For those of us living in the U.S., it was nearly impossible to avoid the hype surrounding last night’s season two premiere of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Lucky us, we were even gifted with Snook-ified iPhone and F…

The reality for anyone who does most of their work online is that information is endless, and keeping up with the most important information without becoming overwhelmed can be quite a challenge. As a community…

Don’t shell out a pile of cash to get your iPhone screen repaired. Make’s detailed guide will help you replace the screen on your iPhone 3G on the cheap and wi…

Content strategy might seem like the domain of giant content sites and big-brand online publishers. But if you run a blog, you’re a content publisher. And a solid content strategy can help you to more clearly…

Coming out of Microsoft’s analyst day, Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert offers up this take on the company this morning in a note:
If you stop thinking of Microsoft as an innovator and start thinking of them…

Enough! Here’s the truth about Facebook revenues, user numbers, and its IPO plans.
We’ve heard from a source who would know that 2010 revenues will come in between $1.5 billion and $2 billion. People say Facebo…

Name: Exposer Author: Calle Gustafsson | Website | Download Description: Brings much needed Expose functionality to Safari, giving a visual look at all the tabs you have open. Since Safari Extensions hit the sc…

One of the first things you need to do when developing your website is to perform research on your target audience. Without it, you won’t know who you are trying to sell to, or how to reach them with your con…

Nokia and Samsung continue to dominate as global handset shipments rise 13 percent in the second quarter, though smartphone wars mean operating profits are volatile.

Identifying local landmarks and uncovering hidden coupons are fun augmented reality applications, but “Programming iPhone Sensors” author Alasdair Allan has a loftier AR goal.

“I’m terrible with faces and name…

Yo – I got some really good social media here. This sh-t is the best! Want some? Take a look, take a look! First hit is free! You’ll be back.
The ten rules of technical social media engagement aren’t much…

I spent a few days in Seattle this week and was sincerely overwhelmed. Though I was jokingly told I came for its annual one week of summer, the weather, the people, the Social Media Club, the co…

The US Postal Service is so familiar, so seemingly old school, it’s easy to overlook some of the neat things they do. Things like let customers order Priority…

WordPress is an easy-to-use blogging platform for those who don’t know any HTML code. If you do code, then you can do much more, not only in your theme and widgets, but also in your posts.

Whether you’re an affiliate (aka publisher) or a merchant (aka advertiser), understanding how other affiliates prioritize various factors related to affiliate programs is important. In this post I’ll share find…

Have you ever experienced one of those moments when everything around you seems to go crazy?

You worked very hard on a project putting in insane hours, stretching
yourself to the limit, getting a…

One of the best ways to drive traffic to your site is by link-building. All over the world experts spend hours rifling through analytics for
likely linking targets, while writers take extra care to add in as…

Donations come in all shapes, sizes and dollar amounts. Charitable giving is something all of us need to do, and I don’t mean donating our junk to AmVets or Goodwill. What I mean is actually…

One of the main goals of multichannel is to provide great customer service at all
levels. Correctly implemented CRM will enhance your business and
reputation, but in order to implement effective new ways of i…

Why Computers Don’t Matter AnymoreThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing
An event occurred recently that was widely covered in financial and tech circles, but the significance of which may have been lost on m…

Sponsored by JenKaneCo, well known social media evangelist Brian Solis recently gave a presentation to an enthusiastic group of marketers in downtown Minneapolis to introduce the concepts behind his new book: …

Going through my RSS feeds, I came across Dave Fleet’s article on the 57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources in SocialMediaToday. A very useful article with excellent examples! There are so many be…

Go and look at your Facebook page. Go on, right now. And don’t pretend
you haven’t got one, we’ve been watching you and we know you spend six
hours a day playing Mafia Wars.
OK, so what do you notice…

One of the best pieces of writing advice I’ve ever heard – or repeated – is to forget much of what your high school and even college creative writing teacher told you about storytelling.
No, you do not ne…

Four New York University students have mobilized to produce a decentralized and open source alternative to Facebook called Diaspora that they say will give users full control over their privacy.
Today, Software…

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series…

Have you ever given a book the one-page test – picked up a copy in a library or bookstore and started reading, thus allowing the author a page or so to convince you that this book would be worth reading? The…

For the past several years, much like many of you, the fastest Internet speeds I have enjoyed have been at home. Very often, corporate networks, be they those at headquarters or client sites or shared networks…

A few weeks ago, we were alerted to a new site currently in stealth mode called Voyurl. As the name implies, the idea behind it is to make it so you can see what other people are looking at on the web (and to…

There is this concept of virtual currency in the cloud that we explored back in May. It came from IBM and its use of tokens as a virtual currency for customers to use software in the cloud.

The concept draws o…

Facebook may postpone its initial public offering until 2012, Bloomberg has learned from three sources familiar with the matter.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has always been very careful on the subject. “At so…

The states are broke, and like many consumers, they’re borrowing big time to get out of their fiscal binds.

With skin cancer on the rise, a look at the changing face of dermatology.

How one entrepreneur came to learn he was wasting a lot of time and effort when it came to his business. In 2002, on the executive education campus of MIT, I learned that I had been selling the wrong product. I…

This cost of content marketing post was inspired by Kate Headen Waddells post entitled Pay Peanuts Get Monkeys.

At least one time per day, every day for three years, someone emails us at Junta42 or submit…

Brands can’t hide any more. If you’re reading this Blog, you already knew that.

Last night Jeff Bezos (founder and CEO of Amazon) was on Charlie Rose to discuss the latest iteration of the e-book reader, Kindl…

A few weeks ago Chess Media Group, Attensity, and Mitch Lieberman teamed up to write a whitepaper on the social customer. You can still download the whitepaper for free if you sell us your soul and name your…

How to get the most out of that often-seen personal branding space: your email signature.
Create your well-branded email signature according to this formula. Required elements are bolded, the r…

Are Google’s best days behind it? The company may be one of the most recognized brands on the internet, and one of the most important technology companies in the world, but Google isn’t quite growing like a wee…

Behavioural targeting has always been a hot topic as marketers constantly strive to understand exactly who’s interested in their product and exactly when they’re ready to buy.
Innovations in technology and…

According to a Forrester of study US Online adults, only 4% have ever used location based applications. The report has some very interesting data [although the definition of Location Based Social Networks is mi...

Interesting, but not surprising.

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Google has begun opening up access to a new Application Programming Interface (API) called the Places API. Developers building apps that include a "check in at this place" feature can use the Places API to sea...

A new Army report has founded that inattention to rising rates of drug abuse and criminal activity among soldiers and not repeat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan is responsible for the record-high levels o...

One of the biggest challenges for a new bloggers starting out in an established niche is to find a way to stand out from the crowd and find their first readers. Without existing profile and/or credibility – g...

I remember when Friendfeed first burst upon the scene and how much I liked it. One of the things that I liked that unlike Twitter it did an automatic page refresh at a certain rate of time, a period of time th...

With the debut of Groupon personalization, I have little doubt that the daily deal site will double the number of deals (and double its revenue run rate) in just a few months.
According to CEO Andrew Mason, th…

“An Army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks was admonished as a trainee in 2008 for uploading YouTube videos discussing classified facilities, according to an Army official with di…

A press alert received by Boing Boing from the U.S. Army Public Affairs Office reports that PFC Bradley Manning— who is believed to have provided Wikileaks with a trove of classified data including the “Colla…

Google has indicated it’s going to be working with developers on checkins for location-based applications through its Places API.This spring, Google announced Places as a revamping of its local and local-busi…

Chel Wolverton wrote a great blog post the other day about marketers spending too much time consuming, studying, and theorizing, but not enough time doing.
There’s a flip side to this problem, too – markete…

At Google I/O in May, the search giant indicated that they were about to take their commitment to location to the next level. Sure, Latitude had been around for a while, but everyone knew that Google could do m…

A new research analysis suggests a link between calcium supplements and heart attacks.

A Day’s Outing, a website dedicated to helping users find nearby day trips, weekend get-aways or quick excursions across the U.S., has just launched its new iPhone app [iTunes link], making it easy to find wa…

One way to reset the relationship of government and the public — from constant complaint — is to make it collaborative — thus constructive.
In my pollyanna way, I imagine a day when citizens could take ov…

Last night, Amazon unveiled the latest edition of the Kindle, which sports a better screen, slimmer profile, and — most important — a relatively affordable $139 pricetag for a Wifi only version (the 3G v…

When asked about Google’s partnership with Zynga, Mr. Schmidt said “we haven’t announced it” but “you can expect a partnership with Zynga” in the future. Google’s partnership with Zynga was repor…

A new job listing from Apple posted this week makes numerous references to…

Developing a Windows-based alternative to the iPad is a “job one urgency” at Microsoft, company chief Steve Ballmer said today during the annual Financial Analysts Meeting. He admitted that Microsoft was uncom…

As an (greener) alternative to Amazon Prime’s free two-day shipping, there’s Amazon Tote, which gives you all your orders from the last week delivered once a w…

Cambridge startup Recorded Future trawls the internet for raw data that it uses in an attempt to predict world events—understandably interesting stuff. But w…