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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The Smarter Cities series is supported by IBM. Read more about building a smarter planet on the IBM A Smarter Planet Blog

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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

Google Ads Get an iPhone Makeover

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Google build its Internet empire not just on the shoulders of its search engine, but also on the cash cow that is its AdSense advertising program.

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Google Ads Get an iPhone Makeover

Adobe Flash on Every Phone (Except iPhone)

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The story about Flash on smartphones (or lack thereof) has been dragging on for so long many of you will surely be surprised it wasn’t solved by now, but luckily, we’re getting there. At the MAX conference in Los Angeles Adobe is showing off Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones

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Adobe Flash on Every Phone (Except iPhone)

Women Rule the Social Web

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

…at least according to an infographic put together by Information is Beautiful .

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Women Rule the Social Web

Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

History is littered with good ideas that didn’t work out because they were ahead of their time. Tablet PCs didn’t work out a decade ago, but with technology advances, they’re poised to make a comeback . Microsoft’s local information web site Sidewalk.com was a bust in 1997, but now sites like Yelp and Google Maps offer local information that many people couldn’t fathom living without.

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Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

A month ago, we covered Wikitude , an augmented reality app for Google Android. Augmented reality takes virtual data, places it on your phone, and allows you to interact with it using your compass, camera, and GPS. The end result is the ability to see virtual items and information in the real world

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Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone

POLL: Tumblr Edges Out Posterous in Reader Vote

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

If you were with us last week, you witnessed a mighty battle between our two winning browsers from an earlier poll, Firefox and Chrome . Almost 9,000 votes later, Firefox emerged victorious and took the crown for Favorite Mashable Browser

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POLL: Tumblr Edges Out Posterous in Reader Vote

Setster: Easy Appointment Scheduling for Your Website

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

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 is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

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Setster: Easy Appointment Scheduling for Your Website

YouTube Promoted Videos Get a Big Exposure Boost

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

YouTube’s Promoted Videos are the creator-sponsored results that typically appear next to site search results and in the right column next to currently playing videos. Now Promoted Videos are slated to get much wider exposure around the web: in AdSense ad units .

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YouTube Promoted Videos Get a Big Exposure Boost

VIDEO: Google Wave Gets Explained

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

We’re really excited about Google Wave and its potential to change the web . Still, understanding what Wave is all about — and why you should use it — can be difficult to grasp (even with Ben Parr’s excellent Google Wave Guide ). That’s why we’re big fans of this video from Epipheo Studios

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VIDEO: Google Wave Gets Explained