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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

Facebook Voice Chat App Now Live in Beta

Monday, October 5th, 2009

A few weeks ago, we learned that Facebook was going to get voice chat . The new feature wasn’t going to be powered by Facebook itself though, but rather through Vivox , a well-known voice chat provider for video games and the Second Life virtual world. Today, Vivox Voice Facebook app has launched in beta

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Facebook Voice Chat App Now Live in Beta

Twitter Helps Dilbert Goof Off at Work [Cartoon]

Monday, October 5th, 2009

While it might not always be a good idea to connect with your boss on social networks , one advantage of following them on Twitter: it could clue you in to when they’re out of the office. Thus, it’s not too surprising that Scott Adams’ perennial slacker Dilbert conspires with a co-worker to get their boss on Twitter in Sunday’s comic strip.

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Twitter Helps Dilbert Goof Off at Work [Cartoon]

Windows Marketplace Goes Live for Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones

Monday, October 5th, 2009

If you have a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone – and the only one you can currently find in stores is AT&T Pure , so you probably have that one – you can already download applications in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

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Windows Marketplace Goes Live for Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones

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)

Sesame Street Does an iPod Ad [VIDEO]

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Was Sesame Street this current when we were growing up?

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Sesame Street Does an iPod Ad [VIDEO]

Cli.gs URL Shortener To Shut Down

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

In a move that will once again lead some to question to longevity of the URL shorteners used to shrink links on sites like Twitter, the popular Cl.igs service has announced on its blog (via CenterNetworks ) that it is shutting down. The service has tens of thousands of users and directs tens of millions of URLs per month. The site’s founder writes: On Sunday, 25 Oct 2009 at 12:00:00 GMT, the service will stop accepting new short URLs and will stop logging analytics.

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Cli.gs URL Shortener To Shut Down

Digg To Launch iPhone App [Video]

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Digg is set to debut a new iPhone app, according to an interview with the news site’s founder, Kevin Rose. The revelation was somewhat unintentional: video podcasters Arnt Eriksen and Thomas Moen were interviewing Rose during the FOWA conference in London and spotted him playing with the new app. When the pair inquired about the application, Rose replied: “You’re not even supposed to know about that…nobody knows about that”.

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Digg To Launch iPhone App [Video]

ESPN Fantasy Football is Down

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Sports websites and services have a habit of failing at weekends. In mid September, NFL Fieldpass and Gamepass failed on the NFL’s opening weekend. Today it’s ESPN that’s feeling the hit of Sunday traffic: the site’s Fantasy Football service is down, with users complaining that they can’t login.

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ESPN Fantasy Football is Down

Twitter’s Value: 5 Eye-Popping Stats

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Just over a week ago, Twitter announced its fifth round of funding . While not officially disclosed, the recent cash infusion is estimated to be around $100 million . Twitter’s new estimated worth?

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Twitter’s Value: 5 Eye-Popping Stats