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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

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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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]

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

Drew Carey Bids $25,000 for @Drew Twitter Name

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Yesterday we reported that Twitter user and cancer-fighter Drew Olanoff is auctioning his Twitter name, @drew , to raise money for the LIVESTRONG Foundation. He’s enjoying early success: today The Price is Right host Drew Carey placed a bid for $25K , far in excess of the $10K minimum bid

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Drew Carey Bids $25,000 for @Drew Twitter Name

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

Ford Fiesta Movement: Can Social Media Sell Cars?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Not only has Ford Motors faired the recession the best out of the big three auto makers, but they’ve been winning the buzz war on the social web as well . They have been seizing opportunities to generate buzz and connect with customers on Twitter and other social networks. While Ford has had several initiatives, by far their most ambitious one has been the Ford Fiesta Movement , a grassroots social media campaign to promote the new Fiesta model by placing Fiestas in the hands of 100 social “agents” and having them promote Ford’s new vehicle through Twitter, blogs, video, and events, all without spending a dollar on traditional media

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Ford Fiesta Movement: Can Social Media Sell Cars?