Archive for: November 6, 2009

When it was first unveiled at our Realtime Crunchup in July, easily one of the best features of the web-based Twitter client Brizzly was Groups. Basically, it allowed you to sort your Twitter followers into subsections, to make specific groups of users easier to follow. Of course, with Twitter’s new Lists functionality , you can basically do the same thing. So Brizzly is screwed right? Nope. First of all, Brizzly has decided to make Groups play nicely with Lists — very nicely. Starting tonight, Brizzly is importing all of the Lists that its users have made on Twitter and it will begin showing them within Brizzly. But that’s not all: It’s also going the other way. Any Group that you made in Brizzly will be converted to a Twitter List. To be clear: A private Twitter List. So no, no one will be able to see that you put them in the “Loser” Group on Brizzly. And of course, Brizzly does much more beyond Groups. Notably, it recently added Facebook support . That alone is worth the price of admission right there. But Brizzly also offers Direct Messaging capabilities that are superior to twitter.com. And it allows you to upload photos to its servers. And it displays pictures and video inline, in your tweet stream. So Brizzly should be just fine even with Twitter’s Lists now rolled out to everyone. Brizzly expects the Groups to Lists transition to be complete by tomorrow night, co-founder Jason Shellen tells us. Here are the other main features he laid out in an email: We display, sync, create and navigate Twitter lists We provide an infinite scroll view of lists so you can scroll as far back as you like into a list Users who had created Brizzly Groups will see their groups ...

By Andrew Liszewski The fact that a landline phone will continue to work even in the event of a power failure wasn’t enough to stop me from going cellphone only, but it’s nice to know those unused phone jacks dotting my walls aren’t just an eyesore now. The trickle of power they carry is apparently enough to power this 8 LED desk lamp that features an RJ11 connector at the end of the power cord, instead of a plug or USB connector. The pink color scheme is a bit on the hideous side, but for just $4.69 the lamp at least seems like a handy emergency light for your next power outage. [ 8 LED Telephone RJ11 Powered Table Reading Light Lamp ] VIA [ TechChee ]

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8 LED Desk Lamp Powered By A Telephone Jack

The social network reinforced in its developer blog that it’s taking an active stance against the companies that have been getting bad press recently for deceptive advertising. Originally posted at The Social

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Facebook: We’re going after scammy ads, too

Just eight days after a previous update, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 introduces fast fixes for three bugs, one of which was critical. Google Chrome has also been updated for security and stability. Originally posted at The Download Blog

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Alterna-browsers Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes

The company is involved in at least two suits with upcoming developments. In one, it sues a competitor. In another, a plaintiff alleges he was ousted as a co-founder. Originally posted at The Social

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Offerpal Media mess gets stickier

We’ve praised the RoboForm password manager on the desktop. Here’s why the iPhone version falls short. Originally posted at The Download Blog

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RoboForm password manager for iPhone faces hurdles

Flickr photographers now can more actively try to sell photos through Getty’s 60,000-image collection. Meanwhile, Toyota shows that there’s a market. Originally posted at Deep Tech

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Getty and Flickr deepen photo-licensing ties

In a new step to make the Web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code. Originally posted at Deep Tech

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Google offers JavaScript programming tools

The Web has been cited for causing individuals to withdraw from society. But a recent Pew study shows that the opposite might be true. Originally posted at News - Digital Media

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Study: Internet use won’t cause social isolation

A year ago, KillerStartups bought the killer domain name Startups.com for a few hundred thousand dollars. The company didn’t do anything with it other than redirect to the KillerStartups blog. Today, it realunched as a Q&A site for business questions. Want to know “ How to edit a business video before uploading it to YouTube” , “What is the typical annual income of a freelance webdesigner”, or “How can I copyright an idea?” (Answer: You can’t. Ideas aren’t protected by copyright). Well, you might not find the answers quite yet on Startups.com, but KillerStartups CEO Gonzalo Arzuaga is hoping that you will soon. You can also ask questions via Twitter, by sending a Tweet to @askstartups , or you can follow different tags such as taxes, advertising, and management. Questions are placed in the queue, and visitors can vote them up or down. Each one is also tagged so you can see all questions about marketing or copyright . Users earn reputation points and badges for filling out a profile and answering questions. The site was built on StackExchange . Everyone and their mother seems to have a Q&A site these days, so why not have one aimed only at the startup community? At bottom, many of these sites are SEO plays. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Crunch Network : MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.

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Startups.com Becomes a Q&A Site For Business Questions