Daily Archives: February 10, 2009

Tweetups Can’t Touch Facebook Flashmobs

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable February 9, 2009 – 1:15 pm PDT – by Jennifer Van Grove If you thought Tweetups were viral and picking up steam, you’ll never believe what one Facebook member was able to accomplish with a simple idea, a … Continue reading →

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As IM Finally Begins To Open Up, Yahoo And Microsoft Cling To The Stone Age

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Tech Crunch by Jason Kincaid on February 9, 2009 Last week Meebo and Facebook teamed to launch the first integration of Facebook Connect + Chat, allowing Meebo users to chat with their Facebook friends from the popular web-based IM … Continue reading →

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Google Taking a Step Into Power Metering

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via the New York Times By MATTHEW WALD and MIGUEL HELFT Published: February 9, 2009 AN FRANCISCO — Google will announce its entry Tuesday into the small but growing business of “smart grid,” digital technologies that seek to both keep … Continue reading →

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Call Skype From Any Phone Through OpenSky

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable VoIP company Gizmo5 has introduced a free (we’ll get to that bit later) Skype gateway called OpenSky. It enables any VoIP client, SIP or mobile phone to make calls to Skype users. The service works like this: you … Continue reading →

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Twitter To Start Charging Companies For Having An Account?

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Tech Crunch by Robin Wauters on February 10, 2009 Companies using Twitter for commercial purposes may soon start getting charged for that activity, according to an interview British trade magazine Marketing (part of BrandRepublic) held with co-founder Biz Stone. … Continue reading →

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Open letter to Obama: Uncle Sam should go open source

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via ARS Technica By Ryan Paul | Last updated February 10, 2009 8:20 A group of software vendors has published an open letter to president Obama encouraging the new administration to adopt open source software in the government’s IT infrastructure. … Continue reading →

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