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- You have to see this – Loïc Le Meur in an Angry Birds costume [TNW Shareables]
- Google expected to ship 60,000 netbooks for pilot program testing [TNW Google]
- Anonymous’ Operation:Payback campaign defends Wikileaks, downs MasterCard website [TNW Media]
- MySpace: a bit of Mahalo with Youtube and Twitter thrown in? [TNW Europe]
- Twitter’s VP of Product Jason Goldman to leave [TNW Europe]
- BlackBerry Playbook Demoed Again At Conference [TNW Mobile]
- Spotify still on course for US launch, release date still unknown [TNW United States]
- Postmedia Group might have just made a newspaper app to save newspapers [TNW Apple]
- Zebra Imaging’s 3D prints. Seriously cool and no glasses required. [TNW Shareables]
- Technicolor Starting 3D Certification Program [TNW Media]
- Chinese murder trial broadcast live on the net [TNW Asia]
- Google Latitude for iOS, now you see it, now you don’t [TNW Apple]
- Google Buzz API Adds In-Depth Picassa Support [TNW Google]
- Mavenlink brings project management to your network [TNW Apps]
- A clear and concise explanation as to why Assange was arrested [TNW Shareables]
- Bumpy ride ahead for location services in Indonesia [TNW Asia]
- All The Google Chrome OS Videos In One Place [TNW Google]
- Video: First Google Chrome OS “Commercial” [TNW Shareables]
- Here are the 5 best links – I mean apps – you should try in the Chrome Web Store. [TNW Apps]
- Cool US map made of Friday night Google autocompletes [TNW Shareables]
| You have to see this – Loïc Le Meur in an Angry Birds costume [TNW Shareables] Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:49 AM PST Highlight of LeWeb so far has to be this – Loïc Le Meur wearing an Angry Birds costume onstage for his interview with Rovio’s Mikael Hed. It’s not an official Rovio product, Le Meur found it via a seller on Etsy, but one thing’ for sure – we want one.
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| Google expected to ship 60,000 netbooks for pilot program testing [TNW Google] Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:22 AM PST
The pilot program was part of a large announcement by Google, finally confirming the launch of Chrome OS, the Chrome Web Store and its first official netbook. To receive a laptop for testing, users are asked to submit their information and asked to submit answers to a number of different questions. The questions range from asking a users browsing habits, to what smartphone they owned and their favourite operating system was. At the end of the survey was a request to ask users why they felt they would be worthy of receiving one of the new Chrome OS netbooks, limited only to 140-characters. Netbook manufacturer Investec has already confirmed that it has shipped 60,000 Chrome OS netbooks to Google, computers that feature 12.1 inch screens, full-sized keyboards and touch-pads, integrated 3G, 8 hours of battery life and around eight days of standby time. Google has delayed the commercial release of its operating system for netbooks until mid-2011 so it can make sure the software runs efficiently on different architectures and also so the operating system isn’t fragmented at launch. Acer and Samsung are also said to be readying their own Chrome OS netbooks, there is no word on a release date. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Anonymous’ Operation:Payback campaign defends Wikileaks, downs MasterCard website [TNW Media] Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:36 AM PST
Online activists known as “Anonymous” have initiated what they called Operation:Payback, a call to action to bring down the websites of companies that have publicly removed services once used by the Wikileaks website. Anoymous has already targeted the Swiss bank PostFinance, a bank that froze all payments to the controversial website, after it promised to take down PayPal, the online payment company that cancelled Wikileaks’ account that it used to solicit donations. Its current target? Mastercard. The website is currently down for a large number of users after a DDOS attack. All of the groups actions have been publicly posted to the Anon_Operation Twitter account; the Paypal attack was posted to Twitter on December 6, declaring “target: www.paypal.com is YOYOing. Keep firing your lazors!”, the PostFinace attack was declared 17 hours ago and just minutes ago it was confirmed by the group that Mastercard had been taken offline as a result of its online assault. Anonymous is a collection of online activists formed from popular online message boards, attacks are not for profit but are in most cases to demonstrate a show of force to promote unfair practises or highlight sensitive political issues. The three attacks here could just be the start of an uncomfortable few hours for the companies involved.@JoshHalliday, [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| MySpace: a bit of Mahalo with Youtube and Twitter thrown in? [TNW Europe] Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:31 AM PST
So today, at leWeb, when Mike Jones, CEO (since november) MySpace took the stage I was ready for it. How the hell are they going to take back their position as the top-dog in social? The new strategy seems to be titled ‘Social Entertainment’. Mike admitted to having lost the ‘social’ wars even though they now have 130 million active users. At one point they came to the realization that they would never win from Facebook and they started changing their goals. After an 8 month product redesign period they re-launched and are now focusing solely on the sub-35 demographic (that’s you) to try to become THE place to visit for your social entertainment. They know that the world is becoming all social and they want to carve their own edge out on that. Besides the web their focus also involves expanding their services to Apple TV, Google TV, the iPad and every other interesting device out there. All to become the social entertainment destination site. Scoble asked if Mike thought be would be given a chance by Newscorp to actually finish his job. Mike explained that Newscorp is very entrepreneurial and understood they would be taking a huge gamble with Myspace. So far so good. As Mike Jones explained it Myspace is on track to become a sort of Mahalo combined with Youtube and Facebook. The place you go to to find user curated news and entertainment about the stuff you love. Scoble then challenged Jones to pitch Myspace to the audience. He suggested we’d all go to Myspace and search for our favorite movie or series. Take Tron, he offered, and see how myspace will get you everything you want to know about that particular movie. I wonder how many people in the audience are willing to take another chance with Myspace. Are you? [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Twitter’s VP of Product Jason Goldman to leave [TNW Europe] Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:19 AM PST
He said this after he laid out his vision on further developments on Twitter: What Twitter needs to do better is to create a better consumption experience. There are 100 million tweets a day, there’s a large international reach, but there are still a lot of people who don’t “get” Twitter. So expect to see more developments in findability and easier ways to find the subjects of your interests. When asked what the most important thing was that he did during his time at Twitter, he said it was to hire the very best people. Twitter has a good development team, and where they were previously mainly focused on scaling, now there is more time to develop features. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| BlackBerry Playbook Demoed Again At Conference [TNW Mobile] Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:23 AM PST
RIM’s QNX-powered tablet has already been shown off by its CEO Mike Lazaridis at a number of different events but yesterday he was in attendance at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference and gave us the best demonstration of the Playbook UI and apps we have seen to date. Lazaridis only shows us what he deems the public should be able to see but its enough to get a feel for how the Playbook operates; transitions are smooth, switching between apps is easy and different web technologies (Flash, Air) are also demonstrated. Video playback is smooth, the tablet looks to have nailed the grey area between the laptop and the smartphone, something Apple will no doubt be working on improving for its next iPad. The device is expected to launch in the US in Q1 2011 and in Q2 worldwide. Take a look at the video, lets us know what you think. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Spotify still on course for US launch, release date still unknown [TNW United States] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 11:48 PM PST
Speaking at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, hosted by AllThingsD, Ek explained that Spotify wasn’t a normal company that needs to build and release a product, it has to enter negotiations and make complex deals with recording companies before it even contemplates launching in the US. Ek did give an idea of pricing, noting that a subscription would cost its US customers $10 per month, a similar pricing model to the rest of Europe. Spotify stands above other music streaming services that have tried and failed to implement a similar structure to their offerings, just yesterday, Sly Songs announced it would closing stating it was unable to reach a large enough userbase. Last week we reported that although Spotify was posting profits in Sweden, it was actually making a loss in the UK. Spotify has already established a loyal userbase in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands. Users in these countries can listen to an unlimited number of tracks with a free account, which are punctuated with ads, or they can subscribe to to a monthly plan which removes all advertising and allows music to be streamed from the users mobile phone by way of a smartphone app.Yahoo News, Image Credit [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Postmedia Group might have just made a newspaper app to save newspapers [TNW Apple] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:55 PM PST Actually, to be correct, Postmedia group, publisher of the Vancouver Sun, The Province, Victoria Times-Colonist, Calgary Herald, and other papers across Canada, has released several apps (one for each major paper).
In the launch post on the Vancouver Sun site I liked this little bit of understatement (you’ll understand why in a minute):
And there are ads. There are ads on each page and a big “full page” ad between sections. There’s even a Tron ad, with a trailer, and you can watch the trailer in the app. Frankly, I don’t mind the ads. I think a pause between sections is fine. A litte ad in the corner of the page? There are more ads in the print version for Pete’s sake.
On re-reading the Vancouver Sun post about the apps, long after I’ve used the app for a while, this part caught my eye:
Why did I zero in on this? Because I was thinking the same thing…this is hitting a group of people who don’t read the newspaper (in paper form). I don’t get the paper at home. It’s expensive and a pain. When the free papers are offered as I get on the train (even when they are the free days for the Sun or Province), I decline. I just don’t want to have to mess with the paper. This app? This is different. Tomorrow morning, while I have breakfast, I don’t think I’m going to do my routine of checking email, I’m going to read the paper.
Look, I know this might seem like hyperbole, but I honestly think these are the best implemented newspaper apps for the iPad. If publishers are worried about keeping (or increasing!) readership, I think they should look at these apps. They use the iPad’s strengths well, they help with needs like wanting to read offline, and the news is updated throughout the day. They way newspapers used to be when there were morning, afternoon, and evening papers. Bottom line Hits: Easy to read, nice sharing features, can save items for later, great use of multimedia, caches last opened version of all articles to read offline, updates newest stories automatically Misses: A little slow to launch, doesn’t keep running in the background (not multitasking aware). Cost: Free! Rating: 4.5/5 If you’d like to see the app in action, I even made a little movie for you: [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Zebra Imaging’s 3D prints. Seriously cool and no glasses required. [TNW Shareables] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:07 PM PST Zebra Imaging is showing off these cool 3D prints on their YouTube channel. The prints are created using traditional of 3D modelling and rendering combined with standard holographic techniques. The resulting holograms are viewable under normal lighting without the need for special spectacles or viewing apparatus. Called ‘ZScapes’ over 8000 prints have already been created for military purposes. The company is now offering their visualisation services to businessess too at prices ranging from $1500 to $3500 per print, depending on size and complexity. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Technicolor Starting 3D Certification Program [TNW Media] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:46 PM PST
Or maybe not if Technicolor’s new 3D certification program Certifi3D catches on:
The idea is simple, Technicolor has developed software to look at the 3D product and determine if there are problems with it that could “cause discomfort” to the viewers. And by “discomfort” they mean headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Using the left and right master files, the software simulates the output as how people will see it and can evaluate if there are problems. Technicolor goes through each shot, plus a 15 point quality check list for sync and color issues, making sure that when you see it in 3D … you see it and enjoy it. Technicolor is also offering, for an additional fee, a training course for broadcasters to help them migrate to 3D (and make good stuff in the process). The point is consumer confidence. You see Certifi3D on the box and you know that the 3D experience will be a good one. While I don’t think the big studios are going to invest in Certifi3D for their movies (we know that Sony and others can crank out really great stuff), I think the smaller production companies and TV broadcasters will be signing on for this pretty quickly. It’s this kind of step that’s essential for 3D to catch on. We can’t all watch all the same 3D movies and programs over and over (okay, maybe some of the movies), and all it will take is a few really wretched 3D programs to hit for public opinion to slow down adoption of the new technology.Reuters, photo credit [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Chinese murder trial broadcast live on the net [TNW Asia] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:00 PM PST
The trial was broadcast after the Supreme People’s Court issued a notice in September, that asked courts at all levels to promote judicial openness. Local portal site, Dayoo broadcast the trial in which flower plant boss, Yu Xiuqi, faced the charge that he killed two partners on June 6 this year.
The three hour long trial received 7,000 visitors who were also able to give their feedback via the Internet. Some wondered whether live broadcasts might negatively affect rulings with one comment saying.
The trial’s chief judge, Yu Jinxia, quoted in China Daily, said,
While the broadcasting of the trial has been widely reported in China, the verdict has not. So we’re not sure if the defendant was found guilty. Guangdong was not the first province to broadcast trials live online. Early in March, the Higher People’s Court in Central China’s Henan province broadcast a land lease dispute trial at Chinacourt.org to netizens across the country. More than 81,000 judgment documents from Henan’s courts are available on the Internet and online broadcasts have been implemented in all intermediate courts in Henan. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Google Latitude for iOS, now you see it, now you don’t [TNW Apple] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:00 PM PST Update: In a case of “spoke too soon,” just after posting this it appears that either Google or Apple have pulled the app from the App Store. We’ll update this post as well know more… (more updates below) Google Latitude lovers, very shortly you’ll be able to say “there’s an app for that”. According to Techcrunch Google has released a Google Latitude iPhone app tonight. Right now it is only in the Japanese App Store:
Though there are tweets going around that people are seeing it in other apps stores…then not…so we’ll keep you updated on who seems to be getting the app when. But in the meantime, here’s what it looks like:
Not too bad, but using it is what matters and we’ll have to just wait a little longer for that it seems. Android users have had a Latitude app for some time, it’s been so long that other folks created “Ladidude” for iOS to be able to use Latitude on iOS devices. Watch here for updates as we see who can get a hands on with the app tonight for a first look. Update 2: From MacStories, Federico Viticci tried downloading and installing the app, and was in the process when the download error-ed out. I guess if you were lucky enough to get it, you got it, otherwise … it’s gone. The app isn’t listed under the Google App Store page either. There isn’t a clear indication of who pulled the app from the App Store, Google or Apple, but conventional wisdom is that Google pulled it in a “oops, not ready yet” situation. If that’s the case, then we’ll see the app appear again shortly. If Apple pulled the App, I think we might see some comment from Google about the policies in the Apple App Store. Either way, we’ll update here.photo credit, Techcrunch, MacStories [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Google Buzz API Adds In-Depth Picassa Support [TNW Google] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 07:57 PM PST
When Picassa is used as the storage service, the Buzz API now allows the user to do a number of things with their account, including:
In a post on the Google Code Blog, Todd Volkert of the Google Buzz team wrote, “Photos are an essential part of social applications.” Obviously, Google is taking steps to make all of its applications more social, and as the company’s defacto-most-social-product, it makes sense (and is good to see) Google taking the time too offer developers a way to make more useful photo features. That said, many ‘social’ photos are on Facebook and Flickr – we’ll hold out some hope for deeper Flickr support at least in the future.Google Code Blog [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Mavenlink brings project management to your network [TNW Apps] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 07:37 PM PST
One solution or many? This is where a lot of us turn to solutions like Freshbooks for part of the solution (say time management and invoicing) and other tools (say Google Docs or Huddle for documents) to round out the package. The problem is that these are separate solutions to the problem, and frankly when you start putting the tools you need into different places, the harder it is for people to keep them straight (not to mention remember to use them). Enter Mavenlink.
Yeah, I thought that might be the hook to keep you reading. So, Mavenlink, it is an “end to end” project management solution. Which is marketing speak for “everything I said you needed above, it has.” The suite of tools includes:
The Mavenlink features page goes into more detail, but I think it’s safe to say they have all the important things you’d need to manage projects. You can also connect Mavenlink with Google Docs, Calendar, and Contacts (as you might expect):
Right, you can add Mavenlink to Google Apps, but you don’t have to use that connection anymore than you need to. For myself I don’t use my personal domain Google Apps account for much, so I’d probably connect it up with my regular gmail calendar and contacts. Regardless of how you tie things together, everything that you need is synced together with the tools you are already using. The thing is that this isn’t the really interesting part. Oh, no doubt the tools are nice and pretty easy to use (I used them to send out an invoice recently) but it’s the philosophy behind how the app works that really got my attention. Tap into your own network Mavenlink is built from the premise that a lot of us work in ad hoc collaborative groups more and more and our project management tool needs to allow for that. For any given project you can add more people to the project while still giving your client a single point contact (and webspace if you’re working with them on several projects). This is one reason why the free version lets you add all the people you need and just restricts the number of active projects. If you can’t just add who you need, no matter how large the group, then you can’t evaluate the software fully. This isn’t really something new, though, is it? You can add lots of people to lots of web-based project tools and there are tools that can help you organize the information, timelines, tasks, and invoices.
I would argue that I haven’t seen other tools that tie so nicely into Google services, but that’s not really important. The important thing is what Mavenlink is doing to tap into your network of trusted colleagues. There are two facets of this important part of Mavenlink: user created networks and public profiles. You can create a searchable, ad hoc network of colleagues. This isn’t like starting a new business, it’s essentially like say “we’re a group of people who work well together, have these skills, and you can hire us as a package.” Creating a network on Mavenlink is as easy as clicking a button, giving it a name, and adding people.
The public use profiles, as you can gather, tie into the network and this is one area where I think Mavenlink could improve on. Getting a searchable profile is only available to paid subscribers. I can see the “you need to invest in yourself and your business angle” of this, but if a paying member creates a network and puts you in it, I think people should be able to browse and view the profiles of all team members. As it is the profile information that you give isn’t terribly detailed (name, skills, picture, bio, website, LinkedIn profile link), so I think switching a basic public profile would be a nice thing for everyone trying out Mavenlink. What Mavenlink is really trying to do, I think, is just give us a nice, simple set of tools, to be able to pull together folks to work on projects as we needed them. Also, via searching through the network of public profiles, you can find people to potentially help you with projects and see who they have worked with in the past. I’m not going to say that Mavenlink has the most complete or sexiest set of web-based project tools, but I do think that adding the network, ad hoc team, and profile aspect is something that gives it a little extra to take a look at. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| A clear and concise explanation as to why Assange was arrested [TNW Shareables] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 06:31 PM PST I must admit, although I’ve been following the Assange/Wikileaks story, the arrest warrant for rape just wasn’t of too much interest to me personally, until…Assange got arrested. A little digging unraveled this video which gives a simple, unbiased (at least in my opinion) explanation of the story and the women behind the arrest. I hope you find it as useful as I did. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Bumpy ride ahead for location services in Indonesia [TNW Asia] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 06:24 PM PST
Recent improvements have included the addition of full geo-location support to both the web and the mobile versions of its site. This will prevent ‘jumping’ a practice where somebody claims to check-in at a location, even though they are not actually physically at the location. ’Jumping’ is a problem common to one of Koprol’s main competitors in Indonesia, Foursquare which still doesn’t fully support geo-location in its mobile site. Another feature, new to Koprol, is BUMP (Bring Up My Post) an equivalent to Twitter’s ReTweet functionality. It is important for Koprol to keep up with the Indonesian market as the competition heats up. Facebook Places has recently arrived in the country, albeit only on Blackberry at present and others will be keen to grab a share of one of the world’s largest social media markets. BUMP will allow users to promote friends’ posts and check-ins. Koprol has the advantage over many of its competitors because it is purely web based. New revisions can be rolled out quickly without the need for any lengthy application store approval processes. Koprol also has its sights set on international expansion. Thai and Vietnamese versions of the site are believed ready to launch and successful check-ins have been recorded by some of the company’s employees in the US.e27, image, image [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| All The Google Chrome OS Videos In One Place [TNW Google] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:54 PM PST In conjunction with its soft launch of Chrome OS today along with the announcement of its pilot program for testers of the first Chrome OS notebooks, Google today released a number of explanatory videos about why Chrome OS is different from other operating systems: Speed, Security, Sync, Connectivity, Updates and of course Apps (plus two videos on the Chrome Web Store and the first Chrome OS commercial). Here they all are for your viewing pleasure. Let us know what you think about the videos and what you’ve seen about Chrome OS so far, in the comments: Speed Security Sync Connectivity Updates Apps Chrome Web Store – What’s a web app? Chrome Web Store – Games [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Video: First Google Chrome OS “Commercial” [TNW Shareables] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:11 PM PST Google has posted what we’re assuming is the first of many Chrome OS commercials on YouTube after the soft launch of the product today. Basically, the commercial’s argument is that Chrome OS will end the days of having to deal all the problems of desktop software – for your mom and dad. Well, we’ll just have to see…in the meantime, the Google Chrome team is asking for you to send them your very own Chrome OS commercial (which we’re hoping will be a tad funnier than this one…) [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
| Here are the 5 best links – I mean apps – you should try in the Chrome Web Store. [TNW Apps] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 03:30 PM PST Anytime that we get a new toy, we have to go digging around to find the best features. The Chrome Web Store is no different. We’ve been so excited about the App Store that we’ve been downloading app after app since it went live. In all fairness, many of the ones that we have listed here simply create easily-accessible links. That means that you should be able to access a number of them no matter what browser you’re using. The Chrome App Store has just brought some great links…err apps to the spotlight. We’ll re-visit this topic in a couple of weeks when the store picks up somewhat. For now, the best of the best? They’re all listed here. So get your download finger clicking and let’s go: TweetDeck
Oh, and there’s the fact that ChromeDeck (as it is affectionately known) has managed to get user streams into a web-based Twitter application. That’s something that even the New Twitter hasn’t been able to do! ScribbleScribble will be your lifesaver if, like me, you have a habit of opening Notepad or TextEdit to scribble a short reminder note. Whether doing so in a meeting, taking notes during a phone call or just trying to keep things organized, I’m addicted to notes.
Scribble allows you to create notes, keep them easily accessible and even give a desktop popup reminder when something is due. Finished with a note? Just delete it and it’s gone for good. Oh, there’s also offline access for all of your notes, which is invaluable. We love the fact that you can title each note, then add full details in the text below. The desktop notifications are a dream, as well. MinusMinus is, simply put, simple photo sharing. While you likely use something like Picasa or Flickr, Minus is clean, easy and pretty darn sexy if we do say so ourselves. Just open the app, drag in photos and let Minus handle the rest. You have options to share, options to edit and you don’t even have to have a Minus account to share your galleries. Of course, there are advantages to signing up, but we love the simplicity of just dragging, dropping and sharing instantly.
Entanglement
The controls are simple — arrow keys and your spacebar. The paths are fun to figure out and the application won’t suck you in for hours unless you want it to. Casual games such as this are always a winner, and Entanglement is no exception. We also love that there’s a social aspect to it, as you can post your scores on a leaderboard and compete with your friends or perfect strangers. SketchpadIn all fairness, Sketchpad is just another image creation app. But it’s such a cool thing that we have to include it as well. We’ve honestly note seen responsiveness from an HTML5 application that can hold a candle to what Sketchpad does. But what is it? Well, it’s as if MS Paint and Chrome had an illicit one-night stand and produced a drawing tablet. There’s no support for Wacom tablets, so you’re limited to your traditional input devices, but Sketpchad is incredibly fun to play with so you should add it to your list.
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| Cool US map made of Friday night Google autocompletes [TNW Shareables] Posted: 07 Dec 2010 02:58 PM PST Last Friday night (December 3) between 5:45-6:10pm (we’re not sure in what timezone), Very Small Array typed in all of the US states into Google and then renamed each state based on what Google served up as the first result of autocomplete. The resulting map is below, with some of the autocompletes having nothing to do with the states that they’ve taken over (we’ll let you find those yourselves). At any rate, one this is for sure: Americans sure love their college football. [Notice: this is the RSS feed for ALL stories from across The Next Web - that means a lot of stories every day - for just our top stories, subscribe to our Top Stories RSS feed here.] |
With all that 
I downloaded the app for the 
As for the important part, the news, this is what is very cool. This app isn’t tied to static daily content. New content is loaded when you load the app. Yeah, the front page I saw this morning when I first loaded it? Completely different now. New stories, new features, even new ads (the Tron ad wasn’t there earlier). Honestly, that’s what a paper is for, getting the news in an easily readable format and getting the news, while it’s still “news”.
As far as cool features that you might not have seen before:
A murder trial in the 
Google tonight added Picassa support to the Google Buzz API, allowing more actions to taken by the user through Buzz.
Today a lot of us are our own bosses. Especially in the tech world, more and more of us are employed as independent contractors for a project here and a project there. Managing the communications, project, and invoicing has always been a chore, but now let’s add a new wrinkle to this, let’s say you need to bring a few people into this project with you as subcontractors. Suddenly the task has gotten a hair more complicated.
Mavenlink is a relatively new entrant into this space, but more interestingly is one of the Google App Providers that you can tie into your Google Apps for Domains account. Yeah, I thought that might get your attention. Let me also cut to the chase (because I know what you’re going to be wondering first): it’s free to try out with three active projects an unlimited people. Paid plans are $40 and $80 a month for unlimited projects, more storage space, and custom logos (as well as other interesting features).
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If time-wasting brain-benders are your thing, then 
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