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Marissa Mayer: 40% Of Google Maps Usage Is Mobile (And There Are 150 Million Mobile Users)

Today at a SXSW talk, Google VP Marissa Mayer took the stage to talk about location — mobile location, in particular. The theme isn’t a surprise since Mayer recently shifted her role from…

Posted 1 year ago

Just launched: Zite, the iPad magazine that gets smarter as you use it

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Ever feel like you’ve been clicking through Twitter links forever? Has your Google reader become overwhelming? You are likely suffering from information overload. Don’t you just want to curl…

Posted 1 year ago

Hyperlocal Places Directory Fwix Adds Social Data And Geotagging To New Android And iOS Apps

Fwix is rolling out new versions of its iPhone and Android apps, which adds social geotagging to its hyperlocal places directory. As we’ve reported last Fall, Fwix originally launched as a…

Posted 1 year ago

Facebook Comments Have Silenced The Trolls — But Is It Too Quiet?

As you’ve noticed by now, we’re about a week into our latest experiment in troll-slaying with Facebook Comments. So far, the reactions have been very mixed and very interesting. Publicly,…

Posted 1 year ago

O.cn: pixel perfect view of China’s biggest cities

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China’s not all about clones. Chinese web app O.cn actually puts Google Maps to shame. O.cn is a gorgeous 3D map of China’s biggest metropolitan cities. Aside from looking cool, it also…

Posted 1 year ago

The Age Of Relevance

Editor’s note: This is a guest post submitted by Mahendra Palsule, who has worked as an Editor at Techmeme since 2009. Apart from curating tech news, he likes analyzing trends in startups and…

Posted 1 year ago

What’s the most readable font for the screen?

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If there’s a topic that’s bound to get designers riled up into a fiery debate, it’s the issue of choosing the most readable fonts for use on the screen. For most of the web’s life, designers…

Posted 1 year ago

The Art of Tron: Legacy - (by @baekdal)

The new Tron Legacy movie is now only 10 days away, and as a geek, I’m really excited about that. The new movie looks absolutely stunning, with all the graphical elements of the old one.

As a fan…

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Fitbie: MSN and Rodale Launch Health and Fitness Site

MSN is launching a new health and fitness site called Fitbie today, in partnership with Rodale.

It’s yet another move into niche content sites by the Microsoft portal, similar to those…