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Inside Network's AppData is a goldmine of information about third-party applications on Facebook. With it, you can see stats like: FarmVille has 63.9 million monthly active users -- making it well over twice as large as the number two app on Facebook, Texas HoldEm Poker (also a Zynga game), which has 28.5 million monthly active users. But there was always something a little wonky about certain ar
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Babbel, the language learning site, has added "realtime" speech recognition to enhance its practical application and enable users to fine-tune their pronunciation skills. This pits the service up against more traditional players such as TellMeMore or Rosetta Stone, says the company.
The speech recognition functionality was built in-house - much of the team's background is in audio tech read more »
The speech recognition functionality was built in-house - much of the team's background is in audio tech read more »
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may no longer be worried about Twitter and its impressive growth rate - and he shouldn't be - but that won't keep the micro-sharing service from continuing to boast impressive growth numbers all around the world.
Online analytics firm comScore noted Twitter's overall continued growth, even based on incomplete data (third-party client users aren' read more »
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The software industry is still figuring out the right balance between open and closed, but we at the DataPortability Project believe that communication is the first step.
Tell your visitors what they can expect from you and what you expect from them in return. Your Portability Policy explains the ways that your customers can use the digital "stuff" they've entered into your product, i read more »
Tell your visitors what they can expect from you and what you expect from them in return. Your Portability Policy explains the ways that your customers can use the digital "stuff" they've entered into your product, i read more »
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Resonate Networks, a US-based online ad targeting company, has secured $5 million in Series A funding, led by Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital. Greycroft partner Ian Sigalow has joined Resonate's Board of Directors.
The company had previously raised a $2 million round of funding from some big-name political figures, including Harold Ickes (deputy chief of staff under P read more »
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Google's long-rumoured music service looks likely to happen by the end of this year, according to sources within the music industry.Conversations are apparently taking place between the search giant and music execs, which includes tying the service to Android handsets as well as the web. It is thought that the service will initially be part of a web store which uses Google's search engine to begi
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Facebook execs flocked to London this week to promote the social-network's first Developer Garage in the UK. While they were there they confirmed just how many people in the UK use Facebook.The answer: a cool 26 million. Considering the UK population is around 61 million, this means more than a third of the UK whiles away its hours on the site.In celebration of this number TechRadar, who was at t
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Virgin Media is already thinking about 400Mbps services, with the arrival of a new modem by the end of the year paving the way for a whole new level of superfast broadband. With 100Mbps arriving in the UK by the end of 2010, and 200Mbps trials continuing, Virgin Media's executive director of broadband Jon James admitted thoughts were already turning to the next step. "The DOCSIS 3 network really
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Nokia anunció la ampliación de su línea económica de teléfonos móviles, la línea C (de la que ya aparecieron varios smartphones) con tres equipos ultra básicos, al estilo del querido e hiper popular 1100. Lo hizo en Nairobi: el continente africano es uno de sus principales mercados, y un lugar donde el celular básico (que
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El uso residencial de banda ancha en Argentina creció un 26,7 por ciento en marzo, según cifras brindadas por el Indec, en una nueva alza en la penetración de esta tecnología debido a menores costos. De acuerdo al reporte, los usuarios residenciales de banda ancha alcanzaron los 3,7 millones de accesos, un 2,1 por ciento
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The financial crisis wiped out almost $7 trillion in stock market value in 2008. It destroyed iconic American companies like AIG, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and nearly broke GM, costing tens of thousands of workers their jobs. It pushed millions out of their homes. And that's just in the U.S. -- forget the fallout still raining down on Europe and the rest of the globe. So where are the jail t
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The strawberries on your cereal. Your laptop, cell phone, and TV. The coal that's burned to power them. The car you drive. The roof over your head. We may work in a knowledge economy, but Madonna had it right: We live in a material world.
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El popular cantante y compositor colombiano Juanes podría ser el verdadero padre del hijo de su colega Cabas, fruto de la relación que mantuvo con la modelo Johana Bahamón. El autor del hit “La camisa negra ” mantuvo un breve romance extramatrimonial con la modelo, quien poco tiempo después contrajo matrimonio con Cabas. El músico [...]
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Una de las actualizaciones más esperadas para el popular teléfono móvil de Apple llegó ayer a las 14, hora de la Argentina. Se trata del iOS 4, cuya salida la empresa anunció hace quince días. Cargado con funciones que los usuarios venían pidiendo desde hace años, la nueva versión del sistema operativo deja fuera, sin [...]
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