Posts Tagged ‘wikipedia’
Web-based Twitter client Brizzly has three major developments to report: a new free iPhone app, a new Brizzly Guide (which gives trending topics on Twitter their own hub pages as permanent resources for information on the top Twitter discussion items over time), and the acquisition of WikiRank.
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Brizzly Launches a Guide to Twitter Trends and iPhone App
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Does the thought of writing make you nauseated? Do you struggle with grammar?
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Analyze and Improve Your Writing with PaperRater
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Filed under: Internet Tools Bookmarklets are one of my favorite things. I have an entire folder of them in my Safari Bookmark Bar for Instapaper and Readability and bit.ly and Pukka and Tumblr and …
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Quix makes bookmarklets even easier to use
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Filed under: App Review Last week I was pleased to suggest some free astronomy programs of interest to star-gazers. This week, I’m at it again hoping that space or science buffs get a look at Moon Globe. This very handy app gives you a complete map of our nearest space neighbor, showing you what is visible on any night and from any location
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Carry the Moon in your pocket with this free iPhone app
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Google has opened up its charity wallet once again.
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Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia’s Foundation
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Google has opened up its charity wallet once again. This time, the search giant has donated $2,000,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs and maintains Wikipedia. The donation, in true social media fashion, was announced via tweets from Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales and Wikimedia Foundation advisory board member Mitch Kapor . Neither Google nor the Wikimedia Foundation have made an official announcement yet — it’s supposed to come tomorrow. The donation’s definitely in line with Google’s generosity to foundations that promote a faster and more open...
According to Wikipedia and their Info page , Facebook was launched exactly six years ago, on February 4, 2004. Back then it was called “ Thefacebook “, and it was originally located at thefacebook.com , but it’s definitely the same project. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, together with his college roomies Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, Facebook was originally intended to be a network only for Harvard students, but was later expanded to other universities and finally to everyone. Intelligent design, a lot of smart business decisions and gradual expansion made...
Man’s best friend is well catered for on the App Store with a pack of apps angled at the dog owner, ranging from functional to fun. But there’s such a broad choice you could go barking mad trying to narrow them down. That’s where we step in with the following ten that are top dog as far as canine-themed apps go, but as always, be sure to let us know of any we might have missed in the comments. 1
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10 Best iPhone Apps for Dog Lovers
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Yes, plenty of cars have built-in GPS navigation. But up until now, no car had Google Earth integrated, but now Audi has remedied that with their new luxury car, the Audi A8. Snugged right into the LCD screen in the car, the Google Earth application will let lucky owners look at 3D satellite imagery, terrain information, and even additional info layers such as Wikipedia articles or Panoramio images related to a certain location
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Google Earth Comes to Audi A8
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AFP – The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.
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Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade
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Google has released v2.0 of Google Earth for the iPhone, its portable 3D mapping software.
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Google Earth for iPhone 2.0 imports web maps
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AP – The nonprofit group that runs online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Friday that it named Craig Newmark, the founder of Web classifieds site Craigslist, to its advisory board.
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Craigslist founder joins Wikimedia advisory board
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