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07.23.08

Locify Streamlines Your Geo-Aware Lifestyle (The Startup Review) Stuff | (0)
Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: Locify 20-word Description: Location-enabled mobile browsing, and a free and open way to create location-based services for mobile phones. CEO’s Pitch: Locify is location-aware platform for mobile phones. Users can start exploring what is “here” or “there” and any developer can add geo-services or geo-resources for Locify users. Developing location based services is now as easy as writing XHTML pages. Locify now offers ...
07.23.08

Searchles Connects Washington Post Readers Based on Similar Comments Stuff | (0)
Searchles has landed a big new publisher to implement its social discovery technology: The Washington Post and its MyPost social network. Now, when browsing the profiles of other MyPost members, you will see Searchles’ “Related Users” widget, which shows you other people who have taken an interest in similar stories on washingtonpost.com, based primarily on comments. The basic idea is that connecting people based on similar reading habits is a good way to build a social network – especially one on a big media site. Clicking on users in the Related Users widget brings you to ...
07.23.08

Apartment Hunting: 50+ Tools for Renters & Landlords Stuff | (0)
The Internet is filled with websites and services that can help you find a new place, but sorting through them can be more frustrating than the apartment hunting process itself. Whether you’re planning a move across town, relocating for a job, or just need to find an apartment with cheaper rent, we’ve put together over 50 tools to help make the process easier. If, on the other hand, you’re a landlord looking to rent a property, we’ve included a few tools specifically for you. Also note that almost all of the listing sites we’ve provided for renters invite landlords to add ...
07.23.08

If Google Buys Digg, What Happens Next? Stuff | (0)
My prediction: nothing. Not a damn thing. If Google acquires Digg, which many sites are reporting as a done deal, it’ll be a little something I call a vanity buy. Which would mean that Google doesn’t really need Digg; it wants it. And if Google is smart, it’ll just leave Digg as it is. The thing is, Digg and other social media sites are very much dependant on having an active, vibrant community. I might be proven wrong, but history has shown that these types of sites never get enormous; and their users are not too keen on clicking ads. ...
07.23.08

USPTO Says No More Software Patents Stuff | (0)
Patent law is confusing. I’ve filed for and received a couple patents filed under the names of companies I’ve worked for in the past, and I’m still not sure exactly how that worked. I know I wrote up a pretty complex description of the process (which was a combination of hardware and software - it had to do with the automation of fax receipt and transmission on a bulk level), and I drew out a number of charts, graphs and illustrations. I signed on the dotted line, handed it to the company attorney, and presumably the company I worked for ...
07.23.08

Episodic Launches iPhone App Compatibility and Beta Applications Stuff | (0)
As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve been using a pretty rare platform for our video podcast series Mashable Conversations. The platform is called Episodic, and it’s amongst the best I’ve tried (and I’ve tried quite a few). I don’t often fawn over a company, so I hope you’ll indulge me for a moment. They’ve got one of the most responsive customer service teams I’ve ever worked with, with the aim to really make the usage of the system as transparent as possible for the producers. Given that I preach very often about the features and services that video platforms should be providing ...
07.23.08

Is US Internet Access Being Marginalized? Stuff | (0)
Every day we hear about how the Web is going to change the movie industry, the music industry and even software usage along with its related data storage. We hear how the Web is becoming that ubiquitous utility service that we will all be using at some point whether it be from a desktop, a laptop or our mobile phones. Of course though what isn’t being said is that in order to have this ubiquitous access it has to be an access that we can afford as well as access that is capable of handling the heavy load of ...
07.23.08

Want Free Gas? Watch This. (video) Stuff | (0)
There’s no way, particularly with today’s gas prices, you can turn down at least a look at an idea for getting free gas. One of the interesting startups we discovered at the SummerMash Seattle stop is a local startup that sells the advertising space … on your car .. in return for free gas. They are aptly named GasForFree. Introducing the clip today is my son AJ. I was a bit busy in the studio rendering the mountain of videoed interviews from the SummerMash tour, so he graciously at in with Sean today to introduce today’s Mashable Conversation. Download the MP4 here, ...
07.22.08

Introducing the Unofficial Facebook Fail Whale Stuff | (0)
On Friday, with Facebook experiencing some downtime, we asked you “When Facebook Goes Down, What Should its Fail Whale Look Like?,” a reference to the iconic Twitter fail whale you see when the microblogging service is having technical difficulities. We received a lot of great submissions in the comments, but had to narrow it down to two winners for the $25 iTunes gift certificates. Without further ado, here they are, with a bunch of honorable mentions after the jump: Submitted by mghwom Submitted by balebond Submitted by lowkey Submitted by Amanda Submitted by konko Submitted by Joshua Kalle Comments: Seanford: A burglar’s eye mask you can ...
07.22.08

Google App Engine: A Glimpse of Things to Come Stuff | (0)
This is a guest post written by Waleed Abdulla, a software engineer and the founder and CEO of Ninua, Inc. You can follow his projects on his blog at selfdebugging.com. At a technical meetup in Santa Clara a few days ago, I met Dave Westwood, a talented developer and 3D engineer who told me a fascinating story about the phenomenal growth of his recent application, BuddyPoke, which witnessed an explosive surge in traffic when Google released their Orkut platform to their Brazilian users on July 10. It was the kind of sudden growth that crashes servers and kills Web sites. ...

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