Editor’s note: Robert Scoble, Startup Liaison Officer at Rackspace, is working on a book with Shel Israel about the how sensors, wearable computers, and other technologies will change our future, titled “Age of Context.” That got them invited to visit SRI International, Silicon Valley’s most important lab. This is where tons of companies and technologies…
It was a light week of Microsoft news, as Google dominated the headlines with its impressive, and long-running I/O event that saw it update and refine its host of software products. That said, Microsoft didn’t stop moving to make room for its competitor. Before we dive into the thick of it, ensure that you are following…
App.net, the Twitter-style platform launched with great ideological pomp last August following a successful crowdfunding campaign, has hit 100,000 registered users today. Founder Dalton Caldwell has confirmed the milestone with us, and coincidentally, it looks like a giveaway of 500 accounts via The Next Web’s Facebook page helped push it to 100,000. Launched at a…
Samsung expects Galaxy S4 sales to break the 10 million milestone over the next seven days, making it one of the fastest-selling smartphones the company has ever produced. Shin Jong-kyun, co-CEO of Samsung Electronics told a number of journalists at an industry event in Seoul, South Korea, that the company was “confident” it would pass…
Recently at The Next Web Europe Conference Europe 2013 in Amsterdam, Global Technology Performance Director at Aegis Media CEO Craig Le Grice shared his experience in the advertising, marketing, media and digital space. Le Grice has been working in these areas for more than a decade and has a very unique perspective on how to…
Today, during a session at the Google I/O conference, Google [x] Software Engineers Hyunyoung Song and P.Y. Laligand explained to developers how to take Google Glass beyond the standard Mirror API functions. Google Glass is actually a pretty straightforward Android device, which means it runs on a similar OS to the one you run on your…
During its Google I/O 2013 conference on Thursday, Google announced that Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr sharing apps would be coming to Google Glass today. The apps are enabled for sharing just like any other contact using the Glass Mirror API. The Twitter sharing app is outlined here in an official post and the Facebook workflow…
French video streaming giant Dailymotion today announced that it will collaborate with Joshfire, the app creation service, to bring video app-creation capabilities to Dailymotion users in based in the US. The Dailymotion website in the US will now feature a special Joshfire Factory dashboard. The dashboard contains simple, everyman-friendly tools that enable developers and ordinary fans alike…
Google on Wednesday announced the addition of a new feature called quick actions to Gmail. These new buttons will be rolling out “over the next few weeks,” so don’t fret if you don’t see them yet. So, what exactly do quick action buttons let you do? Say you receive an email and all you have…
Google on Wednesday announced an update to its Google Search app for Android, adding new features such as reminders, upcoming content, and real-time public transit. You can grab the new update now from Google Play. First up the Google app now lets you set reminders. This plays into the integrated Google Now functionality, except that…
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