Does Foursquare Have A Douchebag Problem?

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Does Foursquare Have A Douchebag Problem?

No Comments 31 January 2010

With Foursquare seeing fast growth and starting to be embraced by elements of the mainstream (like their new deal with Bravo ), it might be decision time. A popular part of the gaming element of the service is gaining badges, virtual tokens that show you’ve done a certain task on the service. Most of these are clever, like the Photogenic badge when you check-in to three different places with photobooths

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Motorola behind Google’s Nexus Two phone?

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Motorola behind Google’s Nexus Two phone?

No Comments 31 January 2010

Motorola could be in line to bring out the Nexus Two, after its CEO confirmed that it will be bringing a phone to the Google store. Sanjay Jha confirmed that the company is working on bringing 20 smartphones in 2010, and also that one will be "one direct to consumer device with Google." Google itself hinted at such a possibility at the launch of the Nexus One (which is designed by HTC) but this is the first time we've got confirmation of another player in the Nexus game. Project Shadow There have been (spurious) rumours that Motorola is working on a project, codenamed Shadow , which could turn into the Nexus Two - but given Motorola's penchant for a QWERTY keyboard, you'd have to assume it's possible that the company could be behind a more business-focused handset

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Bump lets you to transfer Contacts & Photos from iDevices to Android Phones

No Comments 31 January 2010

Bump is a cool app which lets you to transfer contacts and photos by bumping the two phones. Transferring contacts and photos is not only limited to iPhone, but you can also transfer contacts and photos from Android powered phone. Once contacts/photos are bumped they are automatically saved on their respective locations, i.e

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Bell’s Remote PVR software ensures you won’t miss the Canadiens Leafs game, even you’re stuck in traffic

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Bell’s Remote PVR software ensures you won’t miss the Canadiens Leafs game, even you’re stuck in traffic

No Comments 31 January 2010

When DirectTV started teasing an iPhone app about a year ago our interests were certainly piqued -- and then disappointed when it was revealed it would only allow remote scheduling . When the Android version came along we got our hopes up again for remote streaming of content, but again got them dashed again. Now Rogers is doing the disappointing, launching the charmingly titled "Remote PVR Access from your Bell Smartphone" in Canada just before the Olympics on February 12, though it's unclear right now which smartphones will be covered.

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In The Limelight: An American Entrepreneur In China Talks About Startup Culture

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In The Limelight: An American Entrepreneur In China Talks About Startup Culture

No Comments 31 January 2010

Calvin Chin is an American entrepreneur who lives in Shanghai. He founded Qifang , a P2P lending site for Chinese student loans

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Fring brings 3G Skype calls to iPhone

No Comments 31 January 2010

The official Skype application for iPhone has been available for quite some time now. But, it does not provide VOIP over 3G and needs a WiFi to be used instead which did disappoint a few iPhone users. Well, not any more.

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Samsung’s Android Galaxy 2 pictured already?

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Samsung’s Android Galaxy 2 pictured already?

No Comments 31 January 2010

The Samsung Galaxy 2, the latest in the company's Android line, may have appeared in pictures. The new phone, which was spotted by Androphones.com, will apparently have a large OLED display (between 3.7 and 4 inches) and the chip-du-jour, Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon. Spec attack Other fun rumblings about the phone include a 5MP camera (although that's the same as the original Galaxy from Samsung) and Android 2.1 on board, with the usual Wi-Fi and GPS gubbins we've come to expect with Android phones

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Apple says coming soon to 3GS in India

No Comments 30 January 2010

While its been ages since we started hoping for the iPhone 3GS in India and hopped on every small hint of a launch here. But its 2010 and no signs of the iPhone 3GS in India yet, even though the world is cheering the iPad and speculating the 4th Gen iPhone .

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ClientShow Debuts Realtime Collaboration App For Creative Pitches

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ClientShow Debuts Realtime Collaboration App For Creative Pitches

No Comments 30 January 2010

Last fall, TechCrunch50 startup ClientShow presented its innovative application to help creative, advertising and marketing professionals show, pitch, share and sell their work to clients more effectively through real-time collaboration and communication.

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Firefox for Mobile makes Maemo its first home

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Firefox for Mobile makes Maemo its first home

No Comments 30 January 2010

As if you needed any more evidence of the tech supremacy of your Nokia N900 or N810 , here's Firefox making its official mobile debut on the most righteous Maemo OS. Available for download right now , version 1.0 will come with a pretty sweet feature named Weave Sync, which harmonizes your bookmarks, tabs, history and passwords across devices, making for a seamless transition between your desktop computer and your mobile one. We reckon we could get used to that

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