In the world of micro-blogging where every character counts, URL shortening services demonstrate their value all day long. Follow nearly anyone’s Twitter feed and you’ll see that nearly every link has been shortened. But is that all that services like http://bit.ly are good for? Many URL shortening services offer click tracking as well. But why is this important?
Many good bloggers and other webmasters know their audience. They’ve got log analyzers …
Flipboard is a new iPad application that takes the content posted by your friends on Facebook and Twitter and formats it into a multi-page magazine layout. When you friend posts a link on Facebook, Flipboard follows that link, grabs the relevant content and turns it into a magazine page.
The layout of content and images is remarkable. The look and feel is very much like a magazine including the page turn visuals.
Unfortunately, the Flipboard team didn’t anticipate the overwhelming respose from users and weren’t prepared for huge growth. Until they can get the correct infrastructure in place, links into Facebook and Twitter will be queued allowing them to scale out gracefully.
In the meantime, Flipboard is offering a lot of additional syndicated content to keep the application fresh and to keep you in touch with what’s happening.
This could be the tipping point for me. I’ve been wanting an iPad since day one and this applications showcases what’s possible with a handheld digital device.
Video: Meet Flipboard
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Independence Day is a time to be appreciative of the freedoms that we have been given. To think back about the origins of this great country of ours. The sacrifices made that allow us to live the way we live.
I truly believe that this is the greatest country in the world. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. This week…this Independence Week… my son and I are embarking on a …
I’ve been following the iPhone4 release pretty closely. My employer is an iPhone app developer so it’s a pretty big deal for us.
The reception problems that have been reported seem to be related to them metal strip running around the edge of the phone. Unfortunately, holding the phone the way any normal user might hold it causes cell reception to decrease significantly. Maybe all of those reported dropped call weren’t …
HTML5 will allow rich media in standard web browsers. No need for Flash or Silverlight plug-ins. All you’ll need is a standards supported browser. Instant cross-platform rich web applications.
This video is an example of Sports Illustrated’s prototype web site built entirely in HTML5. What can you create?
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Have you ever wanted to edit a photo to remove something from it? Someone stuck their hand in the frame or maybe your finger was covering part of the lens? Adobe’s new version of Photoshop comes to the rescue with Content Aware Fill. This feature allows you to highlight the item that you want removed and Photoshop will extrapolate what content would be used to fill in the area.
This video provides a …
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