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Blabnote: The Voice-Only Social Network. Say What?

It seems a given that mobile social networking is going to be “the next big thing”, but squinting at tiny text is still a pain on today’s phones. To deal with this issue, Blabnote, a British startup that is currently in private bet

Posted: May. 16, 2008 11:03 PM

Friday Survey: Do You Own An iPhone?

It’s coming up on a year since the iPhone was released, and the second version appears to be just around the corner. So it’s a good time to check in with our readers and see just how many of you actually use the device. Please take a sec

Posted: May. 16, 2008 09:39 PM

Battle Over Data Ownership on Gillmor Gang

Epic Gillmor Gang today. Everyone went in with guns blazing over the data portability/ownership debate that has spilled out over the Facebook/Google scuffle. DataPortability founder Chris Saad was also on the call, but failed to take a leadership pos

Posted: May. 16, 2008 08:37 PM

Storyblender Brings a Goofy Side to Casual Animation

Storyblender, which recently launched in private beta, is a new casual animation platform that will appeal to users who want customized movies in a hurry. The site was a presenter at TechCrunch 40. If you’d like to try it out, you can grab on

Posted: May. 16, 2008 08:29 PM

Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica

Condé Nast has acquired popular technology blog Ars Technica (ranked #5 all time on the BloggerBoard), we’ve confirmed. The site will become part of Wired Digital (which in turn is under CondéNet, run by Sarah Chubb). Wired Digital assets inclu

Posted: May. 16, 2008 04:40 PM

Become a Virtual NewsCopter Passenger on AirFox Live

Chicago’s Fox affiliate WFLD has launched AirFox Live, a mashup whose spec list reads like a technophile’s pipe dream. The site combines a helicopter, GPS, live video, and Google Maps to produce a realtime data stream of the network̵

Posted: May. 16, 2008 02:30 PM

Live Universe Picking Up Jangls Pieces

Just over a week ago the founders of and five engineers from VoIP services provider Jangl left for Jajah after the company failed to find a proper suitor. Following their departure, it was unclear what would happen to Jangl’s assets and remaini

Posted: May. 16, 2008 02:11 PM

What Windows Might Look Like On The OLPC

Google’s Bob Lee creates a much better image to go with our post yesterday about One Laptop Per Child and Windows teaming up. More at CrunchGear. CrunchBase Information One Laptop Per Child Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Netwo

Posted: May. 16, 2008 01:26 PM

Danish Mobile Social Network ZYB Acquired By Vodafone For 31.5 million

ZYB, a mobile social network that we gave high marks to in August 2007, has been acquired by Vodafone for 31.5 million, or about $50 million. The company had raised just 3 million in venture capital. ZYB was smart in how they built their service. A

Posted: May. 16, 2008 05:09 AM

Data Portability: Its The New Walled Garden

The scuffle today between Facebook and Google has very little to do with user privacy and everything to do with user control. A huge battle is underway between Google, MySpace and Facebook around control of user profiles and, therefore, users themsel

Posted: May. 16, 2008 04:22 AM

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