TinyURL finally adds vanity URLs
Not content to just sit around recovering from Independence Day shenanigans this past weekend, TinyURL released a much-needed feature to its URL-shortening service that others have had for ages:...
View ArticleGoogle Docs goes down, user data does not [Updated]
Google’s Documents and Spreadsheets service went down for approximately 45 minutes earlier this morning. The service, Google’s online productivity suite, went from having some features not working,...
View ArticleSelect Flickr photos to sell via Getty license
Flickr on Tuesday entered a partnership with Getty Images to offer its users a way to potentially make money off their photography. The Yahoo-owned photo-hosting community will be a new resource for...
View ArticleReal Deal podcast: Our favorite travel sites
This week on the Real Deal podcast, Tom and I tackle travel sites. The challenge: There are dozens of good travel sites we know of, and probably hundreds we don’t. So we broke down our discussion into...
View ArticlePodcast: Our favorite travel sites
This week on the Real Deal podcast, Tom and I tackle travel sites. The challenge: There are dozens of good travel sites we know of, and probably hundreds we don’t. So we broke down our discussion into...
View ArticleEarly standouts from AlwaysOn Stanford
PALO ALTO, Calif.–There are nearly 30 start-ups promoting their wares today as part of AlwaysOn’s Stanford Summit–and that’s just before lunch. Many have been profiled by Webware in the past, but I...
View ArticleSpreed makes reading RSS feeds faster, stressful
Web based RSS feed aggregator Spreed is casual reading’s worst enemy. A speed reader extraordinaire like Robert Scoble might enjoy it as a way to dig through even more stories a day, but at its heart...
View ArticleElance updates tools for hiring, managing contract labor
Online jobs marketplace Elance is getting a big update next week, designed to bring more small businesspeople into the world of hiring workers they don’t know and will never meet. The service will...
View ArticleJaJah launches free translation and voice dialing services
Telephony service JaJah has launched two completely different voice tools that are both useful in their own right. The first is a new “concierge” service that lets you call any of your contacts with...
View ArticleCloud storage providers bail out Xdrive users
With AOL-owned Xdrive on the auction block, competing cloud storage providers are scrapping together all sorts of plans to woo these potential paying customers to their services. Two in particular,...
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