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Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline

might want to try at a bar or restaurant, or send a "shout" — a message that goes to all your friends. SAN FRANCISCO — Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different ...

From RACHEL METZ ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Loopt,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Best Buy

Social startup Foursquare lets you be ‘mayor,’ gives points for going out

Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline SAN FRANCISCO — Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any ...

From RACHEL METZ, Simple Thoughts,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  U.S. Republican Party,  Loopt,  Bombay Stock Exchange

New $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish

little playing cards that stretch across the screen, waiting for you to tap on them to bring them to the foreground. (You use an upward finger flick to dismiss them.) Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and ...

From RACHEL METZ, The San Jose Mercury News,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Palm, Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  LinkedIn Corp

AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force

The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs _ more than a third of its work force _ as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage. Major job cuts had been expected and seemed certain ...

From RACHEL METZ, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: America Online,  Time Warner Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Tim Armstrong,  Michael Jackson

Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish

SAN FRANCISCO - Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi. ...

From RACHEL METZ, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Palm, Inc.,  Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  LinkedIn Corp

BlackBerry Storm Gathers Strength in Second Version

The first version of RIM's BlackBerry Storm smartphone took a lot of knocks for things like its touchscreen, its virtual keyboard and its lack of WiFi. With the Storm2, RIM has addressed a lot of these problems, creating a much more satisfying phone. ...

From RACHEL METZ, TechNewsWorld,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Motorola, Inc.,  NYSE

2 unis ask for Kindle to be better for blind

AMAZON'S Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup. The United States National Federation of the ...

From RACHEL METZ, Shanghai Daily,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Wisconsin,  Amazon.com

2 colleges demand Kindles be easier for blind

The National Federation of the Blind announced Wednesday that the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University in New York won't consider big rollouts of the electronic reading device unless Amazon makes it more accessible to visually ...

From RACHEL METZ, San Francisco Chronicle,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Wisconsin

Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it

Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup. The National Federation of the Blind announced ...

From RACHEL METZ, Taiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Amazon.com

Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original

SAN FRANCISCO The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use. Good thing a lot can change in a year. Though not without flaws, the latest version of the device, the BlackBerry Storm2, is ...

From RACHEL METZ, San Diego Union-Tribune,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Apple, Inc.,  Motorola, Inc.,  Verizon Wireless

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