While Google and Apple fight for map dominance, Barnes & Noble has quietly launched OpenStreetMap-based maps and navigation for the Nook--and laid the ground for a host of location-based apps.
This is the first time Instagram has opened up its platform API to third parties, and marks a move toward letting photos freely flow into Instagram's network from outside sources. Say cheese!
Two months ago, Netflix pulled the plug on its community features. Now, inspired by the gospel of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, the company is getting ready to dive into “social” again, but with a whole new mindset.
In the wake of MasterCard's opening of its API to app writers, PayPal teases its future smartphone payment tech. With Visa in the game too, things could get feisty.
Facebook's Connect system, the unseen code that makes logging in to many other Web sites much easier, marches on--it's just reached MySpace for example. But Twitter isn't planning on being left out, and it's improving its own version.
