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Innovation Agents - Bowen Dwelle, Founder and CEO, AdMonsters

Bowen Dwelle wants everyone to know that monsters are sexy. Not the fearsome-jawed, finger-licking, taunting monsters. Rather, those behind the scenes in the online advertising world. READ»

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Verizon's Separate App Store Explained: Still Not Necessary

Verizon's own V CAST app store for Android is not very hotly anticipated, but the company's going full-steam ahead anyway. So what does it have to offer that the regular Android Market doesn't?READ»

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Panicky Nokia Execs Talk Smack About iPhone, Android

The handset maker's top minds call the iPhone "badly designed" and describe Android as "like a boy peeing his pants." Why the potty mouth? Because they're in a blind panic about the future of their business -- and Apple is eating their lunch.READ»

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Apple TV: More Powerful Than You May Imagine

Apple's refreshed TV product hasn't yet hit the stores, and though it revealed some of its details, Apple's been quiet about the tech potential inside the tiny box. Now its secrets are leaking, and it looks promising.READ»

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How Bing Could've Almost Beaten Google to "Instant" a Year Ago

Google's shouting loudly about it's new almost-as-fast-as-you-think Instant search powers, and it is indeed clever. But a programmer worked out how to do this for Microsoft a year ago. Could Bing have beaten Google?READ»

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Google Chrome Updates to Version 6, Slims Down Even More

Google Chrome is two years old, and with the new sixth stable release, it's got new features like form autofill and extension syncing, plus a new, sleeker look.READ»

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HTC Will Bring Sense UI to Windows Phone 7

HTC's efforts to un-suckify Windows Mobile with Sense UI were laudable. But what happens when dealing with an OS, like Windows Phone 7, that might not suck so much? Will Sense survive on Windows Phone 7?READ»

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SkypeKit: Easily Building VoIP Into Any Application

Skype's just released its SkypeKit development suite for Mac and Windows. This is good news for developers, who can create different apps with Skype's VoIP powers built right into their code. This, in turn, will only simplify life for ...READ»

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BMW's iDrive: Connected iPhone Apps... While Driving

 We've been connecting our iPods up to our car stereos for a few years now, and BMW plans a next-gen iDevice interface that may even let you control apps while you drive. Does that sound safe? At first thoughts, perhaps not, ...READ»

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Intel's Robot Butler Serves, Clears, and Does Dishes

Our collective dream of a Jetsons-like future is inching closer to reality with a little help from Intel, which this week showed off HERB (the Home Exploring Robot Butler) to FastCompany.com. The robotic butler, built as part of a ...READ»

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Flickr Begins Updates With Overdue UI Tweaks

Flickr's not being lazy about its commanding position in the photo-upload game, and it's soon due to roll out a list of new features. The upgrades have just started, though, with a new photo showcase page with some significant new ...READ»

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Brightcove Adds Flash-Based SDK for Android to Its Stable of Developers' Tools

Brightcove, the cloud-based online video platform, has just unveiled an app SDK and mobile templates for Android that uses Flash 10.1--which was given a full launch today by Adobe. Now publishers and website developers will be able to ...READ»

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Next Version of Android to Feature User Interface Overhaul: Can Android Be Pretty?

A story's been going around that Google is going to be "laser focused" on improving its user interface for the next version of Android. This has way bigger implications than it seems--especially for HTC and Motorola.READ»

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RIM Rumored to Have New BlackBerry Touchscreen Smartphone and Tablet in the Works

According to the Wall Street Journal, RIM has a couple of interesting new BlackBerry products in the works, including a vertical slider with a touchscreen interface and a companion tablet.READ»

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Lo-Fi Design Is Conquering the World of Tech

One of the things that excites people most about technology is that it is seen as a gateway to the future. So how does that explain the recent glut of lo-fi adverts, software, and user interfaces that seem to be being spewed out by so-called hi-tech companies? READ»

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Apple Allows Third Party Advertisers to Sniff Data, but Slams Door on Google's AdMob

Apple's adjusted its iPhone developers agreement concerning how third-party ad apps can collect user data--it's now allowed. But Apple's language dances carefully around the matter, and specifically excludes Google and its recent ...READ»

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Android Finally Beats iPhone in U.S. Sales: Variety Wins

Google's Android OS has just passed the iPhone in the race for U.S. market share. Of course, it's still in second place, way behind BlackBerry. But still, it's a major victory for Android.READ»

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Michel Tombroff Uses Gesture Technology for EA Sports, Panasonic

Michel Tombroff is developing software to analyze images captured by 3-D cameras and working with EA Sports, Texas Instruments, and Panasonic to make avatars move based on users' actions.READ»

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Why a Flash Website Capacity is Not Amazing Everyone

Whenever you visit any Flash based website, you will find that the Flash website do have animated elements, perhaps music and sound effects. Flash permits for the creation of websites with video, graphics, sound, music and much ...READ»

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RIM Dances Into a New Market With BlackBerry 6.0

RIM's released video footage of its upcoming BlackBerry 6.0 software--its answer to Android and iPhones. The interface itself is a little unsurprising, but the message behind the vid is clear: RIM is cool, and not just for business ...READ»

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Three Dell Android Smartphones Leak: HTC Had Best Watch Their Back

Three of Dell's supposedly upcoming Android handsets leaked today, and if they can deliver on their promise, Dell may just be the next smartphone giant.READ»

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HTC Droid Incredible to Debut on Verizon This Month: Nexus Who?

HTC's newly renamed Droid Incredible is basically the Google Nexus One in full-on HTC mode--meaning, it's better than the Nexus One.READ»

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Meet T.J. Pluhacek, the Youngest iPad App Developer

The 16-year-old developer from Oregon has already landed his first iPad-specific program in the App Store--NoteLook. This is not a game.READ»

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Crib Sheet: iPhone OS 4's Sexiest Features

Apple's just concluded the main part of its big reveal for the next-gen iPhone OS software, and it's chock-full of new features that'll turn the iPhone and iPad into faster, cleverer beasts. We've summed up the big seven changes for ...READ»

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Microsoft Dabbling With Cloud-Based "Midori" OS?

Hints in the code of Microsoft's .NET Framework have led some to draw a surprising conclusion: Microsoft may be developing a new OS, based on its "Midori" tech demonstrator, that is a radical departure from its OS history. Long ...READ»