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WordPress Revamps Its iOS App With Quick Photos & Analytics
Automattic has released a major improvement to its WordPress iOS app, fixing a variety of bugs while adding analytics and photo-sharing features.
Version 2.8 of the app fixes 31 different bugs, including errors that caused 75% of all app crashes. Issues with external keyboards and adding categories on ...
Blip.tv Puts the Spotlight on Web Shows
Online video network Blip.tv has just relaunched its website, focusing on helping users discover the best and highest quality original web series.
“There isn’t a good place dedicated to discovering original web content,” Blip.tv co-founder and CEO Mike Hudack told us. That’s what the new blip.tv ...
Twitter’s TweetDeck Acquisition Announcement May Be Days Away [REPORT]
We’ve known for a couple weeks that Twitter may have acquired TweetDeck; we’re now hearing that acquisition may be confirmed this week.
TechCrunch is reporting the deal will be officially announced within “the next few days.” The Wall Street Journal originally reported on rumors of the acquisition, ...
HOW TO: Create a Group Tumblr Blog
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
Tumblr blogs are known for being easy to use and simple to set up. But the blogging platform lives up to its reputation only ...
5 Quick Ways to Liven Up Your Twitter Stream
With a billion tweets per week, Twitter has become a place for people and organizations of all types to share their thoughts, reading lists and whereabouts. Real estate pros, politicians, non-profits, journalists and small businesses are all using the social platform to connect with their communities ...
Foursquare Day Sets Record With 3M+ Checkins
This year’s Foursquare Day festivities drew an impressive crowd of users on Saturday (4/16); together, their checkins exceeded 3 million in number during that 24-hour period.
The number of checkins on Saturday set a new record for Foursquare, which only reached the milestone 100 million total checkins ...
HBO Customers Will Soon Be Able to Watch on iOS & Android Devices
Starting next month, HBO subscribers will be able to access streaming content via iOS and Android devices.
The premium cable network started running teaser advertisements for its HBO GO iOS and Android apps earlier this month. The latest spot touts “instant and unlimited access” to “every episode ...
Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy; Are Other Tablet Makers Next?
In a patent suit filed Friday, Apple claims that Samsung’s line of Galaxy tablets and phones willfully infringe on its own patents. Apple is seeking injunctions as well as actual and punitive damages.
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, which runs on Android, was released late last year. Apple claims the tab ...
RIP Google Video: Download Your Videos by May 13 or They’re Gone Forever
Google‘s decided to shut down its Google Video service, and in an email sent Friday night (4/15/2011), reminded those who’ve uploaded videos to the site that they have until May 13 to download them before they are removed.
Google says that on April 29, Google Videos will no longer be viewable on ...
Nintendo To Cut Wii Price To $150 In May [REPORT]
A year and a half has passed since Nintendo last cut the price of the Wii, to $200. And it might almost be time for another price slashing for the popular gaming console.
Nintendo plans to reduce the price of the Wii to $150 on May 15, according to reports citing sources familiar with the company’s ...