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Archive for December, 2008

Facebook Get’s Voicemail – VoiceTag

 image thumb470 Facebook Get’s Voicemail   VoiceTag

A new application just emerged on Facebook called Voicetagt Facebook Get’s Voicemail   VoiceTag that gives the option to send voicemail to your groups and contacts on facebook.You may say that what’s the new thing that the startup Ringfult Facebook Get’s Voicemail   VoiceTag has given to you by making the app?

The application enables you to leave a voicemail in a rather unique but more productive way. You type in your recipients number, then the app calls you, and after that you record your message and Voila!, your message is delivered to your friend or group which can be played back on the recipients browser. Good to use when you don’t have a microphone available there and then. What I found rather interesting was the support for SMS messages within the app which you don’t find in other apps.

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amazon thumb thumb Amazon cashes in on holiday season: Posts huge sales

Holiday season sales came in big for Amazon.com as it posted sales going great and orders delivered on time. Amazon reported that items were shipped to more than 210 countries with 99 percent orders meeting correct delivery dates. The ‘hot’ items were Samsung’s 52-inch LCD HDTV, 8GB iPod Touch and Acer’s Aspire One.

lawsuit thumb thumb Cygnus Systems sues Google, Microsoft, Apple over patent violation

Cygnus Systems filed suit against tech giants: Google, Microsoft, and Apple over what the networking company claims to be a violation of its document-preview icons in operating systems. Cygnus Systems’ patent covers:

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fileswap homepage Swap files and get a surprise one with File Swap

File-Swap is an interesting online service where users have to upload a file and get a random one in return. The site doesn’t require any registration. Users can upload photos, audios, videos, text or pdf files and get a file of these formats in return.

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crvfacebook Have A Great Entrepreneurial Idea? – Charles River Ventures is the right Place to Go 

In today’s economic crunch time, finding a venture capitalist is hard, but what if the venture capitalist comes to you asking to prove your worth to shed out the green notes? Venture fund Charles River Venturest Have A Great Entrepreneurial Idea? – Charles River Ventures is the right Place to Go  is using the facebook platform to advertise its VC services and looking for hot startups to invest in.

Are you the lucky one to be teh next hot startup? What are you wiating for, apply now.

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court decision thumb Federal court awards $33.15 million to Verizon Communications

In North Carolina a federal court has given a verdict in favor of Verizon Communications awarding them an amount of $33.15 million. The company had filed a case against San Francisco based internet domain registration company, OnlineNIC. According to Verizon, the company had claimed that OnlineNIC had used 663 domain names which were confusing to the actual Verizon name. This means that Verizon will be given $50,000 for each domain name.

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p series Sony’s Netbook   P series sneak preview

Sony recently allowed a sneak preview of its P-series netbook. The notebook is going to have a small 8-inch screen, and the rest of the specs are:

zune Something for Microsoft to Rejoice About this Christmas

We all know about the Apple iPod competitor from Microsoft; Zune. Although not as much popular but this Christmas Microsoft would be dancing and rejoicing that its product was being searched as one the most popular gift items.

Zune related searches peaked in the top 20 most searched for terms Christmas morning (in the US) on Google then settled mid range at 40-50 as it came off its peak.

The strategy for Microsoft seems to be working as it is aggressively marketing the latest Zune and pricing it competitively against the iPod. If you are looking to set up your Zune, click here.

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nintendodentsu videodistribution thumb Dentsu and Nintendo to launch video service to on Wii

Japan’s largest ad agency Dentsu will be partnering with Nintendo in order to launch a video distribution service on Wii. According to a Dentsu representative, both the companies have plans to provide programs which are specifically designed for this service. The programs will spotlight on cartoons and other entertainment.

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cowons9 bluetooth thumb1 Cowon S9 firmware v2.06 brings Bluetooth speaker support

Cowon S9 smartphone has its second firmware update out now (v2.06). The update brings JPG album art support, and fixes some bugs. Though the important update of Bluetooth speaker support now allows users to stream tunes to sound systems (that support Bluetooth).