MySpace releases APIs to connect to its social networking service

MySpace releases APIs to connect to its social networking service
Social networking giant MySpace has announced the release of their APIs.
These APIs would enable third party developers to connect to the user account details on the service.
The company has also made available related documentation in addition to specifications and a video tutorial.
The company said that [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7911-myspace-api

zh-cn.facebook.com: Facebook launches Chinese edition

zh-cn.facebook.com: Facebook launches Chinese edition
Social networking service Facebook has apparently launched their Chinese language edition.
Chinese users of the service are being forwarded to this new destination which uses simplified version of Chinese language.
The company has also made another version available for the users of traditional Chinese which is more popular in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Facebook [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7864-facebook-china

MySpace revamping to improve image, enhance popularity

MySpace revamping to improve image, enhance popularity
News Corp. owned social-networking service MySpace has announced that they are now revamping the site to improve its image and boost popularity.
MySpace is often used as a perfect example of how not to develop a web service. This is despite the fact that it remains the most popular social [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7835-myspace

Wal-Mart gets into online classifieds services

Wal-Mart gets into online classifieds services
Wal-Mart is taking on Craigslist and eBay Kijiji with the launch of their online classified advertising site.
This new service is being managed through Oodle.com.
Walmart.com spokesman Ravi Jariwala spoke about this new initiative: “This free, community-based resource allows customers to buy and sell items locally, find local jobs and learn [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7769-oodle

Google Finance offering real time stock quotes

Google Finance offering real time stock quotes
Google has revealed in a blog post that they are now offering real time stock quotes on Google Finance web based service.
The company said:
We’re very excited to tell you that real-time quotes on NASDAQ securities are now available on Google Finance. This is an important (and way overdue) development [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7759-google-finance

Photobucket asking every member to change password

Photobucket asking every member to change password
Online photo sharing service Photobucket is now asking every member of the site to change their password.
The company did not give out any details but did say: “Photobucket has identified and immediately resolved an isolated security incident. There was no impact to any financial information related to Photobucket Pro [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7655-photobucket

NBC announces Digital Health Network

NBC announces Digital Health Network
NBC Universal has announced their latest online project named Digital Health Network.
Digital Health Network would be a group on online destinations which would distribute health-focused videos.
The content would be produced by the network itself.
It would include Healthline Networks and RightHealth in addition to YourTotalHealth.com which is part of iVillage [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7638-digital-health-network

HP Upline Hosted Storage Service faces uptime issues

HP’s Upline Hosted Storage Service faces uptime issues
HP recently launched a new service which provides unlimited storage space for a fee for users to store their data online.
This service named HP Upline was designed to protect user’s data “whether your hardware fails, your computer is lost or catastrophe strikes.”
However, the company seems to be facing [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7508-hp-upline

Alexa updates Alexa Rankings

Alexa updates Alexa Rankings
Alexa has announced that they have now updated their Ranking services to include more parameters.
The company is now aggregating data from several sources which they claim would improve the quality and accuracy of the results.
Alexa said in its announcement:
Alexa toolbar users’ interests and surfing habits could differ from those of the general [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7488-alexa-rankings

Sphere acquired by AOL

Sphere acquired by AOL
Time Warner has said that their AOL division has now acquired Sphere.
Sphere is basically a web service providing contextual search solutions.
Web publishers are able to connect their content with related material on the web using their solutions.
The two companies did not reveal the financial aspects of this acquisition deal.
This is going to [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7461-sphere

Salesforce.com integrates Google applications with its products

Salesforce.com integrates Google applications with its products
Salesforce.com has announced that they are now adding support for Google technologies into their products.
The business software service provider has now started integrating its products with Google services like Gmail.
Other Google applications being integrated are word processor, spreadsheet and presentation.
The integrated solution would be available to their customers starting [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7452-salesforce.com-google-2

Associated Press launches Online Video Network

Online Video Network: Associated Press now providing a video syndication platform
Associated Press is collaborating with software giant Microsoft to launch a new online video syndication platform for web publishers.
The company would let content providers to syndicate online video to other sites across the Web.
The revenues generated from advertising would be shared between the three parties.
This [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7446-online-video-network

Microsoft Clearflow technology to be showcased

Microsoft Clearflow technology to be showcased
Microsoft is all set to showcase a new technology named Clearflow which is designed to help customers avoid traffic jams while they are driving.
The technology has been under development over the last five years by a group of artificial-intelligence researchers at the company’s Research lab.
The company is aiming to use [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7440-microsoft-clearflow