Q&A with Feedalizr’s Rafiq Phillips
A few weeks ago Rafiq Phillips of MIH in South Africa and Webaddicts allowed me a chance to sneak peak a development version of the desktop social messaging Feedalizer, one which has since been released to the public and very well received. I decided to conduct a quick Q&A with him to see how development was going and what the history of their team was.
Read MoreNew Pew Report: African Americans Most Active Users of Mobile Web
Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a new report on users of wireless Internet. Based on the findings of an April 2009 daily tracking survey, the results of the report were gleaned from data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research International between March 26 to April 19, 2009, among a sample of 2,253 adults, 18 and older.
Read MoreGoogle No. 1 Website In June, But Watch Out For Bing
Who’s No. 1 in website traffic? No surprise — its that 800-pound gorilla, Google, according to Compete.com. Google, with nearly 146 million unique visits, ranked No. 1 in June in the Compete 250, the company’s monthly ranking of the top 250 websites. Yahoo! was second with 142 million visits and Facebook was third with 122 million.
Read MoreGetting Started With Card.ly
Card.ly is the latest entry among a bunch of services that want to help you own your identity online. You my recall such services as Chi.mp and, more recently, DandyID with similar features. While Card.ly does not give you your own domain, the selling point here seems to be in visual customizations.
Read MoreTech Week in Review 7-24-09
Google just announced a new Gmail feature which makes it simple to unsubscribe from trusted mailing lists. Sometimes, we subscribe to things and later decide it’s too much or not valuable. Rather than hunting around for that tiny unsubscribe link, Gmail let’s unsubscribe by hitting Report Spam. Even if it’s not really spam, you can access the same option in the Details menu. This only works on certain trusted mailing lists and requires participation from the owner of the list.
Read MoreVibe Subscriber Wants His Money Back
Alabama resident Kenneth Rogers purchased a one year subscription three months before Vibe magazine folded and wants all subscribers to get their money back. He’s not playing. Rogers filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Rogers sued for breach of contract and unjust enrichment for a lost subscription and is seeking class action status enabling others to join him in the suit.
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