“around The Web” Feature On Facebook Pages Shows Foursquare, Other Location Links (inside Facebook)

Some Facebook Places Pages for local businesses and locations are now showing an “Around The Web” panel listing of links to corresponding venue pages of the sites of Facebook’s Places partners: Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, SCVNGR, and Booyah. These links could help businesses drive traffic and checkins to their other online presences. Foursquare tells us its inclusion in [...]

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Japanese Professor Shows Rare Earth-Free Electric Car (Video)

Japanese Professor Shows Rare Earth-Free Electric Car (Video)

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How Can This App Be Your Online Photo Hub If It Only Shows Facebook Friends?

It seems like everyone has a photo app now. But unless you sign up for them all, you're going to miss out on something.

That's the gap the Photofeed iPhone app from Pixable attempts to fill. It aggregates photos from Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr into feeds so you can see the photos that matter most to you.

The app shows you photos it deems are the most popular based on factors such as upload date, likes, and comments. Photos are displayed in an attractive grid system that makes it easy to swipe through them and even comment or tag people.

But there's one huge downside. Pixable's developers told us they are focusing heavily on Facebook, which shows in the app. There's no way to link your Instagram, Flickr, Hipstamatic, or any other photo sharing account to Pixable.

It's nice to see popular public photos, but the app would be more relevant if you could view photos from friends on other networks too.

That being said, we're told the developers will be taking advantage of more services in future updates, so there's a lot of potential for Photofeed to become the only app you need to share and view photos.

If you want to give it a try, you can download Photofeed free on iPhone from the App Store. Click below to see our walkthrough of the app.

Here's the icon for Pixable. Tap to open.

The app will ask to send you push notifications. If you want to receive them, tap OK. Then tap "Login With Facebook."

Your Facebook app will launch. Log in if you haven't already, then tap "Allow" so Pixable can access your friends' photos.

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• The 12 Best Reasons To Jailbreak Your iPhone
• 7 Apps That Will Replace Your iPhone's Calendar
• Facebook's Latest iPhone App Makes It Easy To Dis Your Friends

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Microsoft’s Internal Video Shows Plans for Next-gen Gaming

According to ZDNet an internal video dated May 2010 showcases some of the WGX (Windows Gaming eXperience) team's ambitions for next-generation gaming between Windows, Xbox Live, and mobile platform.

Microsoft’s Internal Video Shows Plans for Next-gen Gaming

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Android On Tablets Shows Why There's No Reason For Chrome (GOOG)

Google's new version of Android for tablets had its coming out party this week at CES, and demos like this one make it clear that there's absolutely no reason for Google to keep investing in its other operating system, Chrome OS.

Android 3.0 (codenamed Honeycomb) will show up on the Motorola Xoom and a bunch of other tablets in the next few months, and while Google isn't showing all the details yet, the new browser looks exactly like Chrome, with a tabbed interface that fills the whole screen, bookmarks, and privacy mode.

Except with Android, you're not forced to run everything in the browser. Google is also showing off a bunch of apps that run as widgets on the desktop, including Gmail, video chat, a books app, and the updated version of Google Maps. Plus, there are thousands of other Android apps already available, and an army of developers to build more. 

There are differences between the two operating systems: Android is built for touch, while Chrome OS is meant to be used with a keyboard and pointer. That might have been a good idea two years ago, before the iPad came out and touch-screen tablets started to take off. Now it looks old and limited. And it hasn't even launched yet.

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• The Truth About Chrome OS: It's A Waste Of Time
• Google Will Kill Chrome OS Next Year, Predicts Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit
• 10 Ways Google Is Turning Into Microsoft

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Google’s French Connection: YouTube and SACD, SCAM, ADAGP Partner for TV Shows and Movies Online in France

In a event at the home of the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, "YouTube and SACD, SCAM and ADAGP - three associations representing French screenwriters, composers and other creative artists - signed an agreement to put more TV shows and movies online in France."

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Gap Promo Shows Location Deals Need Work [GigaOM]

We wrote recently about a Pew Research Center report that showed how location-sharing "check in" services such as Foursquare still have a ways to go before they become anything close to mainstream, and a recent offer from The Gap that used Facebook P

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Gap Promo Shows Location Deals Need Work

An offer from The Gap that was based on Facebook Places "check ins" provides a real-world example of how much work both retailers like The Gap and services like Facebook and Foursquare are going to have to do to get people comfortable with location-based offers.

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Comment on Gap Promo Shows Location Deals Need Work by Sam

Not sure why I see some silver lining here (and, I pretty much loathe FB)...but, I believe Places/Deals is going to suck up all of the low-end mCoupon business (putting a lot of SMS companies out of business)... First, this was simply too big a promo at launch for either Gap or FB. They should have rolled this out more grassroots. But, even with failure, they are educating the public for the next go-round. People lining up at Gap stores in early November? Never been done before. They'll work out the kinks and awareness will grow (exponentially). Like it or not, the low-hanging fruit of mCouponing just got sucked up by one company. Oh, I know, SMS reaches all phones and Facebook apps are only smartphones...You know what? Retailers don't care about you if you don't have a smartphone.

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IAC Shows Signs Of Life In Third Quarter, Revenues Jump 25 Percent

Barry Diller realizes that his Ask search engine isn't going to gain market share anytime soon, but search can still power growth for IAC if it just keeps up with the growth in the overall search market. IAC released third quarter earnings this morning. Total revenues were up 25 percent to $422 million. Operating income quadrupled to $36 million, and adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.32 versus Wall Street estimates of $0.27. (However, after stripping out the adjustments due to one-time sales of stock and other assets a year ago, net income was actually down 19 percent). Search represented nearly half of revenues ($205 million). The search business grew 20 percent, goosed primarily by a 55 percent increase in active toolbars to 97 million. IAC's toolbar business is its secret distribution weapon, but those searches tend to generate lower revenue per query than those on Ask.com, which itself is still growing and is now ranked as the sixth largest website in the U.S. LAst month, Ask CityGrid Media's new local advertising network also contributed to overall search revenues.

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Study Shows Babies Think Friendly Robots Are Sentient

seanonymous writes "A study from University of Washington claims that babies think robots are human, so long as the robots are friendly. No word on what evil robots are thought to be. From the article: 'At 18 months old, babies have begun to make conscious delineations between sentient beings and inanimate objects. But as robots get more and more advanced, those decisions may become harder to make. What causes a baby to decide a robot is more than bits of metal? As it turns out, it takes more than humanoid looks — babies rely on social interaction to make that call.'"

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