October 22, 2009
News to Us: Dawn of Social Search, NIKEiD, Flickr Tagging, Humans as Sensors, and More
- Microsoft's Bing adds Twitter search (update: Google will too) | Washington Post
Search is becoming social, as the two most competitive of today's search engines, Bing and Google, have struck deals with Twitter. Both will start including tweets in their search results. - Create and order personalized Nike sneakers straight from your iPhone | MobileCrunch
Nike has released an innovative mobile extension to their NIKEiD sneaker customization program. Using an iPhone app users can purchase on-the-go, and even use captured images to select colors for personalized shoes. - Dynario: Toshiba finally commercializes fuel cell for mobile devices | CrunchGear
Using Toshiba's new refillable methanol fuel cell, Dynario, users will be able to recharge their mobile devices in remote locations. - AppsFire Launches App Star Awards To Find The Next Great iPhone App | TechCrunch
For developers looking to pitch their iPhone apps, AppsFire is accepting 30 second videos as part of a contest, in partnership with SFR/Applistore and LeWeb, applicants will be judged by an all star jury. - Nokia is exploring 3D multi-touch interface | Unwired View
Nokia's R&D department is experimenting with 3D multi-touch interfaces that react not only to finger movements but also to pressure on the screen. - Telenor Pakistan launches mobile banking service called “easypaisa” | IntoMobile
Customers of Telenor in Pakistan can now perform banking functions while on-the-go with a new service called easypaisa. Around the world, providing access to mobile financial applications are presenting economic benefits. - Comcast to enter 3G/4G cellular data market | Boy Genius Report
The data business is booming, bringing Comcast into the 3G/4G market with mobile Internet services on America's East coast. - Flickr Adds People Tagging à la Facebook | Lifehacker
Popular photography website Flickr has added the ability to tag friends, a feature similar to Facebook's. By adding other Flickr members to photos, users can easily find pictures of specific individuals, making the site all the more social. - Twitter Use Up Among Social Network, Mobile, and Younger Users | ReadWriteWeb
With all the news around Twitter, it's not surprising that the service is showing increased usage. Mobile is to thank, along with an increasing number of the younger demographic diving in. - Web 2.0 Panel: Humans as Sensors | ReadWriteWeb
We've heard before about the developing Internet of things. At Web 2.0 Summit, panelists discussed how startups like Waze, Path Intelligence, and Mobilizy are using mobile and web technology to collect data, and in a sense, use humans as sensors.
