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The Next Version of the Web Gives Us More Control

One of the questions that I get asked the most is “what is the next big thing on the Web?”. Usually, when people ask this, they’re trying to find out…

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New study shows carriers hurt by messaging apps

In a study published by BGR today, it has been made clear that the slew of messaging and VOIP apps on the market are already making a dent into the…

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Twitter adds more SMS notification options

If you still don’t have a smart phone and use text messages to interact with Twitter, you’ll be happy to hear that the service now lets you turn on SMS…

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WhatsApp crosses billion messages a day

According to a blog post from Messaging app WhatsApp, the company is now getting over one billion messages sent using its platform a day. The company had this to say:…

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ClassParrot lets teachers text students

While listening to some of the companies presenting at ImagineK12 last week, I had a few questions about privacy. I was wondering how teachers and parents were feeling about information…

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One Touch Calendaring with TouchBase

Innovation is coming from all angles in the application world, and an area ripe for that innovation is calendars and scheduling. We have to-do apps, and Apple’s core calendar and…

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AskMeEvery is a personal polling app for anything you want to track

During the course of a day you’re probably asked a few hundred questions by people such as “How are you?” “What are you doing?”, or “Was today a slow news…

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Clever: Leave a Canary in your Inbox

If you’re worried about people getting into your inbox, you could do worse than follow this pretty simple tip from John Graham-Cumming. You see, John has planted a ‘Canary’ in…

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When I Work makes staff scheduling easy

When I Work is a handy productivity web app that allows managers to schedule shifts for their employees quickly and easily. It’s designed to work just as well for local…