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Twitter plans to cut the noise out of trending topics ... but how?

Download Squad  Nov 06 09

Filed under: Social Software, Microblogging

Have you ever actually clicked on any of Twitter's trending topics? I don't want to sound like the old guy telling whippersnappers to get off his lawn, but trying to read almost any Twitter trend gives me a headache. There's so much spam with popular hashtags attached that even people who care about the trends aren't getting a great user experience. Twitter realizes this, and they're going to do something to cut down the noise. The precise something that Twitter intends to do isn't really clear. Biz Stone's blog post is full of ambiguous language: "We're working to show higher quality results for trend queries by returning tweets that are more useful. Full story...

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Popular FF add-on AdBlock Plus blocking "Spread Firefox" images

Download Squad  9 hours ago

Filed under: Mozilla, Browsers

Pretty much any time we run a list of favorite or popular Firefox add-ons, readers chime in with cheers for AdBlock Plus.

Google Buzz comes to Android, in widget form

Download Squad  11 hours ago

Filed under: Google, Social Software, Android

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Viacom vs. YouTube battle heats up on official blogs

Download Squad  13 hours ago

Filed under: Business, Video, News, Web services

The YouTube vs. Viacom lawsuit has turned into quite the exciting drama this weekend, with both sides making accusations via their respective blogs.

RandomDorm: Chatroulette goes to college

Download Squad  less than a day ago

Filed under: Video, Social Software

RandomDorm is a new site that's following in the footsteps of the explosively popular random video chat service Chatroulette, but adding its own twist: it's for college students only.

Better bookmark manager coming to Google Chrome - here's what it looks like (video)

Download Squad  less than a day ago

Filed under: Google, Browsers

Mac users of Google Chrome finally got a solid bookmark system in Google Chrome.

Ubuntu 10.04 beta now available for download (screenshot tour)

Download Squad  less than a day ago

Filed under: OS Updates, Features, Linux, Canonical, Beta

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DLS @ SXSW - Crowd Fusion

Download Squad  2 days ago

Filed under: Web services, Commercial, Open Source, sxsw

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DLS @ SXSW - Lifeyo

Download Squad  2 days ago

Filed under: sxsw

Erez dove into Lifeyo recently, so I won't duplicate his efforts here.

Can't make a meeting? Google Calendar now has a Smart Rescheduler

Download Squad  2 days ago

Filed under: Utilities, Productivity, Google

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DLS @ SXSW - PayPal

Download Squad  2 days ago

Filed under: iPhone, Web, sxsw

PayPal had a nice booth at SXSW and was there to promote their API and developer platform, which now allows developers (hint: mobile developers, prayers answered) to enable PayPal's e-commerce solution within their apps.



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