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Glue Comes To Its Senses And Launches A Destination Stream

TechCrunch  Oct 26 09

Adaptive Blue's Glue is a nifty Firefox add-on that uses semantic technology to understand the subject of the page you are on and then shows you via a bar at the bottom of your browser whether your friends have commented or liked the item anywhere on the Web. Glue works for movies, books, games, restaurants, wines, stock charts, and lets you share your likes with friends on Facebook (via Facebook Connect) and on Twitter. Until now, Glue tried to show you everything at the bottom of your browser on related pages, which can be obtrusive and annoying to the browsing experience. Today, Glue is branching out from just a plug-in to being a full-fledged destination site with a social product recommendation stream from your friends. Full story...

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When I first read about Hunch's Twitter Predictor game, I was pretty skeptical. The game asks you to put in your Twitter user name and based on who you follow and who you are followed by, it predicts how you will answer questions on Hunch.

Excelerate Labs Brings A Startup Incubator To Chicago

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Novell Rejects Hedge Fund’s Offer To Take The Company Private For $2 Billion

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Integrating Ethics Into The Core Of Your Startups: Why And How

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Check-In Fatigue. Or, Why I’m Rooting For An All-Out Location War.

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The Man Corporations Love and Xenophobes Hate

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Opera, Safari Beat Chrome On Google’s Own JavaScript Conformance Test

TechCrunch  24 hours ago

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Review: Aperture 3

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If you're a photographer and use a Mac, chances are you're using Lightroom or Aperture. Probably Lightroom, since Aperture is less popular among pros — and the latest version seems to be an acknowledgment of that.

Crocodoc Sets Its Sights On Adobe Acrobat With New Update

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Google Hands Out Its First 1337 Cash Prize For A Chrome Bug

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Back in January, Google announced that it would follow Mozilla's lead and start offering cash bounties for bugs found in the code of Chromium (the open-source browser behind Chrome), or Chrome by the community.



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