Google Latitude Announces API Plans at SXSW. Oh, And Buzz will “Absolutely Not” Kill Latitude.

TheNextWeb  4 hours ago

Yesterday at SXSWi we had a chance to listen in to a panel entitled “The Life Graph” with panels from Google, Twitter and Loopt among others.

Microsoft launches IE9 Preview, takes fight to Chrome

TheNextWeb  4 hours ago

Microsoft today announces the IE9 preview to deliver an awesome new browsing experience. Our first look at Internet Explorer 9 follows much of the same core features we will see on the Windows Phone 7, mainly hardware accelerated graphics and text plus a new JavaScript engine and support for HTML5.

$531 Million, The Value of Net-a-Porter. Money is always in fashion!

TheNextWeb  6 hours ago

Net-a-Porter, pioneering online luxury fashion retailer, will be bought out by Swiss luxury goods group Richemont within the week according to Telegraph.

Piano Roulette

TheNextWeb  18 hours ago

I want to go on ChatRoulette if only because I want to try and chat with this guy. This is amazing.Original title and link for this post: Piano Roulette

Not At SXSWi? Do This Instead.

TheNextWeb  3 days ago

Let’s face it, if you are not at SXSWi (I’m not, and I am quite bitter), you are right now annoyed as all heck at your friends having a ball while you keep working.

Manpacks – Subscription Socks, Shirts, And Boxers

TheNextWeb  3 days ago

Manpacks is a new startup focusing on subscription clothing. Using the tools of the web, the company allows people to set up recurring clothing purchases.

Twitter launches SXSW recruitment/stalking tool

TheNextWeb  3 days ago

Twitter has just launched a rather cool way for geeks at South By South West to get hired by the company.

Google Is Leaving China

TheNextWeb  3 days ago

Google’s talks with China over censorship have stalled and it now appears that Google will leave the Chinese market entirely.

Enemies of the Internet: KSA, Egypt, Iran, Syria

TheNextWeb  3 days ago

Middle Easterns, Rejoice! If the Axis of Evil wasn’t enough, 4 of our countries have made it to the top 12 “Enemies of the Internet”.

Twitter “a force for good”? Politicians disagree.

TheNextWeb  3 days ago

Twitter wants to change the world while some politicians are trying to silence it. In an interview with the BBC this week, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams said “Our goal at Twitter is to be a force for good… We have a fundamental belief, having worked on this type of thing for 10 years, that the open [.