Foursquare patches its content gap with Zagat, HBO partnerships

As competitors with rich content offerings like Yelp close in on its core market, Foursquare is rallying to fight back with a series of big media partnerships.

Motorola Droid to receive multitouch web browser with Android 2.1 this week

The past few weeks have been a blessing for Google Android users who have longed for official multitouch support on the mobile platform.

Shared content on Facebook surges fivefold from seven months ago

Facebook users are sharing five billion pieces of content a week, or five times as much as they were in July, according to new statistics the company released this month.

Redpoint Ventures raises $400M fund for investments in social, mobile, and more

Redpoint Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif. venture firm whose investments cover everything from cloud application deployment (Heroku) to document-sharing (Scribd) to solar (Solyndra), has raised a $400 million fourth fund for early-stage investments.

BlueKiwi lets companies build a community for free

BlueKiwi, a French startup that helps companies manage customer conversations, says it’s starting a big push into the US market.

Pursway grabs $6m to help find companies social influencers

Social networking is filled with people who like to talk. While a majority of the online chatter is simply noise, some individuals, for reasons that vary, have networks of friends, family and colleagues that listen, trust and act on their recommendations.

An SD memory card adapter for your iPhone

I don’t normally blog about gadget hardware, but zoomMediaPlus‘ new zoomIt SD card adapter for iPhone and iPod Touch fills a gaping hole of utility.

Tumblr takes on Daily Booth with photo replies

Ooh, one youthful blogging network takes on another!

Tumblr, the uber-simplified blogging platform that has more than 3 million accounts, kicked off a 48-hour experiment today.

Displax forgot to tell us it doesn’t make plastic nanowire film

One of our most popular stories in recent days has been about Displax, a Portugal company that plans to start selling a plastic film that turns any surface into a touchscreen.

New material could turn your car’s body into a giant battery

A new invention out of the Imperial College of London could forever alter how we think about batteries — and powering cars for that matter.