Zoho, makers of an awesome web-based software suite comprised of document, project and invoicing management tools, has given its online word processing tool Writer a fresh look along with a couple of new features worth checking out. The Chennai, India-based startup says Zoho Writer 2.0 comes with hundreds of improvements, for the most part on the user interface.
But the makeover
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MetroPCS told Wall Street last week that the fourth quarter of 2008 was its most successful quarter ever when it came to adding new customers. This was a reflection of the prepaid carrier’s expansion efforts into new markets, but also a reflection of the economy rendering the $50-and-under contractless cell-phone plans that MetroPCS offers in 14 cities more attractive.
With a
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MetroPCS told Wall Street last week that the fourth quarter of 2008 was its most successful quarter ever when it came to adding new customers. This was a reflection of the prepaid carrier’s expansion efforts into new markets, but also a reflection of the economy rendering the $50-and-under contractless cell-phone plans that MetroPCS offers in 14 cities more attractive.
With a
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Divvyshot, a new Y Combinator company that makes sharing photos between groups very easy, has just launched in private alpha. The site allows groups of users to share full-resolution photos collaboratively both through online galleries and using native clients that will launch in the next few weeks. There are currently 700 invites available, which you can grab
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2009 started off with a quite the bang as the entire 2009 line-up from HTC was leaked. A few of those handsets, most notably the Diamond2, Touch Pro2 and Magic have already been announced, but the rest of them have not. We have to be honest and say that a few of these handsets are standard fare for HTC, but
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Data portability: it’s one of those buzzwords that everybody just has to be in on these days. From OpenID to Facebook Connect to Google Friend Connect, there are more and more ways to use a single login and take your information anywhere on the web. And today there’s one more: Yahoo Updates through a partnership with JS-Kit.
JS-Kit is
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We already gave you a sneak peek at ASUS’ Eee Sticks yesterday, but we couldn’t resist video taping a fellow giving these a go today. The not-at-all-familiar tennis title worked about like you’d expect it to (if you’ve ever played a Wii, that is), but judging by the pent up frustration we felt from over on the sidelines, the learning
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The New York Times released the 2.0 version of its popular free iPhone app today and it’s one you’ll want to be sure to grab. The app now offers extensive support for offline reading, making it one of the easiest ways to catch up with the news on a plane.
The app store hasn’t updated yet so you’ll have to
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Editor’s note: The guest post below was written by Reid Hoffman, CEO and Founder of LinkedIn. Reid has some strong opinions about how startups can help right the economy, and he offers some suggestions below. (You can also catch him tonight on Charlie Rose, or check out our interview we did with him at Davos). Reid is
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2009 started off with a quite the bang as the entire 2009 line-up from HTC was leaked. A few of those handsets, most notably the Diamond2, Touch Pro2 and Magic have already been announced, but the rest of them have not. We have to be honest and say that a few of these handsets are standard fare for HTC, but
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MySpace may be in deep trouble, but that isn’t stopping them from capitalizing on middle America (and Los Angeles), which still rampantly loves the site. You can now get a MySpace branded credit card and rack up points to download free music on the site.
MySpace and Citi are offering the Citi Forward/MySpace credit card. In an economy where signing
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As widely expected by most folks who speculate on such things, President Obama has now formally nominated lawyer and former venture capitalist Julius Genachowski to head up the Federal Communications Commission and fill the slot vacated by Bush appointee Kevin Martin. Among other things, Genachowski’s nomination is particularly notable given his support for net neutrality, which he made quite well
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Remember HTC’s huge lineup leak from earlier this year? Apparently somebody has trickled a few more details about the sets out, as we get a better look at the when, the where, and the all-important how much. Of course, we have to preface the info on the following six sets with the fact that we’ve no way to know the
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Is the world ready for consumer-class 8 megapixel cameraphones? That’s a loaded question, but one way or another, T-Mobile’s about to find out now that its SGH-T929 Memoir from Samsung is in the marketplace. With a full touchscreen and support for that elusive 1700MHz HSDPA, the handset packs some serious heat at the top end of the featurephone heap, and
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The Samsung Memoir has been rumored to make its way to the nation’s newest 3G network for a very, very long time. Starting today, however, it’s available in all of T-Mobile’s retail stores, online, and over the phone. Samsung’s high-end optics on handsets are nothing new, but an 8 megapixel sensor certainly trumps anything available in the U.S. market (sold
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