Taskos Is a Voice-Powered Mobile To-Do List for Android [Downloads]

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010

Android: If you prefer to use your Android as hands-free as possible, Taskos is a voice-driven to-do list manager that supports contexts, alarms, dialer integration and more. More

Posted in Social Media | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

iPhone 3G Speed Test: iOS 4.0 versus iOS 4.1 [IPhone]

By melissa | Published: September 3, 2010

iOS 4.0 was so slow on our 3G, we promptly downgraded after updating. Earlier this week, Apple announced, among other things, that iOS 4.1 fixed performance on the iPhone 3G . We put their claim to the test. More

Posted in Social Media | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

iTunes Ping’s Latest Problem: Spam

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010

iTunes Ping is apparently full of spam, yet another hiccup in Apple’s road to establishing a legitimate social network. As Sophos notes on its blog, a barrage of spam links are hitting the music-themed social network. Many of these links are to offers promising free iPad, iPhone or iPod touch devices. Apple released iTunes 10 and iTunes Ping earlier this week and the rollout has been a little bit rocky.

Read the original here:
iTunes Ping’s Latest Problem: Spam

Posted in Mashable | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Determine Restaurant Wait Times Before You Leave the House [APPS]

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010

If you’re anything like me (too impatient to boil water), you hate waiting to be seated at restaurants — those blinking, vibrating beeper things really are instruments of the devil, no? Well, The Onion ’s A.V. Club has come up with a solution for you: a crowdsourced iPhone app that lets you know about wait times at local eateries. According to The A.V. Club’s website , the idea was inspired by popular Chicago hot dog maker, Hot Doug.

Read the original here:
Determine Restaurant Wait Times Before You Leave the House [APPS]

Posted in Mashable | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Without a Trace: Turn Your Flash Drive into a Portable Privacy Toolkit [Privacy]

By jorge | Published: September 3, 2010

Whether you’re trying to increase your security at an internet café, tunnel your way to your home computer from your cubicle, or leave no trace on your friend’s borrowed computer, a flash drive turned portable privacy toolkit is invaluable. More

Posted in Social Media | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Twitter Surpasses 145 Million Registered Users

By melissa | Published: September 3, 2010

Buried in last night’s update on skyrocketing mobile usage , Twitter CEO Evan Williams revealed that the company now has more than 145 million registered users. The last time Twitter went on the record with member registrations, it was touting 105 million registered users . That stat came just four months ago, which makes last night’s reveal quite significant and proves that Twitter is adding nearly 300,000 new users per day, as previously disclosed. Of course, mobile plays a huge role in Twitter’s growth. Sixteen percent of new Twitter users now join via mobile device, as opposed to signing up on the web

Read the original here:
Twitter Surpasses 145 Million Registered Users

Posted in Mashable | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We All Scream for Ice Cream in This Week’s Open Thread [Open Thread]

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010

Still hotter than you’d like this late in the summer? We’re serving out scoops of your favorite productivity ice cream in this week’s open thread. More

Posted in Social Media | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, July 2010

By jorge | Published: September 3, 2010

Each month, our partner Visible Measures compiles a list of the top 10 most popular web video series , and we share those results with you and provide analysis. Visible Measures tracks views, comments and other data on web video. If you’re looking for some video entertainment to watch online during your lunch break, this chart is a great place to start.

Read more from the original source:
The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, July 2010

Posted in Mashable | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dushare Is a Peer-to-Peer One Click File Sharing Solution [File Sharing]

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010

You want to transfer a file to a friend but IM transfer has failed, it’s too big for email, or somebody is behind a firewall. Head over to Dushare where you can transfer peer-to-peer via browser, as fast as you can upload. More

Posted in Social Media | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mashable Giveaway: Win A SANYO Dual HD Camera

By anthony | Published: September 3, 2010

We’ve partnered with SANYO to give away 20 newly released SANYO Dual HD PD2 cameras. From today until next Friday, we’ll be giving two readers a camera each day, with six winners on the final day. So how do you win? Simple.

Read more from the original source:
Mashable Giveaway: Win A SANYO Dual HD Camera

Posted in Mashable | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment