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Find a silver screen from your iPhone screen

By Ty Wenzel • Jul 12th, 2008 • Category: Gadget Garage, Style Resources, Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

My favorite thing about open platforms that allow third-party developers to run wild is when those independent programmers actually do. Jeffrey Grossman wrote a free native application called Movies.app that revolves around movie listings and offers everything from from a straightforward, yet sophisticated lookup by movie or theater to a crisp, clear preview on the [...]


FindMe, an irritating GPS for Facebook friends

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

The new location-based service FindMe is a straightforward app that uses cell phone towers to broadcast your general whereabouts to Facebook friends, saving you from updating Facebook manually with places you frequently travel. In beta, FindMe installs on your cell phone and updates your Facebook status when it senses you’ve changed locations. For each new [...]


MySpace moving away from user spam with apps platform

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Techie News, Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–MySpace might have gotten a stigma for its advertising and user spam, but the company is hoping to get a fresh start with its developer platform.

Jim Benedetto, vice president of technology for MySpace, discussed the company’s current developer strategy with a group of 250 social application developers, entrepreneurs, and members of the press [...]