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Tweefight for iPhone and iPod Touch Now Available
I‘m happy to inform all the fans of our Twitter game Tweefight that an iPhone/iPod Touch app is now available at the App Store on iTunes. It’s the first attempt to bring the “twitter fights” to the iPhone and there is still lot of work to be done. Next version will include lots of new... »
I’m Using Google Chrome OS Already, What About You?
Since the launch of Chrome for Mac, it quickly became my favorite browser. Lightweight and very fast, it’s a mixture of ingredients that, in my opinion, make it the perfect browser. Moreover, the availability of browser extensions help you forget all the additional features you can get with browsers like the popular (but very heavy... »
How To Save Battery On Your Motorola Droid
Since I got a Motorola Droid last month, like many other Doird’s owners, I’ve been fighting against its very short battery life. The first days of usage I had to charge it by lunch time, something very annoying and not really suitable with an heavy business usage. Since then, I read a lot of forums... »
Where Is Now?
No, I’m not referring to the luggage that two friends of mine lost during their trip to San Francisco, but rather to the service they are trying to launch and fund from there, “WhereIsNow“. Marcello and Daniele are two young italian entrepreneurs (young because they are my age, of course…) who are now in Silicon... »
Feedburner and Google Buzz Followers: Are Them RSS Readers?
A few months ago the popular service Feedburner, which manages millions of blogs/websites’ RSS feeds worldwide, decided to include all the users following a certain blog on Friendfeed in the blog’s subscribers count. According to the same principle, since you can push the content of your blog to Google Buzz, your followers on Google Buzz... »
Android Market: The (negative) Gap Between Google and Apple
A few days ago I updated my Motorola Milestone to Android 2.0.1. Lots of improvements, in particular extended battery life, something everyone who uses a smartphone is looking forward to. It also seems that Motorola is going to push Android OS 2.1 for Milestone in Europe before the end of March. There is a... »
Gmail App For Android: When A New Version?
Gmail App for Android is a wonderful application and, for someone like me who comes from a BlackBerry, provides something I was used (addicted) to, that is push email. On the other side, there are a few usability issues that have been resolved in the mobile version (from the browser) that is, actually, better than... »
How To Type Faster On Your Touchscreen Smartphone: Swype
Yesterday I installed on my Motorola Droid what I can definitely consider the most innovative application that should be available by default for any touchscreen smartphone: Swype. What is Swype? From Wikipedia: Swype allows a user to enter a word by sliding a finger or stylus from letter to letter, lifting only between words. It uses... »
Radvision Speaks Italian
As many of you maybe don’t know, my background as an engineer is in the field of video coding and digital communications (ten years ago I also published an article on “fractal video coding”, not sure anyone ever read it…) , so I always kept an eye (in particular in the past) on everything related... »
Click To Call Dissected: The Role Of Social Media
A few days ago I read about the new click to call service for Facebook launched by VoIP Company 8×8 (US only), “8×8 Connect”. Both Om Malik and Andy Abramson shared their thoughts on the service, so I’d like to add my 2 cents to the discussion, being click to call the main business... »
When Will Google Buy Foursquare?
Yesterday I started using Foursquare seriously. I installed it on my Droid and tested it in a few location in Milan. As you can imagine, I don’t think there are too many Foursquare users in Italy. I created a few new venues both where I live (Sardinia, the island…) and in Milan and saw that... »
And The Best Android Twitter Client Is…
….TweetCaster! After having switched to Android (check my posts on my new Droid/Milestone here and here) one of the apps I missed the most is my faithful SocialScope, the best app to manage Twitter and Facebook available for BlackBerry. So a question arised: is there a Twitter app for Android that is comparable to SocialScope... »
Motorola Droid Does, Part 2
One week ago I shared my first impressions about the new Motorola Milestone (the EU version of the Droid) I got to review. Now, one week later, I have a lot more to write since I started using that smartphone intensely everyday. For those who missed my first review, you can find it here. In... »
FREETALK Connect Enables Skype Calling To SMBs
It is official, today FREETALK Connect has been announced and this is a date you should bookmark since a revolution starts today. Thanks to FREETALK Connect, any small and medium business with up to 50 users, can add the power of Skype to their telephony system, bringing inbound and outbound Skype calling to any office... »
Droid Does, BlackBerry Doesn’t…And Vice-Versa
Yesterday I received a Motorola Milestone (the EU version of the Droid) for testing purposes kindly offered by a local store. Faithful readers should be aware I’ve been using a BlackBerry Bold lately and definitely loved it. At the same time, I’m a geek and early adopter so I’m very curious to test this... »
How Google Ranks Tweets: I Disagree
Today I came accross an interesting interview to Amit Singhal from Google, lead developer of Google’s real-time search. He explained how a “tweet” is ranked by Google and why a uses has a higher reputation than another user. Amit’s analysis is pretty clear: the approach used by Google is very similar to the one used... »
How To Get A Google Nexus One Outside Of The US (part 2)
A few days ago I wrote a post on how to get a Google Nexus one in countries where it is not officially available yet, thanks to some simple tricks. Today, I want to share another way to get a Nexus One outside of the US. As of today, Florida-based Global Roaming is shipping worldwide... »
Best BackPack For 17″ Laptops: Booq Mamba Shift L
After getting my new 17″ MacBook Pro, a big problem arised: my backpack was not 17″-ready, but up to 13″ only. Since that MacBook is a precious and delicate thing, I started my research for a new backpack. After some Googling, I came accross a few reviews of the Booq Mamba Shift L, a backpack... »
How To Get A Google Nexus One EVERYWHERE Now
Early adopter? Android fan? Google lover? Ok, You want a Nexus One, the new, powerful, Google phone, right? And you are frustrated since you live in a country where Google doesn’t ship, correct? Many of you, me included, get the following message when try to access http://www.google.com/phone Well, a guy found a pretty easy way to... »
Tweefind Chrome Extension Now Available
We just published a Google Chrome extension which puts our realtime twitter search engine Tweefind at your fingertip. You can quickly search Twitter through Tweefind and results, ordered by users’ rank, are displayed and updated in realtime. More features are coming soon, this is just the first attempt to make Tweefind searches through Chrome more... »
Gmail On The Motorola Droid/Milestone: Screenshots
While searching for screenshots of the Gmail application on the Motorola Droid/Milestone, in order to compare it to the one included in the first Android phones, I simply realized there were no screenshots easily available on the internet! I was not lucky during my search and also video reviews were lacking of a dedicated... »
Cloud Telephony Explained And Dissected At ITEXPO East
If you want to get a better idea of what “cloud telephony” is, or just want to start discovering what it could mean for your business, you can’t miss Cloud Communications Summit in Miami taking place on January 20-22. Organized by pal Thomas Howe, better known as Mr Mashup, this summit wants to give you... »
Mobile VoIP: 2010 Will Be An “Exit” Year
A few days ago I posted an article about VoIP as the “industry of the decade“, meaning that VoIP has been the industry with the highest growth in terms of cumulative revenues. 2008-2009 has also been an important period in terms of market consolidation. Ribbit has been acquired by British Telecom after a very... »
My New Productivity Tool: 17″ Macbook Pro
This year Santa has been generous. Very generous. So he decided to bring me a brand new 17″ Macbook Pro. I was actually very close to start my search for a new laptop, but Santa intercepted my thoughts and was faster than me. Wife-Santa did a great job. The 17″ Macbook Pro was exactly what... »
Feedburner Drops Friendfeed Again…Forever?
Feedburner, the popular RSS management service now owned by Google, a few months ago started counting all your Friendfeed friends as RSS subscribers, if the feed of your blog is pushed to your Friendfeed stream. In the past few days, I (and many others) noticed a huge drop of RSS subscribers. Mine went from around... »
Why BlackBerry App World Is A Joke
The more I use my BlackBerry Bold(and I use it a lot, I can assure you…) the more all this thing about the BlackBerry App World looks like a joke to me. The number of apps I would like to store on my BB is significant, but mine is just a dream due to the... »
What Is The Industry Of The Decade? VoIP!
Going back to 1999 / 2000 when I was involved in the startup of a new VoIP company, Abbeynet, and the launch of an innovative (but not that lucky) VoIP service, Chocophone, I certainly coundn’t ever imagine that the VoIP industry was going to become the “industry of the decade“. Image via Wikipedia Yes, because it... »
Tweefind, A New Effective Way To Search Twitter
As many of you should know, Tweefind is a service launched by my company back in April, that provides a very effective way to search Twitter, showing results based on the rank of the Twitter users. Today I’m announcing that a brand new version of Tweefind is out, more effective and feature-rich than ever. The new... »
Blackberry Twitter Clients Smackdown: Seesmic, SocialScope, Tweeteev, Twixtreme, UberTwitter
As many of you should know, I’m kinda of Twitter addict and the device from which I use it the most is my Blackberry Bold. For this reason I tried all the available twitter clients for BB and today I’d like to share my opinion on the five I think are the best available... »