Getting creative is part of our job. Whatever project we are working on, at some point we need to come up with some nice starting point — some fresh idea which we could explore further, build upon and refine until we have a polished, perfect result. Although having an idea is at least as important [...]

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Dash Express
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Dash, which makes the very cool Dash Express GPS gizmo for cars (review), has opened up an API so developers can build new apps for the unit. On announcement, according to a company press release, several apps will be available: a homes-for-sale app from Coldwell Banker, a calendar app that can [...]

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Tom Coates, creator of Yahoo’s Fire Eagle data location broker, took the stage at Where 2.0 to talk up some of the cool new apps that use the platform. “Fire Eagle is nothing,” Coates said, without the apps. Nearly all the apps he mentioned are listed on the Fire Eagle’s Gallery page (log-in [...]

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Get a bunch of information in a small space with IntelliScreen–a delightfully simple, yet powerful iPhone app.
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Despite the iPhone app store being weeks away from launch, developer Intelliborn has just released a stellar application for users with jailbroken iPhones. Switchers from Windows Mobile phones who missed the “today” screen that lists a [...]

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Google is starting to share more details about its high priority of making more money off YouTube’s popularity, introducing an advertising product on Tuesday called buzz targeting.

The ad product uses an algorithm to find videos that are about to “go viral,” when word of mouth (or IM, or blog, or e-mail) promotes a Web site [...]

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