Topicfire Creates Solid Breaking News Twitter Feeds For All Topics

A lot of people use Twitter as a primary way of getting information quickly these days. Accounts such as BreakingNews are hugely popular because they offer up stories to their 1.6 million followers (and even more through retweets) instantaneously[...]A lot of people use Twitter as a primary way of getting information quickly these days. Accounts such as BreakingNews are hugely popular because they offer up stories to their 1.6 million followers (and even more through retweets) instantaneously. Topicfire , a realtime news aggregator we covered in December is now trying to extend that concept to all different topics. While there are no shortage of services attempting to leverage Twitter to distill information for different topics, Topicfire’s streams seem pretty solid thanks to the use of their HeatRank technology, which is the same thing that powers Topicfire itself.

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The iPad And Chrome OS Netbooks Are On A Collision Course

"We don’t know how to build a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk." "Netbooks aren’t better at anything." Those two quotes are both from Apple CEO Steve Jobs[...]"We don’t know how to build a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk." "Netbooks aren’t better at anything." Those two quotes are both from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The first was during an earnings call in late 2008 when Jobs fielded a question about why Apple wasn’t cutting prices amid the rising success of netbooks. The second came on Wednesday as Jobs was unveiling the iPad. Apple has made it clear all along that they had no plans to build a netbook

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How the iPad Helps Mobile Ad Firms — and Hurts Traditonal Online Advertisers

Mobile marketers are wasting no time trying to cash in on the iPad hype. Jumptap this morning crowed that it was the first to offer a mobile ad solution for Apple’s new tablet[...]Mobile marketers are wasting no time trying to cash in on the iPad hype. Jumptap this morning crowed that it was the first to offer a mobile ad solution for Apple’s new tablet, and Motally is extending its analytics offering to support the gadget. The early moves indicate that the iPad will be a battleground between the pure-play mobile advertisers and traditional Internet ad firms. And the lack of Flash support on the iPad tilts the field heavily in favor of the mobile guys. It’s an easy move for mobile advertising firms to embrace the iPad

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Gateway’s DVD-playin’ EC14D netbook spotted in the wild

Gateway isn’t daring to call its ED14D a netbook — probably because of that built-in DVD optical drive but there’s nothing outside of that to prove that it’s anything more[...]Gateway isn’t daring to call its ED14D a netbook — probably because of that built-in DVD optical drive but there’s nothing outside of that to prove that it’s anything more. That said, it’s easily one of the most intriguing 11.6-inch machines out there, and while it’s not slated to ship for a few more days still, the crew over at Notebook Italia has managed to get their hands on one. Hit up the Source link if you’ve never seen a netbook with an optical drive before, and then hit this link while asking yourself where you were in January of 2009.

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