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Wikipedia losing contributors, to streamline editing

Tim Hornyak — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:15:17 PDT

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the user-generated encyclopedia is losing volunteer contributors, and must simplify its editing procedures.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

See what's new in Thunderbird

Seth Rosenblatt — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:07:36 PDT

As Thunderbird joins Mozilla's rapid-release program, the e-mail client reorients itself for a new road map. But where's it going? See what the Outlook alternative offers in this new First Look video.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Twitter revamping mobile site for iPad users

Lance Whitney — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:48:14 PDT

The company is tweaking its mobile twitter.com site using HTML5 to make it more user-friendly for iPad users.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

How to tweet like a man

Eric Mack — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:33:08 PDT

Sociolinguistics gives us the keys to more masculine or feminine tweeting. Hint, guys: Google my jeep my ni$$@, http it up, bro. 4 sale. need $.

Originally posted at Crave

Gmail voice calling offering lower international rates

Lance Whitney — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:13:57 PDT

Accessible through Gmail, Google's phone call feature is being rolled out in 38 new languages with cheaper rates across more than 150 countries.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Yahoo Mail suffers outage; users react

Don Reisinger — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:51:00 PDT

Mail service was down for many, and affected users took to Twitter to complain. Yahoo now says all's well again, after acknowledging problems for "some users in certain locations."

Originally posted at The Digital Home

Google+ speeds to 25 million users in first month

Lance Whitney — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:41:39 PDT

Growing at around 1 million members per day, Google+ captured 25 million visitors as of July 24, becoming the fastest site to reach that level, according to ComScore.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Twitter ready to close the door on old site

Steven Musil — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:30:39 PDT

Popular microblogging site says it will migrate users still on old home page interface to the redesigned home page this week.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Start-up ZocDoc announces $50 million funding round

Boonsri Dickinson — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:02:45 PDT

The medical appointment booking service plans to use the DST Global investment to expand its presence to more cities nationwide.

The major players in mobile payments

Jessica Dolcourt — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:21:48 PDT

A who's who of the most recent partnerships for the hot, and rapidly growing, mobile payments sector.