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From Mashable : Tumblr, one of the simplest blogging platforms around, is doing really well. Situated between Wordpress, which requires a bit more effort to create and organize content, and Twitter, which requires almost no effort but also doesn’t offer many features, Tumblr is the perfect tool for users w… Continue reading at Mashable

From Mashable : Tumblr, one of the simplest blogging platforms around, is doing really well. Situated between Wordpress, which requires a bit more effort to create and organize content, and Twitter, which requires almost no effort but also doesn’t offer many features, Tumblr is the perfect tool for users w… Continue reading at Mashable

Here’s a weird video of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone trying to promote Twitter in 2006. He’s trying to be funny, acting like some sort of crazy professor. The thing is, he does a horrible jobs explaining Twitter, which at the time was spelled Twttr. Back then, vowels were the enemy. We would have no idea what the heck Twttr was from watching this video. via Mashable Read the rest of this story

Steve Jobs said Wednesday that while Amazon has gone a great job with the Kindle, Apple plans to “stand on their shoulders” with the iPad’s e-reader functionality . The Wall Street Journal A Sony Reader, iPad and Kindle side by side Bloggers quickly began speculating as to which device is better, with many pro-Kindle reviewers calling the reader less distracting, while the Apple camp cites the iPad’s multi-purpose nature as a selling point. An iPad “does so much more — games, photos, videos, email,” wrote Fred Vogelstein in Wired. “I might eventually ditch my laptop for it too.” GigaOm also sees the Kindle as a defunct device. “The Amazon Kindle is dead thanks to the rich media capabilities of the iPad as well as the full software-based keyboard,” Stacey Higginbotham wrote. But are those bells and whistles distracting to those who just want to curl up with an e-book? Brad Stone wrote on Bits that the Kindle “will continue to be the best device for lovers of long-form reading, period…when you read a book, you just don’t want to have email, Twitter and the ESPN Web site beckoning from the browser.” Price tags are another frequent point of comparison. Mashable’s Josh Catone pointed to the iPad’s $499 price, only $10 more than what the Kindle costs

LinkedIn will soon roll out a nifty new contact browsing interface that should make things a bit easier for workplace social butterflies who have a lot of people to keep track of. The update adds a panel that you can use to browse contacts by their companies, industries or locations. You can also find folks based on various tags that you define (for example, “recruiters” or “classmates”) and recent activity. The interface has a search field where you can narrow things down by entering names or other information that might appear in a contact’s profile. Browse down to a specific person and a mini profile will appear in the far right panel, where you’ll find contact information, a photo, current position and number of connections. You can also add or remove tags for that contact while viewing the mini profile. LinkedIn just recently launched major redesigns for both its website and its iPhone app . Combine those changes, this new panel, and the faceted search feature and you’ve got some powerful tools for finding what and who you need among your professional contacts.