Question and Answer services were hot this week. Both Ask.com and Facebook released their products:
Ask.com Gets Back to Its Roots: Launches Q&A Service — Ask.com launched in 1996 and even though the site went through a number of changes through the years (remember Jeeves?), it is still one of the first services many Internet users think of when looking for a site where they can get their questions answered.
Searching for Answers? Ask Facebook Questions — Millions of people ask their friends questions on Facebook every day. What new music should I listen to? Where's the best sushi place in town? How do I learn to play the piano? — Today we're introducing Facebook Questions …
Location Based Service ( LBS ) was still getting hotter and hotter.
FourSquare's Crowley on Facebook, Check-in Fatigue & the Copy Cats — I was in New York this week, and as part of my visit, I decided to check-in (pun intended) with Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley. He showed off the company's massive new office that is still under construction …
Facebook Closing In On Acquiring Check-In Service Hot Potato — We're hearing from sources close to the deal that Facebook is in late stage negotiations to buy Hot Potato, the social activity service. The deal is not yet finalized from what we're hearing, but could be at any moment.
Google Opens Places API With Initial Focus On Check-In Apps — At Google I/O in May, the search giant indicated that they were about to take their commitment to location to the next level. Sure, Latitude had been around for a while, but everyone knew that Google could do more in the space.
Yelp CEO: “There is real tension” between Google Places and Yelp — Today at TechCrunch's Cruchup in Palo Alto, CA, Jeremy Stoppelman , Yelp's CEO and John Hanke , VP of Product Management at Google talked about the strain that is building up between Yelp and Google Places.
In device world
New Amazon Kindle announced: $139 WiFi-only version and $189 3G model available August 27th in the US and UK — Let's be honest — you saw this one coming, didn't you? Today Amazon is introducing a new reading device for e-book aficionados dubbed simply... the Kindle.
Kindle to Go ‘Mass Market’ — Amazon Digs in Heels by Introducing New, Cheaper Version of E-Book Reader — Amazon.com Inc. plans to release a cheaper Kindle e-reader next month, said Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, laying out a strategy to go “mass market” with an inexpensive gadget designed …
Sony's Response To New Kindle: Not Chasing “Cheapest E-Reader” Title — All the chatter about Amazon's new, $139 e-reader isn't forcing competitor Sony to lower its prices—at least not yet. — On July 29, the day after Amazon's new Kindle was unveiled, Sony released a statement proclaiming …
Apple iMac line gets speedbumped, low-end gets a Core i3 — It's not as if we haven't heard the rumors building over the last few months, but Apple's long-standing iMac line is seeing its first real update since the Fall of last year on this fine morning. As predicted, the refreshed iMac line …
Ya, summer days are always hot.