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IntoNow: It's Like Shazam Plus Foursquare for TV

Liz Gannes in Social on January 31, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

IntoNow, a new iOS app launching today, identifies television programs by just hearing snippets from them.

Google Takes a (Small) Stab at Fixing Twitter Search

Peter Kafka in Media on April 14, 2010 at 8:19 am PT

Twitter has a lot going for it. But search isn’t one of those things–even the service’s biggest fans concede that looking for something on Twitter, which can only return results in chronological order, is frustrating at best. Here’s a fix that’s incremental but cool, via Google.

Major League Baseball Beans Jon Stewart, and Obama’s Pitch Vanishes

Peter Kafka in Media on July 22, 2009 at 4:03 pm PT

Remember last week, when President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at baseball’s All-Star Game? And remember the ensuing fuss about his form? And remember how Jon Stewart sliced through all of the crap with his typically incisive wit? Alas, you’ve got no choice but to remember that last part. It has disappeared from the Web, apparently at the behest of Major League Baseball.