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Flickr, Behance, Vimeo and YouTube Add New Pinterest Attribution Tool

Liz Gannes in Social on May 1 at 11:02 am PT

In a bid to be creator- and copyright-friendly, Pinterest signed up four content hosting sites to use a new automated attribution tool.

Ways to Make Web Watching More Like TV, Less Like a PC

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on August 24, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt reviews three set-top boxes that make it easy to bring Internet content to your TV, minus the wires, mice and keyboards.

Jon Stewart Thinks Newt Gingrich Should Stay Off Twitter

Peter Kafka in Media on May 13, 2011 at 6:19 am PT

Apparently you have to be “cool” to be on the Internet. Who knew?

Showyou: An iPad Experience for Shared Videos

Liz Gannes in Social on April 13, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Showyou is a new iOS app from San Francisco-based Remixation with an imaginative interface built for social video consumption. Its main view is a never-ending tiled video wall intended primarily for use on the iPad.

Assistly Extends Customer Service to Facebook Walls

Liz Gannes in Social on February 16, 2011 at 10:08 am PT

Assistly helps small businesses provide Web-based customer service and support with a platform that combines more traditional methods like email, chat and phone with Twitter and, as of today, Facebook.

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Early Adopter: Connect Your Personal Data Pipes Together With Ifttt’s Digital Duct Tape

Drake Martinet, Associate Editor, All Things Digital in News on February 11, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

APIs make the personal Web go round, but for years now, dealing with them has been the domain of the programmer. Now, San Francisco start-up ifttt is hoping to use super-simple design to allow ordinary users to bend pieces of the Web to their own will and create connections between previously siloed services. No coding required.

Richard Branson's iPad App: $2.99, Instructions Included. You'll Need Them.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2010 at 4:29 am PT

It’s a magazine app! With no magazine! But it’s still pretty similar to other magazine apps you’ve seen before. Click through for instructions (!) and a jaw-dropping photo of a dude going over a waterfall in a kayak.

Bleacher Report's Brian Grey Talks About New Content Biz, as Patrick Keane Joins Board

Kara Swisher in News on November 24, 2010 at 11:30 am PT

Earlier this week, BoomTown went downtown to the San Francisco HQ of Bleacher Report, one of the many interesting efforts trying to change the way content is made and distributed. Bleacher Report, no surprise, is focused on sports, and competes with sites such as Yardbarker and SB Nation. All take different approaches, with Bleacher Report delivering a grassroots platform for both professional and hobbyist writers who want give their take on any topic about college and professional sports, from the latest draft to explaining what’s the deal with “Fear the Beard.”

Svpply Is a Social Shopping Site With a Funny Name, Good Buzz and a New Funding Round

Peter Kafka in Media on November 22, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

It’s Tumblr meets Amazon! Svpply is a shopping site for stuff you want your friends to know you own, or at least that you’d like to own. Which could be a very good idea–good enough that several start-ups are taking a crack at it.