Roundup: Spreadtweet, Windows Live, and more

Roundup: Spreadtweet, Windows Live, and more

Here’s the latest action:

Tungle launches web service for scheduling meetings — More on Web Worker Daily.

App lets Tweeters fake a work ethic What’s better than scheduling meetings online? Tricking your boss into thinking you’re working on an Excel spreadsheet when you’re really using Twitter! This productivity feigning app looks like columns and rows, but it’s really a stream of Tweets. Paul Boutin has a closer look at this new app, cleverly named… wait for it… Spreadtweet.

rPath introduces new version of its… Continue Reading

Roundup: MyHeritage raises funding, news feed psychology, Bell drops “basic research,” and more

Roundup: MyHeritage raises funding, news feed psychology, Bell drops “basic research,” and more

Here’s the latest action:

Genealogy site MyHeritage raises $15 million — The Israel-based company has grown from 17 million to 25 million registered users over the past year. Investors include Index Ventures and Accel.

High-imaging satellite GeoEye-1 launches — It claims to take the highest-resolution images of any commercially-available satellite — enough to “show home plate on a baseball diamond.” Google has an exclusive contract to this satellite’s images. [Image of GeoEye launch site, using GeoEye.]

The psychology of news… Continue Reading