Lance Armstrong joins Mobli’s board of directors

Mobli, a video sharing website, can add Lance Armstrong to its list of celebrity endorsers today. The famed cyclist is joining the company’s board and starting his own Mobli channel.

Mobli’s goal is to show you life through another person’s eyes. It does this by allowing people to set up channels, similar to YouTube, where they can post pictures and video, as well as search for image-based content through certain verticals. These verticals include food, … Continue Reading

Mobli adds Leonardo DiCaprio as advisor and investor, looks for help with branding

Mobli, a photo sharing application, said today Leonardo DiCaprio will be advising the company and also participated in a $4 million first round of funding, along with other private investors.

The technology sector has seen a recent onslaught of celebrity investors such as DiCaprio, Will.I.Am, Lady Gaga and Ashton Kutcher, who is now playing an internet tycoon on CBS’ sitcom Two and a Half Men. But many have to wonder, do these people actually have … Continue Reading

Facebook and Google+ photos play together in Primadesk’s photo managment

This article is part of a series of posts about DEMO alumni and news of their progress. Primadesk launched at Demo in Spring 2011. Check out more at DEMO.

You have photos on Facebook, Flickr, Shutterfly, and now Google+. Personal content manager Primadesk ends this photo-diaspora by aggregating all your pictures in one dashboard.

Primadesk’s original claim is to bring calm to the chaos of managing all types of personal content on the internet. The … Continue Reading

What can we expect from Foursquare's new app?

According to a recent Foursquare post on Twitter, the company just had the next version of its iPhone application approved by Apple. (The post thanked “SantaJobs,” apparently a reference to Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs.)

Foursquare cofounders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai have been dropping a lot of hints about a major revamp to Foursquare, a popular location service used by 5 million people who announce their location to friends by checking in on … Continue Reading

Twitter launches new dual-pane Twitter.com with media, photos alongside Tweets

Twitter, the streaming information feed of 140-character fame, announced today that it is revamping its flagship Twitter.com site to break it into a “two-pane” experience that allows users to embed media like photos and videos into Tweets.

By clicking on a Tweet, users can bring up a second pane that brings up a feed of other tweets as well as some information about the user — “all while never losing your place in the timeline,” … Continue Reading

Turn Flickr, Facebook photos into postcards with ShoZu, Touchnote

Twitter, the streaming information feed of 140-character fame, announced today that it is revamping its flagship Twitter.com site to break it into a “two-pane” experience that allows users to embed media like photos and videos into Tweets.

By clicking on a Tweet, users can bring up a second pane that brings up a feed of other tweets as well as some information about the user — “all while never losing your place in the timeline,” … Continue Reading