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Morning Xtra: Flickr Opens to Twitter, MacBooks for Maine Students

by Chad Mumm on July 1, 2009 at 11:10 AM


Maine Students Get MacBooks
CNet reports that the state of Maine is continuing its plan to provide laptops to kids by purchasing MacBooks for all public school students in the seventh through 12th grades. Talk about lucky; it's got to be easier learning to type on those sleek MacBooks than on the ancient IBMs we had. [CNet]

Flickr Opens to Twitter
Flickr, star of the early Web 2.0 days, has finally added Twitter functionality. Flickr users are now able to share their images on the popular microblogging site with an in-browser tool or with a mobile phone using a new, "2twitter" e-mail address. Full explanation, with pictures, at ReadWriteWeb. [From: ReadWriteWeb]


1 in 4 Adults Own Video Game Consoles
If you're still embarrassed that your significant other spends their free evenings playing 'Super Mario Galaxy,' don't be. A recent Nielsen survey revealed that 27-percent of online adults own a gaming console. And guess what? The blogosphere is down with video games, as well; this year's E3 conference generated 30-percent more blog traffic than last year. [From: CNet]

Joost Dropping Its Consumer Biz, Thank You YouTube, Hulu
Kazaa and Skype are largely the work of duo Ziklas Zennstrom and Junus Friis, but even this legendary duo couldn't fend off big Hollywood (Hulu) and Google (YouTube) in the world of Web video. Their streaming-video site Joost is shutting down its consumer-video service and will instead focus on providing video platforms for cable providers. [From: CNet]

Is 'Tweet' Trademarked?
Apparently, Twitter considers "tweet" to be a trademark and is now "uncomfortable" with third-party developers using the word in their apps. Looks like tough luck for Tweetie, TweetDeck, TweetBoard, and other apps and sites that use the word in their brand names. [From: TechCrunch]

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