If you use the free Web-based version of Quicken, you’ll probably like this simple iPhone extension. Read more …

Facebook launched a new set of APIs on Monday that allow third-party software to interact with the Facebook activity stream. Developers can use these new APIs to build sophisticated Facebook client applications that give users direct access to the stream from their desktop. Courtesy of these APIs, rich support for Facebook could soon arrive in [...]

CEO Barry Diller says Yahoo’s site would augment IAC’s Match.com business. Read more …

Earlier this week, the EFF published a new report detailing the FBI’s Investigative Data Warehouse, which appears to be something like a combination of Google and a university’s slightly out-of-date custom card catalog with a front-end written for Windows 2000 that uses cartoon icons that some work-study student made in Microsoft Paint. I guess I’m [...]

The Wall Street Journal and Reuters say Oracle is developing new online software products in what could signal a shift in focus from traditional software to software as a service. Read more …

His wife drops on all fours. He calls the hospital. There are no midwives available. So naval engineer Marc Stephens has to rely on a couple of YouTube videos he’s just watched. Read more …