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TechCrunch
Undoubtedly by now you've heard about Tiger Woods' car crash. Early reports had him in serious condition (which remember, is better than critical condition) after he apparently hit a fire hydrant and a tree while leaving his home in his SUV. The latest reports say he has been released from the hospital and is "fine." But I'm not going to speak ...
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Mashable!
Tiger Woods Injured in Car Accident
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World champion golfer and sports icon Tiger Woods is in serious condition after his car crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree near his home in Isleworth, Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Woods hit the hydrant with his 2009 Escalade after pulling out of his driveway at around 2:25 A.M. this morning. According to Florida Highway Patrol ...
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MG Siegler
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TechCrunch
The year is 1963. It's November. At 1:40 PM ET, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite comes on the air. " In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas. The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting. " Rapidly, everyone in America descends upon the closest ...
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Twitter Japan to introduce payment model
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TOKYO - Twitter Japan has further moved to differentiate itself from its global counterpart through the introduction of a tiered payment model that will charge audiences to view tweets from premium Twitter accounts.
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TechCrunch
6 Reasons Why Twitter Japan’s Subscription Model Might Work
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We reported today that Digital Garage , Twitter's partner in Japan, is ready to roll out a new, Japan-only way to monetize the service. The way it'll work is pretty simple: Japanese Twitter users will soon be able to charge their followers to view tweets - on a monthly basis or per single tweet. Otherwise they will only see excerpts or no text ...
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TechCrunch
Twitter Japan To Introduce Paid Premium Accounts Next January
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The news of the day in social media land: Twitter is apparently going to start experimenting with paid premium accounts through its Japanese subsidiary, which has always been a bit separated from the rest of Twitter and in many ways a playground for the company ( Groups , Twicco , Twitvideo.jp ). Japanese media are reporting that Twitter is ...
Jennifer Van Grove
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Mashable!
How SMBs Can Capitalize on the Twitter Woes of the Fortune 100
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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Weber Shandwick recently released the results of their study on the Twitter accounts and behavior of Fortune 100 companies. They found that a majority of Fortune 100 ...
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Walter Cronkite, the man, is in no way, shape, or form similar to Twitter, the medium
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I promised myself I would keep my laptop shut off this weekend so that I could do some actual reading, as in you know, from a book, but after reading MG Siegler’s piece in TechCrunch titled “In The Age Of Realtime, Twitter Is Walter Cronkite” on my mobile fone, I knew I had to post a response.
Jennifer Van Grove
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Mashable!
Amazon Tops Walmart, Target, and Best Buy in Black Friday Twitter Buzz
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It’s Black Friday and while there’s plenty of offline deals to be had, and you can use social media to find them , one online retailer is dominating its offline competition when it comes to Twitter. Data from Trendrr is showing that Twitter buzz around Amazon leading up to Black Friday far surpasses that of the Twitter buzz ...
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Your Favorite Mobile Apps of 2009
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A year ago we polled you, the ReadWriteWeb community, on your favorite mobile apps . It's become an annual tradition to run this survey, so in this post we're collecting your top 5 lists for 2009. To get you inspired, the ReadWriteWeb team have listed their personal favorites below. We first ran this poll in November 2007 , before Apple's App ...
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ASSASSINATION AND FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
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The network coverage of the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy warrants its reputation as the most moving and historic passage in broadcasting history. On Friday 22 November 1963, news bulletins reporting rifle shots during the president's motorcade in Dallas, Texas, broke into normal programming. Soon the three networks preempted their ...
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Twitter to try premium accounts in Japan
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Twitter Inc. will reportedly try premium accounts in Japan through its subsidiary there, according to reports from Asia on Friday. (GOOG) (MSFT)
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Michael Arrington
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TechCrunch
Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Traditionally we take stock of the things that we're thankful for on this day each year. And I realized that one of those things is Steve Jobs . I'm thankful that he returned to Apple in 1997 and did the things he has done since. It wasn't at all a certainty that he would ever return to the company that he ...
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Microsoft 'worked with Apple' for Silverlight on iPhone, says Goldfarb
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It was an impressive demonstration, once they got it working: H.264 video streaming wirelessly (and slowly, at least during the caching sequence) using Microsoft's Silverlight video streaming, to an Apple iPhone. It's all the more impressive when you realize that Flash video still has not made its way (permanently) to the iPhone, not for any ...
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Steven Sande
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The Unofficial Apple (TUAW)
Apple's Mac mini tops chart of 'green' computers
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Filed under: Hardware , Odds and ends , iMac , Mac mini , MacBook Air The sust-it website, which provides rankings of energy usage and annual energy cost for thousands of appliances, home entertainment devices, and computers, has announced that Apple's Mac mini fills the top four spots for the most efficient desktop computer in their latest ...
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Ars Technica
Apple releases iTunes LP and Extras specs, TuneKit SDK
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It appears the hubbub over iTunes LP production fees was indeed unfounded. As promised last month, Apple has released the complete specifications for its Cocktail extended digital content format, aka iTunes LP for music and iTunes Extras for video content. Along with the relevant specifications, Apple has released a series of guides explaining ...
MacNN
Apple to change UK terms and conditions following criticism
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Apple has agreed to change their terms and conditions for UK customers, following criticism from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), according to Tech Digest. The trade group rebuked the California-based company for infringing upon the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999 (UTCCRs). Apple will reportedly revise its local terms and ...
Innovation
Apple iPhone gets South Korea launch
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On Saturday, South Korean consumers will finally be able to get their hands on an Apple iPhone – more than two years after the top-selling smartphone launched in the United States. (There's something to be said for drumming up a little anticipation.) According to the Associated Press, more than 53,000 ...
Kat Hannaford
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Gizmodo
MiKandi: The World's First Porn App Store for Android
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The only reason VHS won over Betamax was because of porn. And HD DVD very nearly eclipsed Blu-ray (sorry to bring up bad memories) due to Sony's reluctance to allow adult entertainment publishers onto its format. Now, Android's 16,000 apps haven't scared Apple yet, but an alternative app store that's sprung up could see Apple's prudishness be ...
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Chris Pirillo
Magic Mouse Review
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Magic Mouse Review is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I believe in magic. I also believe in Apple. Therefore, I had to buy the new Apple Magic Mouse . There is no scroll ball on this particular mouse, as there was on the Mighty Mouse. The entire surface of the Magic Mouse is touch-enabled. I ...
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Leena Rao
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TechCrunch
In time for Black Friday, Microsoft and eBay are partnering to offer eBay Daily Deals to Internet Explorer 8 users directly from the browser. Via a Internet Explorer Web Slice, Microsoft will offer users the best "Daily Deals" from eBay from within the browser. The deals will be found within Favorites Bar on IE8, and will be updated daily within ...
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Neowin.net
Microsoft's Windows 7 Family Guy clips revealed
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Before the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft teamed up with Fox to air a Family Guy episode to help create more buzz about the product prior to the launch. Not long after announcing the deal Microsoft pulled support for the episode because of "riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest". Many thought that would be the end of ...
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ReadWriteWeb
How to Prepare Your iPhone for Black Friday
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The holidays are now upon us and after today's turkey is digested, it will be time to strap on your most comfortable shoes and prepare for an early day of marathon shopping. "Black Friday," the unofficial retail holiday that lands the day after Thanksgiving, kicks off the season with deals and doorbusters...not to mention crowds and chaos. ...
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Justin McElroy
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Joystiq
Darkest of Days postmortem has some bright spots
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It's very easy to roundly dismiss a game that most people don't think is very good -- heck, we do it all the time. But we think before you make with the lambasting, you should have to read a postmortem article, like this one on Gamasutra from 8monkey, the developer of Darkest of Days . Where many terrible games just appear to be rush jobs, the ...
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TechCrunch
Microsoft’s Dance With Newspapers Continues
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We've been doing some more digging on the definitive moves by Microsoft to woo newspapers over to Bing and away from Google, a story we broke two weeks ago . Since then there have been some follow-up by various media outlets, notably the Financial Times this week which confirmed that Microsoft had had discussions with News Corp to “de-index” ...
Mike Butcher
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TechCrunch Europe
More emerges on Microsoft’s dance with newspapers
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We've been doing some more digging on the definitive moves by Microsoft to woo newspapers over to Bing and away from Google, a story we broke two weeks ago . Since then there have been some follow-up by various media outlets, notably the Financial Times this week which confirmed that Microsoft had had discussions with News Corp to “de-index” ...
Jason Clarke
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The Unofficial Apple (TUAW)
A Dozen Daily Deals, Day 3
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Filed under: Deals Well, Black Friday is here! If you're looking to save some money, here are another dozen deals from DealNews.com to consider once you wake up from your tryptophan-induced coma: Walmart : [Black Friday] Walmart Black Friday Sale now live Other World Computing : [Store Events] OWC Black Friday Sale: Accessories, HDDs, speakers, ...
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Samsung, New York Times Team to Offer Netbook
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The Samsung Go netbook is now available at a $100 discount to New York Times readers who purchase a one-year subscription to the Times Reader 2.0 application. The smooth, black netbook features a bright, borderless glass display and up to 10 hours of battery life. - Samsung and The New York Times have teamed to offer Times readers a deal on the ...
Leena Rao
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TechCrunch
Totsy Offers Deep Discounts For Moms, Partners With Genealogy App FamilyBuilder
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While consumers around the U.S. are sniffing out Black Friday deals today, sample sale sites have emerged to provide members with serious discounts year round. Online sample sales sites such as Gilt Groupe, HauteLook, Ideeli, RueLaLa and others, have been picking up serious traction in the past year. We've seen a plethora of sites pop up for ...
Andrew Lyle
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Neowin.net
Microsoft Store Black Friday deals continue
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Microsoft Store still has some Black Friday deals going on with selected items, including free shipping on every item available online. Microsoft is also offering deals on Microsoft Office 2007, Windows 7 netbooks and laptops, Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE and many more special offers. Some of the offers are only available for a limited time and on ...
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Michael Arrington
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TechCrunch
Video Professor continues to be angry that I called them a scam in my original Scamville post. They've gotten nowhere reaching out to me directly (more on that below), so now they've tried complaining to the Washington Post , which has syndicated our content since 2008. The Washington Post stood firm beside us today and kept our original post as ...
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If you’re anything like me – and let’s for all of our sakes pray that you’re not – then your first thought as you stagger back to your desk today, bloated and giddy after Thanksgiving, will likely be “what can I do to kill time until the end of the week?” Actual work is out of [...]
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TechCrunch
Over the last few days, Facebook has apparently been rolling out some UI changes to a small number of users, moving many of the navigation elements that currently rest at the bottom of the screen back to the left sidebar. The changes are subtle enough that they probably won't spark yet another user rebellion against Facebook — aside from the ...
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Jennifer Van Grove
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Mashable!
Crash State Dinner, Post Photos to Facebook … Go to Jail?
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The story of Michaele and Tareq Salahi should serve as a lesson in the wrong way to seek fame. The couple, which is being considered by Bravo for the DC version of The Real Housewives series, somehow managed to make it past a security checkpoint to attend the White House state dinner on Tuesday evening, where they proceeded to party with the ...
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TechCrunch
So it's been nearly 10 days since Foursquare launched its social mobile game 'ground assault' into 50 more cities, including a bunch of European ones. But what I'd like to know is who's actually using it here in Europe? Because, you see, Europeans are already quite well served by location based mobile applications like Qype , the various ...
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Mike Butcher
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TechCrunch Europe
Vote: Will Europeans use Gowalla, FourSquare or what?
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So it's been nearly 10 days since Foursquare launched its social mobile game 'ground assault' into 50 more cities, including a bunch of European ones. But what I'd like to know is who's actually using it here in Europe? Because, you see, Europeans are already quite well served by location based mobile applications like Qype , the various ...
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TechCrunch
4mapper Puts Foursquare On The Map
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As one of the hot social-location properties, Foursquare has a wealth of information about where you go. Unfortunately, it doesn't really offer many good ways to visualize it. In fact, Foursquare only focuses on providing a text stream of your check-ins. A new app takes that data and puts it on a map. 4mapper , built by John Wiseman , is a very ...
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ReadWriteWeb
Foodspotting: Foursquare meets Food Porn
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After eating the best meal of your life, it's hard to forget the experience. It's not unusual for individuals to spend a decade in search of the perfect New York-style pizza in California or the best ramen in London. At this level of obsession, you simply can't be satiated by reading menus or scouring the blurry restaurant pictures and user- ...
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This guest post was written by Martin Seibert , a German Internet media consultant. Google Wave is a hot topic at the moment. The ambitious group collaboration and micro-messaging platform started rolling out in beta via an initial batch of 100,000 invitations two months ago. Many people still want invitations. Among those who've tried it, some ...
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Dell provides custom Google Chrome OS image for Mini 10V users
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Say what you will about Dell, but there’s no denying that this is one of the coolest things any OEM has done for enthusiasts in a long time. Own a Dell Mini 10V? Wish you could give that early build of Google Chrome OS a try on your netbook? You’re in luck, because Dell’s Doug Anson and some friends have taken the time to hack ...
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Top News
What Would You Change About Google Search?
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Google's Matt Cutts, as you may know, frequently appears in videos for Google's Webmaster Central YouTube channel . In these videos he answers questions submitted by Google users. One of the latest ones features a different kind of (and perhaps more fun) question: If you could improve one thing or add a feature to Google Search right now, what ...
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Google Operating System
Google Calendar Sneak Preview
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Google Calendar tests a new feature that lets you view your calendar and the calendars of your guests when you create a new event. "Sneak preview" can be enabled when you click on "create event". "We're working a new feature that makes it easier to schedule events with guests. The new event page will include a calendar right next to your guest ...
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Google's book-scanning deal is not sealed yet
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A revised settlement satisfies some objections, but questions over copyright and antitrust laws remain. Google Inc.'s settlement with authors and publishers over the digital scanning of books got a preliminary approval from a federal judge last week, but the controversy may be far from over.
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Google Chrome OS review: First Look
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Last week, Google surprised many by unveiling its Chrome OS, giving a glimpse of how it would look and more details about how it will work. However, it revealed that Chrome OS would only be made available on specially designed hardware, and these wouldn't be available to buy until Christmas - in 2010. However, Chrome OS is an open source project ...
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[Germany] How would you like to make money from your expert knowledge? E-Learning is a $53 billion world market that requires lots of technology and therefore is mostly tapped by universities and bigger corporations. But now a small startup from Munich aims to make everyone a distance teacher. Yesterday I ran my first online course using ...
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TechCrunch
When I first heard about this "Thanksgiving" thing, I thought it sounded like a great idea. We Brits spend a ridiculous amount of time each day giving thanks to strangers - we say thanks to people who hold doors for us, thanks to people who stop their cars to let us cross the road, thanks to waitresses when they give us our bill; even thanks ...
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Mashable!
This Is Why You’re Fat: Thanksgiving Meals Average 2,200 Calories Per Serving
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For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time for family gatherings, football, and gorging ourselves on Turkey, stuffing, dressing, sweet potatoes and plenty of pumpkin pie. Hey, it’s tradition right, right? So just how big are these Thanksgiving meals? According to the website Allrecipes.com the average Thanksgiving meal in 2009 averaged 2, ...
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Digital Photography School
THANKSGIVING: Weekend Photography Challenge
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Image by ckirkman Many of our readers are, as they read this, recovering from one of their biggest holidays of the year – Thanksgiving – which was this past Thursday. While I know not all DPS readers are in the US I thought the theme of Thanksgiving was something we all could participate in as we do [...] Post from: Digital ...
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TechCrunch
The Gillmor Gang convened Wednesday to ponder the last several weeks of events loosely contained in a discussion of the next generation Web operating system. Three major announcements set the table for this Thanksgiving edition: Google's ChromeOS, Microsoft's Silverlight 4, and salesforce's Chatter collaboration platform. The last might be ...
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Joshua Topolsky
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Engadget
Chrome OS hacked for Dell's Mini 10v, WiFi and all
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If you've got a Dell Mini 10v and you've been hankering to take Chrome OS for a spin in its proper environment -- a netbook, that is -- today just got a lot more interesting. One helpful tinkerer over at Dell has hacked up a USB-bootable version of the as-yet unfinished (and still quite rough) Chromium iteration of Google's OS with a working ...
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Ubergizmo
Dell Testing Chromium OS On Netbook
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It looks like Google's Chrome OS might be getting some nice backing from Dell, as the company has confirmed that it's maknig an experimental version of the Chromium OS for its Mini Inspiron 10v netbook. The OS is available as a USB key image file, but folks who try it are warmed that it should be used with assume risk, as it has only gone ...
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Leena Rao
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TechCrunch
We recently wrote about Sidebar, an app that wants to help smartphone users with the process of finding the perfect apps for their phones. Sidebar is debuting its first app and guess what? It's not an iPhone app-it's an Android app! While Sidebar's Android app is built for all Google-powered Android phones, the app has been configured specially ...
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The Next Web
Apple will never allow this: Android has a Porn Store
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Here’s something that won’t be coming to the iPhone any time soon – an app store for Porn. Apple keeps ‘adult-only’ content off the iPhone. On Android there are no such restrictions and one company has taken that to its natural conclusion by launching the world’s first mobile store for porn. Although you won&# ...
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Android Porn Market from MiKandi
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Google has rules and standards for Android Market that prevent application developers from incorporating adult content. But thanks to Android’s open nature you can get pretty much anything you want on your phone and now a service called MiKandi is helping you find all the naughtiest things you can possibly think/dream/fantasize of in one ...
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JkOnTheRun
Upgrade BlackBerry WSJ Mobile App or Lose Use
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I just received this email from the Wall Street Journal. I include it here in its entirety as it is self-explanatory: Dear WSJ Mobile Reader user: URGENT: UPGRADE REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED USE OF WSJ MOBILE READER Our records indicate that you have not yet upgraded to the latest version of the WSJ Mobile Reader application for your Blackberry®. As [.
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TechCrunch
The holiday season is in full swing, and that means it's time to share some of the comfort we enjoy year round with those who are a little less fortunate — and just to be nicer to people in general. This year, Yahoo is kicking off a drive called You In? , where it invites users worldwide to share their "purple acts of kindness" (purple has ...
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Shoppers going practical this holiday season
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While high-tech gadgets and games are among the holiday's hottest sellers, many shoppers are keeping gifts practical. "My youngest daughter is going to college. So, it will all be stuff for her going to college," Paula Merchlinsky, Gilberton, said Tuesday as she shopped at the Schuylkill Mall, Frackville.
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TechCrunch
The domain name russia.com has been purchased by an undisclosed buyer for $1.5 million through marketplace Sedo , reports Yakov Sadchikov over on the Quintura blog . Currently an online guide for travelers who would like to visit the country, Russia.com is an operation of Paley Media , a Seattle, WA-based consultancy firm that runs the show for ...
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TechCrunch
Apologies for the confusing headline, but I couldn't resist. This morning, long-time software maker Corel Corporation turned over full ownership to Corel Holdings, a limited partnership controlled by an affiliate of Vector Capital , majority investor of the company behind many familiar software programs like WordPerfect, CorelDRAW, WinZip, Paint ...
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TechCrunch
Clixtr , a startup that first presented itself to a wide audience at this year's TechCrunch50 Conference ( our take ), kicked off things with a relatively limited offering - a paid iPhone app - but is now upping its game with the launch of an accompanying location-aware photo sharing website. It's also dropping the price of its iPhone ...
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Gizmodo
This Week's Best iPhone Apps
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In this week's tentatively materialistic app roundup: Deals, scrutinized! Barcodes, scanned! Movies, thriftily rented! Magazines, digitized! Pac-Man, terrifyingly adapted to the road! The iPhone's camera, made less terrible! Turn-by-turn, discounted! Home screens, organized! And more... To view the following gallery as a single page, click here ...
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Price Drop: BudgetCare
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BudgetCare 1.0.6 Category: Finance Price: $1.99 - Free ( iTunes ) Description: Black Friday FREE limited time offer! Next updates will include new features: - Recurring transactions - Custom date of starting financial month and other requested by our users. BudgetCare in Top 10 IPhone Applications for 2009, by AssociatedContent.com What is ...
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[UK] Liverpool-based Little World Gifts wants to re-define virtual gifts. Only the company doesn't use that word, instead preferring the term 'digital gifts' -- these aren't the typical tiny 2D icons that are gifted on sites like Facebook, they're 3D, touch-friendly and yes, you've guessed it, they run on the iPhone. Little World Gifts will ...
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Engadget
IPhone 3GS Supreme is diamond encrusted, spectacularly expensive
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Seeing as how the iPhone's exclusivity status has been slipping , it was inevitable that the bourgeoisie would invent a new way to distinguish themselves from the lowly masses. Enter a designer by the name of Stuart Hughes, already expertly familiar with slapping precious metals onto slightly less precious mobile phones. He classes up a 3GS ...
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MobileCrunch
And you thought the iPhone was already expensive
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If I had $3.2 million dollars to throw away on something like a phone, I’d much rather just build an army of robot carrier pigeons to deliver all my messages by hand. Some, I suppose, prefer a bit more rationale in their complete irrational purchases – thus the existence of this $3.2 million dollar iPhone. The [...]
Jason Chen
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Gizmodo
Gifts For Pervs Who Like Like Gadgets
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Everyone knows a Quagmire or a Masuka that enjoys their gadgets as much as they enjoy themselves—or rather, they enjoy using their gadgets TO enjoy themselves. This is for them, or for you, if you're buying under an alias. Those of you who hate the gallery format can see it all on one page by clicking here . Oh, and basically everything in ...
MacNN
Carphone credits upturn to iPhone, other smartphones
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Carphone Warehouse today raised its profit estimates for its fiscal year based on the surprise success of its smartphone business (subscription required). Its earnings for its first fiscal half-year before tax and other factors jumped sharply from £65 million ($107.2 million) a year ago to £103 million ($169.9 million) and is attributed ...
Yahoo! News
IPhone's debut in S.Korea means paradigm shift: experts
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AFP - Apple's top selling iPhone made its debut in South Korea Saturday with experts saying the iconic smartphone is likely to serve as a wake-up call for an IT industry basking in an isolated market.
PC World Latest
IPhone Owners Gobble Up Online Media
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According to a new study, iPhone owners are more likely to purchase online media — such as on-demand TV on their phones — than average consumers.
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Neowin.net
IPhone worm author lands job as application developer
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Just recently, an Australian by the name of Ashley Towns released an iPhone worm into the wild, which essentially Rick-rolled the user if their phone met certainly vulnerability criteria. Now, however, Towns has managed to get a job with a development firm, escaping any legal punishment he should receive. The worm, named the Ikee worm, wasn't ...
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