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8:30 PM ET, May 10, 2006

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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Press Day  —  I am going to try and live blog the Google press day event.  It is packed room, and tons of journalists are in the room.  Despite all that, we are all disconnected.  There is a problem with the WiFi and there is no connection.  I am posting this from my crackberry.
Discussion: Incremental Blogger
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Valleywag:
Liveblogging the Google Press Squeeze: Refresh like crazy!  —  Right, you're gonna wanna watch the live feed of the Google Press Event with me, 'cause that's what we're liveblogging now.  At work?  I'll try to explain it all as it goes down.  —  9:35: Just turned on the stream.
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Google Trends First Look  —  Google is announcing a bunch of new products today as part of their media day.  Philipp Lenssen has all the details.  The first is outstanding.  It's called Google Trends.  Google Notebook is coming next week.  My hope is that the latter product is built on Writely …
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Google Press Day 2006  —  I'm sitting in the back of Google's cafeteria, which today has been repurposed for what (to me) looks like a very large amount of journalists.  Right now, Elliot Schrage is welcoming folks.  He just mentioned that the day is being webcast, so I'm going to assume it's okay to blog this.
Business Wire:
New Google Search Technologies Make Information Easier to Discover, Organize and Share  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 10, 2006—Today, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced new technologies to enhance and improve the search experience.  Three new products — Google Co-op …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Trends: Peer Into Google's Database Of Searches
Discussion: Google Watch
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Trends Launches
Discussion: InsideGoogle
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AIM Pages Launches - First Impression  —  AIM Pages, the new AOL Myspace competitor that we've been buzzing about for the last couple of weeks, launched this morning at aimpages.com.  —  First impression: The site is clean and organized (something I'm not sure the Myspace crowd wants), and module based (about me, photos, etc.).
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
YouTube offers mobile upload service  —  As it tries to expand the ways people can post videos online, YouTube launched on Wednesday a service that allows users to upload homemade clips via their mobile phones or PDAs.  —  A growing number of handheld devices are capable of recording video.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
YouTube Mobile Uploading
PR Newswire:
Yokel, Inc. Launches Yokel.com  —  Local Shopping Search Engine Provides Internet Users with the Most Complete Directory of Products from Local Retailers  —  BOSTON, May 10 /PRNewswire/ — Yokel, Inc. today officially launched, unveiling the beta version of its flagship site http …
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Brian Smith / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Yokel Launches Local Shopping Search Engine
Discussion: SearchViews and Screenwerk
USA Today:
Domain names become premium Web real estate  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Everyone should have Amy Schrier's problem.  —  For six months, she resisted selling the domain name Blue.com for $200,000.  Using a formula she devised to fetch the highest market value for domain names …
Dave Pettit / Wall Street Journal:
The Perfect News Site, 2016  —  Readers Want More Context, New Ways to View  —  Readers want more context and background included in news reporting.  They want new ways to receive their news, on next-generation handheld devices, for instance, rather than simply on a Web page.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Microsoft and Google Grapple for Supremacy as Stakes Escalate  —  The Microsoft- Google rivalry is shaping up as a titanic corporate clash for the ages.  —  It may not turn out that way.  Markets and corporate fortunes routinely defy prediction.  But it sure looks as if the two companies …
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Hands on with Nintendo's Wii controller  —  Alright, we briefed y'all on what we knew so far about the Wii controller early this morning, but now that we've gotten our paws on the Wiimote itself, we wanted to let you know how it is in the flesh.  Nintendo and millions of fanboys are betting …
Discussion: Joystiq and Fosfor Gadgets
Ken Belson / New York Times:
U.S. to Auction Frequencies for In-Flight Internet Use  —  Many fliers look forward to boarding planes so they can get away from their phones and e-mail.  That sanctuary will inch one step closer to oblivion today when the Federal Communications Commission begins to auction off frequencies for in-flight Internet service.
Bradley Johnson / AdAge:
Wal-Mart Backs Online Auction for TV Ad Dollars  —  Retail Giant and Other Marketers Look to Build $50 Million Test System  —  NAPLES, Fla. (AdAge.com) — A group of marketers led by Wal-Mart's Julie Roehm today put out the call for advertisers to contribute $50 million for a test …
 
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T-Mobile bans VoIP from super-3G service
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