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Bing:
bringing a bit of twitter to bing  —  There has been much discussion of real-time search and the premium on immediacy of data that has been created primarily by Twitter.  We've been watching this phenomenon with great interest, and listening carefully to what consumers really want in this space.
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Miguel Helft / Bits:
Bing Now Shows Some Twitter Updates  —  Microsoft is dipping its toes into the hot new area of real-time search.  The company said Wednesday that Bing, the search engine it unveiled a month ago, would begin including the latest output of popular Twitter users in its search results.
Gmail Blog:
Labels: drag and drop, hiding, and more  —  A few months ago Gmail got some new buttons and keyboard shortcuts to make labeling easier, especially for those of you accustomed to that familiar folder feel.  Now we're making some more changes to Gmail's labeling toolkit.  —  1) New location for labels
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Michael Leggett / The Official Google Blog:
The evolution of Gmail labels
Discussion: Softpedia News, Thanks:sinkercat
Arn / MacRumors:
Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers in Future iPhones?  —  Apple has let loose a number of revealing new patent applications that cover some interesting technologies that could be used in future iPhones.  —  Haptic Tactile Feedback
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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone?
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
Eric Lai / Computerworld:
No to SQL?  Anti-database movement gains steam  —  But can enterprises take open-source alternatives Hadoop, Voldemort seriously?  —  Computerworld - The meet-up in San Francisco last month had a whiff of revolution about it, like a latter-day techie version of the American Patriots planning the Boston Tea Party.
Discussion: A VC and DBMS2
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium  —  In two recent posts (Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do upgrades really cost? and Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?), I took a closer look at the differences between Windows 7 editions and their counterparts from Apple.
Electronista:
Apple already dropping NVIDIA chips?  —  Apple and NVIDIA may be engaged in a fierce dispute that could exclude NVIDIA graphics chips from future Macs, according to sources reportedly aware of the talks.  They claim to SemiAccurate that Apple views NVIDIA's proposals for renewed deals as …
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Child Porn Is Apple's Latest iPhone Headache  —  A photo ostensibly showing a 15-year-old nude girl has appeared in an iPhone app, highlighting Apple's inability to safeguard its application store from prohibited content.  —  The image appears in the free app BeautyMeter …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
GDGT Launches For Non Stop Gadget Action  —  Last summer we broke the news that Engadget editor-in-chief Ryan Block would team with former editor-in-chief Peter Rojas to create a new gadget startup.  Today that new startup, GDGT, launches.  Gadget lovers rejoice - this is a social site …
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Chris Kelly / Facebook Blog:
Improving Sharing Through Control, Simplicity and Connection  —  The power to share is the cornerstone of Facebook.  Privacy and the tools for tailoring what information is shared with whom are at the heart of trust.  Over the past five years, Facebook has learned that effective privacy is grounded in three basic principles:
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco
Joe Hewitt / Facebook:
Facebook for iPhone 3.0  —  Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is coming very soon.  I can't predict an exact date when I will submit to Apple, but I can say that I am about 98% done.  So what's new in this update?  —  1. The “new” News Feed  —  2. Like  —  3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
Richard Wray / Guardian:
O2 wins Palm Pre exclusive  —  Network already has Apple's iPhone and move would strengthen its position in UK smartphone market  —  American gadget group Palm will next week confirm that it has signed a deal with O2 which will see the mobile phone network become the exclusive UK partner for its eagerly awaited Palm Pre handset.
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
Coke, Pepsi Make Nice on Twitter  —  Amnesia Razorfish Promotes ‘Public Hug’  —  Yes, even hardcore rivals can be social-media friends (or followers, at least).  Earlier today Amnesia Razorfish launched an experiment to see if it could get the cola brands to follow each other on Twitter.
Discussion: Amnesia Blog
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
New Linux patch could circumvent Microsoft's FAT patents  —  Microsoft's recent lawsuit against TomTom, alleging infringement of filesystem patents, has left many questions unanswered about the legal implications of distributing open source implementations of Microsoft's FAT filesystem.
Biz / Twitter Blog:
May The Tweets Be With You  —  The ecosystem growing around Twitter is something we very much believe in nourishing and supporting.  There are lots of really awesome services and applications out there like TweetDeck, TweetMeme, Tweetie, BackTweets, Tweetboard, and others that we absolutely love as do many users.
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Facebook Activism: Lots of Clicks, but Little Sticks  —  ‘Click-Through Activism’ Broad but Fleeting  —  Facebook activism, the trendy process by which we do good by clicking often, was in its full glory last week after the death of Iranian student Neda Agha Soltan, killed by gunfire in the streets of Tehran.
Google Enterprise Blog:
Q2 2009 Spam Trends  —  Editor's Note: The spam data cited in this post is drawn from the network of Google email security and archiving services, powered by Postini, which provide email security to more than 50,000 organizations, including businesses of all sizes, government agencies, and educational institutions.
Google Enterprise Blog:
Improvements to Google Apps contacts  —  Today, we're happy to announce updates to contacts in Google Apps: new features that many of our enterprise customers have been asking for.  —  For starters, we've launched a new API that, when combined with the existing shared contacts API …
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Craigslist Sued For Trademark Based On Listing  —  In what appears to be a first, listings site Craigslist has been sued for trademark infringement based on ads posted by users.  —  The lawsuit was brought by Texas real estate company First Call Properties, which alleges that it began advertising …
Discussion: Techdirt
David Coursey / PC World:
AT&T Problems Can Delay iPhone Voicemail  —  Ever feel like your iPhone is holding out on you?  Not delivering voice mail in a timely manner?  Well, I have and now I know why—sometimes AT&T doesn't deliver visual voicemail for days.  —  That's according to Glenn Tenney …
Discussion: MobileContentToday and MacNN
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Bling Nation raises $8M for cell phone payment system  —  There's something cool about buying stuff in stores with your cell phone.  They do it in Europe and Asia, so why not here?  Bling Nation has come up with a way to introduce pay-by-cellphone transactions in the U.S. for the purchase of physical goods at stores.
Discussion: mocoNews
Aaron Ricadela / Business Week:
Upgrading the Computer History Museum  —  The Silicon Valley institution is beginning an ambitious effort to improve the way it tells the story of computing and of such tech pioneers as HP, Apple, and Google  —  The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., is a geek's paradise.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter's Popular Facebook App Has Been Broken Or Exploited For Days.  —  Twitter has long had an official Facebook application that allows users to update their Facebook status with tweets.  It's quite useful for those of us who don't want to have to spend all day updating multiple services with the same messages.
Brad Ideas:
Design for a universal plug  —  I've written before about both the desire for universal dc power and more simply universal laptop power at meeting room desks.  This week saw the announcement that all the companies selling cell phones in Europe will standardize on a single charging connector, based on micro-USB.
Deborah Yao / Associated Press:
Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking  —  Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.  —  It's unclear how much of an effect the new policies will have.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Starts Officially Tweeting  —  It's Twitter day at Microsoft, apparently.  Not only did the software giant announce that it would start adding tweets to its Bing search results, the company actually started officially using Twitter today.  —  To be clear, Microsoft …
Discussion: TechFlash and Techgeist, Thanks:atul
Tameka Kee / paidContent:
Sony Invests In Online Indie Music Distributor IODA  —  Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music Entertainment has taken a stake in indie digital music distribution service IODA.  Financial terms were not disclosed, but Sony did say that it would integrate parts of IODA's online music platform with RED …
Discussion: PR Newswire
Avivra / TwitPwn:
MoTB #01: Multiple vulnerabilities in bit.ly service  —  What is bit.ly  —  “bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs).  Reducing the URL length makes sharing easier. bit.ly can be accessed through our website, bookmarklets and a robust and open API. bit.ly is also integrated …
Discussion: Security Watch and internetnews.com, Thanks:atul
Matt McGee / atu2.com:
Blackberry's U2 Plans Revealed  —  Much has been said about Blackberry's sponsorship of the U2 360 Tour, but very little of it has been said by either Blackberry or U2.  When the tour was announced months ago, U2 manager Paul McGuinness promised “new and innovative ways to enhance …
Bing:
get your photo on bing.com  —  We continue to hear that one the favorite features of Bing is the rich and interactive daily image that appears on the Bing homepage.  In fact, one of the questions we get asked the most is whether people can submit their own pictures.  And now we can say yes!
 
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Dan Monzelowsky / Socialgeist:
Twitter Raises API Limits?
Discussion: Mashable!, Thanks:dmonzel
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Richard Perez-Pena / Media Decoder:
Google Drops News Comment Feature
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Oracle Delves into ALM
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GPL declines as open source moves to the Web
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