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1:55 AM ET, November 20, 2009

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Biz / Twitter Blog:
What's Happening?  —  Twitter was originally conceived as a mobile status update service—an easy way to keep in touch with people in your life by sending and receiving short, frequent answers to one question, “What are you doing?”  However, when we implemented the service, we chose to leave something out.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
What Twitter's New Geolocation Makes Possible  —  Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations.  The significance of this is made clear by comparing it with last week's release of 500 million …
Discussion: VentureBeat
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself?  Here's How.  —  The public debut of Google Chrome OS today has the press abuzz over the potential of the new web-based operating system.  And now that it's open sourced, you have the chance to try it out for yourself.
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John Herrman / Gizmodo:
Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS  —  Until today, Google's Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept.  Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works.  Here's the breakdown:  —  Google went to great pains to emphasize that today's event wasn't a launch …
Google Mobile Blog:
New Google News for mobile  —  At Google, we are committed to giving you a consistent user experience across products and devices, and we really value the feedback you've given us about Google News for mobile.  Today we're excited to announce a completely new Google News offering for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre users.
Paul Graham:
Apple's Mistake  —  I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken.  Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken.  The way Apple runs the App Store has harmed their reputation with programmers more than anything else they've ever done.
Ryan Tate / valleywag - Gawker:
Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads  —  Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads.  Neither company's top-drawer investors can be happy.
Discussion: Gawker and NBC Bay Area
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Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Can the Advertising Offers Business Find Redemption In Social Networks?
Discussion: VentureBeat, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Justin Smith / Inside Social Games:   Inside Virtual Goods: What Portion of Social Gaming Revenues Come From Offers?
Daniel Brusilovsky / CrunchGear:
Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big of a deal”  —  The Little App Factory seems to have a big problem on their hands.  The company received a letter from Baker & McKenzie, representing Apple, asking that The Little App Factory change the name of one of their most successful applications.
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Discussion: Erictric and TechCrunch
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Ken Harrenstien / The Official Google Blog:
Automatic captions in YouTube  —  Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we've introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation.  Each of these features has had great personal significance to me, not only because I helped to design them, but also because I'm deaf.
Kenji Hall / Business Week:
Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes  —  The tech giant will launch an online store selling music, movies, books, and other downloadable applications for mobile products  —  Sony (SNE) is taking a page from Apple's playbook (AAPL).  On Nov. 19, Sony said it plans to launch …
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Motorola Motus specs magically appear  —  Who says lightning doesn't strike twice?  Right after we received the first picture of the new Motorola Motus, another anonymous tipster sent in the full hardware specs.  I'll let you guys add the commentary on this one.  —  Motorola Motus specs:
Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Facebook Common Stock Valuation Jumps 42% to $9.5 Billion  —  Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — The price of Facebook Inc. stock on exchanges for private companies has jumped as much as 42 percent in the past four months as membership of the site topped 300 million users and the company turned cash flow positive.
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Cisco launches iPhone security app  —  Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe Web browsing.  —  The app, which will be available on Friday in the Apple iTunes store, provides information …
Discussion: TechCrunch and Zeek Interactive
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create “Pirate Finder General” with power to appoint militias, create laws  —  A source close to the British Labour Government has just given me reliable information about the most radical copyright proposal I've ever seen.
Electronista:
Dell slips out Studio 17 with touchscreen  —  Dell today quietly slipped the Studio 17 Touch into its lineup as its first touchscreen notebook.  The 17-inch system adds multi-touch input and carries Dell's own suite of touch apps, such as its photo browser.
Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!:
Foursquare Goes Global With Launch in 50 New Cities  —  Right on the heels of Foursquare's API release, the location-based mobile application and game is announcing another big rollout to cities across the world.  —  Just one month after releasing Foursquare to 15 new cities in the US and Canada …
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Adobe's Acrobat.com comes to smartphones  —  Adobe just announced a bunch of upgrades to Acrobat.com, its suite of web collaboration applications.  The most important: It's releasing an application for the iPhone and BlackBerry.  —  Mobile support has been a big missing piece for Acrobat.com …
Discussion: Examiner and CNET News
Ina Fried / CNET News:
Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes  —  Windows 7 isn't just getting good reviews, it's also selling well, CEO Steve Ballmer told shareholders Thursday.  —  Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting, Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a “fantastic start.”
internetnews.com:
Symantec's ‘Unlucky 13’ Security Trends for 2010  —  Hackers and malware purveyors are becoming more sophisticated, meaning computer users need to become wiser and more proactive, too.  —  After a year of unprecedented proliferation of spyware, malware and cyber attacks of all types …
Discussion: eWeek Security Watch
Patrick Smith / paidContent:
Twitter Premium Accounts Due By Year's End  —  So how's Twitter going to make any money?  One of its biggest fans, British actor and polymath Stephen Fry, gave co-founder Biz Stone one idea when the pair shared a Nesta panel in London on Thursday...  “Supposing I was to say to someone …
Jonathan Fildes / BBC:
Twitter urges Murdoch to be open  —  Newspapers should become “radically open” if they want to make money in the online world, the co-founder of social networking site Twitter has said.  —  Biz Stone said that he would “love to see what happens” if newspaper mogul Rupert Murdoch went ahead with plans to block Google from his websites.
Discussion: TechCrunch
 
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Jim Wolf / Reuters:
Chinese cyber-spying grows against U.S: report
Dionne Searcey / Wall Street Journal:
Some Courts Raise Bar on Reading Employee Email
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Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
Discussion: Digits and Dow Jones Newswires
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
French Tweet: Twitter Goes French In Time For LeWeb
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
BigDeal.com Reinvents And Legitimizes Swoopo's Controversial Auction Bidding Model
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Developers slowly rising to Microsoft's Surface
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Gmail Users Better-Connected, More Likely to Tweet than Members …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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