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Andrew Wilson / Gmail Blog:
Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages — Many of us are guilty of constantly switching back to Gmail to check for new messages. And if you're like me, you've probably missed an important chat message because you weren't looking at your Gmail window when it came in.
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Examiner, The Next Web, Erictric and MacStories
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Alex Rice / Facebook Blog:
A Continued Commitment to Security — This Friday is Data Privacy Day, an international effort by governments, businesses and advocacy groups to raise awareness about the importance of staying in control of personal information. A key part of controlling information has always been protecting …
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InfoWorld, ZDNet, Facebook Developer Blog, PC World, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Naked Security, Faster Forward, WebProNews, Computerworld, Bright Side Of News*, CSOONLINE.com, Gawker, CNN, ReadWriteWeb, Digital Society, techPresident, Inside Facebook, Between the Lines Blog, Threat Level, eWeek, SC Magazine US, Neowin.net, CNET News, CNNMoney.com, The Blog Herald, All Facebook, The Register, Fast Company, msnbc.com, Profectio and madisonian.net
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
“Let The Hacking Begin” Declares Person Who Hacked Zuckerberg's Facebook Fan Page
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Computerworld, Telegraph, Mashable!, PC World, Telegraph, CNET News, SlashGear, TechEye, The Not-So Private Parts, NEWS.com.au, LAPTOP Magazine, Examiner and Techie Buzz, Thanks:gigjets
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Facebook Beefs Up Security With Social Captchas and All HTTPS, All The Time
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Computerworld, techPresident and ReadWriteWeb
Richard Lai / Engadget:
Exclusive: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (PlayStation Phone) preview — Oh yes. After all the unbearable teasing since we unveiled the first ever photos of the PlayStation Phone, we've finally managed to get hold of the real deal for an in-depth preview. Honestly, we couldn't wait any longer …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More — Check out TorrentFreak's new News Bits feed! . — The entertainment industries' quest to root out piracy on the Internet has yet again resulted in commercial censorship. A few weeks ago Google announced that it would start filtering …
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TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, ZeroPaid.com, paidContent, The Next Web and TechSpot
Android Developers Blog:
Android 3.0 Platform Preview and Updated SDK Tools — Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) is a new version of the Android platform that is designed from the ground up for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets. It introduces a new “holographic” UI theme and an interaction model that builds …
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Computerworld, Engadget, Inside Mobile Apps, Open Source Blog, pocketnow.com, SAI, TechCrunch, Mashable!, AndroidGuys, Erictric, mobiputing, Eurodroid, SlashGear, Android Phone Fans, Android Community, Android and Me, Download Squad, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, Gearlog, Droid Life, Shoutpedia, Liliputing, The Next Web, Neowin.net, MobileTechWorld, Phones Review, PhoneNews.com and Android Police
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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Exclusive: BlackBerry PlayBook and smartphones to run Android apps? — As crazy as that sounds, we have been told by multiple trusted sources that RIM is seriously considering a feature that will allow BlackBerry devices to run Android apps. Here is what we know... Research In Motion …
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PC World, Neowin.net, Between the Lines Blog, Examiner, IntoMobile, Bright Side Of News*, Electronista, Techland, Tech Broiler Blog, OSNews, Tech Sanity Check Blog, Engadget, eWeek, Erictric, Android Phone Fans, PhoneArena, Life On My Mobile, Liliputing, CrackBerry.com blogs, The Next Web and PocketBerry
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
MacBook Pro Supplies Tightening Ahead of Potential Refresh — MacRumors has heard from several sources that supplies of Apple's existing MacBook Pro models, particularly the 15" and 17" sizes, are beginning to run low in Apple stores and at third-party retailers, suggesting that the company …
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9 to 5 Mac, Electronista, MacStories and MacGazette.net
Brian McClendon / Google LatLong:
Retiring real estate on Google Maps — At Google one of our key philosophies is to take risks and to experiment. To that end, in July 2009 we announced the ability to find property for sale or rent directly on Google Maps. This is one of the “search options” next to the search box on Google Maps …
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TechFlash, Property Pal, Search Engine Land, NewsGrange, Property Portal Watch, Bronte Media, Relevant Results, WebProNews and paidContent
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Netflix Adds 7.7 Million Subscribers in 2010 to Pass 20 Million — Netflix is announcing its Q4 2010 earnings (pdf) today and one of the big stories, as you might expect, is the company's explosive growth. According to the letter the company issued to its shareholders …
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Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
Netflix: ISPs Overcharging Subs With Tiered Data Plans
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SAI and fierceonlinevideo.com …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Verizon iPhone Listings Go Live on Apple's Site [Update: Removed] — With the Apple online store's downtime last night, the company appears to have rolled out full details of the options available for Verizon iPhone customers. With both 16 GB ($199) and 32 GB ($299) models available …
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PC World, Appolicious Advisor, GigaOM and BGR
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
Motorola feels pressure from Verizon iPhone — Motorola is bracing itself for a slowdown in smartphone sales in the first quarter as the Apple iPhone goes to Verizon Wireless. — During the fourth quarter conference call with analysts and investors on Wednesday, Sanjay Jha the CEO …
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MacRumors, eWeek, AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, Electronista, MacStories and Between the Lines Blog
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter — Microsoft Corp. said it shipped more than 2 million copies of the Windows Phone 7 operating system last quarter, as the company tried to reverse sliding smartphone market share. — Customer satisfaction …
Elizabeth Woyke / Mobilized:
FCC Appoints Google As ‘White Space’ Administrator — Google CEO Larry Page has been a vocal advocate of white spaces — The Federal Communications Commission just moved Google a lot closer to its longtime vision of “free airwaves.” On Wednesday, the FCC revealed it has tapped …
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Twitter Launches ‘Connections,’ Its Own Version Of Facebook's ‘Mutual Friends’ — Twitter has collapsed its “Followed By” and “You Both Follow” features into one area called “Connections” which allows you to see what users you have in common with other Twitter users.
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The Next Web, Computerworld, SlashGear and WebProNews
Walter S. Mossberg / All Things Digital:
What's on the Table for Tablets This Year [Personal Technology] — Lots of consumers are planning to buy tablet computers this year, and lots of companies are hoping to sell them. Apple managed to sell around 15 million of its ground-breaking iPads last year in only nine months, and …
Stephen Wolfram Blog:
Jeopardy, IBM, and Wolfram|Alpha — About a month before Wolfram|Alpha launched, I was on the phone with a group from IBM, talking about our vision for computable knowledge in Wolfram|Alpha. A few weeks later, the group announced that they were going to use what they had done …
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Search Engine Land and TechCrunch
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Buys Business Card Converter CardMunch, Will Offer Its Services For Free — In perhaps one of the most like-minded and forward-thinking acquisitions I've ever seen, career-driven social network LinkedIn has bought CardMunch, a Shoeboxed-like startup that scans your business cards …
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SAI, CardMunch, VentureBeat, ReadWriteWeb, Pluggd.in and K9 Ventures
Cory Ondrejka / Facebook:
HTML5 Games 0.1: Speedy Sprites — Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. — Aldous Huxley, 1949 — Bruce Rogers and I graduated from Facebook's Engineering Bootcamp in January and began researching how HTML5 could apply to games across the Web.
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@coryondrejka, MSDN Blogs and @facebook
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook Experimenting With Voice Calling — Last September, news broke that Facebook and VoIP service Skype were about to announce a “deep integration partnership” that would bring integration of SMS and voice chat. A couple weeks later, we got Skype 5., which included an integrated Facebook phonebook …
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Digital Trends, Inside Facebook, The Daily What and Disruptive Telephony
Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
7 digital trends at Davos 2011 [World Economic Forum talk] — It's my 9th Davos in a row and I am lucky to be invited to speak twice this year, I'm giving a talk on future trends “digital convergence” in David Kirkpatrick's session and I moderate my own dinner on “social networking addiction” …
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Data Central, Thanks:loic
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Intel To Open Cloud Computing Research Center At Stanford, Will Invest $100M In University Research — Intel Labs is opening up its deep pockets once again today, announcing a $100 million cash investment in U.S. university research over the next 5 years. The company plans to develop …
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CNET News, The Register and Digits
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft sues former GM over departure to Salesforce.com — In a case that promises to reignite the debate over the enforceability of non-compete agreements, Microsoft today filed suit and won a temporary restraining order against one of its former general managers over his recent hiring by Salesforce.com.
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Digits and The Microsoft Blog
