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Official Google Mobile Blog: Happy Thanksgiving Travels: Google Maps Navigation now available for Android 1.6

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:18:45 +0000

A few weeks ago we launched Google Maps Navigation (Beta) as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 devices. Today we're expanding availability of Google Maps Navigation to devices running Android 1.6 (Donut) and higher, such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the G1. Google Maps ...

Phone Scoop - Latest News found this 13 hours ago on googlemobile.blogspot.com

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Apple's Schiller Defends iPhone App Approval Process

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:17 +0000

In his first wide-ranging interview on the matter, the Apple senior vice-president explains his company's App Store vigilance and why it sometimes loosens up By Arik Hesseldahl Apple ( AAPL ) is under fire from some developers for the way it vets applications that can be sold on its online App ...

TechCrunch found this 23 hours ago on businessweek.com

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Apple iPhone Ad - Did You See My Email? (video)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:52:33 +0000

Arik Hesseldahl plus 2 hours ago 2 hours ago: Mon, Nov 23, 2009 12:16pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)

Mobile Magazine found this 18 hours ago on vimeo.com

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Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:40:55 +0000

Wikipedia.org is the fifth-most-popular Web site in the world, with roughly 325 million monthly visitors. But unprecedented numbers of the millions of online volunteers who write, edit and police it are quitting. That could have significant implications for the brand of democratization that ...

Silicon Alley Insider found this 19 hours ago on online.wsj.com

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Apple iPhone Ad - What Time's The Movie? (video)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:52:33 +0000

Arik Hesseldahl plus 2 hours ago 2 hours ago: Mon, Nov 23, 2009 12:21pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)

Mobile Magazine found this 18 hours ago on vimeo.com

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Apple Launching New iPhone Ads Tonight

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:19:00 +0000

Apple is launching two new iPhone ads on TV tonight. The ads are intended to tout the iPhone's ability to hold a simultaneous voice and data connection at the same time. One ad shows a set of work-related scenarios -- looking at an email from the boss while you're still talking to him -- and ...

Engadget found this 14 hours ago on businessweek.com

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Official Google Blog: Displaying the best display ad with Teracent

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:40:53 +0000

Can you spot the difference between these two sample display ads? Of course you can. However, the most important difference is not discernible to the naked eye. The lower ad was customized and chosen from thousands of different creative elements, automatically and in real-time, ...

paidContent found this 15 hours ago on googleblog.blogspot.com

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Twitter's Biz Stone says could go IPO route

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:23 +0000

OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Twitter, the social internet firm that tracks trends through individuals' updates of events around them, may eventually go to the stock market for funding if necessary, its co-founder Biz Stone said. The three-year-old company was already making some revenue and would ...

Mashable! found this 10 hours ago on reuters.com

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Now blinking LEDs can transmit information to cell phones via light

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:16:35 +0000

I’m not really sure if this is good or bad news for end consumers, but a couple of Japanese companies have developed a technology that makes it possible to transmit information from blinking LEDs fixed on advertisements to cell phones – using only light. The companies involved in ...

Gearlog found this 5 hours ago on mobilecrunch.com

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Swype Versus iPhone (video)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:35:32 +0000

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IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis found this 7 hours ago on youtube.com

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Extensions: One Step Closer to the Finish Line

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:23:49 +0000

During the last few months, our team has been working hard to support extensions in Google Chrome's beta channel. Today, we are getting one step closer to this goal; developers can now upload their extensions to Google Chrome's extension gallery . We are making the upload flow available early ...

TechCrunch found this 9 hours ago on blog.chromium.org

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Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:33:00 +0000

By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles, Richard Waters in San Francisco and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York Published: November 22 2009 23:01 | Last updated: November 22 2009 23:01 Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company’s being paid to ...

Silicon Alley Insider found this 33 hours ago on ft.com

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LG X120 netbook comes to the US with 2-year AT&T contract

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:11:00 +0000

If you've been aching to get your hands on the 10.1-inch, matte white LG X120 netbook that's been thrilling the trendy Euro jet-set elite for the last 6 months or so, now is your chance! Available at RadioShack.com and select brick and mortar The Shack locations, it can be yours for $179.99 ...

TechSpot found this 11 hours ago on engadget.com

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October 2009 Mobile Metrics Report

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:42:12 +0000

Today we released our October Mobile Metrics report. Instead of comparing smartphone platforms against each other, this month we look inside each operating system at the distribution of requests coming from different handsets. Looking at the distribution of traffic from RIM devices, the ...

Between the Lines found this 18 hours ago on metrics.admob.com

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LinkedIn Platform: Open for Business

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:55:59 +0000

Over fifty million users entrust their professional identities and relationships with LinkedIn, helping build LinkedIn into the largest global professional network today. However, professionals around the world use a wide variety of applications and Web sites to get their work done, and they ...

TechCrunch found this 15 hours ago on blog.linkedin.com

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Apple hits back at Verizon in new iPhone ads (video)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Now look, we're not saying we know for sure that Apple thinks Verizon's latest round of merciless attack ads on its device and US carrier are worth responding to, but these latest iPhone spots would certainly suggest it. A new campaign launching tonight focuses on the iPhone's ability to ...

Tech Blog found this 21 hours ago on engadget.com

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Bassjump - Bassjump

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:47 +0000

MacBook never sounded better. BassJump makes those great sounding, built-in MacBook speakers sound even better by adding mid- and low-frequencies through one well-designed, travel-sized subwoofer. It’s a smart, simple way to dramatically improve the sound of your MacBook without cluttering up ...

Gizmología found this 13 hours ago on twelvesouth.com

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An explanation of our search results

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:20:00 +0000

2009 Google - Home - About Google

Search Engine Roundtable found this 12 hours ago on google.com

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Coming Soon: Bring Your LinkedIn Network to TweetDeck

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:34 +0000

With the addition of Facebook and MySpace, TweetDeck has gradually gone from being just a great Twitter client to now being a true browser for the real-time web. With the addition of each new network it has become easier and easier to stay in touch with your social circle. And ...

AppScout found this 14 hours ago on blog.tweetdeck.com

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New iPhone worm can act like botnet say experts

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:40:09 +0000

A second worm to hit the iPhone has been unearthed by security company F-Secure. It is specifically targeting people in the Netherlands who are using their iPhones for internet banking with Dutch online bank ING. It redirects the bank's customers to a lookalike site with a log-in screen. The ...

Gizmodo found this 20 hours ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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