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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Bad On Privacy? Maybe It's Privacy International's Report That Sucks — It's a bad privacy day for Google, with Privacy International first accusing the company of having the worst privacy performance of any internet service company in a study it has just released and then accusing Google …
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:Google slammed in privacy report...
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privacyinternational.org:A Consultation report
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Michael Santo / Alice Hill's Real Tech News:Google's Privacy Policies Ranked the Worst
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Hollywood studios in video talks with Apple — Apple is in advanced talks with Hollywood's largest movie studios about launching an online film rental service to challenge cable and satellite TV operators. — The service could be significant for Apple. If it signs enough studios …
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple Seeks a Deal to Make Movies Available for Rent Via iTunes Service — Apple Inc. is in talks with the Hollywood studios to make new movies available for rental for its iTunes service, according to two studio executives familiar with the matter. — The rental service is being pitched aggressively …
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Martin LaMonica / ZDNet:
Adobe's Apollo platform, now called AIR, goes beta — Adobe Systems on Monday plans to release a beta version of AIR, a software download formerly called Apollo that makes Web-native applications operate like desktop programs. — The much-anticipated software, now called the Adobe Integrated Runtime …
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
"Flashless Adobe Apollo" ships AIR: Adobe IPhone Runtime? — There's a ton of news out tonight about Adobe's new Apollo, beta ships tomorrow. This developer toolset lets Web developers build apps that work like desktop apps. It has a new name, too: Adobe Integrated Runtime, or "AIR."
Jay Fortner / Read/WriteWeb:
Adobe Apollo is now Adobe AIR — Adobe has just unveiled the official name of its much talked about Adobe Apollo product: Adobe Integrated Runtime, or Adobe AIR for short. Adobe is also announcing a beta version of the runtime, which will include Ajax and HTML support.
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Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
CNN the TV Channel Is No Match for CNN the Website — The Breaking-News Model the 24-Hour Network Built Its Reputation on Now Best Suits Its Website — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — "I worry about CNN more than I do about CNN.com." — Many news junkies already feel the same way …
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Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
The truth about venture capitalists, Part 3 — Bonus chapter! — (This will be the last post on venture capital for a while, if I can help it.) — The current venture capital environment in the United States is characterized by a very large number of venture firms (866 …
Wall Street Journal:
GE, Microsoft Discussed Buying Dow Jones — General Electric Co. and Microsoft Corp. were in discussions in recent weeks to combine Dow Jones & Co. with some portions of GE's NBC Universal, parrying a bid by News Corp., but the two sides couldn't reach an agreement, according to people briefed on the discussions.
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Andrew Adam Newman / New York Times:
A Few Details of the iPhone Galvanize the Apple Cadre — These days advertisers fret over DVR owners fast-forwarding through their commercials, but that was far from the case with the release by Apple last week of four iPhone commercials, which viewers pored over with Talmudic intensity.
Matt / mattwaite.com:
Why (some) journalists should learn (some) code — Warning: long post ahead. — Recently, I argued that some journalists should learn how to program. Here's a practical example why. — Today, my employer published a story about where the tens of thousands of people who came to Tampa Bay during the boom years came from.
Matthew Creamer / AdAge:
Dell Quells Critics With Web 2.0 Tack — Social Media Has Turned Customer Service Inside-out for All to See — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Back in the summer of 2005, Dell ignored Jeff Jarvis' complaints about a lemon laptop at its own peril. The blogger's "Dell Hell" rants teed …
content-usa.cricinfo.com:
ESPN acquires Cricinfo — In another significant landmark in its evolution, Cricinfo has been acquired by ESPN, the global sports media powerhouse. The acquisition was announced by ESPN and the Wisden Group earlier this morning. — With this, Cricinfo joins a stable …
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Tumri Advertiser Launched - Aims to be Adsense 2.0 — Last week I was briefed on the new online advertising platform that Tumri is launching today. Flush with $16.5 million in investment and already well covered by business tech blogs, Tumri is building out a widget-based Merchandising Network …
