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Karen / Official Google Blog:
More sharing — We're pleased to announce that we've acquired the assets of Zenter, a company that provides software for creating online slide presentations. — You've heard us talk a lot about using the web to improve group collaboration and information sharing.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Enter Zenter, Google Office is now complete — Google has snapped up yet another start-up - Zenter, which is building online presentations. This is yet-another-exit for YCombinator, the madrassa of the Web 2.0 crowd. In Microsoft world those are known as PowerPoints.
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Google Acquires Zenter; Y Combinator Gets Another Payday — Google made another acquisition announcement today - they've bought a company called Zenter ("a company that provides software for creating online slide presentations") to help complete their upcoming Powerpoint/presentation application.
Dan Sabbagh / Times of London:
News Corp explores swap of MySpace site for Yahoo! stake — News Corporation has discussed swapping MySpace, its internet social networking unit, with Yahoo! in return for a 25 per cent stake in the enlarged group. — The discussions remain tentative and could collapse after the departure …
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New York Times:After Shake-Up, What Now for Yahoo? — Should Yahoo stop trying …
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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:Report: News Corp. to trade MySpace for a stake in Yahoo?
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Airbus:
Airbus first to receive certification for on-board mobile phone system — Airbus is first to receive airworthiness certification for a cell-phone system on board an aircraft. On 18th June 2007, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved Airbus' GSM on-board system.
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Randall Bennett / wirelessinfo.com Blog:
Cell phones on a plane!: Airbus gets approval in Europe — Uh oh... European airline passengers' dreams of flying the quiet skies might be on their way out as AirBus just received approval for an on-board mobile phone system from the EASA, the European Aircraft Safety Agency (think FAA for Europe.)
Kat / Google LatLong:
Add your reviews to businesses on Google Maps — Posted by Jonathan Goldman, Software Engineer, Google Maps — The Cheeseboard Pizza Collective in Berkeley is one of my favorite places on the planet. My friends and co-workers will tell you, I can't really shut up about the place.
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Between the Lines:
Zoho sets out to challenge the software world — In mapping out the online office suite landscape, Zoho stood out as the most expansive and ambitious undertaking. Almost every week the company makes an announcement about a new application or feature. This week Zoho's Web conferencing application …
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Kate Holton / Reuters:
Yahoo in global expansion of mobile phone services — LONDON (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. said on Tuesday it would introduce later this week a faster, enhanced version of its Internet services for U.S. mobile phone users, while expanding into key markets in Asia, Canada and Europe.
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Wily Ferret / Inquirer:
Quake Wars to sport ads — Apocalyptic war-torn future, buy Coke — SPLASH DAMAGE, developer of upcoming Quake title Enemy Territory, has announced that it will be displaying ads within the game itself. — In-game advertising is going to be big business if you believe analysts, and Splash is looking to get in on some of the cash.
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Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Microsoft Will Alter Vista Operating System — Microsoft has agreed to make changes to its Windows Vista operating system in response to a complaint by Google that a feature of Vista is anticompetitive, lawyers involved in the case said on Tuesday. — The settlement, reached in recent days …
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Ina Fried / CNET News.com:Microsoft will alter Vista to address search concerns
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PR Newswire:
Huge Growth Occurs In Online Video Use And It's Not All User-Generated Videos — LOS ANGELES, June 18 /PRNewswire/ — The results of a national online Magid Media Futures(TM) survey conducted the last week in March of 2007 have just been released, documenting the huge growth in popularity …
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Gregg Goldstein / Hollywood Reporter:
'Sicko' leaks have studios crying foul — Clips uploaded to YouTube in 14 chunks — NEW YORK — YouTube has removed clips of Michael Moore's U.S. health-care expose "Sicko" that appeared on the site during the weekend, two weeks before the film's June 29 opening.
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Riva Richmond / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo to Push Mobile Presence With New Software, Asia Pacts — Yahoo Inc. said it will launch an improved version of its suite of software for cellphone users in the U.S. on Friday and unveil test versions in 13 other countries. — The Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet company also plans …
Noheat:
Nintendo and Apple to partner on games for iPhone — If you can't beat them join them. With the iPhone days away from being launched Nintendo has apparently begun working with Apple, licensing a limited amount of content for the new phone. It was rumored a while back that Nintendo …
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Espenao / my.opera.com:
BETA OF OPERA MINI 4 IS HERE! — To start with, give it up for the best mobile Web developers in the world! They've been working day and night to give you a sweet and improved browsing experience for your mobile phone. — We know many of you use Mini on My Opera to blog, read posts …
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François Bancilhon / Mandriva Blog:
We will not go to Canossa — Novell, Xandros and Linspire have signed well publicized agreements with Microsoft. — Rumors on the Web have hinted that we might be next on the list. So we would like to clarify our position. — At Mandriva, we believe working in heterogeneous environments is essential to our customers.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
AMD considering getting out of fabrication business — 2007 has not been kind to AMD. The company saw its workstation market share slip, has taken on $2 billion of new debt, lost almost $1.2 billion over the past two quarters, has been unable to close the gap with Intel when it comes to CPU performance …
