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Wesley Chan / Official Google Blog:
All aboard — We're pleased to announce that we have acquired GrandCentral Communications, a company that provides services for managing your voice communications. GrandCentral is an innovative service that lets users integrate all of their existing phone numbers and voice mailboxes into one account …
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Vincent / GrandCentral Blog:
We're now part of Google! — We wanted to let you know that GrandCentral has been acquired by Google! We're particularly excited about this because it ensures that not only will we have the resources to continue to bring you even more innovative communications features down the road …
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:Grand Central acquired by Google for $50 million?
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Tony Halpin / Times of London:
Russia shuts down Allofmp3.com — The music download website whose activities threatened to scupper Russia's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been shut down. — The site, Allofmp3.com, was quietly closed as the Kremlin sought to end criticism from the United States …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
AllOfMP3 Shut Down by Russian Government — Before the shutdown AllOfMP3 had nearly 6 million users who were able to download songs and albums for a fraction of the price from authorized alternatives such as the iTunes Store. MP3s were sold for $0.20 per song, or less.
Barryg / Announcements:
Update on the Windows Ultimate Extras — When we launched Windows Vista in January 2007, we identified Windows Ultimate Extras as a unique series of add-ons that would be available to Windows Vista Ultimate customers. To date, we have released four sets of Extras - Windows Hold'Em …
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Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:Windows Ultimate team provides an update on Extras
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:Microsoft says more Vista Ultimate add-ons are in the pipeline
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Zoho Launches Facebook Application — Online office suite provider Zoho has launched a Zoho Facebook application. — Zoho for Facebook allows users to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations from within Facebook. Support includes the ability to view and edit all existing documents …
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Raju Vegesna / Zoho Blogs:Zoho Apps on Facebook
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Associated Press:
Online software service owned by Oracle co-founder files IPO plans — Online business software provider NetSuite Inc. on Monday filed its long-awaited plans for an initial public offering of stock, paving the way for another big payday for its owner _ billionaire Larry Ellison.
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Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC:
Are my online friends for real? — As Facebook continues its explosive growth here's one question troubling me. Are my friends for real? — This week I received this intriguing message from a man who moves in London's new media circles. — He wrote: "I met somebody the other day who told …
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Makes FeedBurner MyBrand Free — Google is about making things accessible to everyone and one of the way to make this happen is to buy a service or software that used to cost money and release it for free. Google did this with Keyhole (now Google Earth), Picasa, SketchUp …
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Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Tada! The 6th Gen contract-free WiFi-enabled iPod — Oh man, what a day. Earlier today, I got my prepaid iPhone activated after a long struggle, which you can read about here, along with an easy solution. After all that, what time was it? Time To Hack! — So what did I discover?
Dan Goodin / The Register:
iPhone hackers disclose vulns and hunt for clues — The game is on for hackers trying to spot security vulnerabilities in Apple's iPhone and already they're scoring points. — Less than 72 hours after the iPhone's introduction, researchers have reported at least one flaw that could allow …
Jeremyliew / Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog:
Four factors determine how much a Facebook app is worth — Many people have been asking what a facebook app is worth. — Andrew Chen at MDV says in an interview with Insidefacebook that a facebook app user is worth about 1% of a user on your website. — Read Write Web points …
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Editor and Publisher:
100 New TV and Radio Sites Join AP's OVN — NEW YORK 85 more radio and 15 new television stations have added AP's Online Video Network and MSN player technology to their Web sites. — OVN affiliates can use their own content to leverage AP breaking news video and national advertising sales managed …
Missy Krasner / Official Google Blog:
Google and health care — In a world of 24/7 news cycles, a summer weekend can bring considerable — and unanticipated — excitement. Take for example the reaction we've just seen to an item on our new health advertising blog. Frankly, we were surprised by the pickup, but perhaps we shouldn't have been.
Agence France Presse:
Youtube, SKorea's LG agree to develop mobile phone — SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's LG Electronics said Tuesday it has signed an agrement with YouTube, the world's biggest video-sharing website, to develop a mobile phone which can operate the service. — LG Electronics said the proposed model …
