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Jyri / Jaiku:
We're joining Google — Exciting news: Google has bought Jaiku today. — What does that mean? First and foremost, we're of course continuing to support our existing users. So fear not: your Jaiku phone, the Web site, IM, SMS, and API will continue to work normally.
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Tony Hsieh / Official Google Blog:
Reach out and message someone — Technology has made staying in touch with your friends and family both easier and harder: living a fast-paced, on-the-go lifestyle is easier (and a lot of fun), but it's more difficult to keep track of everyone when they're running around at warp speed.
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Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Breaking: Google Acquires Jaiku, Why Not Twitter? — Jaiku has announced that it has been acquired by Google. Jaiku is the Twitter-like service for keeping up with your friends via the Web or SMS. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed by the companies. — According to Jaiku:
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Telegraph:
Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead — Some of the music industry's biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album without charge. — The band's website topped the chart …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Bands Rushing To Ditch Labels And Embrace Free; Are The Floodgates Opening? — We've only been predicting that music would eventually go free for about a dozen years, but it feels like we may be nearing a tipping point among musicians recognizing this simple truth as well, kicked off by last week's Radiohead announcement.
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Should you trust Facebook with your business? — Today I spent the day at the "Graphing Social Patterns" conference in San Jose. The conference has a fancy name, but truth be told the event is centered around Facebook and Facebook applications. — Background: For those of you who don't know …
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Don McLagan / Compete Blog:
Facebook's Application Rock Stars — The Community Next conference in San Jose, CA this last weekend resembled the mosh pit at a rock concert. It featured performances by the twenty year-old rock stars and a few older ones who have developed successful applications on the new Facebook applications platform.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Has Competition: MySpace Platform To Launch Next Week — MySpace is gearing up to launch MySpace Platform, according to a number of third party developers who've been contacted for input on the product. While this has been rumored since June, this is the first indication that the service is preparing to actually launch.
Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
Samsung i617 outed as Blackjack II — The highly anticipated Blackjack II has been unveiled and it's the Samsung i617. A lot of details are still hidden somewhere, but we do know that it's running WinMo 6, the camera has been bumped up to 2-megapixels and HSDPA ensures wicked fast data transfer …
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AppleInsider:
Sources: Leopard finalized, 10.4.11 inching closer [updated] — Apple Inc. this week is believed to have wrapped up development of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard while simultaneously pushing out yet another pre-release copy of its final maintenance and security update for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users.
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian Unlimited:
Why we all overestimate Techmeme's influence — A lot of noise was made last week with the launch of the Techmeme leaderboard - a list of technology centurions on the popular technology news aggregator, built by Gabe Rivera (here's an interview with Gabe by Don Dodge.
Stephane Lafon / Google LatLong:
More Street View cities to explore — For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting new cities to be added to Street View in Google Maps, your patience is about to pay off. Today, we're announcing the addition of Street View imagery in not one or two but six new cities!
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
When Google acquisitions go wrong: the disappointing story of Urchin — In March of 2005, Google acquired Urchin Software Corporation, a San Diego-based web analytics company. A few short months later, Google Analytics was unveiled, which was based on "Urchin On Demand," Urchin's javascript-based …
Verne Kopytoff / The Technology Chronicles:
Becoming more social on eBay — eBay chief executive Meg Whitman (left) and founder Pierre Omidyar — Welcome to eBay's new neighborhood. — The auction giant premiered a new area today where users can create profiles, post photos and offer tips, as part of an effort to capitalize on the social networking craze.
USA Today:
Device can remotely halt auto chases — Police will be able to remotely halt some high-speed pursuits with technology being unveiled today that aims to cut chase-related deaths. — General Motors (GM) plans to equip 1.7 million of its 2009-model vehicles with the system that allows pursuing officers …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:OnStar To Warn, Then Stop, Stolen Cars
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Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
T-Mobile UK Spends $300,000+ Per Week on Search — T-Mobile UK shared advice and experience on search marketing with WebTrends Engage attendees. — Check out how much the company spends on paid search! — Wouldn't you love to earn the 10% management fee on that budget!
