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Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:
Gmail + chat + AIM = crazy delicious — I was pretty excited when we launched chat integration in Gmail. Finally I could chat and email in one place—but I couldn't chat with friends using other instant messaging services. — From the beginning, Google has been committed to open standards and interoperation for instant messaging.
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Bits, Official Google Blog, Marketing.fm, MYBLOG by Ouriel, Search Engine Journal, Lifehacker, Googlified, ParisLemon, Read/WriteWeb, rc3.org and Digg
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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:Chat With AIM Users From Gmail
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The Technology Chronicles, CNET News.com, VentureBeat, AppScout, Google Operating System and The Last Podcast
Flickr Blog:
Edit your photos! On Flickr! — Picnik's awesome photo editing tools are now only a click away. If you've ever wanted to deal with the dreaded red eye or crop a photo just so, click on the new "edit photo" icon located above one of your photos and get started.
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The Universal Desktop, ParisLemon, Lifehacker, LAist, Webware.com, John Cook's Venture Blog, HeyJude and Mashable!
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Pre-Launches New iPhone Interface — We heard a rumor that Google was going to launch a new interface for users accessing the site via an iPhone in the next few days. But an anonymous tip let us know it actually launched without any warning or announcement this evening.
Josh Quittner / Techland:
RIP Facebook? — A lot of people say that Facebook has jumped the shark. That's flat out wrong. In fact, Facebook is now being devoured by the shark. There's so much blood in the water, it's attracting other sharks. And if Facebook's not careful, one of them is bound to come along and finish it off.
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All Facebook, Ryan Stewart, Publishing 2.0, Digital Media Wire, BoomTown, Ryan Block, Master of 500 Hats and Joe Duck
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Exclusive: Technorati Relaunches To Focus On Core Blogging Audience — Technorati has a brand new CEO, and he's been busy in his short time with the company. Today Technorati is relaunching, with a new core focus on bloggers. — Last week I saw a demo of the new products …
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Salesforce Facilitates Data Exchange Between Tenants — Tomorrow Salesforce will launch a new service called Salesforce to Salesforce (S2S) that facilitates the sharing of data between companies that use Salesforce's software as a service (SaaS). — Companies have heretofore been able …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Salesforce.com rolls out customer data sharing; eyes 1 million subscribers — Salesforce.com on Wednesday will roll out business networking tools so customers can securely share information such as sales leads, product information and other communications. — Think Facebook and LinkedIn meets corporate data sharing files.
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Yet Another Software Blog
David Chartier / Ars Technica:
Nokia's unlimited "Comes With Music" plan misses the boat due to DRM — Universal announced a promising new business model last month that will allow device manufacturers to offer an all-you-can-eat music subscription service with devices. Called Total Music by Universal …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google's Infrastructure is its Strategic Advantage — Back in the day, when PC stocks were kings on Wall Street, a pesky college kid named Michael Dell figured out that he could do an end run around the then-established PC makers by developing a smarter way of making and selling boxes.
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Ethan / OnoTech:Giga, Tera, Peta: Om on Google's Infrastructure
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Kevin Burton's NEW FeedBlog
Palm:
Treo 750 Updater 2.25 — for AT&T smartphones — This update is designed for the Palm Treo 750 running on the AT&T network. This will update the smartphone's software to the latest release, version 2.25. — What does this update do? — This free, downloadable update adds …
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Mobility Site, jkOnTheRun, PalmAddicts, Ubergizmo, The Boy Genius Report, Crave, CrunchGear, Engadget Mobile, IntoMobile and Windows Connected
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google AdSense To Drop "Advertise on this Site" Feature — Google just sent me an email that they are "retiring" the "Onsite Advertiser Sign-up" AdSense feature. This feature, which is commonly referred to as the AdSense advertise on this site" feature, allows AdWords advertisers to click …
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Google Blogoscoped
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Ariel Leve / Times of London:
Cybercrime agency faces cuts as computer raid threats grow — Staff cuts at the government agency that tackles cybercrime will leave British businesses vulnerable to attack from criminals and industrial espionage, experts say. — It has emerged that the Serious Organised Crime Agency …
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The Register
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Hulu Adds HD — Online video distribution startup Hulu has added high-definition content, one of the first tests of the new Adobe Flash Player that was released today, which supports streaming HD. Hulu's HD content is limited, just a gallery of sample movie trailers and clips from Universal …
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Eric / Hulu Blog:A preview of online HD
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TechCrunch, Portfolio.com, Download Squad, Macworld, Epicenter, Webware.com, The Mac Observer, Podcasting News, 901am, ParisLemon, The Last Podcast and Beet.TV
Tony Smith / The Register:
Is Apple coding Leopard to run Windows apps natively? — Is Apple covertly working on a direct Windows application compatibility for Mac OS X? Some observers have suggested that it may well be after it was discovered that Leopard will attempt to load Portable Executable (PE) …
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The Open Road
Amit / Digital Inspiration:
Live Documents Screenshots - The Replica of Microsoft Office 2007 — Here are the first screenshots of Live Documents, a Microsoft Office like productivity suite that seeks to challenge Google Docs and Zoho Office. — As you may have noticed, the individual programs of Live Documents look …
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google Trends API coming soon — Google is planning to release an application programming interface for its Google Trends program, according to Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience at Google. — During the question and answer portion of a Webcast demonstration …
