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Douglas Bowman / Stopdesign:
Goodbye Google — Today is my last day at Google. I started working in-house at Google almost three years ago. I built a team from scratch. I was fortunate to hire a team of a very talented designers. We introduced Visual Design as a discipline to Google. And we produced amazing work together.
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Big Tech, Screenwerk, Epicenter, CNET News, Adam Howell, InformationWeek, Search Engine Land and kottke.org, Thanks:atul
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Owen Thomas / Gawker:
Google's Data Fetish Drives Away Its Top Designer — As we reported last week, Doug Bowman, Google's top designer, has confirmed that he's leaving (we hear to Twitter). Bowman's reasons for quitting are fascinating — and they show why Google's losing its cool.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Next-Gen iPhone Rumor: Faster Internet Speeds — Most of the rumors we've seen about Apple's (AAPL) next-generation iPhone are around increased processing and graphics power. But will the next iPhone also come with faster Internet access? — That's some scuttlebutt we've heard from a plugged-in source in the mobile industry.
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CNET News, Gadget Lab, SlashGear, MacRumors, Neowin.net, Edible Apple and The iPhone Blog
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:Apple's 2009 iPhone to support faster 3G networks - report
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Chrome only browser left standing after day one of Pwn2Own — During a contest at the CanSecWest event, security researchers competed to exploit vulnerabilities in web browsers. Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer were all successfully compromised, but Chrome was able to withstand the first day of the competition.
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Hardware 2.0, DVLabs, Technologizer, Neowin.net, Zero Day, Gizmodo, Between the Lines, Lifehacker, OSNews, Crave, heise online and Roughly Drafted
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Source: Apple's next-gen iPhone has video camera — Apple this year will finally introduce video recording capabilities on at least one of its upcoming iPhone models, AppleInsider has been told. — An iPhone with a video cam — Details are few and far between, but the information comes …
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VentureBeat, iLounge, MobileCrunch, Edible Apple, PhoneDog.com Cell …, TechSpot, The iPhone Blog, The Register and Softpedia News
Heather Dougherty / Hitwise Intelligence:
Craigslist Top Search Term Last Week — For the first time in three years, searches for ‘craigslist’ surpassed ‘myspace,’ highlighting the increasing popularity of online classifieds during the economic downturn.U.S. searches on the term “craigslist” have increased 105 percent for the week ending March 14 …
PC World:
Firefox May Already Be Dead — This is an exciting time for Web browsers. Google Chrome is now available in alpha for Linux, and I downloaded it for Ubuntu. Despite the fact that I was running it on my rather underpowered Dell Mini 9, it started in the blink of an eye.
David Stewart / YouTube Blog:
Watching Video on Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 Phones — Our goal is to provide you with a great YouTube experience wherever you want to watch videos — whether it's on your computer, on your television, or on your mobile phone. While YouTube has been available for many mobile phones for over a year …
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Jim Dalrymple / Macworld:
Apple, AT&T sued for slow 3G speeds — Apple and AT&T are being sued again for over-promising and under-delivering on their claims of fast Internet access of the iPhone 3G. — Filed in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Damone Dickerson claims that Apple misrepresented the speed …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Welcome To The Team, Sarah Lacy — I'd like to welcome Sarah Lacy to Team TechCrunch as a permanent addition to our editorial and writing team. Lacy, who was kind enough to write part time for us in February during my vacation, will continue to write Valley Girl, a biweekly column for BusinessWeek.
Electronista:
Internet Explorer 8 launch fails to dent Firefox — The release of Internet Explorer 8 hasn't had any significant impact on Firefox or any other competing browser, data collected by StatsCounter shows. While the final release of IE8 increased its market share slightly on launch day to 1.39 percent …
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:Browser war centers on once-obscure JavaScript
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Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
Nokia E71x landing at AT&T locations across the country; pricing revealed — What's better than a picture of a sexy black Nokia E71x headed to AT&T this month? A picture of four sexy black Nokia E71x's headed to AT&T this month, of course. Since we scooped it like grandma's mashed potatoes …
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InformationWeek, Obsessable, MobileCrunch, Gizmodo, Phone Arena, Unwired View, jkOnTheRun, Electronista, Engadget and MobileBurn.com
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Ventures Almost Ready To Launch, But It Is A Bad Idea — Yes, the rumors are true. Google's Rich Miner is moving from the Android team to a new venture arm called Google Ventures. Miner recently appeared at a conference identified with a Google Ventures name tag …
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News:
Report: IBM combs through Sun contracts — IBM is reportedly wading through Sun Microsystems' contracts and documents for potential conflicts or problems, as it works its way through the due diligence process toward a merger, according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal.
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Dan Goodin / The Register:
Kaminsky: MS security assessment tool is a ‘game changer’ — Crash, bang, analyze — Free whitepaper - Lower security risks and costs by minimizing the time to protection — CanSecWest Microsoft on Friday released an open-source program designed to streamline the labor-intensive process …
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Stephen Totilo / MTV Multiplayer:
Sony Now Charging Publishers For PS3 Downloadable Content, An Unpopular Policy Shift — Publishing sources told us that Sony's previously un-reported new “PlayStation Network Bandwidth Fee” is forcing them to think twice about what content they offer to PS3 gamers for download.
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Gamasutra, VG247, Kotaku, CrunchGear, Joystiq, Silicon Alley Insider, bit-tech.net and Game|Life
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
CBS March Madness Streaming Up 65% From Last Year — Nice growth for CBS's March Madness On Demand streaming service on the first day of the tournament. — The gorgeous video player attracted 2.7 million unique visitors, up 56% year-over-year. (Though growth slowed from 122% y/y last year.)
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NewTeeVee, VentureBeat, Contentinople, Mashable!, paidContent.org and HipMojo.com, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Is ABC's Jake Tapper blocking journalists who criticize his Twitter updates? (UPDATED) — ABC News's Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper is a big fan of transparency. He has criticized the Obama administration for not allowing press during certain public appearances …
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Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Ballmer Says Microsoft Able to Experiment in Search Market, Unlike Google — Being the underdog in the Internet- search market has one advantage for Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer: He says his company can experiment, while rival Google Inc. plays it safe.
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the Econsultancy blog, Google Watch, Silicon Alley Insider, The Noisy Channel and Beyond Search
Reuters:
Sony Ericsson Cuts Phone Sales Forecast in Half — Table of Contents: — In another sign that consumer spending is coming to a halt, Sony Ericsson cuts its sales forecast nearly in half. In the first three months of 2009, Sony Ericsson only sold 14 million phones compared with the nearly 21 million phones analysts had predicted.
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Gearlog, Computerworld, Boy Genius Report, Electronista, dailywireless.org and Tech Trader Daily
Jay Meattle / Compete Blog:
Guest Post: Can Digg Keep Up With Facebook's Growth? So Far It Surprisingly Has — We welcome back Jay Meattle, a Compete.com original member, from HEPGURU for this guest post. — Below is a Digg and Facebook's monthly Unique Visitor chart going all the way back to the month they were launched.
Ryan Lawler / Contentinople:
Boxee CEO: Consumers Will Get a la Carte Online — NEW YORK — Media Summit — Boxee CEO Avner Ronen says the shift of content moving online will allow consumers to pick and choose what they want to watch, which could disrupt the business models of numerous cable programmers.
