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Sarah Radwanick / comScore Voices:
Twitter Traffic Explodes...And Not Being Driven by the Usual Suspects! — Twitter seems to be just about everywhere these days, infiltrating pop culture and challenging traditional communication channels as people answer the simple Twitter question, “What are you doing?”
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Don Dodge on The Next …, GMSV, broadstuff, RotorBlog.com, Joe Duck, AppScout, RyanSpoon.com and Steve Clayton
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
First screenshots of build Windows 7 build 7077 leak — As you can see above, screenshots of Windows 7 build 7077 have started to appear around the Web. There are also reports that the 32-bit version has been leaked and is readily available on various websites.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Poll reveals user love for Windows 7 — 44% ‘very satisfied’ with beta, says research firm; just 10% of early Vista users said the same — Computerworld) Beta testers of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 are four times more likely to be happy with what they're seeing than were early users of Windows Vista …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Live From Google Campfire '09: Java Support Launches — For the rest of the videos, visit the archive here. — We're here at the Google campfire event, where Google is celebrating the first birthday of App Engine and is planning planning to unveil new developer-related features.
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The Official Google Blog:
New features and an early look at Java for App Engine — Scarcity brings clarity, and many companies are taking important steps to adjust to today's economic climate. At Google, we've started changing the way we build and release products. — In the past six months alone we've launched nearly 50 projects …
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Google Blogoscoped, ProgrammableWeb, VentureBeat, ZDNET.com.au, GigaOM and TechCrunch, Thanks:atul
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Google Insists It's a Friend to Newspapers — SAN DIEGO — It had the makings of a high-tension face-off: Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, spoke Tuesday at a convention of newspaper executives at a time when a growing chorus in the struggling industry is accusing Google of succeeding, in part, at their expense.
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Julie Moos / Poynter Online:Transcript of Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Q&A at NAA
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paidContent.org, Newshare, The Information Valet Project, Gawker and ClickZ, Thanks:kevinmarks
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:Google's Schmidt To Newspaper Publishers: Don't ‘Piss Off’ Consumers
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Silicon Alley Insider, Search Engine Land, Beyond Search, TechFlash, Bits, The Technology Chronicles, Digits and L.A. Times Tech Blog
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
BumpTop gives Windows desktop a much-needed makeover — Microsoft's Windows desktop isn't nearly as efficient at using space as a real desktop. That's what Anand Agarawala concluded more than five years ago, when he began to study ways to create a better user interface for the screen that computer users stare at all day long.
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Google Mobile Blog:
Gmail gets a new engine for iPhone and Android-powered devices — Today, we're thrilled to tell you about the improvements we've made to Gmail for mobile, running in the iPhone and Android web browser. First, you'll notice that it's a lot faster when performing actions like opening an email, navigating, or searching.
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Google Watch, Gmail Blog, Unwired View, The Toybox, The iPhone Blog, Electronic Pulp, Softpedia News, MobileContentToday, ReadWriteWeb, Macworld, NEWSFACTOR, 9 to 5 Mac, TechSpot, Android Phone Fans, The Register, Engadget, MobileCrunch, webmonkey, Google Operating System, InformationWeek, RyanSpoon.com, mocoNews, Technologizer, Local Mobile Search, CNET News, Download Squad, AndroidGuys, Phone Scoop and The Official Google Blog, Thanks:atul
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
Eight reasons we still need an iPhone Gmail app — Tuesday's release of a much-improved Web client for Gmail on the iPhone and Android handsets was nice, but it's still got me salivating at the idea of a native application for the iPhone. Over the last year we've hounded the Gmail team …
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IntoMobile
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Yet another Googler leaves: Singh Cassidy joins Accel Partners — The exodus from Google continues at a torrid pace. — Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Google's president for Asia-Pacific (APAC) & Latin American Operations, has left the company to join Accel Partners, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm …
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Intel:
Intel Developer Forum: 1-Year Intel® Atom™ Processor Anniversary Brings New Chips, Demonstration of Next-Generation Device — Intel Executives Share Vision, Updates at Beijing Tech Event — Celebrating the 1-year anniversary of Intel Corporation's introduction …
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Between the Lines, Gadget Lab, LinuxWorld.com, SlashGear, dailywireless.org, GottaBeMobile.com and Engadget
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Brooke Crothers / CNET News:Acer PC joins Nvidia's ‘Ion’ with Intel's Atom
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eWeek, Newlaunches.com, Electronista, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, iTech News Net, Brier Dudley's blog, Digits and Crave
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Twhirl goes into a user feedback cocoon and is reborn as Seesmic Desktop — I'm here at headquarters of San Francisco video blogging company Seesmic for the launch of Seesmic Desktop, the next step in the company's product offering. — The product is a revaming of the popular Twhirl …
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Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Image Search Color Filter — The option that lets you filter images by the predominant color has been added to Google Image Search's interface. Just click on “All colors” above the search results and you can choose one of the 12 available colors. — Until the new feature propagates …
Rory Cellan-Jones / dot.life blog:
The battle over content — It's a month since the row between YouTube and songwriters saw all professional music videos withdrawn from the video-sharing service in the UK. And there's no sign of peace breaking out - indeed the row appears to be getting more heated.
University of San Francisco (USF):
The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index (Bloomberg ticker: USFSVVCI) — First Quarter - 2009 … The quarterly Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index™ (Bloomberg ticker symbol: USFSVVCI) is based on an on-going survey of San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
Siobhan Gorman / Associated Press:
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies — Robert Moran monitors an electric grid in Dallas. Such infrastructure grids across the country are vulnerable to cyberattacks. — WASHINGTON — Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs …
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The Dark Visitor
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
ShoeMoney Sues Google Employee For AdWords Violations — The constant hunt for valuable Google AdWords keywords is akin to Search Engine Optimization - a dark magic that can become very lucrative for those that can figure out how to best their competitors. It's also very competitive …
Terrence Russell / VentureBeat:
Justin.tv integrates with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace — Justin.tv, a live video streaming site, has announced a new feature which integrates its chat interface with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. Site founder Justin Kan says the integration is aimed at leveraging users' status updates …
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
Exclusive Apple iPhone 3.0 screenshots leak out — One of our trusty ninjas just blessed us with some exclusive iPhone 3.0 shots. Things like detailing a video recording application, more settings options, an accessibility entry, and even showing that Apple could possibly be integrating voice dialing, too.
