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Om Malik / GigaOM:
What Went Wrong With Joost? — Joost, a much-vaunted online video startup, today announced that it will offer a white-label video hosting platform, thus entering a crowded market littered with the carcasses of other failed video hosts. The company is also losing its famous chief executive …
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What's new in iPhone OS 3.1 beta? — Apple recently released iPhone OS 3.1 beta firmware and SDK to developers. Unless you're a developer I recommend you to not download this firmware and wait for the final 3.1 firmware to be released. Apple hasn't announced when iPhone OS 3.1 will be released …
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Mel Martin / TUAW:
Is this what's in the next iPhone update? — The iPhone Blog is reporting what's purported to be in the next, and hopefully imminent iPhone update to version 3.1. As we've reported, developers were seeded with the beta Tuesday. — Here's the list: … If true, it will put smiles on a lot of iPhone owners' faces.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Twitter Grows “Uncomfortable” With The Use Of The Word Tweet In Applications (Updated) — We were just forwarded an e-mail conversation between a Twitter API team member and a third-party developer because the latter was using a UI for its web-based service that was admittedly very similar to Twitter's web application.
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CNET News, MediaFile, Silicon Alley Insider, TechFlash, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and AppScout, Thanks:atul
Scott Austin / Venture Capital Dispatch:
LogMeIn's IPO Prices At $16/Share As Second Quarter Closes — Only three venture-backed companies went public in the year's first half, which ends today. The bright side? The third quarter will open up tomorrow with a bang, as LogMeIn Inc. is set to become the fourth such company to hold an IPO in the past six weeks.
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Heather Champ / Flickr Blog:
Twitter your Flickr — Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! We've launched our Flickr2Twitter integration. — Share your Flickr content either via “upload by email” or feature existing Flickr content in your Twitter stream. — If you'd like to Twitter your Flickr then check out the following three FAQs for easy setup and use:
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The Blog Herald, ReadWriteWeb, Softpedia News, The Nokia Blog, AppScout, Pocket-lint.com, Webware.com and digg.com
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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:Flickr adds direct-to-Twitter publishing
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ITworld.com, Search Engine Journal, TechCrunch, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Mashable! and WebProNews
Biz / Twitter Blog:
Following and Followers Page Improvements — When you click on the Following and Followers links from your Twitter home page, you'll notice that we've upgraded the design of these pages and added features. Instead of a basic list, there are now actions you can perform that provide a better overall experience.
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Zodttd / Zod's Blog:
Palm Pre gets some Playstation action! — I have recently purchased a Palm Pre. — Naturally the first thing I did was root/jailbreak the device. Second thing I did? Well I threw my Sony Playstation 1 project, psx4all on it! — The Palm Pre uses some of the same hardware as the iPhone 3GS …
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Engadget, IntoMobile, MobileCrunch, all things Pre, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, SlashPhone, MobileContentToday, Gizmodo and techeblog.com
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
What happened to Research In Motion and where are they going? — I want to start this off by saying I have nothing but love for RIM the company. Probably my favorite tech corporation in the world, they've created an incredibly unique product that practically replaces the need for drugs for most people.
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
RIAA triumphs in Usenet copyright case — The Recording Industry Association of America has prevailed in its copyright fight against Usenet.com, according to court documents. — In a decision that hands the RIAA an overwhelming victory, U.S. District Judge Harold Baer ruled in favor …
Daniel Emery / BBC:
Cash for Pirate Bay file-sharers — The new owners of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay say users will be paid for sharing files. — Global Gaming Factory (GGF) paid 60m kronor (£4.7m) to take over the site. — In an exclusive interview with the BBC, GGF's Hans Pandeya …
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Mike / CrunchNotes:
Sam Sethi: The Lawsuit — Many of you know all about Sam Sethi, the former TechCrunch writer who left after a disagreement and then went on to create BlogNation. Two days ago Sethi filed a lawsuit against us for libel and other issues. As we always do, we're posting the litigation threats …
The Official Google Blog:
Toolbar, now with advanced translation — If you saw this text on a webpage, how would you figure out what it means? — You would likely need to translate manually via our language tools or in Toolbar. Today we're excited to announce that translations will be even easier with the newest release …
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James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:
Skype 1.1 for iPhone Released- SMS but Don't Push — The Skype people are busy, as they have released version 1.1 for the iPhone in addition to the WinMo version we covered earlier. This new version adds the ability to check Skype voice mail and to send SMS messages, but it lacks a highly desirable feature: push notification.
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Phone Arena, 9 to 5 Mac, mocoNews, MobileContentToday, iPhone, ReadWriteWeb, Download Squad, Skype Blogs and Gizmodo
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo's Extreme Makeover Confirmed with the Hiring of a New Global Marketing Exec — Last week, BoomTown posted a detailed piece on Yahoo's plans for a massive rebranding and marketing push, which included the hiring of outside consultant Penny Baldwin (pictured here), who was a former top exec at Young & Rubicam.
Google Enterprise Blog:
Updates to Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook — When we announced Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook a few weeks ago, we committed to improving it over time to make the Outlook experience on Apps as similar to the experience on Exchange as possible.
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Softpedia News, ITworld.com, internetnews.com, TechCrunchIT, ReadWriteWeb, Webware.com, eWeek, VentureBeat, Googling Google, Lifehacker and InformationWeek
John Leyden / The Register:
Conficker left Manchester unable to issue traffic tickets — Infection cost £1.5m in total — Free whitepaper - Certify your software integrity with Thawte code signing certificates — Manchester City Council was prevented from issuing hundreds of motoring penalty notices …
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Lionel Menchaca / Direct2Dell:
GPS and Wi-Fi Positioning Coming to the Mini 10 — With the recent buzz around the forthcoming TomTom navigation app for the iPhone and recent report that demand for GPS devices is expected to grow steadily over the next few years, there's no question that there's a lot of interest in the technology.
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jkOnTheRun, Engadget, SlashGear, Gadling, Ubergizmo, Local Mobile Search, Xconomy, Liliputing, MobileContentToday, Netbook Choice and Pocket-lint.com
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Morgan Stanley: Mac shipments on the rise — According to Morgan Stanley's Kathryn Huberty, Apple (AAPL) is the computer maker with the “most upside” as the PC market begins to stabilize after the dismal first quarter of 2009. — There's some good news for Hewlett Packard (HPQ) and Dell …
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Kent Brown / The .NET Endpoint:
Dublin TAP program open for nominations — Microsoft is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for participation in the “Dublin” Technology Adoption Program (TAP). “Dublin” rounds out the existing application server capabilities in Windows by providing additional features …
