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Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
How Google Voice Is Growing — The call-management service has more than 1 million users and may be expanded abroad, Google tells U.S. regulators — In response to questions by U.S. regulators, Google (GOOG) handed over information about the number of users for its Google Voice communication service …
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The Register, CNET News, Between the Lines, Silicon Alley Insider, TECH.BLORGE.com, AppScout, WMExperts and PC Magazine, Thanks:atul
Bing / Search Blog:
Bing for mobile now live at m.bing.com — Today we released an update to the Bing for mobile browser at m.bing.com. In addition to being a great resource for local searches, quick answers, and maps, we have some new features to tell you about: — NFL feature - type a team or player and see upcoming games, stats, and scores.
Congested / N-Gage:
Mobile gaming evolves - Ovi Store is here — We've been busy evolving our mobile gaming service and building up the portfolio of games in Ovi Store. Currently, we have more than a thousand games available in Ovi Store supported by 100 Nokia device models and are growing the platform and portfolio as quickly as possible.
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ITworld.com, Engadget, Digits, Silicon Alley Insider, Geek.com, Digital Trends, MobHappy, IntoMobile, CellPassion, Joystiq, Kotaku, Pocket-lint.com, infoSync World, Technologizer, Mashable! and Slashdot
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Tameka Kee / mocoNews:
Admitting Defeat, Nokia To Pull Plug On N-Gage Games Platform — Nokia is shutting down N-Gage, its beleaguered, two-year-old mobile games service. The company will still sell N-Gage games through the end of September 2010, and players will still be able to interact via the N-Gage Arena, but after that the service will go dark.
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Reuters, InformationWeek, BetaNews, Electronista and Phone Scoop, Thanks:josephtartakoff
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Motorola DROID review — It's hard to look at the DROID without looking at the company which brought the device to life. Motorola: for years the name has been synonymous with... well, disappointment. While the industry-stalwart made cellphones sexy with the RAZR, the days which followed …
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Gadget Lab, Android Phone Fans, MobileTechWorld, PreCentral.net, I4U News, Engadget Mobile and Gearlog
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Apple tablet: For video, not books? — Chatting with a Canadian analyst, Cupertino execs offer hints about Apple's future plans — Apple executives (AAPL) have strict rules about not discussing products that the company has not announced. But they'll talk about market opportunities …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook Director of Mobile Jed Stremel Resigns — Jed Stremel, Facebook's Director of Mobile who has been with the company for four years, has resigned, according to a post on his Facebook profile. Stremel was charged with leading the company's mobile strategy, and was previously involved in Business Development at Facebook.
Andrew Heining / Christian Science Monitor:
Google's fade-in homepage confuses — It's no bar code logo, but Google's latest home page experiment has some searching for an explanation. — The search giant has always been a fan of minimalist design, but its latest trick - a google.com that loads with simply a white page …
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Google: We're not making Android hardware — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google's Andy Rubin, head of the company's Android development, would like to clear something up: Google is not in the phone-making business. — Last week TheStreet.com reported that Google had plans to sell …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Twitter Tricks And Treats For Halloween — Twitter tweeted out a message today about a special Halloween feature if you Tweet “#trick” or “#treat.” It was difficult to figure out at first, but if you tweet either from your Twitter home page (this is key, you can't enable the feature …
Biz / Twitter Blog:
There's a List for That — We're putting the finishing touches on our new Lists feature and we're really excited about the folks who have already taken a lot of time creating awesome lists. From the @time list of funny people to your own list of people who make you laugh …
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Anil Dash, Mashable!, broadstuff, AppScout, TidBITS, louisgray.com and Laughing Squid, Thanks:chrismessina
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
27-inch iMacs having performance issues? — It's not at all clear what the root cause of the problem is, but we've noticed a big uptick in people complaining about performance issues on new 27-inch iMacs on Apple's support boards. The most common symptom seems to be incredibly slow Flash video playback …
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Crave, AppleInsider, Gadget Lab, I4U News, The Next Web, 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, TUAW, T3.com News and Electricpig
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services — Starting November 16, Microsoft is ending distribution and sales of its Microsoft Office Accounting product. Company officials began notifying customers of the decision on October 30. — All Microsoft Office Accounting products …
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internetnews.com, The Register, Ars Technica, Download Squad, AppScout, Computerworld, The Microsoft Blog and Microsoft News Tracker
Macworld:
First Look: Apple TV 3.0 — The Apple TV is a strange beast. Steve Jobs famously referred to his company's media-playback box as “a hobby.” In early 2008 Apple released a major software update, Apple TV 2.0, that revamped its interface and added movie rentals to the mix.
Venture Capital Dispatch:
For Facebook And Zappos, Two Divergent Views Of Its Employees — For fast-growing technology start-ups, there are many approaches to employee hiring and retention. — Two of the more successful Internet start-ups, Facebook Inc. and Zappos Inc., have very different methods …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Tortures Little Kids With Bing Jingle — Maybe you'll recall when I ripped apart the Bing jingle winner back in August. It was bad — real bad. But its creator, Jonathan Mann is a talented guy, and even made a jingle ripping me, which was both better than the Bing one, and funny.
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CNET News, TechFlash, Maximum PC, The Microsoft Blog, Inc.com, Silicon Alley Insider, The Register and Search Blog
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Wave Federation: Why it Matters — According to The Next Web, the Google Wave team is getting ready to open up its servers for federation. This announcement may come as early as today. — The Google Wave we see today is only one part of what Wave is all about.
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
BlueBeat streaming and selling Beatles albums digitally — We have to admit, we're baffled by this one. BlueBeat is a US-based site offering high-quality streams of full albums, as well as downloads for $0.25 a track. Its Facebook page promises to “stop the insanity of overpriced online music” …
Kunur Patel / AdAge:
Duncan Milner Ascends at TBWA/Media Arts Lab — Assumes Chief Creative Officer Post From Legend Lee Clow, Who Remains Chairman — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Lee Clow has stepped down as chief creative officer of TBWA/Media Arts Lab, which has handled TBWA's longtime client Apple.
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Associated Press:
Reports: Cyberattacks Traced to NKorea — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday. — The IP address — the Web equivalent of a street address …
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Mark Spoonauer / LAPTOP Mag:
Networks in Motion: Google Attacking Developer Community, Android “Openness” Total BS — Could developers cool to Android if they think Google might swallow their apps' functionality and roll it into OS updates? That's the opinion of Steve Andler, vice president of marketing for Networks in Motion …
Jason Snell / Macworld:
Marvel Comics come to iPhone — Excelsior! Comixology, makers of the free comic-book app Comics, have brought one of the “big two” comics publishers to the iPhone for the first time. — On Thursday the company announced that, effective immediately, several comics from Marvel Comics …
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Crave, Forever Geek, Gadget Lab, Mashable!, Mobile Marketing Watch, mocoNews, MacRumors iPhone Blog and App Advice
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
We Catch Our First, Fleeting Glimpse Of VEVO On YouTube — Over the last six months we've heard quite a bit about Vevo, a premium content site that's been called a ‘Hulu for music videos’. The site was originally founded by UMG in a partnership with YouTube and has since added Sony Music Group …
Kevin Anderson / Guardian:
Oracle's takeover of Sun clouded with uncertainty — The EU says that Oracle isn't cooperating in its probe of its take over of Sun Microsystems, and a mysterious filing in Russia has rattled investors' confidence in the deal. — Oracle hasn't done enough to calm the concerns of EU regulators …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Is Google's Behavioral Targeting A Bust? Only 25 Percent Of AdSense Publishers Use It — For advertisers on the Web, behavioral targeting is held out as the nirvana they've been waiting for: the ability to show ads only to those people most likely to be interested in them based on their past behavior.
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James Temple / San Francisco Chronicle:
Google talent search: error 502? — Google's recruiters are infamous in the Valley for dismissing Ivy-free applications* and posing highly technical brainteasers** during interviews. — But apparently these “past results do not necessarily guarantee future performance,” according to none other than Googlers themselves.
