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Aaron / YouTube Blog:
Broadcast Yourself — Around the globe, YouTube has become a metaphor for the democratizing power of the Internet and information. YouTube gives unknown performers, filmmakers, and artists new ways to promote their work to a global audience and rise to worldwide fame …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
YouTube Defense: Viacom “Secretly Uploaded” Content, And They Tried To Buy Us — Earlier today, several previously sealed legal documents in the longstanding copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube by Viacom were made public. In conjunction with the public release of those documents …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Who Got the Loot? How YouTube Split Up Google's Billions. — Google's $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube is perhaps the best-known transaction of the Web 2.0 era. Here, via court documents filed in the YouTube-Viacom case, is how some of that money got split up:
Wall Street Journal:
Apple Races to Strike Content Deals Ahead of iPad Release — Apple Inc. is still working to secure content for the iPad with just weeks to go before the tablet computer's release, said people familiar with the matter, as the company tempers some of its initial ambitions for the much-hyped device.
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
iGroups: Apple's New iPhone Social App in Development — Apple is working on a new communications based social networking application that they're simply calling “iGroups.” According to the documents published by USPTO today, Apple's iGroup will be a new service that will work on your iPhone and likely work with MobileMe.
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Gmail Blog:
Smart Rescheduler in Google Calendar Labs — As you can imagine, those of us on the Google Calendar team spend a lot of time thinking about scheduling. We regularly talk to people who schedule and reschedule a lot of meetings: administrative assistants. Talking to them …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Palm Sold Only 408,000 Smartphones Last Quarter (PALM) — Palm's third quarter was terrible, as anticipated. The company slashed its guidance a few weeks ago, and today confirmed that its Pre and Pixi smartphones are simply not selling very well. — Specifically, Palm's smartphone sellthrough …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple preps 27-inch LED Cinema Display, dodeca-core Mac Pro — Apple is putting the finishing touches on a pair of new products targeted at its professional customers, namely a larger version of its LED Cinema Display and a major update to its Mac Pro workstations, AppleInsider has been told.
Alexander Sliwinski / Joystiq:
Xbox 360 gaining USB storage support in 2010 update — Documentation obtained by Joystiq - and subsequently confirmed with two separate sources - reveals that “USB Mass Storage Device Support on Xbox 360” will soon be a reality. The document, authored by a senior software development engineer at Microsoft …
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Jenna Wortham / Bits:
RandomDorm: Chatroulette for the College Set — Taking a dizzying spin through the video chat service Chatroulette can be highly entertaining — you might stumble onto a celebrity or an impromptu performance by a pianist. — But there's always the chance of encountering something unsavory on the service …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Will Soon Offer A Way For Users To Opt-Out Of Google Analytics Tracking — Some people don't like the idea of Google having any data about them. Unfortunately, if you visit a site tracked by Google Analytics (and chances are you hit several each day), you have no choice. But soon, you might.
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Windows Phone 7 Series will have copy & paste, eventually — Contrary to the controversial report out of Microsoft MIX10 this week that Windows Phone 7 Series will not feature copy & paste functionality, a person close to the den explained that copy & paste is definitely a scenario and feature …
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Zak Cohen / Google Mobile Blog:
Introducing Google Buzz widget for Android — Since we launched Google Buzz for mobile, we've been working on ways to make it quicker and easier to share your thoughts and experiences while you're out and about. — Today, we're excited to release a Google Buzz widget for Android phones …
Amazon:
Introducing “Kindle for Mac” — the Free Application for Reading Kindle Books on the Mac, Now Available in over 100 Countries — Read on Your Kindle, Read Some on Your iPhone, and Now, Read Some on Your Mac - Read Wherever and Whenever You Want, and Never Lose Your Place
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Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple exploring iPhone audio text message, walkie-talkie feature — Apple has been brainstorming a new capability that could allow iPhone users to transmit data — such as simple text messages — to each other over voice channels, forgoing a reliance wireless carriers' backend servers …
Khris Loux / paidContent:
How Twitter Can Become A New Breed Of Technology Company — Khris Loux is the founder and CEO of Echo, a commenting platform. He tweets at @Khrisloux. — With leadership from its founders and a significant infusion of cash from investors, Twitter has created an innovative no-charge service …
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Fascinating motion magazine demo highlights iPad's potential — Tablet devices, and more specifically Apple's iPad, are bound to forever alter the landscape for print and digital publishers, as evidenced by captivating concepts such as motion magazines like one being worked on by Alexx Henry Photography …
Nick Douglas / All Shook Down:
SXSW Interactive Is Dead — No annual festival, conference, or party will ever be as good as the first year you went. That's not what I'm talking about when I say that South by Southwest Interactive died this year. — Earlier this week, Jolie O'Dell wrote the usual “Why SXSW Sucks” post.
Boy Genius Report:
Motorola DROID update delayed? — We have heard from multiple sources that the much-awaited Android 2.1 OS upgrade due to start today, has been delayed. We're told a last minute bug late last night was found. There is no new ETA. We've reached out to Verizon for confirmation.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
RIM BlackBerry ‘T’ (Talladega?) slider launching next month? — Hang with us for a sec as we conjure up a speculative device from a sordid collection of rumors. By now we've all seen the leaked BlackBerry slider right? How about the “Mr. T” phone, heard of that?
Noah Elkin / The eMarketer Blog:
Looking Beyond the Staggering Mobile Stats in the BRIC Countries — My latest report - on wireless usage and advertising trends in the BRIC countries (Brazil / Russia / India / China) - launches today. Given their large populations, some of the numbers are understandably eye-popping.
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BBC:
Facebook rules out ‘panic button’ — Facebook says it will not install a “panic button” on its main pages for users to report suspected paedophiles, but will develop its existing system. — The company says it will have links to organisations including the Child Exploitation and Online Protection …
John Cook / TechFlash:
Report: T-Mobile USA ponders joint venture with Clearwire — It seems that every month there's a new story out about the future of T-Mobile USA, the fourth biggest mobile operator in the U.S. Last month, BusinessWeek reported that Deutsche Telekom — the parent company of T-Mobile — was contemplating an initial public offering.
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Rick / Yahoo! Mail Blog:
A Yahoo! Contacts That Updates Itself — Have you ever lost track of a friend because she moved and forgot to let you know her new address and phone number? When you've changed your contact information, did you remember to let all of your friends and colleagues know?
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft removes hardware virtualization barrier to running XP Mode — Microsoft is making a slew of virtualization-related announcements on March 18 — including one that will be welcome by customers who've been stymied by the chip-level virtualization requirements for running Windows 7 in XP Mode.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google TV Should Finally Push Apple TV Beyond A “Hobby” — For the past couple of years now, when talking about the Apple TV product, Apple likes to throw out the word “hobby.” It's as if they're ashamed of the device. And considering sales are anemic next to Macs, iPods, and iPhones, it's no big surprise that they talk this way.
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Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
VirnetX files same patent claims against Windows 7 — Fresh off winning a $106 million verdict against Microsoft, VirnetX has filed a new lawsuit claiming the same two patents are infringed by Windows 7. — On Tuesday, a Texas jury said Microsoft willfully used VirnetX's patented virtual private network …
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Digits:
Facebook Co-Founder Hughes Launches Philanthropic Venture Jumo — Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, unveiled his new project on Thursday: a Web site for charitable organizations.
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