Techmeme: How Google Saved $100 Million By Launching Google Instant (Matt Van Wagner/Search Engine Land)

5:15 AM ET, September 21, 2010

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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

When Larry Ellison Met Marc Andreessen-A Silicon Valley Settlement Story (Plus Mark Hurd Returns Some Dough!) — According to multiple sources, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (pictured right) approached Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) board member Marc Andreessen (pictured left) to help broker a settlement between the companies.

Discussion: IBD Click, DealBook, Softpedia News, The Register, TechEye, Silicon Alley Insider, eWeek, Digital Daily, Electronista and Tech Trader Daily

Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg:

HP and Oracle Resolve Litigation on Hurd Employment — Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. and Oracle Corp. said they resolved litigation over the appointment of Mark Hurd as a president of Oracle and reaffirmed the long-term partnership between the two companies.

Discussion: Business Wire, TechCrunch, GigaOM, VentureBeat, DealBook, Between the Lines Blog, Engadget, PreCentral.net and bizjournals

James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:

Google Bringing Document Editing to Android, iPad — Google unveiled a new mobile login verification system today, and perhaps more importantly, said that editing of Google Docs would be coming soon to Android and the iPad. The ability to edit docs on the two mobile platforms will bring real-time collaboration to mobile users.

Dan Nosowitz / Fast Company:
Google Docs Coming to iPad in “the Next Few Weeks” to Slap iWork Around

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and GottaBeMobile

foursquare:

Introducing foursquare 2.0: Tips + To-Dos + Add to foursquare + More! — When we started foursquare, we dreamed it would be much more than check-ins. We really wanted to build tools that would help people collect and share their real-world experiences. Today we're rolling out the 2. version …

Discussion: Mashable!, About Foursquare, Softpedia News, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, Download Squad, Silicon Alley Insider, Pocket-lint, WebProNews and The Next Web, Thanks:atul

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Foursquare 2.0 Goes Beyond The Check-In — By Reshuffling Old Features

Discussion: Mobile Marketing Watch, TUAW and Marshall Kirkpatrick …

Om Malik / GigaOM:

Is Apple Working on a 7-Inch Screen iPad? — Apple, perhaps worried about competition from the Android camp, may be looking to develop a new version of iPad, this one with a 7-inch screen. It would bring such a device to market some time in 2011, according to a research note put …

Discussion: Computerworld, msnbc.com, Electronista, SlashGear, TheAppleBlog, Softpedia News, I4U News, Pocket-lint and The Tech Herald …

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Regarding Ashok Kumar's Track Record on Apple

Discussion: Technologizer

Matt Van Wagner / Search Engine Land:

How Google Saved $100 Million By Launching Google Instant — It seems fitting that from the moment it was announced, Google Instant became an instant headline news story. — For the past few week, industry pundits have been talking, tweeting and writing about Google Instant and offering …

Discussion: Softpedia News, Search Engine Watch and ReadWriteWeb

Chris Ziegler / Engadget:

Nokia N8 delayed ‘for a few weeks to do some final amends’ — Sounds like it's not much of a delay — but be that as it may, if you were hoping to pick up your colorful N8 in the tail end of this month... well, we don't quite know how to say this, but you're going to want to make other plans.

Discussion: Boy Genius Report, Fonehome.co.uk, VentureBeat, Fone Arena, Electronista, IntoMobile, My Nokia Blog, Crave and Phones Review

Agence France Presse: Nokia rejects rumours of new mobile phone delay

Christopher Mims / Technology Review:

Why No Second Internet Bubble? — Internet adoption has only accelerated since 2001, so why hasn't the economy been goosed again? — In 2001, the global stock market peaked. At left, the technology-heavy NASDAQ composite shows what happens when a mind-bogglingly huge amount …

Jason Hiner / Tech Sanity Check:

The truth about iPad: It's only good for two things — Because of the iPad, 2010 will likely be remembered as a landmark year in computing. It will rank right up there with 1984 when the graphical user interface debuted to the masses in the first Macintosh, and 1995 when the launch …

Thanks:techrepublic

Jeremy Kirk / PC World:

Microsoft Pushes Zune Expansion Outside the US — Microsoft plans to offer elements of its Zune music and movie services throughout Europe and other countries this fall in conjunction with the release of its Windows Phone 7 operating system. — Windows Phone 7 is scheduled to launch …

Discussion: Guardian, Microsoft, Softpedia News, SlashGear, BetaNews, Ars Technica, Electronista, Mobility Digest, TechNet Blogs, Gizmodo, Download Squad, Neowin.net, The Microsoft Blog and LiveSide.net

Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint: Zune PC software to be Windows Phone 7's iTunes

John Cook / TechFlash:

Fox, NBC, MLB and others look to squash Seattle startup ivi Inc. — Some of the biggest names in TV broadcasting are looking to put the brakes on a tiny Seattle startup called ivi Inc. The 18-person company, which launched a live Internet TV service one week ago today, has received cease …

Discussion: NewTeeVee

Peter Birch / Google LatLong:

Ocean comes to Google Earth for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch — We recently announced the arrival of ocean bathymetry and ocean layer content to Google Earth for Android. Today, with the latest release of Google Earth 3.1 for iOS, we're proud to announce that you can now explore underwater landscapes …

Discussion: IntoMobile, Phone Arena, Phones Review, MobileContentToday, 9 to 5 Mac, App Advice and everythingiCafe

Erica Ogg / CNET News:

Secrets of Apple's customer success — Hardware manufacturers liberally take cues from Apple products, so why not its approach to customers? — For the seventh straight year, Apple has topped its competitors in the PC industry in the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index …

Claire Cain Miller / Bits:

Google Reports on Government Requests and Censorship — Google has lately found itself on the receiving end of criticism from privacy and transparency advocates. But with two new tools, Google is trying to convince them that the company is on their side. — On Tuesday, Google will introduce …

Discussion: The Official Google Blog, Thanks:srikardhanakoti

Ashlee Vance / New York Times:

British Chip Designer Prepares for Wider Demand — CAMBRIDGE, England — Near the southeastern edge of Cambridge, where this idyllic university town gives way to fields of green, sits the headquarters of ARM Holdings. Neither the modest three-building campus nor its surroundings evoke notions of a thriving hotbed of computing.

Discussion: SlashGear and Bits

Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:

Apple buys Swedish face-recognition company Polar Rose? — According to Norwegian Mac Site Mac1, Apple has bought up all of the shares of a Swedish face recognition company called Polar Rose. An example of their technology can be seen above (Flashless). Google translated:

Discussion: Computerworld, Softpedia News, eWeek, The Register, WebProNews, Fast Company, TechCrunch, TUAW, GigaOM, CNET News, Mobile-Geeks, Phones Review, AppScout, BlogsDNA, Digital Daily, Cult of Mac, Fortune, TiPb, VentureBeat, The Next Web, MacStories, I4U News and iClarified

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
UPDATED: Apple buys Polar Rose for a rumoured $29 million

Discussion: Gadget Lab, iLounge, IntoMobile, SlashGear, ArcticStartup Posts, Erictric, MacRumors, Silicon Alley Insider, Macsimum News and AppleInsider

Bertrand Vasquez / Erictric:

Apple Quietly Launches New Game Section on Its Website — Cupertino, California-based Apple has apparently launched a new game-dedicated section on its website, where visitors can find several resources and information regarding the latest games along with the gaming capabilities of several Apple products.

Discussion: VentureBeat

Cade Metz / The Register:

Yahoo! ‘owns several patents’ on Google Instant — ‘Streaming search’ all about cash, says ex-Google man — Exclusive Yahoo! owns several patents covering Google's new Instant search engine, according to Shashi Seth, Yahoo!'s senior vice president of search and a former search product leader at Google.

Discussion: WebProNews

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Facebook Has Quietly Implemented A De-Facto Follow Feature — A few days ago, Facebook made what seemed to be a small tweak to its Friend Requests area. As first noted by Inside Facebook, the social network changed the way friend rejections work. Previously, you could either Confirm or Ignore (deny) a request.

Discussion: Switched, Thanks:srikardhanakoti

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:

Police interview Steve Jobs about prototype iPhone — For months, little news has surfaced about the police investigation into the sale last spring of a lost prototype iPhone 4. That may soon change. — Stephen Wagstaffe, chief deputy district attorney for San Mateo County, Calif. …

Discussion: AppleInsider, Phone Arena, MacNN and iPhone Download Blog

Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:

How to pitch your company at Techcrunch or get investors to write checks — I saw over 100 company pitches last week at DEMO and at Google. There will be 100 more at Techcrunch Disrupt next week. The good ones stand out immediately. How can you get noticed?

Discussion: TechCrunch, Thanks:dondodge

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Google Apps gains extra layer of security with two-step verification — Companies migrating their e-mail and other cloud services over to Google Apps is becoming an increasingly popular phenomenon, but there have been lingering doubts about whether making such a transition would put company security at risk.

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