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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Facebook and Skype Readying Deep Integration Partnership — You didn't think Facebook would integrate with Google (GOOG) Voice, did you? — Actually, according to sources close to the situation, Facebook and Skype are poised to announce a significant and wide-ranging partnership …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Should Facebook Buy Skype? — Photo of Skype CEO Josh Silverman By Phil Wolff via Flickr — Ever since Skype was freed from the shackles of eBay, I've marveled at the company's management team led by its CEO, Josh Silverman. Sure, it has a whole lot of powerful backers, but in the end, it's the team and their strategy.
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Digital Daily, PC World and Mashable!
Wiltse Carpenter / Gmail Blog:
Turn off Gmail's conversation view — The way Gmail organizes mail into conversations is like cilantro. You either love it — and, like me, enjoy the nice citrusy, herbal finish it gives to everything from salsa to curry — or you hate it. And those of you who hate it hate it enough …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why We Sold TechCrunch To AOL, And Where We Go From Here — By now you must have heard the news that AOL has acquired us. Here are videos of the on stage signing of the agreement and an interview with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong immediately afterwards. — So how did all this happen?
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Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
Engadget's Founder on TechCrunch Under AOL — Michael Arrington, one of the most outspoken and wild tech bloggers, is about to get a corporate boss, following AOL's purchase of his site, TechCrunch. — Peter Rojas once found himself in a similar position. He founded Engadget in 2004.
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MediaVidea and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
AOL May Restore Lost Luster With Three Acquisitions
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Ross Kelly / Wall Street Journal:
Dell to Launch 7-Inch Tablet in Weeks Ahead — SYDNEY—Dell Inc. will launch its seven-inch tablet in the next few weeks and a 10-inch tablet within 6-12 months, Dell Greater China President Amit Midha said Wednesday. — Texas-based Dell has joined a host of computer makers rushing to offer tablets …
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Sharon Pian Chan / Seattle Times:
Q&A with Steve Ballmer on mobile, search and Facebook — Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer sat down with The Seattle Times for a Q and A on the eve of the annual company meeting on Sept. 28, 2010. Here is the story. — With the imminent launch of a new Windows mobile phone …
Ross Miller / Engadget:
BlackBerry PlayBook vs. iPad vs. Galaxy Tab vs. Streak: the tale of the tape — What a day — yesterday, that is. Research in Motion finally announced its long-awaited BlackBerry tablet, the 7-inch PlayBook (thankfully not named the BlackPad). While there's still quite a few missing details …
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TechCrunch, Mobile-Geeks, eWeek, PC World, Zatz Not Funny!, Between the Lines Blog, dailywireless.org, Black Web 2.0, Apple Gazette and Gadgetell
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Cisco to Unveil an Affordable Home TelePresence Product for Consumers Next Week — Cisco (CSCO), the networking giant, is making yet another big step into the consumer space, with the introduction next week of an inexpensive home telepresence product for personal use.
Ashlee Vance / Bits:
By the Numbers: Apple, Microsoft, Dell, H.P. — Back in May, Apple edged past Microsoft as the most valuable technology company. And, my oh my, has Apple stretched its lead since then. — $222.12 billion versus $219.18, or $2.94 billion — That was the gap separating Apple and Microsoft at the close of trading on May 26.
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Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Amazon Android app store T&Cs leak — Amazon still aren't talking about the rumored Android app store they're tipped to be working on - which would sit alongside the official Android Market and offer users an alternative source for software - but the App Store Distribution Agreement participating developers …
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ReadWriteWeb, O'Reilly Radar, Google Android News …, Android Phone Fans, Gizmodo and Android Police
Dieter Bohn / PreCentral.net:
Did HP's Todd Bradley just confirm the ‘PalmPad’ name? Still set for early 2011 — HP has already let loose the word that they'd be releasing a webOS-based tablet in 2011, but in todays' Analyst Meeting, HP EVP Todd Bradley was the first HP employee to call it the PalmPad, a trademark HP filed for in July:
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Engadget, VentureBeat, Liliputing, I4U News, GottaBeMobile, Electricpig, Fortune, Fone Arena, Phone Arena, Go Rumors, iClarified and MobileBurn.com
Michelle Goldberg / The Daily Beast:
The Woman Who Beat Craigslist — Underage girls who say they were sold for sex on the site were behind the battle to shutter its adult-services section. Michelle Goldberg reports on the inside story of their role—and the remarkable woman who led the fight.
Amir Efrati / Digits:
Google Wants to Make Online Display Ads ‘Sexy’ — Google has long dominated Web search, and the advertising it generates. But the company has vowed to build a major business in the parallel market of online display ads, and on Tuesday laid out some predictions about how that business will evolve.
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Don Jeffrey / Bloomberg:
Disney, CBS, Fox Sue Online Subscription Service Ivi for Streaming Shows — Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, CBS Corp. and other broadcasters sued Ivi, an online subscription service, for streaming television programs over the Web without authorization. — The companies, also including News Corp.'s Fox …
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David Carnoy / Crave: The gadget blog:
Sonos Controller for iPad now available — The Sonos Controller for iPad is a free download (Sonos system required for use). — For those of you who have a Sonos system and an iPad, there's good news: the Sonos Controller for iPad is now available in the App Store as a free download.
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PC World, GeekTonic and Gadget Lab
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nintendo 3DS ships in Japan February 26, US and Europe in March, auto-generates Mii from camera (update: video!) — Enough with the rumored prices and launch dates for the 3DS already, let's get official. Nintendo just announced a February 26 ship date in Japan for ¥25,000 (about $298).
Amir Efrati / Digits:
Tweet This Milestone: Twitter Passes MySpace — There's a new piece of data that Twitter Chief Operating Officer Dick Costolo could take with him to the stage today at the IAB MIXX conference in New York, as the company tries to woo marketers. — Last month the four-year-old micro-blogging …
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eWeek, Bits, L.A. Times Tech Blog, FierceMobileContent, Switched, Music Ally, Download Squad, MarketingVOX, ReadWriteWeb and webpronews.com, Thanks:atul
Ross Miller / Engadget:
Xbox Live Fall 2010 Dashboard Update preview: ESPN, Netflix search, Kinect, and more! — Shortly before Kinect hits store shelves on November 4th, Microsoft plans on rolling out the Fall Update to Xbox Live — even sooner for those who signed up for the preview program.
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Xbox Press, The Business Of Online Video and Joystiq
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
New Kobo eReader gets wireless connection, faster processor, pretty colors — When we reviewed the $150 Kobo e-reader this summer we liked the value it offered, but didn't particularly appreciate the poor performance nor the missing wireless connectivity. Now it's back, a new version offering fixes …
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CrunchGear, Crave, Softpedia News, Gadget Lab, paidContent, GottaBeMobile, Gizmodo, Gearlog and Electronista
Matthew Humphries / Geek.com:
Destroy entire websites with this Asteroids bookmarklet — Have you ever visited a website and been so frustrated by the content, layout, or adverts that you'd love to destroy it? Well, now you can. — If you head on over to the erkie GitHub page there's a JavaScript bookmarklet you can drag and add to your bookmarks toolbar.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
MobilePay May Be The Death Of The Wallet. Yes, For Real This Time. — I absolutely hate carrying around both my phone and my wallet in my pocket. What if I could just carry around my phone and my driver's license? That would be awesome. If MobilePay USA takes off, my wish will come true.
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Erica Naone / Technology Review:
What Twitter Learns from All Those Tweets — The company's head of analytics explains how Twitter mines the data users produce. — Twitter messages might be limited to 140 characters each, but all those characters can add up. In fact, they add up to 12 terabytes of data every day.
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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
RIAA Takes Down Music Downloading App Mulve — Last week an impressive new music downloading application hit the mainstream. Mulve became hugely popular and demand was so great that the site's servers couldn't handle the pressure and fell over. Today the site is down again …
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Download Squad
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Atlassian Buys Mercurial Project Hosting Site BitBucket — In July, product development software company Atlassian said that it would be putting its recently raised $60 million investment towards M&A in the enterprise space. It looks like the company is moving fast—Atlassian …
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eWeek, Bitbucket, SD Times, The Next Web and InfoQ
