Techmeme: Sorry, Blekko Is Doomed (Henry Blodget/SAI)

5:35 AM ET, November 2, 2010

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Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:

iPhone 5 Will Enable Ambitious Remote Computing Program - Source [Exclusive] — We've received a tip about an unexpected application for the NFC chip Apple is expected to build into the iPhone 5. — Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless connection technology that would turn …

Alexander Vaughn / App Advice: Rumor: iPhone 5 To Turn Any Mac Into Your Own Using NFC

Alexander Vaughn / App Advice:

Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Gold Master To Developers [Update: See What's New!] — Good news folks, Apple just released the pre-final version of iOS 4.2 to members of the Apple developer program. iOS 4.2 Gold Master, or GM as it's called, should be the exact version that Apple will be shipping very soon (hopefully) to the public.

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Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Apple Brings AirPlay Back To Youtube App With 4.2 GM

Discussion: MacRumors, AppleInsider, I4U News, RazorianFly, Appletell, iClarified and TUAW

Henry Blodget / SAI:

Sorry, Blekko Is Doomed — A new search-engine called Blekko just launched. It's the latest in a long line of companies to try to leapfrog Google by providing “better” search results. — Specifically, in Blekko's case, the company is using human input into algorithmic results to screen …

Discussion: Guardian, Beyond Search and Googling Google Blog

Skrentablog:

Anatomy of blekko's press launch … After the Wall Street Journal broke our press embargo 5 hours early, someone on Hacker News asked why we were launching the site on a Sunday afternoon. — But if you want to be in the Monday morning press, a writer's story needs to be done and ready by Sunday.

Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg:

Apple Increases Tablet Share to 95 Percent as Android Slips — Apple Inc. increased its market share in tablet computers to 95 percent in the third quarter, while Google Inc.'s Android operating system slipped, according to researcher Strategy Analytics. — Global tablet sales rose 26 percent …

Discussion: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear and Business Wire

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

You Can Now Follow The World Series #SFRiot On Twitter, Ustream And Foursquare — The San Francisco Giants won the World Series earlier this evening and of course the celebration in San Francisco has at this point devolved into multiple riots, which you can now follow on Twitter through the hashtags #SFRiot and #SFScanner.

Discussion: Mashable!, Social Medium and The Huffington Post

James Temple / SFGate:
Salesforce.com planning huge Mission Bay headquarters

Discussion: Xconomy, IntoMobile, ReadWriteWeb and Tech Trader Daily

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Exclusive: Apple, Google Are Sniffing Around Mobile Payments Startup BOKU — Both Apple and Google are engaged in conversations with mobile payments startup BOKU about a potential acquisition or a wide-reaching partnership at the very least, we've heard from people familiar with the talks, which are ongoing.

Discussion: VatorNews, AppleInsider, IntoMobile, Ubergizmo, Tech Europe, Mobile Marketing Watch, Mashable!, Electronista, Internet2Go, App Advice, MacRumors and SAI

Joanna Stern / Engadget:

Samsung Galaxy Tab review — The story of the Galaxy Tab has been quite a saga, to say the least. In fact, it was actually back in May that we first heard rumblings of Samsung's plans to unleash a 7-inch Android tablet much like its Galaxy S phones, but it was only after months of painful teasing …

Discussion: Mashable!, Electronista, ThinkMobile, TechEye, Marco.org, Computerworld, Inquirer, Daring Fireball and PalmAddicts

Andrew Rassweiler / iSuppli:
Samsung Galaxy Tab Carries $205 Bill of Materials, iSuppli Teardown Reveals

Discussion: IntoMobile, CrunchGear, Android Phone Fans, Ubergizmo and PhoneArena

Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:

SCVNGR Goes Global and Becomes the First Service to Use Google's Places API — SCVNGR is a location-based service with apps for the iPhone and Android that wants to add a “game layer on top of the world.” Starting today, the company is getting closer to this goal, as it is going international and expanding to about 80 new countries.

Discussion: TechCrunch, BoomTown, Guardian, Mashable!, Technically Incorrect and Search Engine Watch

Andrew McGlinchey / Google LatLong: Google Places now more widely available in Asia

Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear:

Component Makers Whisper That Chrome OS Will Ship In November — We've been expecting Chrome OS for a long, long time. We've heard that it would launch this fall, most vocally from Acer, which has made various promises about Chrome OS devices being on the way.

Discussion: MobileWhack.com and SlashGear

Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Vendors to debut Chrome-featured smartbooks later in November

Discussion: Engadget, Ubergizmo and Gizmodo

Matt Graves / Twitter Blog:

Promoted Tweets: Testing in the Timeline — When we launched Promoted Tweets in April, we outlined our plan for gradually rolling them out in all of the places people experience Twitter: first in search on Twitter.com, later in search through our partners, and eventually in the user timeline.

Cade Metz / The Register:

First official HTML5 tests topped by...Microsoft — Memo to Redmond: CSS ain't HTML — The Worldwide Web Consortium has released the results of its first HTML5 conformance tests, and according to this initial rundown, the browser that most closely adheres to the latest set of web standards is...Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.

Discussion: TechEye, Softpedia News, ReadWriteWeb, The Next Web, Neowin.net, Digital Trends, Techie Buzz and winrumors

Bob Muglia / The Silverlight Blog:

PDC and Silverlight — [This blog post is from Bob Muglia, President of the Server and Tools Division at Microsoft] — Last week, we held our PDC conference on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. We also streamed it online using Silverlight (with both live and on-demand sessions).

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Election Badges, Vote by Check-In and Twitter Bubbles — It may not be quite as big a deal as the presidential elections in 2008, when Barack Obama's campaign team used social media and social networks to mobilize supporters and win the White House, but the mid-term state elections happening tomorrow …

Discussion: The Apple Core Blog, VatorNews, IntoMobile, SlashGear, techPresident and The Bivings Report, more at Mediagazer »

Jodi Olson / Twitter Blog:
Midterm Elections 2010 — Tomorrow the balance of power …

Discussion: MediaMemo, Poynter Online, ReadWriteWeb, Lost Remote, The Next Web and Dan Zarrella, more at Mediagazer »

Ricky / Digitizor:

And So The Exodus Begins - 33 Developers Leave OpenOffice.org — We all knew that it would come to this and it has finally happened - 33 developers have left OpenOffice.org to join The Document Foundation, with more expected to leave in the next few days. — The History

Discussion: The H Open Source, OStatic blogs, Geek.com, V3.co.uk and THINQ.co.uk, Thanks:digitizor

Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

Instagram, The Photo App For The Cool Kids, Is Taking Off — Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are — today, at least — living the startup dream. — Their simple iPhone photo shooting-and-sharing app is growing about as fast as we've seen anything grow …

Discussion: TechCrunch

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Bang! Publishers Say Giant Web Ads Have “Stopping Power” — Bigger really is better! — So say Web publishers who have been running super-sized, don't-you-dare-look-away-from- me ads for the past year. — Even better, the ad-sellers insist — they have scientific proof to back up their claim.

Discussion: FM Blog, Mediaweek and MediaPost

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Google Sues The US Government For Only Considering Microsoft Solutions — Eric Goldman alerts us to the interesting bit of news that Google has sued the US government — specifically the Department of the Interior, for not seriously considering Google Apps when it put out a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to handle its messaging needs.

Google Code Blog:

Introducing the Google APIs Console and our latest API updates — After a busy year of creating, curating, and re-organizing our APIs, we're pleased to share that: We're announcing the Google APIs console, a new tool to help you use our APIs in your applications and on your websites.

Discussion: Google, Mashable!, ReadWriteWeb, Computerworld, WebProNews and The Next Web

Blake Stimac / IntoMobile:

Meet 8pen, another Android keyboard with a steep learning curve — There are many keyboard replacements available for Android these days, most of which are much better than the stock Android keyboard. We now have a new entrant to add to the mix, and it's unlike anything we've ever seen before.

Discussion: Bits, ThinkMobile, Android Phone Fans, Wired.co.uk, Droid Life, MobileCrunch and Geek.com

Tim Carmody / Gadget Lab:

Updated Xbox and WinPhone7 Get Updated Netflix, ESPN, and More — Xbox 360's long-awaited dashboard update is here, bringing a slew of new features, including a nice bonus from Netflix: a genuine UI for search on the Xbox and support for streaming on Windows Phone 7. — Let's take the Xbox first.

Discussion: BlogsDNA, WMPoweruser.com, The Official Netflix Blog, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, PC Magazine, Download Squad, IntoMobile, TechSpot, The Next Web, Gamasutra, Mashable!, ThinkMobile, Neowin.net, Erictric, Engadget and winrumors

Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:

Rebellious Coders Home In on Apple TV Hacks, App Store — Apple calls the Apple TV a “hobby” because it isn't a big seller. But for a bustling community of hackers, jailbreaking and tinkering with the set-top box is the real hobby. — The recent release of the second-generation Apple TV …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

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