Techmeme: Yahoo to expand its blog network Monday (Mark Milian/CNN)

6:15 PM ET, November 12, 2010

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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday — Back in February we wrote about Facebook's secret Project Titan — a web-based email client that we hear is unofficially referred to internally as its “Gmail killer”. Now we've heard from sources that this is indeed what's coming …

Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Facebook:
Will Facebook Employees Get a Shorter Email Domain, or Will Users?

Discussion: Download Squad, Adotas and BGR, Thanks:eldon

Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
Would Facebook + Email = Gmail + Google Me?

Discussion: Computerworld, Winrumors, All Facebook, GigaOM, Gizmodo, Erictric and SAI

Apple:

Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for Mac OS X — Oracle and Apple® today announced the OpenJDK project for Mac OS® X. Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X, including a 32-bit …

Paul Graham / Y Combinator Posterous:

Y Combinator announces two new partners, Paul Buchheit and Harj Taggar — We're delighted to announce that Y Combinator is getting two new partners, the first we've added since we started YC in 2005. — In case anyone doesn't already know who he is, Paul Buchheit was responsible for three …

Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog, Inside Facebook, NetworkEffect, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch and Pulse2

Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:

Gmail creator Paul Buchheit leaves Facebook for Y Combinator — Y Combinator, the increasingly famous Silicon Valley incubator, announced two new general partners today — Gmail creator and FriendFeed co-founder Paul Buchheit as well as Harj Taggar, who was already working at YC as a startup advisor.

Discussion: All Facebook and SiliconANGLE

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

New Claim of iOS 4.2 Launch on November 24th as Revised iPad Build Surfaces — Rumored release dates for iOS 4.2 continue to fly fast and furious, with The Telegraph now reporting that the update is set to launch on November 24th, the day before Thanksgiving in the United States.

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, Telegraph, Covering Web, AppleInsider, TiPb, everythingiCafe, MobileCrunch, I4U News, TUAW, iLounge, fierceonlinevideo.com … and Know Your Cell

Paul Miller / Engadget:

iTunes 10.1 is out, brings video AirPlay and iOS 4.2 compatibility — We've already got the Mac OS X update, and here's iTunes 10.1. Next stop? iOS 4.2. If your copy of iTunes isn't pushing the update, you can head to Apple's page where it'll be there, waiting for you.

Discussion: Macworld, Ars Technica, App Advice, Kirkville, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM, BGR, Mashable!, everythingiCafe, The Next Web, TUAW, GeekSugar and mobiputing

Long Zheng / istartedsomething:

One small step for native code; one big leap for Windows Phone 7 jailbreak — Just weeks after the launch of Windows Phone 7 around the world, the inevitable attempts to jailbreak the operating system is yielding some interesting results. Today, Australian developer Chris Walshie …

Discussion: Winrumors, Redmond Pie, MobileTechWorld, Chris Walsh, IntoMobile, TG Daily, pocketnow.com, Electronista, The Next Web, Engadget, WPCentral.com, Download Squad, mobiputing, WMPoweruser.com, 901am and Know Your Cell

Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
AT&T tells Samsung Focus customers not to buy microSD cards yet …

Discussion: PhoneDog.com and Windows Phone Secrets

Royal Pingdom:

The REAL connection speeds for Internet users across the world (charts) — How fast are Internet connections across the world? How fast are they in your country? — This article examines the real-world connection speeds for people in the top 50 countries on the Internet, i.e. the countries with the most Internet users.

Discussion: CircleID and Trends in the Living Networks

SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

Tumblr Lands “Very Big And Competitive” Round From Sequoia — Tumblr has raised a “very big and competitive” round of financing from top Silicon Valley VC firm Sequoia Capital, we've learned. — We're trying to track down more details, such as the size of the round, and other participants.

Discussion: VentureBeat

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
As Funding Talk Swirls, Tumblr Lands A Director Of Product

Discussion: Pulse2, more at Mediagazer »

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:

Why Google can't build Instagram — Tonight I was talking with an exec at Google and I brought up the success of Instagr.am (they've gotten more than 500,000 downloads in just a few weeks) and asked him “why can't Google do that?” I knew some of the answers.

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

How To Mass Export All Of Your Facebook Friends' Private Email Addresses — A few days ago I requested that Facebook finally allow us to download email addresses for all of our friends. Facebook says this isn't allowed because you only own the data you add to Facebook, not data that your friends add.

Fred / A VC:

Storm Clouds — We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. In this sector of startupland, company creation is up, investment is up, there are plenty of success stories, and not all of them are based on quick flips and takeouts.

Discussion: StartupNorth, James Governor's Monkchips and MediaMemo

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Offers Staff Engineer $3.5 Million To Turn Down Facebook Offer

Discussion: SAI, HEXUS.channel, Pulse2, Geek.com, TechEye, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Switched and Softpedia News

Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!:

Now You Can Bump iOS Devices to Share Music — Bump, the application maker known for its mobile device contact and photo exchange technology, has just released an update to its iOS applications — iPhone, iPod touch, iPad — that supports user-to-user music sharing.

Discussion: Download Squad, Pulse2 and IntoMobile

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:

Nvidia CEO: Next-gen Android tablets will be ‘magical’ — Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang acknowledged that Google and his company are behind in the tablet race against Apple's iPad, but was wildly bullish about designs in the pipeline. — How bullish? We'll let Huang do the talking.

Discussion: Mashable!, IntoMobile, AppleInsider, Technologizer, Digital Daily, VentureBeat, CNET News, HEXUS.channel, SlashGear, 9 to 5 Mac, fiercecio.comwatch and Electronista

ifixit.com:

Samsung Galaxy Tab Teardown — Join us as we take a look into Samsung's 7-inch Android tablet! Step 1 — Samsung Galaxy Tab Teardown The Samsung Galaxy Tab has landed in the hands of iFixit. Long rumored to be the “iPad Killer,” join us as we assess this rumor and once and for all determine …

Discussion: AndroidSPIN, Android News, Rumours …, ITworld.com, SlashGear, eWeek, IntoMobile, displayblog, Android Phone Fans, Gizmodo Australia, Liliputing and The Android Phone

Groklaw:

Google Files Sizzling Answer to Oracle's Amended Complaint and its Opposition to Motion to Dismiss — Action in the OraGoogle mess, as I like to call that litigation. Google has filed its answer to Oracle's amended complaint and its memorandum opposing Oracle's Motion to Dismiss.

Discussion: CNET News, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Techie Buzz, GigaOM, Electronista, Mashable!, TechEye and Between the Lines Blog

Chris Ziegler / Engadget:

Confirmed: Kin One and Two are returning to Verizon. Wait, what? — Unbelievably, against all odds and better judgment, we are able to independently confirm that Microsoft's short-lived Kin One and Kin Two are coming back for an encore performance on Verizon, possibly as soon as this quarter …

Nick Bilton / Bits:

Twitter's Biz Stone Talks About Growth and Local Ads — Biz Stone, a co-founder of Twitter, and Sean Garrett, the company's director of communications, visited The Times this week to talk about the current state of Twitter and plans for the company over the next few years.

Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:

New Eye-Popping Netflix Growth Stats — If you aren't impressed enough yet by Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), the good folks at research firm Screen Digest shared some subscriber-only analytics on the streaming service at the Future of Film Summit earlier this week that were both compelling and confusing.

Discussion: SiliconANGLE, Thanks:rawmeet

Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

Adobe Flash For Samsung's Google Tab Is An Embarrassing Disaster — Adobe's Flash plugin for Google Android is supposed to give Android-based tablets, like Samsung's new Galaxy Tab, a leg up on Apple's iPad, which does not support Flash. — The argument is that Flash support gives people fuller access …

Discussion: Between the Lines Blog, Computerworld, Gearlog, Pulse2, SlashGear, GottaBeMobile, Electronista, TechCrunch, 9 to 5 Mac, PhoneArena and BGR

Mark Milian / CNN:

Yahoo to expand its blog network Monday — (CNN) — As countless print- or TV-based news organizations continue their descent, the future of the news business still seems curiously bright. — Just sniff around online for a look at the multitude of startups and internet giants throwing their bets on the table.

more at Mediagazer »

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