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Andrew Grieve / Google Mobile Blog:
Editing your Google Docs on the go — Cross posted on the Official Google Blog, Google Enterprise Blog and the Google Docs Blog — With Google Docs, we're always trying to make you more productive—and part of that means making it possible for you to get things done from anywhere, at anytime.
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VentureBeat, Computerworld, Google Operating System, L.A. Times Tech Blog, GigaOM, App Advice, ReadWriteWeb, Macworld, Download Squad, Between the Lines Blog, Examiner, eWeek, SAI, CNET News, Fortune, MacRumors, Smartphones …, SiliconANGLE, TiPb, 901am, SlashGear, Eurodroid, Cellpassion, USA Today, Android Phone Fans, Droid Life and Engadget
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Now You Can Edit Google Docs on iPad, iPhone and Android — Now you can edit Google Docs on the go, using an iPad, iPhone or Android device. The new mobile Google Docs will be rolled out to English-language users using Android Froyo and any iOS 3.x thingamajig. It even supports voice recognition.
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TechCrunch, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Technologizer, BGR, 9 to 5 Mac and Electronista, Thanks:krissy314
Jason Kilar / Hulu Blog:
Hulu Plus Launches Out of Preview for $7.99/month — Since we released the Hulu Plus™ subscription service as a preview in July, the Hulu team has been hard at work extending the device footprint, refining existing applications, and adding to the content lineup, all while listening …
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GigaOM, ZDNet, Yahoo! News, MacRumors, The Seattle Times, Examiner, PR Newswire, Engadget, PC World, Technologizer, BetaNews, VentureBeat, Macworld, Ars Technica, GeekTonic, VideoNuze.com, Tech Trader Daily, Business Wire, IntoMobile, TechCrunch, Digits, Media Decoder, ReadWriteWeb, Gadget Lab, DailyTech, mocoNews, TechSpot, ITworld.com, Techland, SlashGear, The Mobile Gadgeteer Blog, BGR, Download Squad, GottaBeMobile, CNET News, TUAW and iPodNN, Thanks:richdemuro
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Hulu Plus Cuts Its Price, After All-By $2
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GigaOM, PC World, SiliconANGLE and SAI, more at Mediagazer »
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter to Sell 50% of All Tweets for $360k/Year Through Gnip — Twitter announced today a new partnership with social data streaming service Gnip at the Defrag Conference outside of Denver: Gnip will offer 50% of all the messages posted to Twitter for $360,000 per year, or 5% of all messages for $60,000 per year.
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NetworkEffect
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Jud Valeski / Gnip Blog:
New Gnip & Twitter Partnership
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Search Engine Land, SAI and Technology Review, Thanks:joshk
Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb:
Gnip Selling Twitter Firehose Access, But You Can't Display Tweets
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ReadWriteWeb
Munjal Shah / The Official Google Blog:
Introducing Boutiques: a new way to shop for fashion online — The way we shop for fashion is different from how we buy cameras—especially online. With fashion, reviews and specs are less important; fashion shopping is about discovering something that fits your taste and feels right.
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Examiner, L.A. Times Tech Blog, App Advice, New York Times, Fortune, Tech Trader Daily, SiliconANGLE, msnbc.com, Switched, Techland, Engadget, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, The Social, TechCrunch, SAI, Search Engine Land, Computerworld, The Next Web, Fast Company, Softpedia News, the Econsultancy blog, Pop17, Download Squad, I4U News, ComparisonEngines, The Huffington Post, Tech Report and Gizmodo
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg: Your Map Is Missing ‘Uncharted Territory’ — The final speaker during the second day of the Web 2.0 Summit was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was joined on stage by John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly. The scope of the interview was broad — Zuckerberg answered questions …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Twitter Raising New Venture Round at $3 Billion Valuation — Twitter is mulling over raising a new round of financing, we've heard from multiple sources, and a variety of venture firms are frothing at the mouth to lead the round. The valuation is likely to be in the $3 billion range …
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L.A. Times Tech Blog and The Next Web
Jay Yarow / The Tape:
Fred Wilson: Hot Potato And Drop.io Are Failures That “Came Crashing To The Ground” — Fred Wilson says Justin Shaffer of Hot Potato and Sam Lessin of Drop.io are “essentially failed” entrepreneurs. — In a story in the New York Observer about a funding bubble forming in the world of startups …
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Leon Neyfakh / New York Observer:
Don't Blow It! New York Tech's Top Investors Have Bubble Trouble on the Brain
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Venture Capital Dispatch, SAI and Feld Thoughts
Mark Boslet / PE Hub Blog:
Doerr vs. Wilson: The Internet Bubble Is Real. That's Where The Agreement Ends — If there is one thing Fred Wilson and John Doerr can agree on it is this: The Internet bubble is real and valuations are frothier than a Starbucks latte. — Unfortunately, that's where the merging of the minds ends.
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Insights on the tech industry
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Google investor John Doerr: Zynga is our best company ever
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Search Engine Land
Apple:
Ronald D. Sugar Joins Apple's Board of Directors — Apple® today announced that Dr. Ronald D. Sugar, former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corporation, was appointed to Apple's Board of Directors. Dr. Sugar will serve as the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee.
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The Register, Tech Trader Daily, PC World, Bloomberg, Fortune, Post Tech, 9 to 5 Mac, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, TUAW, MacStories, Digital Daily, MacRumors and Edible Apple
Lance Whitney / CNET News:
Report details China's Internet hijacking activities — A report delivered today to Congress by a commission on U.S.-Chinese relations is pointing the finger at the Chinese government for continued hacking attempts and computer exploits. — “Recent high-profile, China-based computer exploitations continue …
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BetaNews, Ars Technica, Fast Company, Gizmodo, BBC, Reuters, gHacks Technology News and Search Engine Watch
Chris Rawson / TUAW:
White iPhone conversion kits land teenage entrepreneur in hot water — Since Apple's apparently having trouble making a white iPhone 4, a 17-year-old entrepreneur decided to do it himself. Fei Lam purchased white iPhone parts directly from Foxconn, the overseas factory that manufactures many of Apple's products, including the iPhone.
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Switched, Geek.com, IntoMobile, App Advice, The Atlantic Online, TiPb, Neowin.net, 9 to 5 Mac, Pocket-lint, Fudzilla, Fast Company and adafruit industries blog
Christopher Lawton / Wall Street Journal:
Nokia's Go-It-Alone Strategy — DUBLIN—Stephen Elop's first major decision as Nokia Corp.'s new chief executive could prove the most critical to the cellphone giant's future: to continue with a go-it-alone strategy for operating systems rather than adopt Google Inc.'s Android.
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eWeek, Tech Trader Daily and All About MeeGo
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Windows Phone 7's microSD mess: the full story (and how Nokia can help you out of it) — There are many reasons to be excited about Windows Phone 7, but a bleak spot has been Microsoft's message — or lack thereof — on user-expandable storage, and the situation finally came to a head last week …
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The Microsoft Blog, The Next Web, Android Community, My Nokia Blog, Electronista, IntoMobile, LAPTOP Magazine and MobileTechWorld
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Instant, Meet Yahoo Instant - Er, Yahoo Rich Search Assist — Yahoo is following Google by rolling out its own version of Google Instant, with a twist. Called “Rich Search Assist,” the feature automatically shows results as you type, though only in the top half of the page.
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The Tape, Yahoo! Search Blog and MarketingVOX
Kirk Koenigsbauer / TechNet Blogs:
Microsoft Lync: Ushering in a new generation of communications — Today, with our customers and partners in New York City, we are celebrating the launch of Microsoft Lync — the next generation of Office Communications Server. — Earlier this year, Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 launched …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Indeed Slips Past Monster, Now Largest Job Site By Unique Visitors — In October, Job search engine Indeed.com slipped past Monster.com to become the largest job site in the U.S. According to comScore, 12.3 million people visited Indeed in October, up 19.6 percent.
IAB:
$6.4 Billion in Q3 2010 Sets New Record for Internet Advertising Revenues — Highest Quarter Ever, with Revenues Up 17% from Q3 '09 — U.S. Internet advertising revenues hit $6.4 billion in the third quarter of 2010, representing the highest quarterly result ever for the online advertising industry …
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Digital Trends, Computerworld, VatorNews, ITworld.com, Search Engine Land, MarketingVOX, TechCrunch, paidContent, SAI and Voices on All Things Digital
Agence France Presse:
Google strikes deal to scan French books — PARIS — Internet giant Google struck an agreement with France's biggest publisher Hachette Livre to scan thousands of out-of-print French books for Google's online library, the companies said on Wednesday. — Google's world book-scanning project …
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, theBookseller.com and Bloomberg
