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Andy Rubin / The Official Google Blog:
Introducing Nexus S with Gingerbread — The very first Android phone hit the market in November 2008. Just over two years later, Android's vision of openness has spurred the development of more than 100 different Android devices. Today, more than 200,000 Android devices are activated daily worldwide.
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BBC, ReadWriteWeb, BBY.com, Technologizer, Reuters, The Toybox Blog, TechEye, Samsung USA Newsroom, Internet2Go, Fortune, Between the Lines Blog, Mobilized, Tech Trader Daily, The Next Web, DailyTech, Android and Me, AndroidGuys, Download Squad, Erictric, IntoMobile, LaptopMemo, Droid Life, SlashGear, BGR, PhoneNews.com, V3.co.uk and Phones Review
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Android Developers Blog:
Android 2.3 Platform and Updated SDK Tools — Today we're announcing a new version of the Android platform — Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It includes many new platform technologies and APIs to help developers create great apps. Some of the highlights include:
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Review: Google Nexus S — For the last few days we've been using the Google Nexus S, manufactured by Samsung, with the new Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” operating system. This is a phone that was designed with direct input from the Google Android team.
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Engadget, PC World, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, BGR, Android Phone Fans, GottaBeMobile, Techie Buzz, Electronista, Edible Apple, Android Community and Geek.com, Thanks:alexia
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
Google finally spills the beans on Nexus S, coming Dec. 16 on T-Mobile — Enter the new Android king. Google has finally unveiled its Nexus One successor, the Nexus S, which will come equipped with the latest Android release, version 2.3 “Gingerbread.” — The phone will be available unlocked …
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The Toybox Blog, Eurodroid and Switched
Abraham Murray / The Official Google Blog:
Discover more than 3 million Google eBooks from your choice of booksellers and devices — Today is the first page in a new chapter of our mission to improve access to the cultural and educational treasures we know as books. Google eBooks will be available in the U.S. from a new Google eBookstore.
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Fast Company, IndieBound, Adobe, Epicenter, Macworld, GigaOM, Digital Trends, ZDNet, The Register, App Advice, 9 to 5 Mac, ReadWriteWeb, Agence France Presse, Forbes, Technologizer, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CNET News, Reuters, MacRumors, Between the Lines Blog, SAI, Wall Street Journal, Softpedia News, Technology Review, IntoMobile, Brij Singh's Blog, Geek.com, Engadget, BlogsDNA, The Digital Reader, New York Times, FierceMobileContent, I4U News, mobiputing, TechSpot, Lifehacker, USA Today, LaptopMemo, Download Squad, Android Phone Fans, SlashGear, Android Community, Erictric, BGR, The Next Web, Pocket-lint and GottaBeMobile, more at Mediagazer »
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Google's New Bookstore Cracks Open the E-book Market — Google today launched its long-awaited electronic book store, called simply Google eBooks, with more than 3 million titles and 4,000 publishers participating as partners, including most of the major industry names.
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PC World, TechEye, SFGate, Search Engine Land, mocoNews, eWeek, USA Today, ITworld.com, O'Reilly Radar, Tech Trader Daily, The Next Web and Electronista
Josh Wiseman / Facebook Blog:
Introducing the New Profile — Today I'm excited to introduce you to some improvements we've made to the Facebook profile, so now it's even easier for you to tell your story and learn about your friends. — A New Introduction — The profile begins with a quick overview of basic information …
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VatorNews, Yahoo! News, Inside Facebook, Venture Capital Dispatch, Digital Trends, Fast Company, PC World, ReadWriteWeb, NBC Bay Area, Lifehacker, GMSV, Techland, the Econsultancy blog, Pocket-lint, Go Rumors, The Register, Naked Security, The Not-So Private Parts, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, The Huffington Post, SelectStart, Reuters, Gadgetell, MediaPost, ZDNet Australia, L.A. Times Tech Blog, SFGate, CNET News, All Facebook, Insights on the tech industry and ITProPortal
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Facebook launches new profiles: Possible threat to LinkedIn?
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Notebooks.com
Jesse Stay / Stay N' Alive:
With New Profile Design, Facebook Launches List Sharing (Like Twitter's, but Better)
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BoomTown and The Next Web, Thanks:jesse
Nadia Damouni / Reuters:
AOL plots breakup, then merger with Yahoo: sources — (Reuters) - AOL Inc, undergoing a radical transformation into the king of content on the Internet, is actively exploring a breakup of the company involving a complicated series of transactions that may lead to a merger with Yahoo Inc, sources close to the plans said.
Kirk Hiner / Appletell:
Appletell exclusive: Mac App Store to open December 13th? — An inside source has just told us that Apple is targeting a Monday, December 13th launch of the Mac App Store. The company apparently told developers to have their software prepared for a launch as early as Monday the 6th of this month …
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CNET News, ReadWriteWeb, The Toybox Blog, App Advice, Engadget, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, BlogsDNA, MacStories, Notebooks.com, TUAW, 9 to 5 Mac, Ubergizmo, Gearlog, Erictric, AppleBitch, Geek.com, SlashGear, Forbes, ITProPortal, O'Grady's PowerPage, Pocket-lint and everythingiCafe, Thanks:aczafra
Ari Levy / Bloomberg:
Groupon Aims to Emulate Facebook, Not Yahoo, After Walking Away From Deal — Groupon Inc., which rejected a Google Inc. takeover last week, is betting it can keep increasing its valuation after walking away from a deep-pocketed suitor, something Facebook Inc. pulled off and Yahoo! Inc. failed to do.
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TechCrunch, The Register, Sydney Morning Herald, The Next Web, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and TechEye, Thanks:chadcat
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Paul Smalera / Fortune:
Google's Groupon groping reveals the shifting power in the web world
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Bloomberg and Search Engine Watch
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Mark Zuckerberg Rocked On 60 Minutes (And The Winklevosses Looked, Well, Pathetic) — Mark Zuckerberg just appeared on 60 Minutes. He talks about Facebook's redesign, watching himself in the Social Network, and the Winklevoss twins. We've embedded the video below.
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Mike Isaac / Social Medium:
Mark Zuckerberg's 60 Minutes Interview: Best Piece of Facebook PR Yet
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Computerworld, Thanks:mj_isaac
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Norman Foster to design Apple's new campus called ‘Apple City’ — El Economista reports (English)that renowned British architect Norman Foster is hard at work designing Apple's new campus in Cupertino. The 100 acre campus was picked up from HP last month for a measly $300M.
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AppleInsider, SlashGear, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Fortune and Softpedia News
Werner Vogels / All Things Distributed:
Expanding the Cloud with DNS - Introducing Amazon Route 53 — I am very excited that today we have launched Amazon Route 53, a high-performance and highly-available Domain Name System (DNS) service. DNS is one of the fundamental building blocks of internet applications and was high …
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Amazon Web Services Blog, Between the Lines Blog, Inquirer, Softpedia News, CloudAve, CNET News and InfoQ
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Leaked U.S. embassy cables suggest China uses access to Microsoft source code for cyber attacks — Leaked U.S. embassy cables suggest that China is using access to Microsoft source code for cyber warfare. — Revealed by The Guardian, the latest cable leak from WikiLeaks provides evidence …
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Hardware 2.0 Blog, Thanks:tomwarren
Dwight Silverman / Houston Chronicle:
Consumer Reports: AT&T is the worst carrier — Consumer Reports is out with its latest survey of cell phone service by its members, and AT&T is now ranked as the worst in the country, as well as the worst in Houston. — In the 2009 survey, AT&T was at the bottom of the list locally, but came in next-to-last nationally.
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IntoMobile, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Mobilized, SlashGear, MobileBurn.com, DSLreports, iPhone Buzz and Phones Review, Thanks:dsilverman
Jack Loftus / Gizmodo:
Rare Transparent Mac SE Can't Sell for $25,000 — Originally meant for internal company use only and made with a transparent shell so Apple designers could see component placement inside a finished product, this super rare Mac SE could have been yours for a startling $25,000.
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9 to 5 Mac and MacStories
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google, Bing & Searching For The New Wikileaks Website — Looking for the Wikileaks website? Having lost one domain, and having its second site going down temporarily, it's a challenge, even for the search engines. — Where's Wikileaks? — Yesterday, I wrote about how Google …
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Associated Press, The Next Web and ResourceShelf
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Brad McCarty / The Next Web:
Wikileaks Now Running on Over 300 Domains
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ZDNet, Network World and Examiner
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Verizon may pay Apple to keep iPhone away from T-Mobile, Sprint — With the launch of the Verizon iPhone widely expected in early 2011, the wireless carrier may pay Apple to keep its smartphone off of rival networks Sprint and T-Mobile. — Analyst Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros. said in a note …
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Digital Daily, GigaOM, MacRumors, 9 to 5 Mac, SAI, Fortune, Electronista, IntoMobile, GottaBeMobile, MacStories, Edible Apple, SlashGear and Phones Review
