Techmeme: Four reasons Google is still Awesome (Paul Buchheit)

10:40 PM ET, December 21, 2010

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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

Why everyone hates new net neutrality rules—even NN supporters — It's no surprise that those who have always opposed net neutrality weren't pleased with today's FCC order instituting it—one expects no less—but the sheer vehemence of the objections was still surprising.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, The Register, VatorNews, Examiner, SEO by the Sea, Washington Post, BetaNews, Free Press, Electronista, Mercury News, BGR, Gawker, SlashGear, Datamation and Digital Society

The Politico:

FCC approves net neutrality rules — The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules that will govern how Internet providers treat Web traffic and services, a move that sets the stage for a heated political battle on Capitol Hill come January. — Led by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski …

Nilay Patel / Engadget:

FCC: We didn't impose stricter net neutrality regulations on wireless because Android is open — Rest assured that we're working on a full analysis of the FCC's major net neutrality decision today, but the Commission hasn't actually released the full text of the order yet …

Discussion: TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, Electronista and Android Phone Fans

Robert Quigley / Geekosystem:

FCC Chair Julius Genachowski's Statement on the New Net Neutrality Rules — This afternoon, the FCC voted to approve a new set of rules governing online communications, its first enforceable rules on net neutrality, by a vote of 3-2. As Wired points out, the only group that seems …

more at Mediagazer »

Clayton Morris / Fox News:

EXCLUSIVE: iPad Competitor Coming Soon From Palm — FoxNews has obtained exclusive images of Palm's forthcoming competitor to the iPad, called the PalmPad, which will debut at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. — The Apple iPad has a solid lead in the tablet space.

Erica Ogg / Crave: The gadget blog:
Is the PalmPad a recycled HP Slate?

Discussion: Engadget and PR Newswire

Paul Buchheit:

Four reasons Google is still Awesome — My recent predictions about which Google products will succeed (and which won't) are causing people to think that I'm anti-Google, which makes me sad since Google is probably still the best company of its size, and I really enjoyed my time there.

Discussion: SAI and Gawker

Carolyn Penner / Twitter Blog:

Fluther Flocks to Twitter — There are now three times as many people on the Twitter team as there were at this time last year. More than half of our employees work in engineering and operations, and those teams continue to grow as we attract more and more talented people interested …

Discussion: VatorNews, Fluther Blog, ReadWriteWeb, WebProNews, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, GigaOM, NetworkEffect, CNET News, The Next Web, Pulse2, Download Squad, paidContent and The Blog Herald

Owen Thomas / VentureBeat: How Twitter acquires people

Bloomberg:

Amazon Is Said to Exceed Kindle Sales Estimates by 60 Percent — Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. is likely to sell more than 8 million Kindle electronic-book readers this year, at least 60 percent more than analysts have predicted, according to two people who are aware of the company's sales projections.

Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog, Kindle Review, Tech Trader Daily, SAI, SlashGear, Between the Lines Blog and Electronista

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Amazon's Secret Kindle Sales: Eight Million in 2010? — Amazon still won't say how many Kindles it is selling. But Bloomberg believes a couple of sources who say the e-commerce giant is doing booming business with its e-reader: It thinks Amazon is on track to sell eight million devices this year.

Discussion: Computerworld and msnbc.com

Bloomberg:

Microsoft Is Said to Announce Version of Windows for ARM Chips — Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, will announce a version of its Windows operating system that runs on ARM Holdings Plc technology for the first time, said two people familiar with Microsoft's plans.

Discussion: Mobilized, CNET News, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, SAI, All about Microsoft Blog, SlashGear, Erictric, 9 to 5 Mac, GottaBeMobile, Electronista, Gizmodo, Neowin.net and parislemon

Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:

EXCLUSIVE: PlayStation phone to hit shops in April — Sources confirm to Pocket-lint launch date and release — The Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone will hit shops in April, after a February Mobile World Congress launch, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Pocket-lint.

Ingrid Lunden / mocoNews:

Windows Phone 7: 1.5 Million Devices Sold, But Not To Consumers — In the last six weeks, there has been a lot of speculation over just how many Windows Phone 7 handsets have been sold since the devices hit the market. Now we have a number, sort of: 1.5 million, revealed by Microsoft's …

Discussion: The Next Web, Network World, internetnews.com, Engadget, Techie Buzz, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Microsoft, Techi.com and Pocket-lint

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

Facebook Launches Instant Personalization On TripAdvisor — Hot on the heels of bringing Instant Personalization to Clicker last week, today Facebook is announcing the latest addition to the program: TripAdvisor. The popular travel site, which includes user reviews of hotels, restaurants …

Discussion: MediaPost Raw

Tiffany Chang Black / Facebook Blog:
Plan the Perfect Trip with Help from Friends

Discussion: PR Newswire, The Next Web, All Facebook, Macworld, Tnooz, Pulse2, Inside Facebook, Softpedia News, ReadWriteWeb and WebProNews

Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:

Verizon Will Offer Motorola Phone for 4G Network — Verizon Wireless will distribute a smartphone made by Motorola Inc. to run on its speedy new 4G network next year, the carrier's chief operating officer, John Stratton, said in an interview Tuesday. — The comments mark the first time the carrier …

Discussion: IntoMobile, SlashGear, MobileCrunch, Android and Me, Engadget, Android Community, Electronista, Droid Life and Android Phone Fans

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Salesforce Buys Email Contact Manager Etacts — We heard earlier today that Y Combinator-funded Etacts shut down its CRM-like email contact manager after less than a year in service. We subsequently learned that Salesforce has bought Etacts, and have confirmed the acquisition with Salesforce.

Discussion: alarm:clock, NetworkEffect, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM and VentureBeat, Thanks:bpedro

Josh Kosman / New York Post:

Google shopping for Groupon wannabe: sources — Google, whose $6 billion buyout offer was spurned by online coupon site Groupon, is in talks with much smaller rivals of the two-year-old firm, a source close to the situation told The Post. — The deal talks show that the search giant …

Discussion: VentureBeat, Reuters, DealBook, NBC Bay Area, WebProNews, TechCrunch, Pulse2, Adotas, SAI and MediaPost Raw

Miguel Helft / Bits:

Why Apple Removed a WikiLeaks App From Its Store — Apple on Tuesday confirmed that it had removed from its online store an iPhone and iPad app that let users view the content on the WikiLeaks site and follow the WikiLeaks Twitter account. — Trudy Muller, an Apple spokeswoman …

Cory Doctorow / Guardian:

Email secrecy won't save you from spam — The spam wars aren't going away soon but treating public email addresses as secret is of no benefit — Last week, I needed to get in touch with a colleague, an academic who'd recently changed universities; I didn't have his current email address …

Discussion: Lifehacker

Matt Richtel / Bits:

E-Mail's Big Demographic Split — In an article in Tuesday's Times, I wrote about the changing status of e-mail. Once it was cool to merely have an e-mail account (or several), but many young people now think of it as old school, and much prefer the zip of texting, instant messaging and social networks.

Discussion: New York Times

Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:

Facebook Rolling Out More Prominent Design of News Feed Filters — Facebook is rolling out a new way to filter the news feed. Users with access to the redesigned feature see a drop-down arrow beside their Most Recent news feed tab on the home page, revealing filters for status updates, Photos, Links, Pages, Games and friend lists.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and The Next Web

Ryan Kim / GigaOM:

How Click-to-Call Boosts Google's Mobile Revenues — In October, Google crowed about its mobile business hitting a $1 billion run rate, though much of that is assumed to be mobile search advertising, an offshoot of Google's biggest business online. But Google's mobile revenues are also finding …

Discussion: ThinkMobile

Joanna Stern / Engadget:

Viewsonic: There's no G Tablet ‘manufacturing defect,’ it's a user experience issue — In case you missed it, this weekend Staples announced that it was no longer offering the 10.1-inch Viewsonic G Tablet because of a “manufacturing defect.” Well, as it turns out, Viewsonic is claiming there's …

Discussion: SlashGear, LAPTOP Magazine, IntoMobile, GottaBeMobile, Geek.com, Android Community, Android Phone Fans and Softpedia News

Matthew Lynley / VentureBeat:

Cloud Engines raises $15M to turn old hard drives into private cloud servers — Cloud Engines, maker of the Pogoplug set-top appliance that turns external hard drives into private cloud servers, announced today that it has raised $15 million from Softbank Capital and Morgan Stanley.

Discussion: GigaOM, CloudAve, Stage Two and The Official Pogoplug Blog

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