Techmeme: HTML5 Games 0.1: Speedy Sprites (Cory Ondrejka/Facebook)

7:40 AM ET, January 27, 2011

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Android 3.0 Platform Preview and Updated SDK Tools — Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) is a new version of the Android platform that is designed from the ground up for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets. It introduces a new “holographic” UI theme and an interaction model that builds …

Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

Check Out Big Pictures Of Android 3.0, Google's Tablet Operating System — Google just released the Android 3.0 SDK preview for developers. — This gives them an opportunity to start testing out apps for Google's new operating system called Honeycomb. — In addition to the SDK …

Discussion: Electronista, THINQ.co.uk, Softpedia News, ThinkMobile and Shoutpedia

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More — Check out TorrentFreak's new News Bits feed! . — The entertainment industries' quest to root out piracy on the Internet has yet again resulted in commercial censorship. A few weeks ago Google announced that it would start filtering …

Discussion: TechEye, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Electricpig.co.uk, ZeroPaid.com, Search Engine Land, Mashable!, Examiner, paidContent, The Next Web and TechSpot

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Sony's next PSP, codenamed NGP — Betcha didn't think this day would come, but it finally has. Sony has just come clean with its next-generation PlayStation Portable. It's actually codenamed NGP and will revolve around five key concepts: Revolutionary User Interface, Social Connectivity …

Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
Sony PlayStation Suite brings PS gaming to Android

Discussion: SAI, PlayStation Blog, Engadget, Engadget, The Next Web, Japan Real Time, MobileCrunch, TechSpot, GottaBeMobile, IntoMobile, Joystiq, CrunchGear, Download Squad and Kotaku, Thanks:stuartmiles

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook fan page hack: who was behind it? — There are some clues left by the person who hacked Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page on Wikipedia - but what do they add up to? — I decided to follow up some of the trail left in the Mark Zuckerberg Facebook fan page hacking incident.

BBC:
Facebook blames bug for Zuckerberg ‘hacking’

Discussion: Forbes, Gawker, Mashable!, ITProPortal, InfoWorld, Los Angeles Times and ITProPortal

Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:

Netflix Gets Social: “Extensive” Facebook Integration is Coming — Netflix revealed it is in the process of implementing “an extensive Facebook integration” on Wednesday, marking a significant change from its previous absence from the social Web. — Netflix's dramatic growth in user base …

Discussion: SAI

Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Netflix Adds 7.7 Million Subscribers in 2010 to Pass 20 Million

Discussion: TechCrunch, CNET News, CNET News, SAI, Digital Society, Macgasm, Forbes, Mashable!, Gearlog, Engadget, MediaMemo and Between the Lines Blog, more at Mediagazer »

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

MacBook Pro Supplies Tightening Ahead of Potential Refresh — MacRumors has heard from several sources that supplies of Apple's existing MacBook Pro models, particularly the 15" and 17" sizes, are beginning to run low in Apple stores and at third-party retailers, suggesting that the company …

Discussion: Softpedia News, SlashGear, Electronista, MacGazette.net, MacStories and 9 to 5 Mac

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Exclusive: BlackBerry PlayBook and smartphones to run Android apps? — As crazy as that sounds, we have been told by multiple trusted sources that RIM is seriously considering a feature that will allow BlackBerry devices to run Android apps. Here is what we know... Research In Motion …

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:

Twitter Hires Bing's Principal Scientist Away From Microsoft — Alek Kocz, Principal Scientist at Microsoft's search engine Bing, appears to have left the company and joined Twitter this week. Kocz's Twitter messages are protected and he hasn't changed any of his profiles online …

Discussion: WinRumors and GeekSmack

Richard Lai / Engadget:

Exclusive: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (PlayStation Phone) preview — Oh yes. After all the unbearable teasing since we unveiled the first ever photos of the PlayStation Phone, we've finally managed to get hold of the real deal for an in-depth preview. Honestly, we couldn't wait any longer …

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Here Comes Another Web IPO: LinkedIn S-1 Filing Imminent — LinkedIn, the online business networking site, is likely to file regulatory documents for an initial public offering as early as today, according to sources close to the situation. — Sources said LinkedIn is ready to submit …

Discussion: The Next Web and SAI, more at Mediagazer »

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteMobile:

10 Mobile Trends for 2011 — In its annual mobile technology report, Forrester Research has outlined the trends it expects to see in the coming year. Technologies like 4G and LTE, Near Field Communication (NFC), barcodes and augmented reality will see increasing amounts of hype in 2011 …

Discussion: Digital Media Wire

Brad Stone / Business Week:

Larry Page's Google 3.0 — The company co-founder and his star deputies are trying to root out bureaucracy and rediscover the nimble moves of youth — Every Monday afternoon at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., more than a dozen of Google's (GOOG) top executives gather in the company's boardroom.

Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:

Motorola feels pressure from Verizon iPhone — Motorola is bracing itself for a slowdown in smartphone sales in the first quarter as the Apple iPhone goes to Verizon Wireless. — During the fourth quarter conference call with analysts and investors on Wednesday, Sanjay Jha the CEO …

Discussion: Digital Daily, Inquirer, MacRumors, Electronista, Between the Lines Blog, SlashGear, eWeek, MacStories, 9 to 5 Mac, AppleInsider and Geekword

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:

Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter — Microsoft Corp. said it shipped more than 2 million copies of the Windows Phone 7 operating system last quarter, as the company tried to reverse sliding smartphone market share. — Customer satisfaction …

Discussion: Inquirer, X-bit labs, Mobilized, CNET News, Engadget, Digits, Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, TG Daily, TomsTechBlog.com, VentureBeat, GottaBeMobile, @asymco, Gearlog, LiveSide.net, ConceivablyTech and GeekSmack

Ryan Kim / GigaOM:

Are Location-Based Services Ready to Turn the Corner? — Despite reports that location-based services are far from mainstream, new research by Microsoft suggests the technology is gaining adoption and may be poised to follow in the footsteps of the ATM, which took some time to dispel safety concerns …

Discussion: SAI, Mobilized and GeekSmack

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Twitter Launches ‘Connections,’ Its Own Version Of Facebook's ‘Mutual Friends’ — Twitter has collapsed its “Followed By” and “You Both Follow” features into one area called “Connections” which allows you to see what users you have in common with other Twitter users.

Discussion: The Next Web, Vikas's Posterous, Computerworld and SlashGear

Andrew Wilson / Gmail Blog:

Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages — Many of us are guilty of constantly switching back to Gmail to check for new messages. And if you're like me, you've probably missed an important chat message because you weren't looking at your Gmail window when it came in.

Discussion: Google Operating System, The Next Web, Softpedia News, Mashable!, Erictric, Examiner, Techie Buzz, Pocket-lint, Engadget, MacStories, TechCrunch and Download Squad

Jessica Livingston / Founders at Work:

What Stops Female Founders? — The lack of women in tech startups seems a perennially hot topic. I'm keenly aware of this problem because I see so many founders, and so few of them are women. I'm delighted to have 6 women at YC this winter (including an all-female founding team!) …

Discussion: TechCrunch

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Nokia smartphone market share shrinks to 31 percent, operating profit takes a beating too — Stephen Elop's first quarterly results as Nokia CEO have just come out, and while the company's still growing, others seem to be speeding ahead of it. Nokia's reporting its converged mobile devices …

Discussion: mocoNews, TechCrunch, Agence France Presse, Wall Street Journal and All About Symbian

Walter S. Mossberg / All Things Digital:

What's on the Table for Tablets This Year [Personal Technology] — Lots of consumers are planning to buy tablet computers this year, and lots of companies are hoping to sell them. Apple managed to sell around 15 million of its ground-breaking iPads last year in only nine months, and …

Elizabeth Woyke / Mobilized:

FCC Appoints Google As ‘White Space’ Administrator — Google CEO Larry Page has been a vocal advocate of white spaces — The Federal Communications Commission just moved Google a lot closer to its longtime vision of “free airwaves.” On Wednesday, the FCC revealed it has tapped …

Cory Ondrejka / Facebook:

HTML5 Games 0.1: Speedy Sprites — Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. — Aldous Huxley, 1949 — Bruce Rogers and I graduated from Facebook's Engineering Bootcamp in January and began researching how HTML5 could apply to games across the Web.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Softpedia News and @coryondrejka

Brian McClendon / Google LatLong:

Retiring real estate on Google Maps — At Google one of our key philosophies is to take risks and to experiment. To that end, in July 2009 we announced the ability to find property for sale or rent directly on Google Maps. This is one of the “search options” next to the search box on Google Maps …

Discussion: Property Pal, Search Engine Land, Relevant Results, NewsGrange, TechFlash, Property Portal Watch, Bronte Media, paidContent and WebProNews

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