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Jeremy Doig / YouTube Blog:
Steady, as she goes: better video processing with Green Parrot Pictures — At YouTube, we see 35 hours of video uploaded to the site every minute from people all over the world. Some videos are beautifully shot by professionals or aspiring filmmakers using the very latest in HD cameras and equipment.
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ReadWriteWeb, PC World, GigaOM, paidContent, TechCrunch, fierceonlinevideo.com …, Pulse2, SlashGear and Gizmodo
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Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Acquires Green Parrot Pictures — Google has acquired Green Parrot Pictures, an Irish company that makes tools to manipulate digital video and images. — The acquisition is apparently being driven by YouTube, which could use Green Parrot's tools to help users make their videos better.
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Reuters and WebProNews
Cade Metz / The Register:
Apple handcuffs ‘open’ web apps on iPhone home screen — Three ‘bug’ App Store ‘conspiracy’ — Exclusive Apple's iOS mobile operating system is running web applications at significantly slower speeds when they're launched from the iPhone or iPad home screen as opposed to the Apple Safari browser …
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Mobile Web Programming, AppleInsider, Epicenter, Examiner, MacNN, Hardware 2.0 Blog, WebProNews, GigaOM, iPhone Buzz, TiPb, IntoMobile, ReadWriteWeb, 9 to 5 Mac, GigaOM, TeleRead, SAI, rc3.org and MacRumors
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Bryan Wolfe / App Advice:
Is Apple Deliberately Slowing Down Web Apps?
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Tim Anderson's ITWriting
Carolyn Penner / Twitter Blog:
Making Twitter more secure: HTTPS — Today, we're taking an important step to make it easier to manage the security of your Twitter experience - we are adding a user setting that lets you always use HTTPS when accessing Twitter.com. Using HTTPS for your favorite Internet services …
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TechCrunch, BetaNews, ReadWriteWeb, Pulse2, Techie Buzz, Epicenter, The Blog Herald and The Next Web
Google Mobile Blog:
Google Search app for iPhone—a new name and a new look — If you need to do a Google search on your iPhone or iPod touch it's now faster and easier when you use our redesigned Google Search app, formerly Google Mobile App. If you've been using Google Mobile App for a while, you'll notice that things look different.
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Search Engine Land, Gizmodo, App Advice, TechCrunch, MacStories, 9 to 5 Mac, TiPb, Erictric, SlashGear, RazorianFly, Electronista, TUAW and Download Squad
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Feature: The most modern browser there is: Internet Explorer 9 reviewed — When Microsoft first introduced Internet Explorer 9 at PDC in November 2009, it didn't show much. A few benchmarks, some talk about the technologies that the browser would use, and a little information about the direction that development would take.
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Engadget, Seattle Times, The Windows Blog, eWeek, The Register, PC World, Geek.com, SAI, ReadWriteWeb, ITworld.com, GigaOM, GeekWire, InfoWorld and The Download Blog
Mike Loukides / O'Reilly Radar:
What has Twitter become? — At O'Reilly, we've long believed that one criterion for long-term success is creating more value than you capture. When you do so, you create the possibility for an ecosystem that's larger than you are. You create a healthy environment in which you, your partners, and even your competitors can thrive.
Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Netflix Begins Its Assault On Cable Industry, May Spend $100 Million On Exclusive Original Series — One way for Netflix to become more of a “must have” service and not just a “nice to have” could be to distribute must-watch original content. — So a few years after shutting …
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Deadline.com, Fast Company, @pkafka and Electronista
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Apple Postpones iPad 2 Launch in Japan — With Japan facing a mounting crisis in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, Apple has decided to postpone the launch of the iPad 2 in the country. — “We are delaying the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan while the country …
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InformationWeek, GigaOM, Gadget Lab, PC World, Reuters, Digits, Examiner, AppleInsider, Fortune, Electronista, MobileBurn.com, paidContent:UK, WebProNews, Erictric, MacStories and lalawag
Anna Mongayt / Google Enterprise Blog:
New Google Apps feature release process — 100% web applications have many advantages over legacy and single tenant hosted technologies, and you consistently tell us that the ability to access improvements as they become available is one of the most important.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Obama “IP czar” wants felony charges for illegal Web streaming — The Obama administration wants to make sure that the illegal streaming of music and movies over the Internet is a felony, and it also wants to give the federal government wiretap authority in copyright cases.
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MacNN, TUAW, Broadcasting & Cable, CNET News, Apple Gazette, The Loop and MacStories
Ben Yoskovitz / Next Montreal:
Zappos Stops Shipping to Canada — E-commerce in Canada generally sucks. The selection is crappier on the Canadian equivalent of U.S.-based stores (think: Amazon), shipping is more expensive and the overall experience is much worse than in the U.S. And now, Zappos is shutting down completely in Canada.
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPad 2 shortages continue: now shipping in 4-5 weeks from Apple's online store — This is already becoming insane: the iPad 2 is now shipping in 4-5 weeks from the Apple online store. That means if you order an iPad 2 from the online store right now it won't show up at your door step for over a month.
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Bloomberg:
Google Is Said to Plan Payment Test in New York, San Francisco — Google Inc. (GOOG) plans to start testing a mobile-payment service at stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, letting shoppers use their phones to ring up purchases, two people familiar with the project said.
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Don Clark / Digits:
Intel, Facebook Talk Up New “Micro” Servers — Intel, once known mainly for pushing computing performance to the limit, now also designs chips to help save power and space in computer rooms. Major purchasers of server systems, including Facebook, seem to be listening.
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Between the Lines Blog, PC World, VentureBeat and GigaOM
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Apple Keeps Right On Approving Amazon And Netflix Updates Without In-App Purchases — Remember when everyone was freaking out over the Apple in-app subscription changes? You should. It was just a month ago. And while some of the fears that arose do appear to be very real …
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MacRumors Page 2 and Electronista
Jeff / Amazon Web Services Blog:
A New Approach to Amazon EC2 Networking — You've been able to use the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud to construct a secure bridge between your existing IT infrastructure and the AWS cloud using an encrypted VPN connection. All communication between Amazon EC2 instances running within …
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Rational Survivability, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, Between the Lines Blog, The Register, NewEnterprise, InfoWorld, TechFlash and GigaOM
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Verizon Wireless stops being coy, confirms HTC Thunderbolt for March 17th at $249.99 — We said it'd be coming on the 17th, but you didn't believe us. /Why/ didn't you believe us? No matter, Verizon's finally fessing up and letting us know the good news: the HTC Thunderbolt drops on March 17th for $249.99.
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Between the Lines Blog, PC World, BGR, Macworld, Verizon, eWeek, GigaOM, GottaBeMobile, Phones Review, Smartphones …, Telecompetitor, dailywireless.org, AndroidGuys, DailyTech, CrunchGear, Pocket-lint, DSLreports, Sidecut Reports, Erictric, Product Reviews, Mobilized, ZDNet, LAPTOP Magazine, IntoMobile, MobileCrunch and Electronista
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Netflix Has 60 Percent Of Digital Movie Market — If you're going to pay for a movie over the Web, you don't have to use Netflix. But there's a very good chance you'll do just that: A 60 percent chance, says NPD. — The consumer tracking outfit says Reed Hastings' company owns 61 percent …
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LIVEdigitally, BetaNews, AppleInsider, CrunchGear, Ars Technica, TUAW, Electronista and The Next Web
Chipworks:
Apple A5 - Samsung, not TSMC — In the last 24 hrs our lab guys have torn down the iPad 2 and come to the conclusion that the main innovation is the A5 chip. Flash memory is flash memory, the DRAM in the A5 package is 512 MB instead of 256 MB, and the touchscreen control uses the same trio …
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GigaOM, MacRumors, The Register, Shiny Objects, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, PadGadget, MacStories, Forward Thinking, chipworks.com and Softpedia News
Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Living Social Wants To Raise Another HUGE Round — LivingSocial is talking to investors to raise between $400 million and $500 million in additional funding, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. — The company got a $175 million investment from Amazon in December …
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Wall Street Journal
Mark Schaaf / Google Mobile Ads Blog:
New beta AdMob Windows Phone 7 SDK expands cross-platform monetization options for developers — One of the three core principles of our mobile ads business is ‘inclusiveness’; advertisers and developers should have access to the tools they need to reach users across many mobile platforms.
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PC World, LiveSide.net, GigaOM, TechCrunch, WMPoweruser.com and mocoNews
Jeff Simmermon / Time Warner Cable Untangled:
Make Any Room the TV Room: The Time Warner Cable iPad App Is Now Available for Download — We're thrilled to announce that our long-awaited iPad™ app is finally here. It's available for free download in the iTunes app store SM starting today, March 15th.
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Engadget, CNET News, SAI, GigaOM, GottaBeMobile and 9 to 5 Mac
Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Adobe Prepares For A Possible Future Without Flash — Give Adobe credit: While it's still trying to make a version of its Flash software that is acceptable for tablets and smartphones, it's also preparing for a digital publishing future that may not revolve around Flash.
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Medialets, TechCrunch and Mobile Marketing Watch
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Facebook Takes Another Swing At Web Video: Live Streaming Major League Baseball — Last week, you could rent a movie on Facebook. Today, you can watch a live pro baseball game on the site. — Still think Facebook can't be a big player in Web video? — You can watch the game …
Elizabeth Kim / San Jose Business Journal:
Nvidia CFO David White departing — Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal — Nvidia Corp. said Tuesday that Chief Financial Officer David White has resigned for personal reasons. — Santa Clara-based Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) named Karen Burns interim CFO. She is currently corporate controller and vice president of tax.
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Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, bizjournals and Tech Trader Daily
Brian / BlackBerry Developer's Blog:
BBM Social Platform - Now in Beta! — At BlackBerry® DEVCON 2010, Research In Motion® (RIM®) announced the BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) Social Platform. Today, the BBM Social Platform officially moves into public beta. BlackBerry platform developers …
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Engadget, BlackBerry Cool, IntoMobile, Ubergizmo and BerryReview.com
Jennifer Valentino-Devries / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Administration to Seek ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ — The Obama administration plans to ask Congress Wednesday to pass a “privacy bill of rights” to protect Americans, amid growing concern about the tracking of Internet users. — Lawrence E. Strickling, an assistant secretary of commerce …
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