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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Meet +1: Google's Answer To The Facebook Like Button — Nearly a year after Facebook Like buttons spread out across the web, Google has announced its own rival, the +1 button. It launches today as part of Google's search engine, allowing you to +1 search results and ads that you like.
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David Byttow / Social Web Blog:
Introducing the +1 Button — We all know what it's like to get a bit of help when you're looking for it. Online, that advice can come from a number of places: a tweet, a shared video, or a blog post, to name a few. With Google Social Search we've been working to show that content when it's useful …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
With +1, Google Search Goes Truly Social — As Do Google Ads — Back in early December of last year, we first reported that Google was toying around with the name “+1″ for an upcoming social product. At the time, we were told it was sort of like Google's version of the “like” or “retweet” button.
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Examiner, Search Engine Land, Mashable!, CNET News, NetworkEffect, Poynter, Efficient Frontier Insights, NetworkEffect, SAI and TechSpot, Thanks:alexia
Frederic Lardinois / NewsGrange:
Why Google's +1 Can't Compete With Facebook's Like
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, Reuters and Social Media & Technology
Milo Medin / The Official Google Blog:
Ultra high-speed broadband is coming to Kansas City, Kansas — As part of our overall goal to make the web better for users, last year we announced a new project: to provide a community with Internet access more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have today.
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Chris Ziegler:
And away I go — This is my last week at Engadget. — That's a strange thing to write. It's not something I ever really planned for. Then again, I guess you don't ever plan for that when you've got your dream job. — I've told my coworkers in the past that I believe …
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Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Co-Founder Hits Out at Gates — Bill Gates schemed to take shares in Microsoft Corp. from his co-founder during the early days of the software company following his partner's treatment for cancer, according to a new memoir by the billionaire co-founder, Paul Allen.
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Examiner, The Digital Home, TG Daily, VentureBeat, The Register, @tylerwinklevoss, Electronista, Digits, TechEye, Venture Capital Dispatch and SlashGear
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Paul Allen / Vanity Fair:
Microsoft's Odd Couple — It's 1975 and two college dropouts are racing to create software for a new line of “hobbyist” computers. The result? A company called “Micro-Soft”—now the fifth-most-valuable corporation on earth. In an adaptation from his memoir, the author tells the story …
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eWeek, L.A. Times Tech Blog, I, Cringely, Reuters, Epicenter, The Microsoft Blog, New York Times, Computerworld, Guardian, TechFlash, Seattle Times, GeekWire and SAI
Alma Whitten / The Official Google Blog:
An update on Buzz — User trust really matters to Google. That's why we try to be clear about what data we collect and how we use it—and to give people real control over the information they share with us. For example, Google Dashboard lets you view the data that's stored in your Google Account …
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Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Google's Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network — Google Agrees to Implement Comprehensive Privacy Program to Protect Consumer Data — Google Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated …
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eWeek, InformationWeek, Mashable!, Computerworld, FM Blog, Technologizer, Search Engine Land, VatorNews, Technology Liberation Front, Reuters and NBC Bay Area
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Samsung Investigating Spyware Pre-Installed On Its Computers — If you own a Samsung PC, you may want to search your hard drive for an unassuming program called StarLogger, a piece of commercial spyware capable of recording every keystroke on your machine and sending the data to a third party.
Thanks:nasirudanbaba
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Network World:
Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers
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LAPTOP Magazine, CrunchGear, Geek.com, Crave, PR Newswire, PC World, iThinkDifferent, Naked Security, Crave, ReadWriteWeb, Network World, Engadget, The Register, Geekosystem, Techland, Lifehacker, eWeek, Electronista, Techdirt, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Gadget Lab, TechSpot and Neowin.net, Thanks:navesink
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Apple Posts A New OS X Lion Build — Developers You'll Want To Try This One Out — Five days ago, we reported that Apple was gearing up to release a new build of the OS X Lion Developer Preview. Sure enough, that's exactly what they did today as build 11A419 has been seeded to developers.
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9 to 5 Mac, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, MacStories, GigaOM, The Next Web, MacRumors, MacNN, GeekSmack, MacStories and iClarified
Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg:
AT&T CEO Makes Case T-Mobile Deal Will Boost IPhone Service — AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, making his case for a proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA, said the deal would boost network capacity and improve service for devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
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9 to 5 Mac, DailyTech, BGR, AppleInsider, GeekSmack, WebProNews and TUAW
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Quentyn Kennemer / Android Phone Fans:
AT&T Expects to Let Go of Some Markets, Employees in Merger
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Wall Street Journal and Electronista
Dylan Love / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Finally, Some Photos Of Facebook Investor Yuri Milner's $100 Million Silicon Valley Mansion — Yuri Milner paid $100 million for his new Silicon Valley mansion, significantly more than the previously reported $70 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Venture Capital Dispatch
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
When Media Giants Attack! Cease-and-Desist Letter to News Reader Zite Claims All Kinds of Copyright Damage — A panoply of big media giants sent a cease-and-desist letter today to Zite, the Apple iPad news reader app. — The Washington Post, AP, Gannett, Getty Images, Time …
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ReadWriteWeb, paidContent, Electronista and GottaBeMobile
Rupal Parekh / AdAge:
Microsoft Top Marketer Mich Mathews to Exit — 22-Year Vet at Tech Giant Oversees More Than $1 Billion in Ad Spending — Microsoft's global marketing leader, Mich Mathews, is prepping to leave the company this summer after more than two decades at the tech giant.
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The Register, BoomTown, All about Microsoft Blog, CNET News, GeekWire, The Microsoft Blog, TechCrunch, VatorNews, paidContent:UK, WinRumors, SAI, TechFlash and PC World
Mike / Understanding Google Maps & Local Search:
Google Officially Ends Support For QR Code in Places — Google is obviously moving strongly towards NFC (near field communications) as their technology of choice for closing the loop of the “last mile” in the local link between consumers and Google. They have built the NFC chip …
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Gizmodo, The Next Web and Search Engine Roundtable
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Twitter's Interactive ‘Web Intents’ Turn Your Site Into A Lightweight Twitter Client — Twitter has just released Web Intents, a pretty snazzy API tool that allows site publishers to provide users with the functionality of Twitter follows, retweets, replies and favorites without forcing them to leave their own sites.
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ReadWriteWeb and AllTwitter
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
As Gecko Scurries Away, Camino Looks To WebKit To Save Itself — Long ago, before Chrome existed for OS X (so, 2009) my browser of choice was Camino. You'll be forgiven if you've never heard of it, it's an open-source project that zero people work on full-time. And it's only available on the Mac.
Electronista:
Adobe demos Photoshop for iPad with real layer support — Adobe Photoshop for iPad to get layers — Adobe at the Photoshop World conference this morning showed off a version of Photoshop for the iPad that could give the tablet real Photoshop image editing.
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Photography Bay, Photography Bay, CrunchGear, The Next Web and MacStories, Thanks:stroughtonsmith
Lukas Mathis / ignore the code:
Skype 5 for Mac — A while back, when Skype's group videochat feature was still free, a friend of mine sent me a Skype message, asking me whether it was possible to do videochat with more than one person in Skype. «Sure,» I replied, «you can do that …
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TechCrunch and Skype Journal
Joe Wilcox / BetaNews:
iPad generated nearly 100% of media tablet revenues in 2010 — Today, Gartner revealed that spending on media tablets was $9.6 billion last year. Based on Apple financial releases, iPad generated $9.566 billion in revenue during the year — well, the three quarters the tablet was available.
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Now Allows Personal Profiles To Be Converted Into Business Pages — For the first time, Facebook now allows personal user profiles to be converted into official business Pages, turning all their friends into fans. The “Profile To Business Page Migration” tool will help people …
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All Facebook and The Next Web, Thanks:joshconstine
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Issues Software Update Addressing System Hanging on 13-Inch MacBook Air — Apple today released Mac OS X v10.6.7 Supplemental Update for 13" MacBook Air (Late 2010), a small software update specifically targeting Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Air and issues with the system freezing while iTunes is in use.
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PC World, MacStories and Macworld
Mike Isaac / Gadget Lab:
Crippled Phones Reveal AT&T Isn't Ready for 4G — The Motorola Atrix is one of two phones with disabled HSUPA. — After Texas resident Keith Geissler noticed his new Motorola Atrix wasn't offering the fast “4G” download and upload speeds that AT&T promised, he filed a complaint …
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IntoMobile, SlashGear, SlashPhone, Techland and The Huffington Post, Thanks:gadgetlab
Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!:
Scaling Instagram: How the Photo Sharing Startup Avoided Catastrophe in Its First Days — The Scaling Startups Series is supported by Brother International. Brother's Inkjet All-in-One printers are loaded with powerful business features, including 11″x17" duplex printing and scan glass.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
On Its First Birthday, WePay Celebrates As Engagement Quintuples In Last 90 Days — Almost exactly one year ago (their birthday is tomorrow), WePay launched its group payment platform to the public. The goal was simple: give people an easy way to divvy up bills, member dues …
