Top Items:
The Official Google Blog:
Add your local knowledge to the map with Google Map Maker for the United States — [Cross-posted from the Google Lat Long Blog] — Before Google Map Maker—a product that enables people to add to and update the map for locations around the world—only 15 percent of the world's population …
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Tries to Widen Appeal to More Users — Twitter Inc. is in advanced talks to buy TweetDeck Inc. for around $50 million, people familiar with the matter said. — TweetDeck is one of the add-on programs that help Twitter users view and manage short messages carried by the service, which are known as tweets.
Discussion:
PC Magazine, Yahoo! News, The Register, Mark Evans Tech, Hillicon Valley, Techland, SAI, GigaOM, The Next Web, @twitterglobalpr, VentureBeat, TechCrunch Europe, memeburn, Mobile Marketing Watch, Marketing Pilgrim, VatorNews, digiday:DAILY, MediaMemo, Computerworld, L.A. Times Tech Blog, New Media Age, Guardian, TechCrunch, AllTwitter and FT Tech Hub
RELATED:
Mrinal Desai / TechCrunch:
Five Reasons Why Twitter Will Kill TweetDeck — Editor's note: The following guest post is written by Mrinal Desai, co-founder of CrossLoop and addappt. You can follow him on Twitter. — On reading today's report by the Wall Street Journal that Twitter is in talks to buy TweetDeck …
Discussion:
Mashable! and @owenthomas
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Is there a bidding war over TweetDeck?
Discussion:
BGR, broadstuff and TechCrunch
Agence France Presse:
Samsung vows counter-action over Apple patent suit — SEOUL (AFP) - Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it would take counter-action against Apple after the US firm filed suit alleging that the South Korean giant copied its smartphones and tablet computers. — Apple's lawsuit claims Samsung's …
Discussion:
GigaOM, AppleInsider, english.yonhapnews.co.kr, Engadget, Digital Trends, TUAW, Techland, everythingiCafe, Android Phone Fans, Electronista, Phones Review and bit-tech.net
RELATED:
Ina Fried / Mobilized:
Apple Files Patent Suit Against Samsung Over Galaxy Line of Phones and Tablets — In the latest intellectual property suit to hit the smartphone industry, Apple is suing Samsung, alleging the Galaxy line of phones and tablets infringe on a number of the company's patents and trademarks.
Discussion:
PC World, Yahoo! News, louisgray.com, Dow Jones Newswires, SAI, 9 to 5 Mac, Reuters, SlashGear, Gadgetell, Computerworld, MacRumors, NBC Bay Area, Neowin.net, Engadget, AppleInsider, Techdirt, Samsung Hub, The Next Web, PhoneArena, Electricpig.co.uk, Redmond Pie, Mobile Marketing Watch, Macworld, Between the Lines Blog, Wall Street Journal, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, IntoMobile, PC World, PhoneNews.com, Guardian, TechEye, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Erictric, The Register, MobileCrunch, Ars Technica, Betabeat, Penn Olson, TechSpot, 9 to 5 Mac, TWICE, reddit.com and TiPb
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
BlackBerry PlayBook now on sale in the US and Canada, starting at $500 with 16GB of storage — Today is the day in BlackBerry land. The wait for a dual-core device with an up-to-date operating system and that stylized BB logo is now over, and a vast array of stores in the US and Canada are now ready to sell you your PlayBook.
Discussion:
Reuters, BGR, DailyTech, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, Electronista, CrunchGear, Newlaunches.com, PalmAddicts and PhoneArena
RELATED:
Adam Zeis / CrackBerry.com blogs:
BlackBerry Bridge not available on AT&T... AT&T Blocking It Due to Free Tethering via BlackBerry Bridge?! — Much like many others I anxiously awoke this morning eager to try out BlackBerry Bridge on my PlayBook. I fired up BlackBerry App World, scanned the barcode on my device and was shocked …
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
T-Mobile G-Slate review — The tablet wars are building, petty disputes that will soon lead to bloodshed. Products will be launched into battle only to be gunned down straight out of their boxes, crying for their fabricators as bigger, faster, better slates step over the stricken chassis …
Discussion:
SAI, PC World, This is my next, BGR, SlashGear, DailyTech, GottaBeMobile, Softpedia News, LAPTOP Magazine and IntoMobile
RELATED:
David / TmoNews:
T-Mobile Officially Announces G-Slate Release For April 20th
Discussion:
GigaOM, SocialTimes.com, The Next Web and Techie Buzz
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Wal-Mart Paid $300 Million-Plus for Kosmix — According to sources close to the situation, Wal-Mart Stores paid just over $300 million for Kosmix. — The six-year-old Mountain View, Calif.-based company-which has built a social media platform that organizes content by topic …
Discussion:
alarm:clock, Fast Company, FM Blog, @jason and Pulse2, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Anand Rajaraman / Datawocky:
Retail + Social + Mobile = @WalmartLabs
Discussion:
Investor Relations, Search Engine Land, DealBook, VentureBeat, Boris Mann's Blog and Walmartstores.com
Miguel de Icaza:
Dropbox Lack of Security — I am a fan of Dropbox. It is a great tool, a great product, and clearly they have a passionate team over at Dropbox building the product. — Dropbox recently announced an update to its security terms of service in which they announced that they would provide …
RELATED:
Steve Kovach / Tools:
DROPBOX: We'll Turn Your Files Over To The Government If They Ask Us To
Discussion:
PC World, Pocket-lint, ZDNet and @mathewi
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
HBO Go app set to stream its way to iPhones, iPads and Android devices — Are you familiar with the HBO Go online streaming service that lets subscribers catch up on HBO's award-winning and ass-kicking TV content? Well, 'appy news for you, dear reader, for it's about to hit smartphones and tablets early next month.
Discussion:
App Advice, CNET News, The Toybox Blog, 9 to 5 Mac, FierceMobileContent, Unwired View, TiPb and O'Grady's PowerPage
Bloomberg:
Apple Asks Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging ITunes Downloading Monopoly — A federal judge was asked by Apple Inc. (AAPL) to dismiss a consumer antitrust lawsuit claiming the company limited choice by linking iPod music downloading to its iTunes music store.
Discussion:
Music Ally, iPhone Buzz, iLounge, Inquirer, BGR, CNET News, SlashGear, AppleInsider and TUAW
Paul Geller / Digital Music News:
Get Ready: Grooveshark Promises a Fight to the Finish... The following is an open letter to the music industry from Grooveshark, shared exclusively with Digital Music News. The letter was prompted by the recent removal of the Grooveshark app from the Android Market, though it also addresses broader concerns and challenges.
Discussion:
TorrentFreak, Softpedia News, Electronista, MobileCrunch, Music Ally, Tools and Androinica
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
White iPhone 4 used to demo new multitasking, Spotlight search in ‘test version’ of iOS? (video) — We've just laid eyes on a video from the prolific leaksters over at Tinhte, who claim they not only have a white iPhone 4 from Apple, but it's one with a “test version” of iOS that nobody else has yet seen.
Discussion:
9 to 5 Mac, BGR, MacRumors, VentureBeat, BGR, SlashGear, MacStories, App Advice, iLounge, TUAW, mobiputing, PhoneArena, Apple Bitch, TiPb, IntoMobile, The Next Web, everythingiCafe, MacHackPC and Phones Review
Eric Bennett / Bing:
Capture and Share Panoramas Anywhere You Go with the Photosynth App — What does a beautiful mountain pass, your favorite coffee shop, and your blossoming backyard garden all have in common? They're all places you would love to capture and share, but a single photograph just won't do.
RELATED:
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Microsoft releases Photosynth app for iOS, again leaves Windows Phone outside
Discussion:
PhoneArena, App Advice, Gizmodo, MobileCrunch and SlashGear
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Nokia launches Ovi Maps 3D beta, challenges Google Earth as your virtual tour guide of choice — Still searching for today's internet time sink? Then look no further than Nokia's just launched beta version of Ovi Maps 3D. Thanks to a little help from Navteq's maps and some software wizardry …
Discussion:
Nokia Conversations, Inquirer, SlashGear, TechCrunch, ArcticStartup Posts, TUAW and Electronista
Martin LaMonica / CNET News:
Google plants $100 million in giant wind farm — The Shepherds Flat wind farm is expected to be fully operational in 2012 and supply 235,000 average U.S. homes. — Google today said that it will invest about $100 million in the very large Shepherd's Flat wind project in Oregon …
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Samsung Inks $1.375 Billion Deal With Seagate On HDD Operations Sale And More — Samsung and Seagate this morning announced a broad ‘strategic alignment’ in a move to expand their existing relationship and more effectively counter competitor Western Digital.
Discussion:
Business Wire, BGR, Computerworld, Between the Lines Blog, Inquirer, Reuters, Macworld, The Register, eWeek, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, Electronista, SlashGear, Engadget and Geek.com
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
A Myspace Founder Builds Again, Buying Game Companies — Just days after the online game company MindJolt moved into its Los Angeles headquarters in March 2010, rain started to pour through the ceiling. — Christopher T. DeWolfe, the chief executive, and his small team …
Discussion:
Venture Capital Dispatch, eMoney, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Pulse2, AdExchanger.com, VentureBeat and @shervin
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Verizon: More breaches but less data lost. Huh?! — Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report for last year is a bit of a head scratcher. It shows that while the number of data breaches from cyber attacks rose, the amount of compromised records lost has fallen.
Discussion:
Krebs on Security, Network World and The Register
Technology Review:
You Are the Ad — Facebook has emerged from a privacy scandal to become online advertising's next great hope. Its goal: turning us all into marketers. — Three years ago 1-800-Flowers, long a pioneer in Internet marketing, became the first national florist to create a fan page on Facebook.
