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Vic Gundotra / The Official Google Blog:
Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web — Among the most basic of human needs is the need to connect with others. With a smile, a laugh, a whisper or a cheer, we connect with others every single day. — Today, the connections between people increasingly happen online.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google's Facebook Competitor, The Google+ Social Network, Finally Arrives — Google's long expected second shot at taking on Facebook in the social networking space has arrived in the form of the Google+ Project. It has some interesting twists on the social networking model but is far from a Facebook-killer.
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Steven Levy / Epicenter:
Inside Google+ — How the Search Giant Plans to Go Social — Today, Google, the world's largest search company, is formally making its pitch to become a major force in social networking. The product it's announcing is called Google +, and observers might wonder whether it's simply …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google+ Project: It's Social, It's Bold, It's Fun, And It Looks Good — Now For The Hard Part — Last night, you may have heard talk of a mysterious black bar appearing on the top of Google.com. Or you may have even seen it yourself. No, you weren't hallucinating. It was a sign of something about to show itself.
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Google Yawn — I've been to so many big earth-shaking events from BigTechCo's — today's Google thing is making me yawn, while my eyes glaze over in boredom. — Here's how products like this are conceived: — 1. We need to kill Facebook. — 2. What will we do. — 3. It can't just be Facebook.
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Myspace Sale Nearing End Today With Low $30M Price and Buyer You Never Heard Of — It was just supposed to be a three-hour tour, um, quick sale process! — But, like a storm-tossed ship looking for any safe harbor, the Myspace sale is still chugging along …
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Woody Leonhard / InfoWorld:
Office 365 vs. Google Apps: The InfoWorld review — With Office 365 now available in final form, here's what you need to know to decide if Office 365 or Google Apps (or neither) is right for your organization — Everything's going to the cloud, but only the hopelessly naïve would believe it's a stairway to heaven.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Launches Office 365 Globally
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Kate Kelly / The Strategy Sesion Blog:
Morgan Stanley to Lead Zynga IPO: Sources — Zynga is planning to file its initial public offering documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission as early as Wednesday, and wants to raise between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Quietly Rolls Out WDYL.com: A Range Of Google Product Results On One Page — This morning, we got tipped to check out wdyl.com. The tipster noted that it was apparently a new Google site attempting to “create a unified UI to search in multiple channels”.
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Launches “What Do You Love” Search, To Find Google Services
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Apple refunding pros for Final Cut Pro X — Apple have been processing refunds for Final Cut Pro X as complaints flood in from grumpy pros - and it seems they are taking a lenient approach. — Although the iTunes / App Store terms and conditions state that ‘all sales are final’ …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Amazon Starts an Ad Network, Powered by Your Data — You can buy just about anything on Amazon.com, including advertising. Now Amazon is selling ads on other people's sites, too. — The e-commerce giant has started what is effectively an ad network*, where it buys Web advertising inventory and resells it to marketers at a premium.
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Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg:
Sprint's Hesse Pushes to Stop T-Mobile/AT&T — Dan Hesse's White Room is closely guarded even within Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) The chief executive officer carries the only key and draws black curtains over his scribblings before leaving. This is where Hesse retreats to map out “nukes” in red …
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Staci Pies / The Big Blog:
Skype is in 'Da House — Being a Member of Congress means juggling a schedule that would be unthinkable for most of us. Members travel back and forth between Washington, D.C. and their home districts several times a month. This travel schedule has become more important as Members …
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Skype, ooVoo videoconferencing finally makes its way to Congress
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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Google now activates 500,000 Android devices every day — Google's Android chief Andy Rubin tweeted this morning to announce that Google is now activating 500,000 devices each day, a 100,000 increase since it's last announcement at Google I/O in May. — Rubin's tweet also states …
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Joe Brockmeier / Network World:
Facebook bans KDE application, deletes user photos — KDE users have gotten a rather unpleasant surprise from Facebook: Not only is the site blocking KDE apps like Gwenview from uploading, the social media giant has also taken down photos uploaded with the KDE plugins.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The HP TouchPad Will Come With Its Own Facebook Tablet App (Leaked Pics) — The world has been waiting for an official Facebook tablet app, and waiting, and waiting. But that app may not appear on the iPad first (although Facebook is working on an iPad app for sure).
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Alyson Shontell / The Wire:
Tech-Obsessed Ashton Kutcher Joins SB Nation's Advisory Board — Jim Bankoff, chairman/CEO of SB Nation, just announced via Twitter that Ashton Kutcher has joined the sports site's board of advisors. — He writes: — “Proud to welcome @aplusk as our latest @sbnation advisor.
Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
Google launches ‘Swiffy’ tool to convert Flash animations into HTML5 — Google is famously fond of the brave new world that is HTML5. So, it's little surprise to see a new tool emerge from its labs that converts Flash right into the latest version of the Web markup standard.
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Angela Watercutter / Epicenter:
All-You-Can-Watch MoviePass Brings Netflix Model to Theaters — Updated: Information on 3-D and Imax pricing and a comment from an analyst were added to this story June 27, 2011, at 11:20 a.m. Pacific. — MoviePass, a new $50-per-month service for film fans, will let subscribers watch unlimited movies …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Anonymous Declares War On The City Of Orlando — The hacktivist group Anonymous may be setting its sights on the city of Orlando, Florida next, if an anonymous press release which has landed in our inbox is to be believed (see below). The group is threatening to take down a different city …
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Laura June / This is my next:
Sony VAIO Z debuts in Europe: external GPU, Light Peak, and new look included — Sony Europe has just announced full details of its brand new 13.1-inch VAIO Z, and it's a real looker. The big news here is the external GPU and optical drive, or what Sony's calling the Power Media Dock.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Ifeelgoods Raises $6.5 Million To Ride The Facebook Credits Wave — In a couple of days, Facebook will require game developers to implement its Facebook Credits currency, as announced in January 2011 (much to the dismay of some developers, although we should also note that several juggernauts …
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AppleInsider:
Apple releases $49 Thunderbolt cable, offers external RAID systems — Apple on Tuesday added a new $49 Thunderbolt high-speed data cable to its online store, as well as a handful of external RAID storage options starting at $999. — The new Thunderbolt cable measures 2 meters and supports …
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