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Andrew Grieve / Google Mobile Blog:
Editing your Google Docs on the go — With Google Docs, we're always trying to make you more productive—and part of that means making it possible for you to get things done from anywhere, at anytime. That's why we're excited that the new documents editor now supports editing on your mobile browser.
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PC World, The Microsoft Blog, ITworld.com, AndroidGuys, Between the Lines Blog, Google Operating System, VentureBeat, Covering Web, MacStories, Macworld, IntoMobile, eWeek, GigaOM, SAI, Internet Evolution, SlashGear, Cellpassion, Eurodroid, The Next Web, BlogsDNA, SiliconANGLE, ReadWriteCloud, TiPb, Android Phone Fans, Fortune, App Advice, 901am, Droid Life, Download Squad, MacRumors, L.A. Times Tech Blog, USA Today, Android Community, Neowin.net, Geek.com, Computerworld, Erictric, Examiner and Engadget
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Now You Can Edit Google Docs on iPad, iPhone and Android
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TechCrunch, BGR, BetaNews, Ars Technica and Technologizer, Thanks:krissy314
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Twitter's Official Analytics Product Has Arrived — Twitter has started inviting a select group of users to test a new analytics product, Mashable has learned. Such a product has been rumored for some time, and a Twitter executive said earlier this year that Analytics would debut by the end of 2010.
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VentureBeat, Search Engine Land, SiliconANGLE, Neowin.net, The Next Web and Expert Labs, Thanks:hornokplease
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter to Sell 50% of All Tweets for $360k/Year Through Gnip — Twitter announced today a new partnership with social data streaming service Gnip at the Defrag Conference outside of Denver: Gnip will offer 50% of all the messages posted to Twitter for $360,000 per year, or 5% of all messages for $60,000 per year.
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VentureBeat, SAI, Search Engine Land, Stay N' Alive and NetworkEffect
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Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb:
Gnip Selling Twitter Firehose Access, But You Can't Display Tweets
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ReadWriteWeb
Richard Gaywood / TUAW:
The staggering size of iOS's game collection — How big is iOS as a gaming platform? I wondered to myself on an idle rainy afternoon. After all, we hear a lot about how the App Store has passed eleventy gajillion downloads, or how it makes people richer than astronauts …
Discussion:
Crave, IntoMobile and Touch Arcade
Jay Yarow / The Tape:
Fred Wilson: Hot Potato And Drop.io Are Failures That “Came Crashing To The Ground” — Fred Wilson says Justin Shaffer of Hot Potato and Sam Lessin of Drop.io are “essentially failed” entrepreneurs. — In a story in the New York Observer about a funding bubble forming in the world of startups …
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All Facebook
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Leon Neyfakh / New York Observer:
Don't Blow It! New York Tech's Top Investors Have Bubble Trouble on the Brain
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SAI and Venture Capital Dispatch
Jason Kilar / Hulu Blog:
Hulu Plus Launches Out of Preview for $7.99/month — Since we released the Hulu Plus™ subscription service as a preview in July, the Hulu team has been hard at work extending the device footprint, refining existing applications, and adding to the content lineup, all while listening …
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GigaOM, TechCrunch, CNET News, PC World, DSLreports, App Advice, PR Newswire, Engadget, AppleInsider, The Next Web, MediaFile, MediaPost, Zatz Not Funny!, Digits, Gadget Lab, ReadWriteWeb, iLounge, Macworld, TechSpot, DailyTech, Computerworld, Examiner, Yahoo! News, ZDNet, Telecompetitor, IntoMobile, DailyFinance, Epicenter, Technologizer, Ars Technica, TUAW, GeekTonic, Techland, Media Decoder, iPodNN, ITworld.com, Business Wire, SlashGear, BGR, mocoNews, Tech Trader Daily, MacRumors, The Mobile Gadgeteer Blog, VentureBeat and GottaBeMobile, Thanks:richdemuro
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Hulu Plus Cuts Its Price, After All-By $2
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GigaOM, The Seattle Times, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, BetaNews and SAI, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Verizon Rethinks Data Pricing — Executives Say 4G Shift Creates Option to Charge More for Faster Wireless Transfers — Top executives at Verizon Communications Inc. are exploring ways to charge consumers based on the speed of their wireless data connection in addition to the amount of data they use.
Discussion:
PhoneDog.com and The Next Web
Munjal Shah / The Official Google Blog:
Introducing Boutiques: a new way to shop for fashion online — The way we shop for fashion is different from how we buy cameras—especially online. With fashion, reviews and specs are less important; fashion shopping is about discovering something that fits your taste and feels right.
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New York Times, Bits, Lifehacker, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Fortune, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, ClickZ, CNN, SiliconANGLE, App Advice, the Econsultancy blog, Switched, Examiner, Techland, msnbc.com, Pop17, I4U News, Gadgetell, Computerworld, ComparisonEngines, SAI, frockwriter, Tech Trader Daily and DailyFinance
David Pogue / New York Times:
Google TV, Usability Not Included — Google Mail. Google Phone. Google Voice. Google News. — Holy cow. Is there any corner of our lives where Google doesn't want a toehold? — Not anymore. It's here, just in time for the holidays: Google TV!
Chris Rawson / TUAW:
White iPhone conversion kits land teenage entrepreneur in hot water — Since Apple's apparently having trouble making a white iPhone 4, a 17-year-old entrepreneur decided to do it himself. Fei Lam purchased white iPhone parts directly from Foxconn, the overseas factory that manufactures many of Apple's products, including the iPhone.
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Fast Company, Switched, Geek.com, Technologizer, PC World, IntoMobile, Examiner, MacRumors iPhone Blog, Neowin.net, Pocket-lint and App Advice
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Twitter Raising New Venture Round at $3 Billion Valuation — Twitter is mulling over raising a new round of financing, we've heard from multiple sources, and a variety of venture firms are frothing at the mouth to lead the round. The valuation is likely to be in the $3 billion range …
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VentureBeat and L.A. Times Tech Blog
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Yes, Cord Cutting Is Real, Says Report That The Cable Guys Don't Believe — Back to the cord-cutting debate! — Research firm SNL Kagan says the U.S. pay-TV business lost 119,000 subscribers last quarter. That's only the second time in history that this has happened, and the first time was the previous quarter.
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GigaOM, DSLreports and paidContent
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Windows Phone 7's microSD mess: the full story (and how Nokia can help you out of it) — There are many reasons to be excited about Windows Phone 7, but a bleak spot has been Microsoft's message — or lack thereof — on user-expandable storage, and the situation finally came to a head last week …
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Electronista, PC World, The Microsoft Blog, Neowin.net, Softpedia News, The Next Web, My Nokia Blog, Android Community and asymco
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
FCC Head: The Google/Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal Slowed Us Down — Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, FCC head Julius Genachowski sat down with New York Magazin's John Heilemann. One question Heilemann asked was Genachowski's thoughts about the joint Google/Verizon net neutrality policy …
Martin Elm / Mobile-review:
First look. Sony Ericsson Anzu - X12 — Sony Ericsson's Android devices are beginning to grow in numbers and still trying to keep up in the OS's race that Google starts with a new version every few months. So far all the XPERIA Android devices were relying more on their design …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn CEO On Why We Need More Than Facebook: Keg Stands — Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner took the stage to talk with host John Battelle. One question was about why we need LinkedIn in a world increasingly run by Facebook? Weiner had a two-word answer to that: keg stands.
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, eWeek, VentureBeat, Tech Check, The Next Web and Mashable!
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
RIM Denies Deal With India Over Access — Research in Motion isn't any nearer to a deal to provide the Indian government with access to its encrypted email and instant messaging data than it was back in October. This despite the claims of an anonymous official from the country's interior ministry …
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Electronista
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
BlackBerry to allow Indian government to monitor messages
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livemint.com and Fast Company
Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:
Curation And The Human Web... There is no doubt in my mind that the topic of curation and the Internet, is an important one and that it will be a dominant topic in 2011. — Curation is important because we are reaching the limits of what can be achieved through algorithms and machines in organizing and navigating the Internet.
Thanks:patricelamothe
Lance Whitney / CNET News:
U.S.: Beijing backs hacking on ‘massive scale’ — A report delivered today to Congress by a commission on U.S.-Chinese relations is pointing the finger at the Chinese government for continued hacking attempts and computer exploits. — “Recent high-profile, China-based computer exploitations continue …
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Gizmodo, BBC, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Fast Company and gHacks Technology News
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Instant, Meet Yahoo Instant - Er, Yahoo Rich Search Assist — Yahoo is following Google by rolling out its own version of Google Instant, with a twist. Called “Rich Search Assist,” the feature automatically shows results as you type, though only in the top half of the page.
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Download Squad, Yahoo! Search Blog, The Tape and MarketingVOX
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg: Your Map Is Missing ‘Uncharted Territory’ — The final speaker during the second day of the Web 2.0 Summit was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was joined on stage by John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly. The scope of the interview was broad — Zuckerberg answered questions …
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eWeek, Mashable!, BoomTown, TiPb, Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, All Facebook, VentureBeat and L.A. Times Tech Blog
