1. Dear Facebook, Please Check Out the New Tweetdeck

    Read Write Web &bull 5 Hours Ago

    As more and more of our friends and favorite organizations start publishing updates online, being able to organize them well is becoming even more important. Niche-popular desktop social media stream-reader Tweetdeck issued a software update this morning and the most striking change is in its handling of user groups. It's beautiful. The new Tweetdeck is faster, more flexible and easier to navigate. Groups, we have argued, are the secret weapon of the social web. Here are five ways that the new Tweetdeck gets groups right and that Facebook, the world's dominant social media stream reader by a long-shot, could learn… Full Story »

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  2. Loopt Partners With Mobile Spinach To Offer Location-Based Deals

    TechCrunch Web 2.0 &bull Yesterday

    Loopt continues to ramp up its focus on location-based deals. The pioneer of the mobile social network is launching a new app called LooptCard, which lets mobile consumers tap into offers, coupons and discounts by checking-in to spots. Today, Loopt… Full Story »


  3. IBM launches Power7 systems; Wages YouTube, Facebook war on Oracle's Sun

    ZDNet Between the Lines &bull Yesterday

    IBM on Monday rolled out its latest Power7 systems, which are designed to power everything from smart grids to analytics, but the real story may be Big Blues attempt to punch Oracle and its Sun Microsystems-powered hardware systems in the… Full Story »

  4. iPhone 4G Parts are Here... (Brian/iPod Repair, iPhone Repair ...)

    Techmeme &bull 1 Hour Ago

    Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change Apple intends to stay nimble on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers. That was just one of the items in a note out Sunday night from Credit Suisse recounting meetings with Apple executives. Google Launching Twitter-Killer For Gmail! Google already allows Gmail users to update their status. The prompt reads, let people know what you're up to, or share links to photos, videos, and Web pages. Google Could… Full Story »

  5. EA's game arsenal coming to Facebook?

    Cnet News &bull 4 Hours Ago

    Is "poke" the new Konami Code? Maybe not literally, but one Electronic Arts exec has hinted that at least one of the gaming behemoth's titles is headed to Facebook, further blurring the line between social network apps and the game industry. In a Bloomberg TV interview, EA Sports president Peter Moore obliquely said "you'll see us on Facebook going forward"… Full Story »

  6. Google lowers Nexus One return fee - but is it enough?

    ZDNet Between the Lines &bull 13 Minutes Ago

    Google has dropped its equipment recovery fee for the Nexus One smartphone from $350 down to $150, a move that follows a government inquiry into the fees that are imposed on consumers who break their wireless contracts early, according to… Full Story »


  7. Biz Break: Google's romantic Super Bowl ad; plus: EA loss narrows

    Silicon Valley &bull 2 Hours Ago

    Today: Google buys an expensive TV spot on CBS's Super Bowl broadcast. Electronic Arts' loss narrows in its most recent quarter. A former Intel executive pleads guilty in an insider-trading case. Game? What game? Many years ago, we used to… Full Story »

  8. Motorola: Droid update to Android 2.1 'will start to roll out this week' (Chris Ziegler/Engadget)

    Techmeme &bull 1 Hour Ago

    Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change Apple intends to stay nimble on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers. That was just one of the items in a note out Sunday night from Credit Suisse recounting meetings with Apple executives. Google Launching Twitter-Killer For Gmail! Google already allows Gmail users to update their status. The prompt reads, let people know what you're up to, or share links to photos, videos, and Web pages. Google Could Unveil… Full Story »


  9. Extensions Broke Your Browser? How to Enter 'Safe Mode' in Google Chrome

    Read Write Web &bull 5 Hours Ago

    Now that Google Chrome has entered the world of fully-extensible browsers, with its recent addition of extensions and Greasemonkey scripts , you've likely found yourself perusing the libraries and tweaking until your heart's content. With that, however, comes the inevitable… Full Story »


  10. Google Making Gmail Into A Communications Hub

    Wired Magazine Web 2.0 &bull 1 Hour Ago

    The move would further turn Gmail, which revolutionized online e-mail, into a comprehensive communications hub. The intent is to keep peoples attention centered on Google, by making Gmail, not Facebook, peoples first stop online - and their default place to… Full Story »


  11. Google's Real-Time Voice Translator Could Make Any Language Lingua Franca

    Wired Magazine Web 2.0 &bull Yesterday

    The real-time-translating Babel Fish from Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was named for the Tower of Babel, a biblical structure fractured by linguistic confusion. Google engineers are working on a translator for Google Android smartphones to convert one… Full Story »

  12. CNET News Daily Podcast: Blackberry hacked, 4Chan blocked, iPad unwanted

    Cnet News &bull 3 Hours Ago

    Think your BlackBerry is immune from the security threats you've been hearing about on other smartphones? A Veracode researcher has demonstrated spyware that allows someone to steal a stranger's contact list, read text messages in real time, and track the… Full Story »


  13. Twitter Reactions: See What Twitter is Saying About Any Website

    Read Write Web &bull Yesterday

    Last September, Google launchedSidewiki, a web annotation service that makes it easy to annotate any page on the Internet. Sidewiki, however, hasn't attracted a lot of users yet and the public discussion about online content continues to happen in comments… Full Story »

  14. Android Market Share Doubles - Will Overtake Palm Soon

    Read Write Web &bull 3 Hours Ago

    RIM's BlackBerry platform is still the most popular mobile smartphone platform in the U.S., but Google's Android was the big winner in the last quarter of 2009. According to comScore , Android's share of the U.S. mobile market more than… Full Story »


  15. Give Your Index Finger A Rest With Facebook's New Photo Slideshows

    TechCrunch Web 2.0 &bull 2 Hours Ago

    Since the dawn of Facebooks Photos feature, users have been tasked with the not-so-terrible burden of having to manually click through every photo in an album. Sure, you can also hit the arrow key on your keyboard to jump to… Full Story »

  16. Blog Focus on Google and ATT Getting Their Message Out

    Technorati Technology &bull Yesterday

    Blog Focus is Technoratis daily roundup of the top stories as told by the bloggers of the world. Each day a handful of posts, no matter how popular or nascent, will be selected by editors to portray a general unscientific… Full Story »


  17. Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms hits 8M users

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    Free-to-play online games were pioneered in Asia and are making lots of money for game publishers there who sell virtual goods to users inside the free games. That model seems to be taking off in the U.S. now, based on… Full Story »


  18. Real Networks updates media player for the Mac

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    The new version lets the Mac version catch up to features launched for the PC last year. The new downloadable media player lets people easily take videos from their Mac and put them on devices such as the Apple iPod,… Full Story »

  19. Poland's 'Facebook' Is Up For Grabs In A Central European Roll-Up

    TechCrunch Web 2.0 &bull Yesterday

    It looks like some major consolidation is about to go down in the Central European Internet market, and in particular Poland. According to local newspaper reports, the largest Internet group in the region, Naspers /MIH Group, is conducting due diligence… Full Story »

  20. Is GMail going social? Or is this another step toward collaborative communications?

    ZDNet Between the Lines &bull 3 Hours Ago

    Google is getting ready to unveil a new social feature to Gmail, unlocking the ability for users to share media and update their status messages the same way they do on Facebook or Twitter, according to a report by the… Full Story »

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