If you're paying any attention to the techosphere today there are two stories dominating the headlines. Both involve non-shipping products. First, Google showed off the first demo of its Chrome OS. Download Squad does a nice job breaking it...

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Earlier this week Oxford University Press declared "unfriend" its word of the year . This got me thinking... now that we are entering an era of  media reforestation  what common phrases could soon be history? Here's 10 that.

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Google Fast Flip appears to be nearing a full integration into Google News. I wasn't able to replicate this in other browsers so right now this appears to just be a cookie test. Stories from Google Fast Flip started appearing at the bottom of my...

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LinkedIn and Twitter announced a status update syncing arrangement yesterday. From LinkedIn ... "The idea is simple: When you set your status on LinkedIn you can now tweet it as well, amplifying it to your followers and real-time search services...

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I have been spending a fair amount of time on Facebook since they updated the news feed feature, mostly because I can get a quick read on what's new. I like how they show you "trends from friends." In the process, I am discovering that...

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