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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:51:17 -0800

Thoora Wants To Be The Techmeme Of Everything – Will Pull It Off
You have probably already heard of Thoora, if you payed any attention to the TechCrunch50. I was there, and I recall Thoora being quite impressive. Memory serves, Thoora might change the way that you get and monitor news. There are too many aggregators...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:53:44 -0800

Sadness. Google May Have Just Killed TwitterFeed (And Bit.ly Too)
Update: Corrected Title. Love them or hate them, whenever the Google Gorilla jumps into the web pond, they are bound to make waves (drowning out rivals big and small). Not too long ago, Google announced that FeedBurner (a service they bought a few years...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:32:49 -0800

Over 20,000 Apps Now Available For Android
Rest assured that 2010 is going to be a big year for the Android operating system, with many new handsets finding their way to stores around the world (including Google's own phone) and an increasing number of developers building tools, games and the...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:31:06 -0800

Gmail offline access fully supported, and more cool stuff from Gmail Labs
Gmail is my new email client after 5 years on Microsoft Outlook. One of the knocks against Gmail was that you couldn’t use it offline. Not anymore. Offline Gmail has been available via Gmail Labs for over a year, and now is a fully supported feature of...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:28:35 -0800

ShoZu close to being acquired by Critical Path
Mobile services startup ShoZu is in talks to be acquired by Critical Path, a well-placed source with access to inside information tells us. Critical Path's board of directors and shareholders may have approved the acquisition yesterday. At the very...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:24:24 -0800

Lord Of The Rings Set For Blu-Ray Bow
One ring will rule them all on April 6
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:17:03 -0800

Memory Fox Manages Firefox's Memory Use, Aims to Keep It Low [Downloads]
Firefox with Windows only: While traveling the internet, sometimes we don't realize how much memory our browser is hogging until it starts acting sluggish, hangs, or crashes altogether. Firefox extension Memory Fox optimizes your memory so you can surf...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:54:14 -0800

Reuters: Nexus One Available Directly Through Google Website January 5
Reuters is reporting that a source of theirs indicates a January 5th date for the Nexus One to go on sale. They’ve been advised that it will be at a “reduced price to consumers who agree to a service contract from Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:52:09 -0800

Facebook's Great Betrayal
Facebook's privacy pullback isn't just outrageous; it's a landmark turning point for the social network. Facebook has blundered before, but the latest changes are far more calculated. The company has, in short, turned evil. Its new privacy policy have...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:31 -0800

Bit.ly Goes Pro, Tells Goo.gl To Suck.it
The short gloves are off. Earlier today, both Google and Facebook got into the URL shortening game with goo.gl and fb.me. Google’s move in particular is a direct challenge to bit.ly, the rising independent standard among link shortening services. ...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:22:08 -0800

Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2009 [Best Of 2009]
We've featured hundreds of free Windows applications over the course of 2009 that we hoped might bolster your productivity, workflow, or your PC usefulness in one form or another. Here's a look back at the most popular Windows downloads of the year. As...
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:00:59 -0800

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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:00:57 -0800

StevieB’s Shared Items – December 15, 2009
Making URLs shorter for Google Toolbar and FeedBurnerDecember 14, 2009 Google, Twitter, WordPress & Facebook:...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:35:02 -0800

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:50:26 -0800

Making URLs shorter for Google Toolbar and FeedBurner
This morning, we launched updated versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner that offer a new URL shortening service from Google called the Google URL Shortener. We mentioned our URL shortener as a feature in both announcements, so we wanted to say a...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:40:23 -0800

Google, Twitter, WordPress & Facebook: Publish/Subscribe Matrix Could Explode Into Glass-Smooth Platform
A storm of news points to a future of frictionless publishing and subscription, across platforms. Google just announced that its FeedBurner RSS publishing service now supports automatic publishing to a Twitter account. If you're among the many people...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:56:51 -0800

FriendFeeds Visitors might be down but its quality is back up
Image by Thomas Hawk via Flickr Imagine a company that built one of the coolest social networking apps I have used all year got bought out by Facebook. In the fear and panic that followed that buy out, many people migrated to Facebook wondering...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:42:12 -0800

Are Microsoft ripping off Plurk, Asia’s No.1 Microblogging Service?

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:10:30 -0800

Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants
You know me as James Chartrand of Men with Pens, a regular Copyblogger contributor for just shy of two years. And yet, I’m a woman. This is not a joke or an angle or an analogy — I’m literally a woman. This is my story. Once upon a time, I found...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:06:21 -0800

Where The Digital Music Business Is Headed In 2010 (And Why 2009 Was So Disappointing)
Lots happened in 2009, but it wasn’t a vintage year for digital music (in fact, it was the year digital music lost the digital buzz to e-readers). All in all I’d give 2009 a 6 out of 10, with the launch of Spotify accounting for at least couple of...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:04:25 -0800

Best Man Rigs Newlyweds’ Bed To Tweet During Sex. Not Kidding.
When a man in the UK was asked to be the best man at his friend’s wedding, he was touched. So touched, that he promised not to pull any pranks before or during the wedding. After the wedding though, that’s another story. This man, who is choosing to...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:54:01 -0800

Your Best Shot 2009: For the Birds
A selection of feathered friends from Your Best Shot 2009. Check out the group pool for more remarkable photos and video. Photos from BigBrotherBear, NateKlan, 450DoDa , shadowfax2008, paintedlady27, and dlucas5000.
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:53:33 -0800

iPhone users are delusional, consultants say
Strand Consult suggests that iPhone users are suffering from a form of Stockholm Syndrome--the condition in which the kidnapped begin to show loyalty to their kidnappers.
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:51:54 -0800

The Guardian newspaper gets Spotify-ed, launches iPhone app with off-line browsing
[UK] The Guardian has launched its long waited iPhone app, which is designed to give a better reading experience on Apple’s iconic device than the UK newspaper’s standard desktop or mobile offering. The app isn’t isn’t free, however, unlike most...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:02:29 -0800

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