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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:55:18 -0800

At Foursquare Venues, The Mayor Eats For Free
Foursquare, the geo-location based check-in game, just announced its first venue that is combining badges and promotions. On...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:13:05 -0800

John Mayer Wants You To Defragment Your Brain With A Digital Cleanse
Anyone who follows John Mayer on Twitter knows that he's a smart guy. A bit kooky at times, sure. But he's definitely not...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:54:08 -0800

TenYears: Console Games Of The Decade
It's almost January 1st, 2010 and we've been mulling over our favorites of 2009 - and the previous decade. Here we present...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:38:50 -0800

How Are We Going To Say “2010″? A Website Comes Just In The Nick Of Time.
Newsflash: Tomorrow is the last day of 2009. That means we're moving into the first new decade of the 2000s. And we have a...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:13 -0800

Did You Get A Magic Mouse This Holiday? Download MagicPrefs Immediately.
Back in November, I wrote up a review of the new Magic Mouse, noting that it was "Apple's best mouse ever, but..."...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:09:27 -0800

Hulu Gives A Status Report On Its Alien Plot
It's been a big year for Hulu, the video streaming site that lets you watch a large variety of premium content free of charge....
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:23:30 -0800

Nuance Finally Picks Up SpinVox For $102.5 Million
SpinVox, a London-based technology startup that transcribes voicemails to text so that they can be more easily digitized,...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:55:00 -0800

Top Ten Mobile Voice Searches Of 2009 Are Action-Oriented
Mobile search and general Web search are two different beasts, especially when it comes to voice search, which is becoming...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:02:00 -0800

Flixster Users Name Top 2009 Movies: Avatar, Star Trek And The Blind Side
Forget the Academy Awards and the professional movie critics. Flixster users reviewed movies 55 million times in 2009, says...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:18:57 -0800

Outside Puts The iPhone Weather App To Shame
I typically use the Weather iPhone app once a week, at most. The only reason I would ever use the application is if a friend...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:08:30 -0800

Groovle Beats Google In Domain Battle With Groovy Defense
Back in 2007, we wrote about Groovle, a site that lets you skin Google with your favorite image, and serves results through...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:30:09 -0800

TenYears: Unexpected Success Stories
It's almost January 1st, 2010 and we've been mulling over our favorites of 2009 - and the previous decade. Here we present...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:36:33 -0800

FileSocial: A Community for Sharing Files on Twitter
We have profiled Twitter-based file sharing services in the past, but in some cases the shared files were read-only and the UI...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:35:14 -0800

TC50 DemoPit Company Row27 Launches iPhone App for University Sports Teams
Everybody has a damn iPhone app nowadays, and why should NCAA programs be any different? Row27 Studios, a design firm that has...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0800

Wolfram|Alpha: The Use Cases
Earlier this year at the SemTech conference in San Jose, I sat down with Wolfram|Alpha's Russell Foltz-Smith. Wolfram|Alpha...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:51:30 -0800

It Was a Facebook Christmas; Site Hits #1 in US For First Time
Christmas is a holiday that brings people together, so perhaps it should be no surprise that Facebook has become a part of...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:33:26 -0800

LinkedIn's New iPhone App: The 3 Worst Things About It
Business social network LinkedIn made a major upgrade to its iPhone app tonight but coming from a service with such incredible...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:55:42 -0800

Android Finally Gets An Official Yammer App
Finally. Over a year after iPhone users got their native Yammer fix, Android has an official Yammer application available on...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:44:23 -0800

Augmented Reality: Passive Consumers versus Creative Contributors
While 2009 has been the year of the API, it's the codeless creative experiences that drive mainstream adoption. Every December...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:12:52 -0800

Google’s City Tours No Longer Require You To Walk On Water
Last summer, we wrote about the launch of a new service from Google called City Tours that marked the search giant's first...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:52:56 -0800

Wibiya Gives Your Blog a Twitter, Facebook and Video Chat Makeover
While 2009 was a year to keep our noses to the grindstone, many of us let our personal blogs languish in decay. Whether it's...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:34:17 -0800

Did Apple’s Lala Deal Leave A Lump Of Coal In Google’s Music Onebox Stocking?
Of all the things Google has launched this past year, the most useful may be its Music Onebox feature that allows you to easily...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:52:20 -0800

The App Store Holiday Effect In Action [Updated]
We knew that the holidays were going to be super busy for iPhone developers — in a good way. Gaming community platform...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0800

Fed Up With Facebook Privacy Issues? Here's How To End It All
There isn't a mass exodus from Facebook over the privacy settings, but it is responding with messages like this sent to users...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:59:46 -0800

IBM CEO Dismisses Idea of Google Dominance
IBM CEO Sam Palmisano had some questions of his own in response to a question by a Barrons writer about Google in the...
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