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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:01 -0800

Twitter, LinkedIn Cut Deal - We're Still Waiting for the Big Announcement
Twitter and LinkedIn are announcing a deal tonight that will allow LinkedIn users to publish status updates to their Twitter...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:24:03 -0800

Bot Herders Used Google Apps To Spread Malware
Google has confirmed news today that bot herders gained control of Google Apps to feed commands to networks of infected...
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Mashable posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:40:42 -0800

Twitter Extends Global Reach: SMS in Indonesia
Twitter’s international push has been rapidly accelerating. In the last month alone, the company has brought tweeting...
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Mashable posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:05:46 -0800

From Twitter to TV: Sh*t My Dad Says Gets CBS Deal
Joining a growing list of social media memes turned mainstream media deals is the hilarious Twitter serial Shit My Dad Says,...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:39 -0800

Murdoch to Block Google from Searching News Items?
Media titan and News Corp czar Rupert Murdoch seems to be on a warpath against Google's spiders, particularly with regard to...
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gigaom61 posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:27 -0800

Satellite Cos. Pitch Their Spectrum to the FCC and Eventually Carriers
The FCC has had conversations with Qualcomm and Skyterra in the last few weeks about an effort to use a combination of...
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Mashable posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:57:44 -0800

Free Music Monday: Hip-Hop Edition
Howdy and hello, music fans! Today is another Free Music Monday for you. If you’re not already familiar with this series,...
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waxpancake posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:54:12 -0800

The Beatles Never Broke Up
mashup of Beatles solo albums with a backstory; related: Stephen Baxter's short story, The Twelfth Album [via]
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Mashable posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:34:26 -0800

Would You Shazam for $4.99?
Since its debut, Shazam, the music discovery tool, has remained one of the most popular applications in Apple’s App...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:59:19 -0800

Thunderbird 3, Raindrop and the Future of Mozilla Messaging
It's been two years since ReadWriteWeb last published the Thunderbird 2 review. Since then Thunderbird has been restructured...
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gigaom61 posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:56:44 -0800

The Scorecard: Who Wins & Loses With EA’s $400M Playfish Buy
Social games — a subset of the gaming industry that offers simple games that run across various social networks —...
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gigaom61 posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:15 -0800

GigaOM Pro: The Ultimate Guide To TV Everywhere
Over the past three years, the Internet has become a major secondary distribution platform for free-to-air broadcast...
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gigaom61 posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:09:20 -0800

How Skype Can Quickly and Easily Become a Social Network (and Clean Facebook’s Clock)
As a longtime Skype user who never felt that the service fit with eBay, I was thrilled to hear that it’s being spun off....
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Michael M posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:26:00 -0800

Levi Johnston's Lawyers Threaten Twitter, Despite No Legal Basis
Last week, Conan O'Brien had William Shatner stop by and read what was believed (at the time) to be twitter messages by Levi...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:25:45 -0800

Opscotch Builds Real-Time Service Into Help Center Application
You have to give a company credit that takes a fun idea and turns it into a way to promote their product. It's even better...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:49:20 -0800

Rdio: First Screenshots Leaked of Skype Founders' New Music Service
We've been lucky enough to get our hands on leaked screenshots from one version of Rdio, the forthcoming music app from Skype,...
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Michael M posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:16:43 -0800

IFPI: If Lawsuits Aren't Working In Denmark, We'll Seize Computers To Get Evidence
We just wrote about how the Danish anti-piracy group was dropping its lawsuits against individual file sharers after realizing...
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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:18 -0800

Did Google Steal Sidewiki From a Startup?
Web annotation is a sexy and increasingly crowded space in the market. As in any such pool, the amount of elbow-rubbing between...
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Mashable posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:59:09 -0800

Loopt for BlackBerry Now Works More Like Loopt for iPhone
One of the emerging trends in social media is geolocation. It makes a lot of sense because connecting with people and...
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jdroth posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:24 -0800

Dumb Money: J.D. the Junk-Food King
It’s been a long time since I shared a good self-deprecating story about my own financial foolishness. Let me remedy that...
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Michael M posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:14:23 -0800

Jenzabar Says That Google Blog Post Is 'Hearsay', Not Official Google Statement
Last month, we wrote about the highly troubling efforts by the head of software firm Jenzabar to abuse trademark law to stifle...
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Danny S posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:04:37 -0800

Google, Book Search Partners Ask For Four More Days

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Richard posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:48:30 -0800

DocVerse: Syncing Makes Better Collaboration
In Google Docs, you can collaborate with other people when you are working online. Making edits to a document while offline can...
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Adam O posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:22:57 -0800

New Mexico Soccer Player Suspended After Pulling Opponent Down by Her Hair [Video]
We’ve already seen one story today about athletes behaving badly being punished severely for their actions, with the Internet...
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Danny S posted a blog entry

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:17:22 -0800

Google To Murdoch: Go Ahead & Block Us

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