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Facebook has begun surfacing widely "liked" news stories from independent media organizations in its basic search bar today, it appears. First reported by watchdog blog AllFacebook, the change is something that seems likely to be understood as a…
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Is A More Insidious Industry-Written Net Neutrality Proposal On The Way?
A an industry group made of dozens of high-profile technology companies including Apple, Microsoft and Nokia, announced "significant progress" on its recommendations on how the Internet should be regulated. It will be interesting to see in what ways…
September 1 2010, 2:25pm | Comments
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Associated Press wires are once again news Google can use
Google and the Associated Press, one of the world’s largest news publication wires, have agreed to a new contract that will allow Google to continue publishing AP content without fear of a lawsuit. The agreement has always been…
August 31 2010, 9:03am | Comments
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Digg Responds to User Outrage: Upcoming Stories Will Return
Digg has had one heck of a week. On Wednesday the social news aggregator decided it was a good time to make the switch to version 4 of it's platform, which sent servers crashing and drove users bonkers.…
August 28 2010, 10:20am | Comments
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Social Networking Use Doubles Among Older Internet Users
While young adults are the heaviest users of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, older users over 50 are starting to catch up. According to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project,…
August 28 2010, 4:54am | Comments
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Google Gives Real-Time Search New Tools and its Own Home
Google just announced a major update to its real-time search functionality. Google already displayed real-time search results inside its regular search results pages and offered users the option to see real-time updates through an option in the search…
August 27 2010, 4:31am | Comments
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Yahoo Finalizes Transition to Bing
After about a week of testing, Yahoo and Microsoft just announced that they have now finalized the transition from Yahoo's own search engine to Microsoft's Bing. Microsoft now powers all of Yahoo's free, organic Web, image and video…
August 25 2010, 5:40am | Comments
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Feature: Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions
It has become a bit of a cliché: really innovative technology comes from garage-level startups. Once a company gets too large, it focuses its energy on keeping its existing customers happy, and loses its edge. But, for the…
August 19 2010, 9:55pm | Comments
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Google Tweaks Gmail Interface - Launches Updated Contacts Manager
Google just launched a revamped interface for Gmail and a major upgrade to the Gmail Contacts application. The updated Gmail interface now features three separate links for Mail, Contacts and Tasks at the top of the left sidebar,…
August 11 2010, 4:00am | Comments
