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Archive for April 5th, 2009

T-Mobile to Use Google Software in Devices for Home (Ashlee Vance/New York Times)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
T-Mobile to Use Google Software in Devices for Home  —  SAN FRANCISCO — T-Mobile is planning an aggressive push deep into the home with a variety of communications devices that will use Google’s new Android operating software that already runs one of its cellphones.

Think Microblogging is Hip? Try Nanoblogging! (Nathania Johnson/Search Engine Watch)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch:
Think Microblogging is Hip?  Try Nanoblogging!  —  With all the hype surrounding Twitter these days, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to outdo them and come out with an even faster and more efficient method of communciation.  —  Enter Flutter.  Flutter claims to be a […]

A Picture Is Worth A Thousands Tweets: Pixim And TweetPhoto Emerge (Leena Rao/TechCrunch)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
A Picture Is Worth A Thousands Tweets: Pixim And TweetPhoto Emerge  —  There’s been a proliferation of photo sharing apps tied to Twitter, including TwitPic, Twitxr (review), and Yfrog (review), giving users a vast amount of choice when it comes to image sharing on the popular micro-blogging service.

I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Steve Lohr / New York Times:
I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems  —  I.B.M., after months of negotiations, withdrew its $7 billion bid for Sun Microsystems on Sunday, one day after Sun’s board balked at a slightly reduced offer, according to a person close to the talks.

Sun Microsystems, IBM Talks On The Brink Of Collapse: Report (Investor’s Business Daily)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Investor’s Business Daily:
Sun Microsystems, IBM Talks On The Brink Of Collapse: Report  —  SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Talks between Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. about IBM’s acquisition of Sun are on the brink of collapse, according to a published report.  —  The breakdown threatens a deal that would have been valued …

Is This the Future of the Digital Book? (Brad Stone/New York Times)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Brad Stone / New York Times:
Is This the Future of the Digital Book?  —  PLENTY of authors dream of writing the great American novel.  —  Bradley Inman wants to create great fiction, dramatic online video and compelling Twitter stream — and then roll them all into a multimedia hybrid that is tailored to the […]

With Inbox Clogged With Admirers, Twitter Should Ignore the Hype … (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
With Inbox Clogged With Admirers, Twitter Should Ignore the Hype and Get Back to Work  —  The hubbub that was created around a rumor that was floated late last week that Twitter was in “late-stage” negotiation to be acquired by Google-which BoomTown reported was premature-definitely resulted in one certainty.

Dell netbook roadmap leaks out, get ready for the Mini 11 (Nilay Patel/Engadget)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Dell netbook roadmap leaks out, get ready for the Mini 11  —  Oops, it looks like a Dell middle manager somewhere got a little too excited and let a full set of netbook roadmap slides leak out.  The biggest news is a planned Mini 11 due sometime between now and the […]

You’ve got to know what you stand for to survive in journalism online (Robert Niles/Online Journalism Review)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:
You’ve got to know what you stand for to survive in journalism online  —  Established journalists and newsrooms making the transition to online publishing should not do so with the assumption that editorial content provides their strength in a competitive online information market.

Google is just an amoral menace (Henry Porter/Guardian)

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Henry Porter / Guardian:
Google is just an amoral menace  —  The ever-growing empire produces nothing but seems determined to control everything  —  If indeed a new era of global responsibility has come into being with measures that actually restrain banks and isolate tax havens, it may be time for the planet’s …