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Archive for June 14th, 2009

Google Voice’s Secret Weapon: Number Portability (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Voice’s Secret Weapon: Number Portability  —  Google Voice, formerly GrandCentral, is a seriously heavyweight product.  When it relaunched in March, just a couple of months ago, we gave Google Voice a glowing review.  —  Once you’ve jumped in head first to the product it will straighten out your phone life […]

CrunchPad Prototype Unboxing Caught on Youtube (Trooper P/Crunchpad Fans)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Trooper P / Crunchpad Fans:
CrunchPad Prototype Unboxing Caught on Youtube  —  Straight from the sounds of the tweets, a Youtube video of the CrunchPad prototype unboxing has been spotted.  —  Loic Le Meur, the Seesmic.com founder who has close ties with Michael Arrington, posted the video of what looks …

A Closer Look at Iran’s State of Internet, Strange Transit Changes … (Jim Cowie/CircleID)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Jim Cowie / CircleID:
A Closer Look at Iran’s State of Internet, Strange Transit Changes in Wake of Controversial Election  —  Many media sources have reported outages in Iranian mobile networks and Internet services in the wake of Friday’s controversial elections.  We took a look at the state of Iranian Internet transit …

FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE (James Doran/New York Post)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

James Doran / New York Post:
FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE  —  SOURCES: SERGEY ORDERS BING STUDY  —  You’d think nothing would get under the skin of search giant Google.  —  But co-founder Sergey Brin is so rattled by the launch of Microsoft’s rival search engine that he has assembled a team of top engineers to work […]

Video: Nokia E72 accidentally makes an early appearance on YouTube (Stefan Constantinescu/IntoMobile)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
Video: Nokia E72 accidentally makes an early appearance on YouTube  —  Nokia Conversations, a blog officially run by Nokia (NYSE: NOK), accidentally posted a video to YouTube that showcases the Nokia E72.  It looks very similar to the E71, but has a 5 megapixel camera.

Google Calendar Gadgets Appearing (Philipp Lenssen/Google Blogoscoped)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Calendar Gadgets Appearing  —  Andrew Pariser emails in a surprise finding in Google Calendar (if by any chance you’re able to reproduce this - I’m not - please comment): … [Thanks Andrew and Tony!]  —  Update: As noted in the comments, you can try disable all CSS on the […]

Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran  —  The western world’s most feared government is shaking with insurrection in the streets after a contested election and the leading name in news, CNN, is shockingly absent from the story.  Twitter, meanwhile, is how Iranians are communicating with the outside world.

For TechCrunch, Twitter = Traffic (A Statistical Breakdown) (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
For TechCrunch, Twitter = Traffic (A Statistical Breakdown)  —  Some people use Twitter to organize street protests in Tehran.  Some people use it to share their daily thoughts and observation.  But it is increasingly becoming clear that one of the most common ways people use Twitter …

‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network’s Iran absence (Daniel Terdiman/CNET News)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network’s Iran absence  —  As the Iranian election aftermath unfolded in Tehran—thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest their anger at perceived electoral irregularities—an unexpected hashtag began to explode through the Twitterverse: “CNNFail.”

The Revolution Will Be Twittered (Andrew Sullivan/The Daily Dish)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Revolution Will Be Twittered  —  Mock not.  As the regime shut down other forms of communication, Twitter survived.  With some remarkable results.  Those rooftop chants that were becoming deafening in Tehran?  A few hours ago, this concept of resistance was spread by a twitter message.