1. Nielsen says Apple is holding onto the smartphone lead for now  permalink

Nielsen says Apple is holding onto the smartphone lead for now
Mel Martin / TUAW

New numbers from Nielsen research show Apple still in the top spot in US smartphone sales. Android numbers continue to surge, while Blackberry is declining. Citing November 2010 data, Nielsen says Apple has 28.6% of the domestic smartphone market, up ever so slightly from 27.9% in October. Blackberry has slipped to 26.1%, while Android has ...

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Ryan Kim / GigaOMTech
Nielsen says Apple is holding onto the smartphone lead for now Apple Holds Smartphone Lead, But Android Is Gaining   —  While Android surges among new smartphone buyers, Apple iOS continues to hold on to the overall marketshare lead, though still within spitting distance of a fading BlackBerry OS and a hard-charging Android OS, according to the latest figures from the Nielsen Company.

MG Siegler / TechCrunch
Nielsen says Apple is holding onto the smartphone lead for now App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry   —  There has already been plenty of data out there suggesting that Apple had a monster holiday season. We'll know for sure in a few weeks when they announced their earnings. For now though, we have to go by what third-party developers are seeing when it comes to app download numbers. And one company, Flixster , has given us some key details of how ...

2. Some rumors  permalink

Www.hardmac.com

After exchanging New Year’s wishes with some of our best sources, we collected some information that could pave the way of release of new products, software or technologies. Here they are:

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3. Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer  permalink

Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch

While plenty of people predicted that the iPad would kill the Kindle when it first came out ( including us ), that turned out to be wrong. Very wrong. The Kindle went on to become the best selling product in Amazon's history over the holidays, selling an estimated 8 million units last year. The Kindle is a very different device which appeals to ...

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Www.businessweek.com
Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer Microsoft’s IPad Competitor Faces Long Odds in Vegas   —  Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, said to unveil new software for tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show next week, will face skeptics who say his company won’t soon narrow Apple Inc.’s iPad lead.

4. API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends  permalink

API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends
Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb

Was 2010 the year of the API? Some have claimed this each of the last five years, with the next always eclipsing the previous. There were 1,019 new APIs added to our API directory in 2010, two times the number added in 2009. Greater trends on the web are being played out, as social APIs were the most popular and the influence of mobile is clear.

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Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb
API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends 40 New APIs: Google, Facebook Analytics and PayPal Subscriptions   —  This week we had 40 new APIs added to our API directory including a social platform service, mobile push notification platform, random quote generator, file sharing and hosting site, digital asset management system, vehicle fleet tracking service, social media analytics platform, Google billing service and three ways to take payments and ...

5. Jawbone rekindles cruise ship mystery  permalink

Jawbone rekindles cruise ship mystery
CNN.com

If the human jawbone that washed up on a beach in Aruba late last year wasn't Natalee Holloway's, whose was it?

6. Install Mac OS X on a Cr-48 Chrome notebook  permalink

Install Mac OS X on a Cr-48 Chrome notebook
Dave Caolo / TUAW

In the hackintosh tradition , we present this method of installing Mac OS X onto a Chrome Cr-48 notebook using hexxeh's Luigi firmware toolkit . You'll void your machine's warranty in the process, as you've got to remove the bottom cover to activate developer mode. Once that's done, you can flash the machine, install the custom firmware and then ...

7. Body believed to be woman who walked away from crash  permalink

Body believed to be woman who walked away from crash
CNN.com

Illinois authorities believe they have found the body of Tanya Shannon, who walked away from the December car crash that killed her husband.

8. Remains are missing Georgia woman  permalink

Remains are missing Georgia woman
CNN.com

Tests on bones found in North Georgia have revealed they are the remains of Kristi Cornwell, who went missing about 18 months ago, officials say.

9. Austin Ventures  permalink

Austin Ventures
Www.crunchbase.com

Austin Ventures has worked with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies for nearly twenty-five years. With $3.9 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital and growth equity firm in Texas. With an investment focus on business services and supply chain, financial services, media and information services, software and ...

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10. New iTunes Features Aim To Outdo DVD  permalink

Paidcontent.org

Some of the coolest so-called “extras” embedded only on the iTunes’ version of several recent film releases from Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures aren’t even mentioned in their promotional materials. That’s because Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is quietly testing new features with an eye on a future in which digital ...

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11. BitTorrent Hits 100M Active Monthly Users, 400K Client Downloads Per Day  permalink

BitTorrent Hits 100M Active Monthly Users, 400K Client Downloads Per Day
Leena Rao / TechCrunch

BitTorrent seems to be growing like a weed - the company just announced that it's hit 100 million monthly users of its software, the BitTorrent Mainline client and µTorrent . That's up from 80 million monthly users most recently. The company also revealed that it has over 20 million daily active users, over 400,000 daily client downloads, and ...

12. What does Goldman's investment in Facebook mean?  permalink

What does Goldman's investment in Facebook mean?
Finance.fortune.cnn.com

Facebook has raised $500 million in new "venture capital" at a $50 billion valuation, according to a report late last night from DealBook. Not sure if the $50 billion is a pre-money or post-money mark, but I'm also not sure if such niggling details matter at such a nose-bleedingly high stratosphere.

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Dealbook.nytimes.com
Are Facebook and Goldman Sachs Reinflating the Bubble? DealBook   —  Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.

13. How to Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger  permalink

How to Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger
Guest Blogger / ProBlogger Blog Tips

This guest post is by Devesh of WP Kube. If you’re regular reader, you know that how much time problogger.net takes to load. Would you like to make your blog load faster than ProBlogger? Today I’m going to share eight simple tips to increase your blog speed. But first, you’ll need to know how quickly [...] Post from: ProBlogger ...

14. Intel’s Sandy Bridge: Upheaval in the Mobile Landscape  permalink

Intel’s Sandy Bridge: Upheaval in the Mobile Landscape
Www.anandtech.com

You’re probably sick of me talking about Sandy Bridge in our notebook reviews, particularly since up to now I’ve been unable to provide any numbers for actual performance. Today, Intel takes the wraps off of Mobile Sandy Bridge and I can finally talk specifics. Notebooks have always been substantially slower than desktops, and prices ...

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