Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:
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Google Tablet Mockups Unveiled
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Google's Nexus One phone may not have been the iPhone killer its makers had hoped for, but the software giant appears to be considering a shot at Apple's newly revealed iPad. Pictures of what a tablet would look like running on Google's operating system have hit the Web.
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Buoyed by “Avatar,” the highest-grossing movie to date, News Corporation’s adjusted second-quarter earnings were 25 cents a share, a nickel above the average expectations of analysts.
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A new Steven Brill endeavor enables news outlets to charge their online readers. The tattered news industry may be ready to give it a whirl.
As you’ve probably realized, local news is undergoing a massive transformation. The rapid demise of “old media” has resulted in fewer local publications, and it’s likely that in a few months your local paper may no longer exist. As “new media” takes over, users will be faced with a plethora of choices to ...
The America's Cup is set to start on Feb. 8, and the competition is in for some big changes. The rulebook has been thrown out, thanks to long legal battles. The new boats embrace new technology that lets them soar above the water.
 
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3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates. Now the company is talking: 3Crowd is looking to change the way people use content delivery ...
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As we noted earlier , Google announced an update today to its Android OS for Nexus One phones that would enable the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch feature for the first time in a few Google apps: Maps, Gallery, and the Web Browser. We've just received the update, which is technically firmware 2.1-update1, and have taken a video of the new ...
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How to Benefit from Google Social Search
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Last year, Google brought out Social Search in Google Labs. Just a few days ago it graduated to Beta in Google. That’s all nice and dandy, but what is Google Social Search, and how can you benefit from it? Here’s what you need to know. What is Google Social Search Google Social Search pulls together information from [...]
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NBA Transactions on Google Maps
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NBA Transaction Flow Charts Wyn Douglas has created a number of flowcharts that show how every team in the NBA acquired every player. Not happy with that he has imported the flowcharts (one for every NBA team) into Google Maps. Wyn used the GMap Uploader to upload his flowchart images into the Google Maps API. The Gmap Uploader is a service that ...
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Finding a Job With Google Maps
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Fortune's Companies that are Hiring Map Despite the downturn a number of companies are still looking for employees. Fortune have produced a list of the 22 best companies to work for that have at least 500 openings. That is a total of more than 87,750 jobs. Virender Ajmani has created a Google Map of Fortune's list. The companies are displayed on ...
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Google Focused Research Awards
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On Tuesday February 2nd, we announced the first-ever round of Google Focused Research Awards. These awards are for research in areas of study that are of key interest to Google as well as the research community.
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Announcing Google's Focused Research Awards
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(Cross-posted with the Google Research Blog ) It is said that Google is like a university — and not just because everyone eats their lunch off trays in the cafeteria. Like a university, we devote significant energy to research across a wide array of subjects — from semantics to help improve search, to ways we can improve the efficiency of ...
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Skooba Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo You may not be able to buy an iPad yet , but you can already buy a case for it. As Skooba says: Step 1: Buy an iPad bag Step 2: Stare at the empty bag and dream for a few weeks Step 3: Run to the Apple store in a month or two and enjoy your new toy! Skooba already has three carrying solutions that are &#
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Red Envelope Coupons
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Red Envelope Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo Through Valentine’s Day, Red Envelope drops the price of the Two Halves One Heart Ring to only $33.96 when you purchase through this link (discount will show in the shopping cart). Half of the heart is made from cultured white sapphires, while the other is made from one cultured pear-shaped ...
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FTD Flowers Coupons
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FTD Flowers Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo Just in time for Valentine’s Day FTD reduces the Sweethearts Bouquet 25% from $39 to $30 . The FTD Sweethearts Bouquet is colored in deep crimson hues to express your love this Valentine’s Day! Vibrant red roses and burgundy miniature carnations are beautifully arranged in a dark red ...
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Early this morning, Twitter began alerting certain users to reset their passwords because of a possible phishing attack. They later elaborated on it a bit but it still wasn't clear exactly what was going on. Now they've felt the need to fully go into exactly what went down — and it's fairly interesting. On their Twitter Status blog ( ...
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5 Twitter Under Phishing Attack?
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Numerous Twitter users are pointing out that Twitter forced them to change their passwords out of the blue. According to blogger Andrew Girdwood, these users have received an e-mail containing the following message: “Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was ...
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Earlier this month I was invited to conduct an on stage interview with Jason Kilar, chief executive officer of Huluthe DLD conference in Munich. It gave me a chance to visit the city, walk around in bitter cold and look around what is arguably one of the cleanest and quietest cities in the world.
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Ten-year venture capital returns are deteriorating, yet venture capital still outperformed the public markets.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Recent cyber attacks on Google are a "wake-up call" and neither the U.S. government nor the private sector can fully protect the American cyber infrastructure, the director of U.S. national intelligence said on Tuesday.
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In Europe, Challenges for Google
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On issues like privacy, copyright protection and the dominance of its search engine, Google is increasingly clashing with lawmakers and regulators.
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MobileCrunch
Consider this a PSA from one person with a jailbroken iPhone to another: Don’t upgrade to the just released iPhone OS 3.1.3. The iPhone dev team — the guys who make all of this jailbreaking stuff possible — have just confirmed that the PwnageTool and redsn0w jailbreak/unlock tools do not work with iPhone OS 3.1.3. [...]
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This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed. We've learned that when performing a search on Google, people sometimes forget to separate words with spaces. Moreover, people often mistakenly repeat a letter within a single word. For instance, when ...
 
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Nokia's Ovi Store has overtaken Apple's App Store as the storefront of choice for mobile developers in emerging mobile markets. But can Nokia leverage its traction in developing economies as Apple and Android build on their momentum in Western markets?
“Profitability” can be a squishy term for startups — until they file for an IPO and deliver, through the SEC, what’s often the first unfiltered snapshot of their financial situation: the S-1. That’s been the case for Tesla Motors, which filed on Friday to raise up to $100 million through an initial public offering.
The first time I saw Yun Zi, the San Diego Zoo’s newest panda cub, it happened to be the first time he was let onto exhibit. Bai Yun, his mom, was sitting near the entry gate, munching on bamboo. The cub was in the tunnel, just inside the door, and was very unsure about what [...]
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The president’s proposed spending plan would increase money for the Health and Human Services Department and the National Institutes of Health.
Verizon is finally advertising the Palm Pre Plus. This time around Palm and Verizon decided that rather than give you the creeps directly, they'll give you the creeps by scaring you with visions of the past.
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