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Google Earth tapped to view Bay Bridge in 3-D — Google’s mapping software proves useful in visualizing what the remade San Francisco iconic bridge will look like. [photo credit | CNET]A bitter Twitter battle rattle — Sounds like Dr. Seuss. David Carr of the New York Times sings the praises of [...]
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We’ve known for the longest time that Apple was planning something with mobile advertisements, particularly after they purchased mobile ad firm Quattro Wireless for $275 million, but the company has been mum on specifics. As the company behind the phone that built the mobile ad market, I would imagine that it [...]
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Samsung M100S is also the first Samsung device to run Android OS 2.1 similar to earlier released Google's Nexus One smartphone. Equipped with 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen (WVGA) display, Samsung M100S comes with a 5-megapixel camera. The device is further integrated with 800MHz processor, 720p video recording, WiFi (802.11n) and GPS. [...]
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New data from Experian Hitwise suggests that Facebook users are treating it increasingly like a portal — they’re using it as a source of news. Just under a year ago, less than 0.5% of visits to news and media sites came from Facebook, according to Experian Hitwise. Last week, 3.5% of [...]
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Facebook is assuming its rightful place in the Internet ecosystem as a significant distribution channel for media properties.
Hitwise reported today that the social network now drives the fourth largest amount of traffic to media properties behind Google, Yahoo and MSN. Facebook’s public relations team also has started [...]
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Media information company Nielsen has released new data on the top 10 mobile internet sites and brands. It shows that, to a large extent, mobile internet usage mirrors total internet use, with Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and Microsoft among the most visited mobile brands. Surprisingly, the AOL network ranked fifth in terms [...]
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Google has been working over the past year to make Google Apps, its bundle of productivity applications like Gmail, work better with smartphones. Now it’s announcing several new features that may be crucial to winning over enterprise IT administrators.
Most of Google Apps’ previous smartphone features were focused [...]
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Micello, an ambitious startup trying to map the world's indoors and create location-based services around them, is leading the pack of companies mapping the buildings where we spend our time, banking on the fact that getting where you're going is only half the battle.
Micello's also promoting itself [...]
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Motorola Devour comes with touch-sensitive navigation pad and uses Motorola’s unique Android-powered content delivery service Motoblur. With this feature, users can get customized content automatically delivered to the home screen.Devour by Motorola displays a 3.1 inch capacitive touchscreen with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone supports Bluetooth profiles such as [...]
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Everyone is creating app stores ever since the success of Apple’s AppStore, which has generated 3 billion downloads in a couple of years.
It’s only natural to think the app phenomenon will spread. So Google is developing its own app store aimed at selling business software, according to [...]
Do you think there’s any chance Google’s acquisition of AdMob will go unchecked by the Department of Justice’s eager anti-trust crimefighters? Blogger Scott Cleland would like a few words with you. Here’s the 100-word version:
