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Google, other Silicon Valley firms nurture app developers
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They crowd the lobby of Google's Building 43 one evening a month, waiting to climb the wide stairway under a mock-up of the world's first private spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, prepared to delve deep into the Internet giant's ...
MySpace Music debuts in Britain
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MySpace Music has launched in Britain with a "Get Real Close" campaign that includes a playlist of tunes from the Vatican.
Movieclips.com launches with studio deals
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(AP) -- Movieclips.com, an online movie clip-sharing service, launched in beta test mode on Wednesday touting the cooperation of six major Hollywood studios amid an industrywide slowdown in DVD sales.
Facebook tops 350 million users, tightens privacy
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Facebook is enhancing privacy controls and eliminating its regional framework for online communities as the Internet's most popular social networking service tops 350 million users.
New study looks at unauthorized use of US newspaper stories
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A study of the use of US newspaper stories on the Web has found that more than 75,000 websites reused content from newspapers without authorization during a 30-day period.
Pulitzers change rules to allow more online work
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(AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize board announced Wednesday that it will open its doors wider to journalism entries from online-only news publications.
Microsoft launches redesigned map search with apps
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data.
BetOnSports fined $28 million, gets probation
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(AP) -- Defunct online gambling site BetOnSports.com has been sentenced to probation and a $28.2 million fine that lawyers on both sides say probably will never be paid.
Yahoo plugs into Facebook to become more popular
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. will lean more heavily on Facebook's popularity as it tries to give people more reasons to stay on its Web site.
Google to let publishers limit free website access (Update)
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine.
Facebook, MySpace ban New York sex offenders
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Facebook and MySpace have closed the accounts of 3,533 convicted sex offenders in New York state under a law combating online predators, officials said Tuesday.
World Newspaper Congress opens in India
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Newspaper executives and editors gathered in India from around the world Tuesday heard calls to seek more payment for their content on the Internet as they decried their industry's sharply falling ...
Media execs make case for online fees at FTC panel
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesday at a government-sponsored ...
Michael Jackson tops Web's search charts in 2009
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Michael Jackson's stunning death made him the Internet's biggest star this year.
FTC explores future of journalism in Internet age
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The federal government is wading into deliberations over the future of journalism.
