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Internet giant Google on Wednesday added another 24 media partners to its online news reader "Fast Flip"

Google adds new media partners to 'Fast Flip'

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet giant Google on Wednesday added another 24 media partners to its online news reader "Fast Flip," including the Tribune and McClatchy newspaper groups, the Huffington Post and Politico.


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Bing and Google gaining at Yahoo!'s expense: comScore

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bing and Google gained ground in the Internet search market in November as they evidently lure people away from Yahoo!, according to fresh figures from industry-tracker comScore.


Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you

Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you (w/ Video)

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google recently sent out 100,000 stickers to selected US businesses for use on their storefront windows. The stickers have the Google Maps logo and a QR code that can be scanned by smart phone ...


No More 'Social Media,' More Single Log-ins for Multiple Platforms

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As more people use social media platforms, they will begin moving away from using the term 'social media' in the new year, predicts Dr. Karla Gower, associate professor of advertising and public relations.


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Google Chrome extensions to be officially released

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is expected to release its Extensions Gallery for general users of the new Chrome browser this week, possibly at the Add-On Conference on browser extensions to be held on December 11, ...


Lawyers: Google execs not liable for abuse video

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Four Google executives should not be held responsible for a video posted online that showed teenagers abusing an autistic youth in Turin, their lawyers argued Wednesday in an Italian court.


YouTube music label means all artists are with the bandwidth

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Craig Benzine had weathered almost 10 years with his band, Chicago-based indie rockers Driftless Pony Club -- self-releasing two albums along the way -- with no luck.


YouTube's top 2009 videos feature eclectic cast

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The year's biggest hits on the Internet's top video channel were anchored by an improbable singing sensation, a groggy boy nursing a sore mouth, a bride and groom dancing down the wedding aisle, supernatural heartthrobs ...


YouTube has tripled the number of "monetized views" and earns ad revenue on more than a billion online videos

YouTube leads Google charge in display ad market

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google on Tuesday outlined a strategy for seizing a bigger share of online display advertising that has long been a key stronghold for rival Yahoo!


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Twitter gets more business friendly

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter is testing a way to let businesses better use the popular microblogging service in what could be a future money-making opportunity.


Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Postal services get exclusive '.post' address

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created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Global postal services will soon have their own address on the Internet, after the web's authority for assigning domain names ICANN, said on Friday that it had approved the new address dot post (.post).


USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake details

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- OMG! Earthquake!


You may be ready for online ritual suicide with the aid of a new website  that helps you kill your virtual identity

'Anti-social network' aims to be Facebook killer app

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook makes you despair? Social networking makes you want to end it all? You may be ready for online ritual suicide with the aid of a new website that helps you kill your virtual identity.


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Report claims Wikipedia losing editors in droves

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The findings of a Spanish study claiming that Wikipedia's editors are leaving at an alarming rate have been refuted by the Wikimedia Foundation and by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.


Hacker seeks reduced sentence, citing Asperger's

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A computer hacker who was a force behind one of the largest cases of credit card theft in U.S. history says he has a developmental disorder and is asking for a reduced sentence.