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Listen: Google Launches An Audio Search Engine For Android

August 21st, 2009 No comments

Hear that? Google has just unveiled the latest addition to Google Labs, and it’s sure to crowd-pleaser for Android users. Dubbed Google Listen, the new project is an Android application that lets you quickly search through web audio content, which you can then directly download or stream to your …

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MySpace Confirms iLike Acquisition. Conference Call Livenotes

August 19th, 2009 No comments

As expected, MySpace has confirmed that it bought iLike. It is not disclosing financial terms, but our information is that it was around $20 million.

During the conference call, Van Natta stressed the importance of music, open content distribution, and talent as the main drivers behind the deal. …

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Another MVNO Bites The Dust: Qwest Discontinues Wireless Service

August 18th, 2009 No comments

Over and out for the MVNO model?

Qwest has this morning announced that it will be shutting down its Wireless service on Oct. 31, 2009. Formerly in bed with Sprint, Qwest started offering the wireless service in collaboration with Verizon just over a year ago. Under the agreement, Verizon Wireless …

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Steve Jobs: The Good, the Bad, the Secretive

August 18th, 2009 No comments

From the blogs: In a new profile, Steve Jobs is described as a man of two parts. Apple’s public perception is of a similar fissure.

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Wakoopa’s State Of The Apps Report: Don’t Hassle A Geek After 4pm

August 17th, 2009 No comments

Wakoopa tracks your desktop application usage in order to recommend new software, games and web applications. It has two main groups of users: professionals and hedonists. The professionals are using it to track their working hours, while hedonists use it to track their gaming. These users are stereotypical early adopters; …

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The 35 Best iPhone Apps Of The Year So Far

August 16th, 2009 No comments

This guest post was written by Alex Ahlund, founder of AppVee.

We are just past of a year since the App Store launched and there are more than 60,000 applications released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. When we wrote our 2008 year-end app wrap-up, we had just surpassed the …

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Google Chrome OS Screenshots

August 16th, 2009 No comments

Mashable has posted possible screenshots of the upcoming Google Chrome OS.

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Google’s Got the Edge in Search Loyalty: Report

August 15th, 2009 No comments

Latest comScore data shows the new Microsoft/Yahoo tandem has its work cut out for them, though the opportunity for growth is there.

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iLike Just Launched Its Own Music Download Store

August 14th, 2009 No comments

Popular music recommendation service iLike launched a music download service this afternoon, offering users MP3 downloads for $0.89 to $1.29 per song. Previously the service only offered users the ability to sample 30 second clips of songs, or restricted full streaming via a partnership with Rhapsody (now phased out).

iLike says …

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Chrome 4 in the Works

August 14th, 2009 No comments

Picture Source: cNET

Although Chrome 3.0 is still in Beta, Google engineers have already started to work on Chrome 4.0 web browsers and revealed first pre-alpha builds.

As Anthony LaForge explained: We’ve officially bumped Chromium to 4.0.x to reflect our code freeze point for 3.0. There is still a bit of …

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