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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 7th, 2009
AppJet Retreats on Closure Plans, Will Open Source EtherPad Instead

AppJet Retreats on Closure Plans, Will Open Source EtherPad Instead

The Google-acquired company back-tracked on its initial plans after its users were very vocal in their disapproval

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 7th, 2009
Google Sends Out 100,000 'Favorite Places' Stickers

Google Sends Out 100,000 'Favorite Places' Stickers

Users will be able to get more info on the small businesses sporting them

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 7th, 2009
Google Chrome Extensions Gallery to be Launched in a Few Days

Google Chrome Extensions Gallery to be Launched in a Few Days

Ahead of the Add-on-Con 09

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 5th, 2009
Handling Disputed Borders and Names in Google Earth and Maps

Handling Disputed Borders and Names in Google Earth and Maps

Political views can make the life of a map-maker more difficult than it has to be

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 5th, 2009
Force Google Chrome to Open Links in New Processes

Force Google Chrome to Open Links in New Processes

With a new HMTL 5 link attribute implemented in Webkit

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 5th, 2009
Digg Turns 5, Gets an Official Day in San Francisco

Digg Turns 5, Gets an Official Day in San Francisco

As the site celebrates its fifth birthday, it's looking at a very interesting year in 2010

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 5th, 2009
Google Now Keeps Track of Logged Out Users' Search History

Google Now Keeps Track of Logged Out Users' Search History

The search engine has rolled out Personalized Search for everyone

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 5th, 2009
MySpace May Integrate Facebook Connect as Early as Next Year

MySpace May Integrate Facebook Connect as Early as Next Year

After Yahoo, it would be another major victory for Facebook in the identity war with Google

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 5th, 2009
Google Acquires AppJet to Bolster Wave Team

Google Acquires AppJet to Bolster Wave Team

EtherPad, the web-based document collaboration tool built by AppJet, will shut down

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
MySpace Launches Mobile Version for Smartphone Devices

MySpace Launches Mobile Version for Smartphone Devices

With built-in IM client

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
Amazon Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Vente-Privee for $3 Billion

Amazon Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Vente-Privee for $3 Billion

As private shopping clubs are becoming big business in Europe

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
Friendster to Be Sold to an Asian Investor for $100 Million

Friendster to Be Sold to an Asian Investor for $100 Million

The social network has also introduced a revamped design

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
Street View to Feature UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Street View to Feature UNESCO World Heritage Sites

19 locations from around Europe are already available

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
Vevo to Add Last.fm Content, Launch Next Week

Vevo to Add Last.fm Content, Launch Next Week

The joint venture signed a deal with CBS to add content from 90 radio stations and Last.fm

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
Cisco to Go Ahead with Tandberg Acquisition

Cisco to Go Ahead with Tandberg Acquisition

Becoming the world's largest video-conferencing equipment and services provider

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
Twitter Shows Off a Significantly Improved Mobile Site

Twitter Shows Off a Significantly Improved Mobile Site

Built entirely on the public APIs it provides

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  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 4th, 2009
Public DNS Service from Google Raises New Concerns

Public DNS Service from Google Raises New Concerns

Some question the company's increasing power online