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TechCrunch Google Callendar is testing out a new feature that should make scheduling events a tad easier than it used to be by allowing you to see at a glance if the event you’re creating will conflict with the schedules of the people youre’ inviting. Dubbed “Sneak Preview”, the feature’s name is perhaps more exciting than its actual (Read More)

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Submitted by Davosian from Google Reader: Online music site lala allows you to listen to song after song and album after album for free. The catch? You can only listen to them once, unless you pick up a web album or MP3 version for cheap.We've been playing around with lala for several days now and haven't had too many qualms with the service. Yes, we have our own e (Read More)

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TechCrunch The public debut of Google Chrome OS today has the press abuzz over the potential of the new web-based operating system. And now that it’s open sourced, you have the chance to try it out for yourself. Unfortunately, most people aren’t ready to undertake the daunting task of actually taking Google’s recently open-sourced co (Read More)

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Lifehacker It won't affect your PS3, Wii, TiVo, or other licensed YouTube partners, but Google's streaming video service will start blocking API access to TV-connected devices as of Dec. 2. The COO of set-top box maker Popcorn Hour writes that the firm tried to negotiate with YouTube to retain the service, but YouTube/Google seems to (Read More)

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TechCrunch After being restricted to just a handful of cities for the first several months of its existence, Foursquare is now in a period of rapid expansion around the globe. Fresh of its launch of 15 European cities a couple week ago, today the site has rolled out support for 50, yes 50, new cities.Though they haven’t formally annou (Read More)

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TechCrunch We recently wrote about stealth startup Project Fair Bid, which aimed to reinvent and legitimize a controversial bidding model pioneered by Swoopo. Today, Project Fair Bid is emerging from its cocoon as BigDeal.com, an auction-based e-commerce site which takes a different twist on the questionable paid bidding model. Simila (Read More)

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Lifehacker Google's own Tasks to-dos are a bit too under-powered for many goal-oriented types. If Remember the Milk's more your speed, they've released an integrated Google Calendar gadget that puts your tasks, along with a command-line-like Smart Add bar, just to the right of your calendar or agenda view. And Google Apps users, you h (Read More)

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Lifehacker iPhone/Windows Mobile/Android/Symbian: Fring, the app that means to let anyone make free Skype, Google Talk, MSN, or SIP calls from any phone, has hit Android. It works just as expected, over EDGE, 3G, or Wi-Fi.Making free Skype calls from a Wi-Fi connection on your handset is a pretty neat feature in itself, but Fring aims (Read More)

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TechCrunch Yesterday we wrote about the soon to launch Google Phone, a Google branded Android phone that we believe will hit the market in early 2010. Lots of people are saying there’s no way Google will enter the phone market directly and compete with all these handset manufacturers who have bet on Android. Daring Fireball, PC World (Read More)

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Daily DIY The mere promise of Google Wave inspired a rainbow of potential use cases, but Wave's best real-world use boils down to this: it helps a group get things done together. Here's how to manage a group project in Wave.Note: If you haven't gotten your Wave invite yet, check out our invitation donation thread first (or, better ye (Read More)

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Lifehacker Windows: iTunes doesn't work with all keyboards with multimedia play/pause/skip controls, and those it does recognize can only control its playback when it's open and focused. A free plug-in makes iTunes respond to your keystroke shortcuts at any time.This tiny .dll file has to be dropped into your iTunes plug-in directory. (Read More)

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TechCrunch The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone. It’s no longer a myth, it’s real.The next “super” Android device will almost certainly be a HTC phone that’s much thinner than even the Droid or iPhone – The the Dragon/Passion. This is the phone the sen (Read More)

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Submitted by Davosian from Google Reader: Update: Yeah, disregard all of this. See here.One problem that has plagued a lot of Droid users is a malfunctioning autofocus. Take a close up picture of a barcode, or a high contrast image, or various other photo types, and the autofocus just doesn’t work properly. You can tell the phone has auto-focused when green frame l (Read More)

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