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Last week we reported on Google’s new music discovery features. The Google music search endeavor is partnership between Google, MySpace, Lala, and several others to make music search and discovery a primary feature of the Google experience.In fact, Google music search does more than just return a few track listings; it offe (Read More)
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From disliking on Facebook, to the launch of the Motorola Droid, to the debut of Twitter Lists, it’s been an exciting week in the social media and tech space.Here’s our pick of the top 10 stories this week, from the serious to the bizarre.1. HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists – Twitter has launched Lists, a new way to organize peopl (Read More)
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This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name: DocVerseQuick Pitch: DocVerse brings the collaboration functionality of (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Google’s Vice President of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer was recently profiled in a Vogue Magazine article that offered a in-depth glimpse into the exec’s lifestyle, loves, career and fashion preferences. Now, Mayer has been named as one of Glamour Magazine’s 2009 Women of the Year. Joining Mayer on the (Read More)
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We’ve had a number of close calls here during our Web Faceoff series, but this wasn’t one of them. This week we pitted TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop against each other in a bar room brawl for favorite Twitter client. Now, the results are in.Whereas last week’s Windows 7 versus OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard battle was a close one, (Read More)
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In addition to celebrating Muppets today, Google appears to be loudly and proudly celebrating something else on its home page.With the Verizon Droid launch hot and heavily underway today, the search giant is according the highly-regarded Android phone a place of honor on Google.com today. Although it’s not unprecedented — t (Read More)
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Last week Google made a big announcement around enhanced search features for music discovery. Now when you search for a song, album, lyrics, or an artist, your search results will include streaming audio previews and purchase options. The features is powered by their partnerships with MySpace and Lala.Today Google is taking (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Do you see something strange in this screenshot of Google’s homepage today? No, not Bert and Ernie (it’s Sesame Street’s 40th birthday). It’s that ad for the Verizon Droid right there under the search box (today is also Droid Day). Although, the juxtaposition does make it seem like Bert and Ernie are trying to get you to (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Brizzly is on a roll right now. Just yesterday, it became the first web-based Twitter client to implement Lists, and last week it rolled out Facebook support. Today brings good news for its parent company: More funding.At the end of this month, Thing Labs will close a $600,000 round which is basically an extension of its Se (Read More)
Washington Post:
Google this week unveiled a new feature called Dashboard, intended to give users a way to view -- and in modest ways limit -- the breadth of information the search giant collects about our online lives. To check out Dashboard, browse to this link, and sign in to your Google account. From there, you can manage which Google D (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Earlier this week, Seesmic rolled out support for the new Twitter Lists for its Desktop client. Today, that same functionality comes to its web-based client. And with it comes a bonus: Geolocation support.Now, to be clear, most users still won’t be able to use this geolocation support just yet, as Twitter has yet to enable (Read More)
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Last month, Adobe released a Photoshop app for the iPhone and we deemed it “awesome.” Being able to edit photos on your phone or from your Photoshop.com by flicking your finger is intuitive, convenient and very, very cool.Today, Adobe is bringing Photoshop.com Mobile to the Android. The app is available in the Android Marke (Read More)
TechCrunch:
It is time for the second annual TechCrunch Europe ChristmasCrunch! Yes folks it’s our annual TechCrunch Europe meetup and Festive Christmas party, in one handy package. This year we’re taking a different tack – basing it around one of the the hottest themes right now, namely the rise of realtime streams. We’ve seen the eme (Read More)
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Seesmic Desktop has the distinction of being the first third-party Twitter client to support the new Lists feature, and now web-based social reader Brizzly claims the second slot.Currently in closed beta, Brizzly is a Twitter and Facebook client built by many of the same folks who built Google Reader. Its maker, Thing Labs, (Read More)
Washington Post:
Please don't call the Droid an "iPhone killer." Verizon Wireless's new Motorola smartphone, running Google's Android open-source software, won't drive Apple's device from the market. (Besides, labeling anything an iPod or iPhone killer usually seems to ensure its quick demise.) But the Droid is a...
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