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According to Google’s vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Meyer, Google is looking to streamline its search experience. Using a jazz metaphor, Meyer explains that customers aren’t happy with the fact that Google’s search interface is too unpredictable (much like jazz, especially if you aren’t into i (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
It's the morning after the big Chrome OS event where Google executives and engineers revealed a myriad of details about the company's first attempt at creating their own operating system. The highly anticipated news conference was tracked all over the web, liveblogged by technology sites, and Twittered so much that it's sti (Read More)
: What do you mean "was"? It's not even out for a year. This doesn't make sense to me. It's a preview. They did you a favor by playing show and tell. Patience. Also note that Sarah freelances for Microsoft.
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In the month or so since Twitter started rolling out its Twitter Lists feature, a number of web and Adobe AIR based clients have added support for it.However, we haven’t seen any native Twitter apps support Lists. Today Realmac Software released Socialite Beta 3 for Mac OS X, including, among other enhancements — basic list (Read More)
Scobleizer:
Twitter’s COO, Dick Costolo, today, at the TechCrunch Real Time Crunchup (live video of the conference is live now on building43, there will be lots of news all day long from this event), told the audience that Twitter is, indeed, going to turn on an advertising model.This is a huge shift in what Twitter is saying publicly. (Read More)
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Each Friday we choose a Lunchtime Poll topic to get a sense of how Mashable readers feel about the chosen topic of the week. Below are the results from last Friday’s poll, where we asked for your favorite news reader.Is your favorite app or service not represented in the list? Let us know in the comments! And to make sure y (Read More)
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Susan Payton is the Managing Partner of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.We’re a week away from Black Friday and just a few years ago, if you wanted to find the be (Read More)
Ars Technica:
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Unless you were hiding under a rock for most of the day yesterday, you're aware by now that Google held a press event at which the search giant pulled back the curtain on ChromeOS, the OS that's really a browser (and is based on the browser that's really an OS). The search giant announced that it is open (Read More)
The Guardian:
Times and Sun publisher says database of 20 million people enables it to assess which are the most valuable customersA third of the UK population - around 20 million people - have a direct relationship with News International thanks to the publishers' customer database, a senior executive revealed today.Katie Vanneck-Smith, (Read More)
The Guardian:
Michael Tomasky looks at the Fox News Channel footage mix-ups and urges viewers to be 'open-minded' about the mistakeMichael Tomasky. (Read More)
Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Qualia Capital LLC are interested in buying Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, home of the James Bond movies, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Some of Goldman's largest shareholders have urged the firm to reduce the size of its bonus pool ... political frustration over Wall Street's rescue and high unemployment erupted in Congress ... and Dell's profit dropped 54% despite recent signs of recovery in the tech sector
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Sony is one of world’s best known brands when it comes to home electronics, gadgetry, and entertainment. However, the landscape has changed in recent years. You can have the best media player around, but if you don’t offer users a place where they can easily get content for it, it won’t be competitive. And it’s been proven (Read More)
www.marketwatch.com:
Would you get on a plane if you had the flu? A new survey should send shivers down your back. Dude, what happened to Dell? And Edmunds.com research finds automakers plan to ramp up online advertising by 14% next year. John Wordock hosts.
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observer.guardian.co.uk:
Union may suspend talks if no headway made over modernisation plansThe postal dispute could reignite next week if Royal Mail continues to stall over peace talks, sources close to the Communication Workers Union have warned.The two sides began negotiations under the auspices of mediation service Acas this week but it is unde (Read More)
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Twilight-mania just won’t stop! More than 400 million “New Moon” videos have been viewed online, the film is expected to beat all midnight opening records, and Twitter continues to be abuzz with “New Moon” chatter.On Wednesday, we reported that more than 81,000 tweets were sent out about “New Moon,” most of them positive. S (Read More)