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• Google and Yelp Would Make a Fine Match

  
  by Ron Miller — Authority: 115
  Image by idealisms via Flickr TechCrunch reports that Google is in advanced stage negotiations to purchase Yelp. These two companies are so well suited to each other, its a wonder talk of this deal didnt happen sooner. Read my full post on DaniWeb .
  5 hours ago

• Four quick follow-ups

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 642
  Here are a few quick follow-ups to previous TeleRead stories: EtherPad source released Remember how I mentioned Google had bought EtherPad and was closing it down , then that it would stay up at least until it had been open-sourced? Google has just released the source. Right on, Google and EtherPad crew! ...
  7 hours ago

• Google Wants to Gulp Yelp, as Part of a $1.5 Billion Shopping Spree

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 761
  Say this for Eric Schmidt–he’s keeping his word. This fall, the Google CEO said his company was getting back into M&A , and he has indeed been making a slew of deals at varying price points . The most recent: The company is in talks to purchase local review site Yelp , at a price that reportedly could ...
  8 hours ago

• JooJoo creators respond to TechCrunch’s lawsuit

  
  TOYS and GADGETs | News | Reviews | Videos — Authority: 170
    So we move one step forward in the TechCrunch-Fusion Garage saga . Creators of JooJoo are expectedly miffed about the fact that TechCrunch is suing them and have confirmed to vigorously defend themselves in the court. Fusion Garage refutes all the claims made in the lawsuit are “without merit”. You can read ...
  10 hours ago

• Google is Going Yelp

  
  Wir sprechen Online. — Authority: 136
  TechCrunch : Google and Yelp are in advanced acquisition negotiations , confirmed by multiple sources ; http://j.mp/8I905J
  12 hours ago

• Is Google About To Overpay For Yelp?

  
  The Next Web — Authority: 746
  The indefatigable Michael Arrington is reporting that Google is about to (probably) pay “half a billion or more” for the company Yelp. According to Mike, Yelp’s revenues for “2009 [will] be around $30 million and are expecting $50 million or so in 2010.” Impressive numbers, somewhat. Now, Yelp’s last ...
  17 hours ago

• Is Google Making a Netbook?

  
  NetbookBoards.com — Authority: 508
  Is Google creating its own brand of netbooks? This wouldn’t be incredibly surprising, considering that netbook fever is running rampant in the technology world, but it’s still news that Google has decided to join in on the fun. Michael Arrington, TechCrunch CEO, claims that more than one reliable source has ...
  23 hours ago

• EU Drops Browser Antitrust Charges Against Microsoft

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 645
  TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters The EU said Wednesday morning that it is dropping antitrust charges against Microsoft ( MSFT ) after the software giant agreed to give Windows OS users a choice of up to 12 other Web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Opera. Complete ...
  1 day ago

• JooJoo : Linux based Tablet PC

  
  Techie Buzz — Authority: 497
  Mike Arrington , the founder of TechCrunch had been working for over an year on a super cool Tablet PC called Crunchpad. However, two days before the product debut, Mike got into a disagreement with the partnet company Fusion Garage and the whole project imploded and the Crunchpad never saw the light of the day. ...
  2 days ago

• Google Gets Serious About Chrome in The Netherlands

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 645
  TechCrunch submits: by Robin Wauters Google ( GOOG ) is really serious about using offline media to push its Web browser. After running ads for Google Chrome in the UK, it has today started a similar campaign in The Netherlands, too. Like in the UK, were getting reports on billboards appearing all over ...
  2 days ago

• Facebook vs. AOL: Why the Information Superhighway Still Has a Dinosaur Lane

  
  Creative Concepts — Authority: 109
  As TechCrunch noted this week, Facebook has surpassed AOL as the fourth most-trafficked website on the planet.  And while that news may not seem particularly surprising to the millions of Facebook users, here’s the really astounding part: AOL is still the fifth most-trafficked website on the planet. Yes, ...
  2 days ago

• BDOR 220 – Safari Needs A Hug

  
  Bwana.org Radio — Authority: 103
  Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Is A Hot Mess. Microsoft Acknowledges Plurk Plagiarism. Sony Lays Of 30 QA Engineers. Chrome Surpasses Safari In Market Share. Android Market Hits 20,000 apps, 60% free. Justin.TV and TechCrunch Go At It Regarding Copyright Violations. Batmobile Limo. Custom Portable Dreamcast. The ...
  2 days ago

• Android Market Powering Up — Passes 20,000 Apps

  
  Software Testing Blog — Authority: 420
  Pundits are predicting a breakout year for Android in 2010.  The upstart mobile OS (if you can call anything Google does an ‘upstart’) is earning rave reviews from mobile app developers, and is growing rapidly.  And while the Android Market and it’s 20,000 apps have a ways to go before catch up with iPhone and ...
  3 days ago

• Mr. Zuckerberg tears down that wall: Facebook to push status updates to Twitter this week

  
  FP Posted — Authority: 568
  Alright, so maybe Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isnt so much tearing down as he is slowly chipping away at the wall of privacy protection that has so long surrounded the social networks environment. While getting content into Facebook is a breeze with Facebook Connects rapid growth and the ubiquity of FBs Share ...
  3 days ago

• The story behind Mercado Livre

  
  Eyes On Brazil — Authority: 122
  On TechCrunch yesterday, a story popped up on the history beind Mercado Libre (or Livre, in Brazil) by writer Sarah Lacy (who was headed to Brazil back in August but things went south, figuratively, and she didn’t end up going ). Although the article deals with Argentina mostly, it gives a good run-down, with ...
  3 days ago

• Microsoft China rips off Asia’s No. 1 Microblogging Service

  
  Titanium — Authority: 99
  hey people. im back. but this time, with a bad news. look at the title. it says it all. but the weird thing is, its Microsoft doing it. (not forgetting it arises from china.) this was the story… Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but blatant theft of code, design, and UI elements is just not cool, ...
  3 days ago

• I am the 9th most stalkable social media guy

  
  Chris Abraham — Authority: 435
  David Gelles, from the FT , popped me a link from TechCrunch via Google Talk to let me know that Chris A. from Washington , according to a new service called Osnapz ,  is the 9th most stalkable social media guy on FourSquare , according to a new meta-service that uses FourSquare’s new API to sort out ...
  4 days ago

• We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #6

  
  We Are Social — Authority: 457
  Google launches real-time, social web search You might have noticed that Google looks a bit different, since announcing last week a couple of very important developments in the area of real-time search . Google search results now include breaking news headlines, live updates from popular social networks, and ...
  4 days ago

• Maybe Googlers Eat Their Own Dog Food, But Will It Be Tasty to Anyone Else?

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 703
  Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. Leave it to Google to compare its most aggressive new product to date to one that often includes meat by-products, bone meal, brewer’s rice, corn syrup and– yum! –”dried animal digest.” But that’s exactly how the Silicon Valley search giant ...
  4 days ago

• It’s Raining FAIL.  Widespread AT&T Outages Reported In San Francisco. (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

  
  Apple Secrets — Authority: 159
  MG Siegler / TechCrunch: It’s Raining FAIL.  Widespread AT&T Outages Reported In San Francisco.   —  Today started out like any other, which is to say, the AT&T connection on my cellphone was somewhat working, depending on where I was positioned in my apartment.  It sucks, but things like this are a ...
  4 days ago

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