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• India is morphing into a global R&D hub, but can it ever take on Silicon Valley?

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 438
  Image via Wikipedia When Americans think of the Indian technology sector, they still perceive a nation of call center workers and low-level computer programmers administering databases and updating websites. But while the West was sleeping, Indian IT morphed into a giant R&D machine. Indian companies that ...
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• Android: Handset Makers Are at Googles Mercy

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 664
  TechCrunch submits: By John Biggs When the Motorola Droid launched this month everyone was amazed that a company so down on its luck was able to put together a well-designed phone running a powerful, “brand new” OS. The whole package – hardware, software, and marketing – seemed flawless. In fact, ...
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• Europe: Microsoft Woos Newspapers by Funding Their Stick to Beat Google

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 664
  TechCrunch submits: By Mike Butcher As Microsoft ( MSFT ) shed its beta tag for the launch of the UK version of Bing Friday, TechCrunch Europe learned that it held a secret meeting with a group of big European publishers, mainly newspapers. Complete Story »
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• NSFW: ‘Tis Pity She’s A Success – Belle de Jour and the Impossibility of Anonymous Blogging

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  So Belle de Jour was real after all. The Internet’s most famous anonymous sex blogger – turned best-selling author – turned internationally successful TV series – has finally outed herself in the UK’s Sunday Times. And it turns out she’s a character straight from the pages of XKCD.From her interview with ...
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• You Can Go Home Again, Even If It Means Back To Yahoo While Rejecting Google (And Maybe Facebook And Twitter)

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  This past summer, Daniel Raffel was desired. Google was pushing hard to hire the product manager, we hear from a source. And there are whispers that Twitter and Facebook were also in pursuit of his services. Basically, it seems like he had his choice of the companies in Silicon Valley that everyone wants to work ...
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• All Aboard The Micro-Message Bus

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  At the beginning of 2009, during a now-famous strategy meeting, Twitter’s executives asked themselves, “Are we building a new Internet?” At the crux of that question was the realization that Twitter “introduced a new form of communication to the world.” Public micro-messages are now everywhere—on ...
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• iDroid Wars on Gillmor Gang

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  The Gillmor Gang debated the virtues and otherwise of the smartphone’s latest pretender to the iPhone crown: Droid. Michael Arrington led the Droid’s faction, with a QVC-like enthusiasm for the power of Any Phone That Runs Google Voice. Of course, he keeps his iPhone and iTouch a handy arm-grab away, but with ...
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• MySpace Fashion Socializes Content Around Style, Celebrities And Designers

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  At the Web 2.0 Summit a few weeks ago, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta outlined the strategy for the social network to perhaps regain some of its former glory: the “socialization of content.” While MySpace may not be seeing major growth in terms of new users, the social network is gaining major traction on its ...
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• India is morphing into a global R&D hub, but can it ever take on Silicon Valley?

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  When Americans think of the Indian technology sector, they still perceive a nation of call center workers and low-level computer programmers administering databases and updating websites. But while the West was sleeping, Indian IT morphed into a giant R&D machine. Indian companies that started out doing call ...
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• It’s Google’s World And Handset Makers Just Live In It

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  When the Motorola Droid launched this month everyone was amazed that a company so down on its luck was able to put together a well-designed phone running a powerful, “brand new” OS. The whole package – hardware, software, and marketing – seemed flawless. In fact, phones running Android 1.5 now look hopelessly ...
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• Tumblr Shares Stats: 20 Million Uniques, 420 Million Impressions Per Month

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  High-school dropout and Tumblr founder David Karp is doing a presentation today at the Eventoblog conference in sunny Sevilla, Spain. In one of his first slides, Karp shared some statistics about Tumblr, which appears to be growing pretty well, pretty quickly.Last August, the Tumblr team shared some growth statistics ...
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• Android 2.0 Source Released, Already Ported To The G1

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  While Android 2.0 has been floating around on Motorola DROIDs for over a week now, one important chunk of it has been under lock-and-key: the source. Even amongst manufacturing partners, we’re told, Google hasn’t been completely open; outside of Motorola (and more recently, HTC), most of the other handset ...
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• Palm Pixi Review: Not For Everyone, But It Fits A Niche

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  Palm and Sprint have taken a very different approach to the launch of the Pixi than they did with its slightly older and slightly brawnier brother, the Palm Pre. In the days leading up to the Pre, both parties were on full attack mode; keynotes were held, massive tradeshow booths were built, full page newspaper ...
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• Google Chrome OS May Be Here Very Soon

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 692
  Michael Arrington from TechCrunch claims to have heard from "a reliable source" that Google will be launching the much-anticipated Chrome OS within a week. The tech industry media has been punked on Chrome OS in the past , but as Arrington notes, Google has said to expect it in the fall, and fall is running out. ...
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• Google Chrome OS To Launch Within A Week

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  Google’s Chrome OS project, first announced in July, will become available for download within a week, we’ve heard from a reliable source. Google previously said to expect an early version of the OS in the fall. What can we expect? Driver support will likely be a weak point. We’ve heard at various times that ...
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• Yes, A Beta Version Of Chrome For Mac Is Just Weeks Away

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  Yesterday, there were a number of stories suggesting that a beta version of Chrome for Mac was due in early December. These stemmed from CNET’s Stephen Shankland digging around a Chrome Extension Google Group page where Nick Baum, a Chrome Product Manager, made what seemed to be a very clear comment. “The earlier ...
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• Infinity Ventures Summit In Miyazaki, Japan: 12 Demos From Japanese Startups

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  I am currently in Miyazaki/Japan, attending the Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS), one of Asia’s most prestigious web industry events. Organizing VC company Infinity Venture Partners reserved some hours of the program to give a total of twelve 12 Japanese start-ups the chance to present their services onstage to a ...
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• Voxeo Raises $9 Million For VoIP And IVR Technologies

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  IVR and VoIP provider Voxeo has raised $9 million in funding from North Atlantic Capital and the Florida Growth Fund. Voxeo develops technologies in unlocked communications, including VoIP platforms, Interactive Voice Response, text and instant messaging, and unified communications.The startup has made numerous ...
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• Facebook: Please Back Developers vs iPhone

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  In July of last year, I wrote about The New Apple Walled Garden. The post was about the irony of developers and advocates who were otherwise open standards and open source champions being absolutely pro-iPhone, a platform that is closed and proprietary in every sense. Since that post, the horror that was foreshadowed ...
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• The GeoAPI Launches For Places, Tweets, Flickr Photos, And More

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  Location, location, location. With the growing ubiquity of GPS-equipped phones, there is a virtual land rush going on right now to put geolocation capabilities in every mobile app. Today, Mixer Labs, the folks behind TownMe, introduced the GeoAPI, aimed at developers who want to add geolocation features to their ...
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