Want A Kindle Before Christmas? Get Ready To PayOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 1 day 5 hours ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags michael arrington, amazon, ebay, kindle, Search All Tags
Michael Arrington writes that Amazon has a delivery time for Kindles of 11-13 weeks. But you can get one on ebay for a buy-it-now price of about $975. read more »
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Facebook Loses Members’ Notification Settings. What Will They Lose Next?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 1 day 5 hours ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags erick schonfeld, facebook, notification settings, Search All Tags,
Erick Schonfeld comments on Facebook's recent problem with losing member notification settings. read more »
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Reports Of New Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Hard To BelieveOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 1 day 15 hours ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags erick schonfeld, times online, microsoft, yahoo, Search All Tags
Erick Schonfeld writes "The UK’s Times Online is reporting that 'Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion.' The report is filled with lots of juicy, specific read more »
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MIT to Open Source Mobile Web CodeOpen in New Window
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Category: internet | Tags mit, open, source, mobile, web, code, Search All Tags
Lidija Davis reports on MIT's Mobile Web Project which delivers important functionality from the MIT website to mobile phones in an accessible format. Now MIT intends to open source the code base fo read more »
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Three Reasons Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good EnoughOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 2 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags michael arrington, netbooks, Search All Tags, , , ,
Michael Arrington posts about Netbooks, stating "The promise is much bigger than the payoff." read more »
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Joost Launches A Broken iPhone AppOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 2 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags michael arrington, joost, iphone, app store, videos, television, Search All Tags
Michael Arrington writes about the Joost iPhone application launched on the App Store, giving users access to 46,000 Joost videos, including major television shows and films. Only one problem - it do read more »
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OpenStreetMap Is Creating A Free, Editable World MapOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 3 days ago (http://uk.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags ed freyfogle, openstreetmap, uk, gps, osm, datasource, map, Search All Tags
Ed Freyfogle writes about OpenStreetMap which started four years ago in the UK as a project to create a free and editable world map. He writes "What began as a few geogeeks wandering the streets wit read more »
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As holiday season closes in, e-books exploding in popularityOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 3 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags ebook, market, popularity, holiday, kindle, iphone, Search All Tags,
Jacqui Cheng writes, "There are a number of trends that have skyrocketed in popularity this year despite the otherwise muted economy. One of those trends is the growth of e-books, popularized by the read more »
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