Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Google brings high-speed broadband network to Kan. (AP)

Google brings high-speed broadband network to Kan. (AP)

Google brings high-speed broadband network to Kan. (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Patrick Pichette, chief financial office of Google, claps after an announcement at in Kansas City, Kan., Wednesday, March 30, 2011. After seeing Facebook pleas and flash mobs, and even cities temporarily renaming themselves 'Google,' the search engine giant said Wednesday it has chosen Kansas City, Kan., as the first place that will get its new ultra-fast broadband network. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - After seeing Facebook pleas and flash mobs, and even cities temporarily renaming themselves "Google," the search engine giant said Wednesday it has chosen Kansas City, Kan., as the first place that will get its new ultra-fast broadband network.

Google reaches privacy settlement with FTC (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:58 PM PDT

AP - Google has agreed to adopt a comprehensive privacy program to settle federal charges that it deceived users and violated its own privacy policy when it launched a social networking service called Buzz last year.

Google adds button to endorse search results, ads (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:22 PM PDT

AP - Google Inc. likes the way Facebook gets people to share their recommendations so much that it's adding its own option for endorsing search results and online ads.

LinkedIn Founder: "Web 3.0" Will Be About Data (Mashable)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Mashable - LinkedIn founder and chairman Reid Hoffman says that the future of the web will be all about data and how we utilize it.

Australia PM urges consul access to China blogger (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Prime Minister Julia Gillard urged China Thursday to allow consular access to an Australian writer and blogger feared detained by authorities after confirming he had been in touch with friends.(AFP/Illustration/Mike Clarke)AFP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard urged China Thursday to allow consular access to an Australian writer and blogger feared detained by authorities after confirming he had been in touch with friends.

The State of 'Do Not Track' on the Internet (PC World)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:00 PM PDT

PC World - Users concerned with online privacy have been struggling for years to come up with a solution to being tracked on the Web. Such users either want to avoid irritating, targeted ads based on browsing history or are concerned about businesses having too much access to our personal information.

Japan disasters could send gadget prices higher (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:45 PM PDT

Bulldozers move debris in quake-tsunami-ravaged Iwate prefecture. The disaster-hit country churns out many of the world's high-tech gadgets and while sales are not expected to suffer around the globe, industry analysts expect prices to rise.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Disaster-hit Japan churns out many of the world's smartphones, video cameras and other gadgets and while sales are not expected to suffer around the globe, industry analysts expect prices to rise.

China Unicom (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:23 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - China Unicom , one of China's top phone carriers, said its 2010 profit fell 60% to $579 mil as it spent heavily to roll out 3G service. Revenue rose 11% to $26 bil. Unicom said it invested $10.7 bil last year as it built up a third-generation network and subsidized handset sales. Shares fell 1.4%.

Twitter co-founder Williams taking wing (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:53 PM PDT

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, pictured, is throttling back his role in the hot microblogging startup and turning his attention to a new entrepreneurial endeavor.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Twitter co-founder Evan Williams is throttling back his role in the hot microblogging startup and turning his attention to a new entrepreneurial endeavor.

Microsoft developing mobile payments system for Windows Phone (Digital Trends)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:29 PM PDT

Digital Trends - New rumors suggest that, much like Google and Apple, Microsoft may be working on its own mobile payments software for Windows Phone 7 using the popular Near-Field Communications (NFC) technology. The software would be integrated into a future version of the mobile OS and is intended to help Microsoft keep pace with Android and iOS. However, Redmond may move a bit faster with the technology. Bloomberg reports that the first WP handsets with NFC built in may be released this year.

Overwhelmed By News? Summify Picks The Top 5 Articles You Should Read (Mashable)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

What Jack Dorsey’s return to Twitter may mean for the company’s mobile app efforts (Appolicious)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:30 PM PDT

Appolicious - Twitter has decided to celebrate its fifth birthday this month with a bit of shakeup of its executive team – bringing Jack Dorsey back as executive chairman and with co-founder Biz Stone leaving his day-to-day role at the ever-growing social networking site.

AT&T mega-merger tied to spectrum drought: Cicconi (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:24 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. government remedies to free up more U.S. airwaves for wireless services are not coming fast enough and were an important driver behind AT&T Inc's $39 billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile USA, an AT&T executive said on Wednesday.

Chatting babies video a YouTube sensation (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:16 PM PDT

A video of a pair of diaper-clad babies seemingly engaged in an animated conversation in a home kitchen was a fast-spreading YouTube sensation on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AFP - A video of a pair of diaper-clad babies seemingly engaged in an animated conversation in a home kitchen was a fast-spreading YouTube sensation.

AU jumps after iPad 2 order report; analysts cast doubts (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Shares in Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp jumped as much as 6 percent on Thursday after a report that the world's No.4 LCD maker has won an order to provide flat panel screens for Apple Inc's hot-selling iPad 2 tablet.

Samsung Series 9 Laptop Shows No Signs Of Spyware (PC World)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT

PC World - Are Samsung laptops shipping with software that will monitor your every keystroke, as one security researcher claimed Wednesday? We can't say for sure, but we couldn't find any trace of spying software on the one Samsung laptop in PCWorld's Lab.

Salesforce to acquire Radian6 (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - The provider of cloud-based business software agreed to buy privately held Radian6, which scans social networking and other online content to see what is being said about a company, for $326 mil. Salesforce.com will pay $276 mil in cash and $50 mil in stock. The company sees its largest deal ever boosting 2012 revenue by $45 mil-$50 mil while reducing EPS to $1.24-$1.27, below views for $1.38. Salesforce climbed 5.6% to 134.49.
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