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Google Brings Its Turn-By-Turn Navigation App to Older Android Phones

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 23, 2009 11:32 AM / 1 Comments

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Google just announced the launch of its Google Maps Navigation app for Android 1.6 and higher. Until now, Google's turn-by-turn navigation app was only available on Android 2.0 phones like Continue reading »

Google Acquires Teracent: Wants to Offer Smarter Display Ads

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 23, 2009 10:24 AM / 0 Comments

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Google just announced that it has acquired Teracent, a display ad company that specializes in creating customized display ads in real-time based on machine-learning algorithms. While regular display ads always Continue reading »

@BreakingNews: MSNBC.com Will Now Manage Twitter's Most Popular Breaking News Account

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 23, 2009 9:40 AM / 2 Comments

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BNO News, the news wire service famous for publishing breaking news stories through its @BreakingNews Twitter feed, just announced that it plans to launch a new news wire service early Continue reading »

Your Browser is Now a Web Server: Opera Includes Opera Unite in Opera 10.10

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 23, 2009 8:54 AM / 0 Comments

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Opera just announced the release of Opera 10.10. This latest version of Opera's desktop browser now includes Opera Unite, the company's browser-based web server. With Unite, users can share photos, Continue reading »

Poll: AOL Reveals New Branding, Love it or Loathe It?

Written by Sarah Perez / November 23, 2009 6:11 AM / 7 Comments

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Late last night, AOL revealed a sneak peek at their new branding campaign for their soon-to-be standalone content-focused business. The rebranding effort will officially launch on December 10th when AOL Continue reading »

Memento: Protocol-Based Time Travel for the Web

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 20, 2009 11:45 AM / 4 Comments

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The Web constantly changes and evolves. That, of course, is what makes the Internet so exciting, but it also means that finding older versions of a website is hard. The Continue reading »

FastPencil: Turn Your Blog Posts into a Published Book

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 20, 2009 9:42 AM / 4 Comments

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Writing a book will never be easy, but FastPencil's mission is to make things easier for authors by bringing this process online and to collaborate with others. FastPencil takes writers Continue reading »

YouTube Videos Get Automatic Captions

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 19, 2009 8:53 AM / 6 Comments

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Google just announced that YouTube can now automatically generate captions and subtitles for videos in English. For now, this feature is only enabled on a handful of partner channels, but Continue reading »

American Express Acquires Revolution Money: Challenges PayPal

Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 18, 2009 12:23 PM / 4 Comments

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American Express just announced that it plans to acquire Revolution Money for $300 million. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval. Revolution Money, which was founded by AOL's co-founder Continue reading »

Expert Labs: Can an Outside Incubator Turn Government Tech-Savvy?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / November 18, 2009 12:21 PM / 2 Comments

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Long-time blogger and tech executive Anil Dash announced today at the Web 2.0 Expo New York that he's leaving publishing software company SixApart and will head a new technology incubator Continue reading »

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