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Google partners with Dish Network for TV Search

March 10, 2010 by Tariq Ali

Google partners with Dish Network for TV Search

Google is testing a new television programming search service with Dish Network Corp according to the Wall Street Journal.
The service will run on TV set-top boxes and will allow users to find shows as well as videos from Google’s YouTube. It will also lets users to personalize a line of shows, according to the report.
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Twitter Starts Looking for Scam

March 9, 2010 by Tariq Ali

Twitter Starts Looking for Scam

Twitter just announced that it will start looking for malicious links in Direct Messages to help protect users from phishing and other deceitful attacks. Twitter will do this by routing all links to Twitter’s link shortner (twt.tl).
“By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread [...]

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Get All Your Media News in One Place

March 9, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski

Get All Your Media News in One Place

There is quite a bit of media news to keep up with these days, what with the constant threat of local newspapers become a thing of the 20th century, new pay models being introduced by major online news sites like the Wall Street Journal, just to keep afloat, online video becoming the new “television”…the list goes on.

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Google Buys DocVerse for $25 Million

March 5, 2010 by Tariq Ali

Google has agreed to buy DocVerse, a startup that enable real-time sharing and editing of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel files.
“What impresses us the most about the Google team is that they all share the same philosophy—giving people the tools to work the way they want.” founders Shan and Alex said in a statement.
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Facebook Revenues Predicted to Skyrocket This Year

March 5, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski

Facebook Revenues Predicted to Skyrocket This Year

It’s been suggested recently by the Wall Street Journal that Facebook revenues for 2010 could hit between $1.2 and $2 billion. The article was published just a few days ago by Jessica Vascellaro and also touches on how Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerburg isn’t itching to take Facebook public. Estimates from December last year had said Facebook’s 2010 revenues would be around $700 million.

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Google Launches Person Search Engine, Other Sites Try to Help Chile Victims

March 2, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski

Google Launches Person Search Engine, Other Sites Try to Help Chile Victims

Google is using its newly launched Person Finder to help victims of Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred on February 27th. The tool allows people to both search for loved ones, or input information about someone who others might be looking for.

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