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Google Reader Advancing On Bloglines
No changes in ranking seem imminent - Google Reader was actually closer to catching Bloglines ten months ago than it is now. …
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Surprise! Hulu Has Huge Audience, New Partners
The development may not be big in a YouTube sense, but News Corp and NBC Universal are bound to be pleased. Hulu, their online video site, has sealed deals with Break.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, TV.com, TVGuide.com, and Zap2it.com.
Google Earth Gets Google News Layer
Google Earth has always been educational, letting people learn about the landscapes of places and countries they've never seen in person. Thanks to the addition of a Google News layer, Google Earth will now also let its users keep up with current events.
UK Govt. To Store Every Email And Text Message
The UK government is considering creating a huge database that would hold all the details of emails, phone calls and text messages of it residents in an effort to guard against crime and terrorismCurrently, records of phone calls and text messages are stored up to 12 months by telecom companies in accordance with a EU anti-terrorism directive.A new Home Office (Interior Ministry) proposal would require…
Month-To-Month Facebook Traffic Falls By Ten Percent
Earlier this year, several research companies recorded a decrease in traffic to Facebook, and all sorts of people began to characterize the site as a passing fad. Then it turned out Facebook had experienced similar dips before, and the talk subsided. This time, Facebook might not be so lucky.
TuneGlue Sticks To Finding Music
The clean, clickable interface of TuneGlue delves into Last.fm to find relationships between bands, which may reveal new music you may like, or a band you've forgotten over the years. TuneGlue pulls its music data out of Last.fm and presents it onscreen as a clickable node. Enter the name of a band into the search field, and it appears as a spot. Clicking the spot…
