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Microsoft's Google Envy (Part 396) (2)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 14 hours, 22 minutes ago permalink

Microsoft's new online head, Qi Lu, is an engineer. It suggests company is trying to copy Google's engineer-driven culture.

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Andrew Smith said: That's a stretch. Hire an ex-Yahoo means M$ is coping Google?

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Amazon Starts Renting Out the Human Genome (4)

by By Ashlee Vance (5) on

Bits (68) 17 hours, 20 minutes ago permalink

Amazon is now in the data business, offering researchers and business access to huge volumes of information, including census data and the human genome.

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Amazon.com Invades the Apple App Store - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com (17)

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Bits (68) 2 days, 1 hour ago permalink

Amazon's new iPhone app includes an "experimental" feature called Amazon Remembers that is designed to funnel sales from the offline world to the Internet.

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Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook (34)

by By Claire Cain Miller (39) on

Bits (68) 2 days, 1 hour ago permalink

Ev Williams, chief executive of Twitter, explains why he rejected a buyout offer from Facebook and discusses the future of the microblogging service.

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How Comcast Controls Sony's Internet TV Plans (1)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 2 days, 17 hours ago permalink

Why can't TVs get Internet content? Blame years of tortuous negotiations between TV makers and the cable industry over issues like the channel guide.

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Jeff said: "... There could be the equivalent of the iPhone App Store for your television. "Although I'm taking these sentence out of context (the author relates this to tru2way), it seems to me a killer product would be a netTV.

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Power.com: A One-Stop Shop for Social Networkers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com (3)

by By Claire Cain Miller (39) on

Bits (68) 4 days ago permalink

Power.com, which has some prominent backers, aims to be a portal through which people access their online social lives.

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Tag That Image: Visual Bookmarking Sites Worth Browsing [Bits] (6)

by By Jenna Wortham (1) on

Bits (68) 1 week ago permalink

Could someone get me an invite to FFFFound?

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How Much Is Twitter Worth to Facebook? (14)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 1 week, 3 days ago permalink

A proposed deal for Facebook to buy Twitter reportedly broke down over price, echoing Yahoo's failed deal to buy Facebook two years ago.

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More on the 'Is Google Evil?' Debate (3)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 1 week, 5 days ago permalink

Google C.E.O. Eric Schmidt and Bits readers chime in on whether Google violates its "Don't be evil" motto.

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Google Unplugs Lively as Hype Fades Over Virtual Worlds (3)

by By Ashlee Vance (5) on

Bits (68) 1 week, 5 days ago permalink

Google shuts down its Lively virtual world, while a reporter concludes that life in Second Life is mostly boring.

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Google Personalizes Search With SearchWiki (1)

by By Brad Stone (20) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks ago permalink

A new feature lets Google users change the results they see for specific Google searches and revisit their changes and comments later.

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For Sony, No Discounts Means Stress-Free Shopping (1)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks ago permalink

Sony says its new rule forcing all of its dealers to sell its high-end products at the same price helps consumers avoid the stress of having to shop for good deals.

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New iPhone Apps Help Drivers Beat Speed Traps (5)

by By Jenna Wortham (1) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks ago permalink

Trapster and NMobile use social networking and GPS to warn Apple iPhone users about speed traps.

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Debating the Vices and Virtues of Google (5)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks ago permalink

A public debate on whether Google violates its motto "Don't be evil" moves quickly to considering whether the search company is guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins.

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Jarred said: i have good counterarguments to all of the seven deadly sins listed. just ask me.

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Does AT&T's Newfound Interest in Privacy Hurt Google? (1)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks, 1 day ago permalink

AT&T is backing a new group to look at online privacy. Will the battle against Google undercut an important discussion?

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Hunting for a Brainy Computer (4)

by By Steve Lohr (0) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks, 1 day ago permalink

An ambitious project in cognitive computing is getting under way with a $4.9 million government grant to five universities and I.B.M. Research.

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Our New Gadget Blog, the Pogue-o-matic and More (3)

by By Sam Grobart (0) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks, 1 day ago permalink

The Times introduces new online personal technology features, including the Gadgetwise blog and the Pogue-o-matic product guide.

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The Doctor Will See You Now — Online - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com (2)

by By Claire Cain Miller (39) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks, 2 days ago permalink

national studies on online care have found that patients would like to have Web chats with primary care doctors about colds or diabetes management, for example, or with specialists about symptoms such as lower back pain or bad headaches

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What Yahoo Really Needs Is an Editor in Chief (7)

by By Saul Hansell (5) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks, 2 days ago permalink

Instead of looking for the next Jack Welch, Yahoo would do better to find its Tina Brown or Clay Felker.

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Blackmail Is My Life said: This is the mentality portals need to have to compete in the world of social media.

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Google, iPhone and the Future of Machines That Listen (3)

by By JOHN MARKOFF (0) on

Bits (68) 2 weeks, 3 days ago permalink

I've been really impressed by this so far.

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