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  • don't do it on Twitter. In England. Actually, you know what? Just don't do it.

  • Sprint has this new product called the ZTE Peel and it's kind of remarkable in terms of the implications. The Peel is basically a case for the iPod…

  • For months, a big play by Google in the social media sphere has been talked about. Supposedly they were cooking up something to compete against…

  • Nov 11, 2010

    GOOG-411 RIP

    Google's directory assistance service always seemed a bit odd, like it didn't quite fit in the pantheon of web based service. I mean, it was all…

  • Okay, we all know that. But the numbers are kind of astounding. Mobile phone sales were up 35% in the last quarter. And smartphones were up a…

  • I know we have double geeking going on with public radio and tech here but for a moment, let's talk football. The Dallas Cowboys are in the midst…

  • LimeWire, the pioneering file sharing site, turned off its sharing software a couple weeks ago following an injunction from a judge. Now it's back,…

  • If it's a day ending in "y", then Google must be rolling out a new search feature. This one is called Instant Preview and the way it works is when…

  • Maybe it's too easy to think that the internet is a part of everyone's lives. But then you see a report like this new one from the Department of…

  • The Wall Street Journal reports on the move of major websites to get rid of technologies that track users, like cookies. MSNBC, The Huffington Post…

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