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Will Google Become A Cell Phone Service Provider?

Since launching the Google Nexus One, Google has shown signs that it is ready to enter the smartphone space. And oh yeah, there’s this mobile phone operating system called Android that Google has developed as well and it already becoming a major competitor to the iPhone. So does all of this mean that Google is […]

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Facebook More Valuable Than CBS, Yahoo, & Ebay, $41.2 Billion Valuation

Despite the bad rep of the late 90’s and the Internet bubble crash, there are still Internet companies that are thriving on the web. None more impressive than the social networking giant Facebook. A new study by the New York securities firm NYPPEX is putting Facebook at the value of $41.2 billion. The value the […]

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Google Claims ITA Flight Search Engine Acquisition Benefits Travelers (Video)

Google’s planned acquisition of ITA Software’s flight information search engine, called Matrix Airfare Search, is creating quite a buzz, and a near desperate push back from Google’s competitors such as Microsoft. The problem, as opponents see it, is that Google will have an unfair advantage in the flight search information space if it is allowed to […]

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Amazon Web Services Releases End of Year Cloud Computing Updates

Amazon is becoming one of the forefront cloud data solution providers with their Amazon Web Services. It’s becoming more clear that cloud computing is the future of data storage and web application storage. And if all the world’s information is going to get pushed online, then we need servers that can take it there and […]

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Tokyo Businesses See the iPad as More Than a Toy

D. Offer writes about the iPad in Tokyo Businesses. Offer operates Chit Chat, a Facebook chat client that enables you to chat on Facebook without a web-browser. Launched as a rival to notebook computers, the iPad is now being put to the test in Tokyo’s business sector as more and more companies wake up to […]

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Ebay Expects $1.5 Billion in Mobile Sales… WHAT???

Have you heard?  The future of the web is mobile… And this “mobile revolution” is occurring today, as we speak. Take Ebay for example. Just yesterday (Sunday, December 12th, 2010), over $13 million in merchandise was sold worldwide through Ebay mobile applications. In the United States alone, $5 million worth of merchandise was sold yesterday […]

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Talks Chrome OS Netbooks (Video)

Finally, a true cloud computer is on its way in the Chrome OS netbook. Google has an ambitious goal indeed – offer a web based OS alternative to Windows OS and Mac OS. The Chrome OS is said to boot up in 6 seconds flat from an off status. And you can simply close the […]