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“Froyo” – The Next Version of Android OS

According to a senior Google engineer on the Android OS team, the next iteration of the Android mobile operating system will be coming soon and it will be called Froyo – named after frozen yogurt!  The Google engineer team has been naming big releases after desserts in alphabetical order, after Donut, Cupcake and Eclair.

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti Before The Earthquake [video]

This video was featured on CitizenTube – an off-shoot of YouTube that provides news footage shot by citizen journalists.  This video shows a Japanese tourist walking through the busy streets of Port-au-Prince during a normal day in the life in that city.  The video is a reminder of the damage that was caused in the […]

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Obama Turns To Former Presidents & The Web For Haiti Support

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have been asked by President Obama to lead The Haitian Relief Fund to help Haiti recover from the disastrous earthquake that struck there on January 12th. What I like most is that this relief effort is being launched from a site called .  And the site is loaded with simple, but powerful sharing […]

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Is YouTube Considering Open Formats With HTML5?

There are some indications that Google is considering making YouTube – their popular video sharing platform – a more “free and open format” through the use of HTML5, the next generation of markup language for the web that is especially friendly for mobile application development. Here’s is more from Slashdot.com:

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Ebay Motors Now Offering FREE Vehicle History Reports

Did you know that eBay Motors is the number one automotive site on the web? Did you also know that eBay Motors sells one passenger every minute? That’s right, eBay Motors is a HUGE online operation with over 10 million unique visitors each month.

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Google’s Getting Gobbled Up With Terrible Customer Service On The Nexus One

Sure, Google created an amazing Android operating system for mobile phones.  And if they stuck to that – to just the operating system piece – then things might be going differently for Google right now. But Google decided to create it’s own branded phone – the Nexus One.  And along with that “own branded phone” […]

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Atlanta Area Judge Resigns Over Facebook Updates

And here we go… we’re only 10 days into the new year and already high profile individuals are finding out the power and exposure of social networking sites.  In this case, it’s a Fulton County Judge who is doing the “unauthorized” messaging on Facebook. After serving 17 years as a judge, he is now faced […]