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29 Oct 2009 07:17
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Strategy of New Chief at Motorola Appears Poised to Pay Off
By SAUL HANSELL
Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times
Sanjay Jha, co-chief executive of Motorola, with the company's new smartphones, the Droid, left, and the Cliq.
When Sanjay Jha took over as Motorola’s new co-chief executive, he went in search of a great new phone idea inside the company.
Google Steps Into Another Market: GPS for Phones
By JENNA WORTHAM and MIGUEL HELFT
The free service to be offered on Android smartphones is likely to be seen as a challenge to yet another industry.
State of the Art
New Models From Motorola, HTC and BlackBerry
By DAVID POGUE
All three companies are back with much more impressive, much more refined new smartphones.
A Campaign for Clothes by a Guy Not Wearing Any
By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN
A viral video ad campaign featuring a New York streaker hoodwinked major news blogs and CNN.
October 28, 2009 7:46 PM ET
Zappos Gets Personal, But Not Too Personal
Zappos.com has started showing shoppers personalized product recommendations, but is cautious about personalized e-mails or ads that might annoy customers.
October 28, 2009 10:26 PM ET
Using a Cellphone Number to Pay for Virtual Goods
Two online payment start-ups, Zong and Obopay, now let people use their cellphone number, linked to a credit card, to pay for virtual goods online.
October 29, 2009 29 minutes ago
Amazon PayPhrase Tries to Make Paying Online Easier
Although Amazon is not integrating PayPhrase into its mobile shopping tools right away, it may be looking into the future and preparing for the mobile payments business.
October 29, 2009 28 minutes ago
Google Lifts the Curtains on Its New Music Service
Searching for music on Google now generates links that allow users to instantly sample a song once for free.
Bigger Quarterly Loss at Sprint Nextel
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:20 AM ET
The wireless provider said it lost $478 million in the third quarter as subscribers continued to leave for other carriers.
Germany Looks at Ways to Protect Online Journalism
By ERIC PFANNER
Berlin plans a new kind of copyright to protect online journalism in an attempt to level the playing field with companies like Google.
Politico’s Creators Plan Local News Web Site
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
The as-yet unnamed venture will have a newsroom of about 50 people — larger than other local news start-ups.
Video Game Review
The City as Fast Track, Crammed With Explosive Vehicles and Characters
The Grand Theft Auto IV suite — the latest, The Ballad of Gay Tony, arrives Thursday — makes players feel as if New York is their personal playground.
With Video, a Traveler Fights Back
A singer, whose career was boosted by his music video on YouTube about baggage handlers at United breaking his guitar, had his luggage temporarily lost by the airline on a trip to speak to executives about customer service.
Small-Business Guide
The New Rules of Angel Investing
By KERMIT PATTISON
The deal makers still exist, but they are pickier and less tolerant of risk.
Serving Literature by the Tweet
By FELICIA R. LEE
Readers can enjoy Electric Literature, a new quarterly literary magazine, any way they like: on paper, Kindle, e-book, iPhone and, starting next month, as an audiobook.
DealBook
Questions on Ex-A.M.D. Chief's Alleged Galleon Link
By DEALBOOK
A report linking Advanced Micro Device's former chief to the U.S. insider trading scheme may raise questions about its business practices, and that of the chipmaking venture it spun off.
Frugal Traveler Blog
Staying With Newfound Friends, for a Fee
By MATT GROSS
AirBnB.com is a Web site that connects budget travelers with locals who are offering anything from an air mattress in their living room to a private bedroom in a luxury loft.
Panasonic Superzoom Goes the Distance
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 superzoom is a great camera to take on vacation. Just remember to recharge the batteries.
Opinion
Microchips and Monopolies
If Intel is abusing its outsize clout to marginalize rivals and hinder the development of competitive products, it should be made to stop.
Google Wave Use Cases: Education
October 29, 2009, 8:43 AM
Google Launches Music Search: Partners With MySpace, Lala, Gracenote and Others
October 28, 2009, 8:15 PM
YouTube Phasing Out Accounts, Google Login Will Be Required [Updated]
October 28, 2009, 6:55 PM
Google Maps Navigation: The First Killer App for Android 2.0
October 28, 2009, 12:33 PM
Intel Helps Joyent Become the First Cloud Cloud Computing Service to Launch in China
October 28, 2009, 6:31 AM
Sprint Bet On the Wrong Smartphone
October 29, 2009, 9:38 AM
Meet Google, the Music Search Engine
October 28, 2009, 8:04 PM
TinyGrab Makes Sharing Screenshots Simple
October 28, 2009, 7:01 PM
Dead and Lonely Offers a Quirky Look at the Vampire Dating Scene
October 28, 2009, 6:52 PM
Web Working In the Library, the Pros and Cons
October 28, 2009, 5:41 PM
Data Integration Company SnapLogic Raises Another $2.3M
October 29, 2009, 7:17 AM
Nokia to Invade U.S. Market — Will Launch New Phone With AT&T
October 29, 2009, 7:08 AM
Q&A With Cisco’s Laura Ipsen: Telepresence Reduces Carbon at Copenhagen
October 28, 2009, 8:25 PM
Google Confirms Music Search, Includes Pandora, Imeem, and Rhapsody
October 28, 2009, 8:17 PM
Facebook’s Big Changes to the Platform — Key Takeaways
October 28, 2009, 8:06 PM
Monster Cable's chief executive, Noel Lee; DeepDyve probes the "Deep Web" for scientific, technical and medical articles; reviews of tech tools for runners, and tech news, including Microsoft's Windows 7 Whopper.
Yahoo, Microsoft Need More Time to Close Search Deal
October 28, 2009, 8:49 PM
Google Lets the Music Play in Search Results
October 28, 2009, 7:06 PM
Google Hit With Patent Suit Related to Chrome
October 28, 2009, 5:45 PM
Bartz: Yahoo Wants to Regain R-E-S-P-E-C-T
October 28, 2009, 5:05 PM
Massive Bot Attack Spoofs Facebook Password Messages
October 28, 2009, 4:13 PM
Official Google Blog
Making search more musical
Hitwise Intelligence - Heather Dougherty
Google's rumored Music service launch today
The Business Of Online Video
Confirmed: Netflix Streaming Coming To The Wii Very Shortly
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- Bits: Verizon Sends Out the Droids
- E.U. Plan Could Lead to Lower Cost International Calls
CNBC Video: Motorola's Droid Debut
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