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NEW YORK----Today the next generation of people search www.123people.co.uk launches in the UK after a successful US public launch last month. www.123people.co.uk is a high performance people search functionality that finds and identifies people’s information from publicly available sources. Vlingo Launches Voice Control for the iPhone (Mashable) Some time ago Google introduced voice search for the iPhone; now, Vlingo ups the ante with an application that allows you to search the web, use Google Maps, dial phone numbers as well as update your Twitter and Facebook account, all by speaking into the phone. Once again, I’m not bullish on voice controls as far as computers go - be it desktop, portable or handheld computers. In many ...

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Timothy Geithner, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be Treasury secretary, will soon step down from his current post as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Networking News (American Journalism Review) December/January preview Traditional outlets turn to social networking Web sites in an effort to build their online audiences. Can Facebook and Twitter save the beleaguered mainstream media?

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Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been touting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ... Mumbai: Twitter's Moment (Forbes) Citizen journalism goes real time as Mumbai attacks unfold.

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OAKLAND, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/27/08 -- PR and marketing professionals who want to learn valuable insights on how journalists use Twitter every day to interact with sources, search for story ideas and take "twitpitches" will discover proven techniques at a new audio conference from Bulldog Reporter's PR University: "Journalists Speak Out on Twitter for PR: How the Media Uses Social Networks." Twitter Grows Up (The New York Observer) Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been touting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ...

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A man dubbed a "killing machine" has been sentenced to life behind bars. Witness accounts of Mumbai attacks from sites around the Web (CNN) Indian authorities in Mumbai were battling fires at two luxury hotels on Thursday night , more than 20 hours after a series of terror attacks that killed more than 100 people.

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Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been tauting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ... Bloggers provide raw view of Mumbai attacks (San Francisco Chronicle) When gunmen started spraying Mumbai with bullets and seizing the city's landmarks, countless people around the globe turned not to the television or the radio for news, but to each other. Blogs and social networking sites like Twitter and Flickr buzzed with...

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A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners. 1. Mumbai terrorist ... Mumbai Terrorist Siege Over, India Says (New York Times) The scope of the horror and desperation of the terrorist attack on Mumbai began to come into focus after commandos took control of the last nest of resistance.

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Fred Wilson watches television in a modern living room, but it probably isn’t quite like yours. Call it living room 2.0. As managing partner of Union Square Ventures—which invests in budding tech start-ups like Twitter, Tumblr and 10gen—he often brings the latest gadgets and social networking whats-its into his West Village home. He says his big “‘aha’ moment” came last year, when he plugged ... Mel Gibson ordered to court (Channel 4) Mel Gibson has been ordered by a judge to answer questions in court about The Passion of the Christ in response to a screenwriter's lawsuit. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Alarcon ordered Gibson to appear for a depositions hearing by mid-January.

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Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been tauting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ... Koornk Blatantly Rips Off Twitter (TechCrunch) There are a lot of Twitter clones out there, often built by companies outside the US trying to steal the company's thunder by creating local communities with a translated application, something the San Francisco startup has focused little on so far. That this isn't always a direct road to success, proved German Twitter clone Duduku last year when it put itself for sale on eBay . Not that ...

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Have no doubt: Twitter is becoming serious business. And we’re not just talking about enterprise Twitter apps like Yammer. Splitweet is a new tool for “heavy and corporate” users of Twitter with some handy tools for businesses. The 3 key features: 1. Single box for posting to multiple Twitter accounts 2. Track brand mentions on Twitter 3. See Tweets from all the Twitter users being ... Twitter Grows Up (The New York Observer) Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been tauting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ...

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An NYPD officer was charged Friday with being a member of a robbery crew.

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - As heavily armed militants rampaged through Mumbai, bloggers, citizen journalists and users of Twitter, the short-messaging service, provided riveting, if sometimes erroneous, accounts of the bloodshed in India's largest city. Twitter Grows Up (The New York Observer) Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been tauting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ...

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Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been tauting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ... Mumbai: Twitter's Moment (Forbes) Citizen journalism goes real time as Mumbai attacks unfold.

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The TechCrunch post on Joost for the iPhone came across my Twitter feed so I quickly launched iTunes and found the free Joost application. The application started up and looked promising on my WiFi connection, but I found the same issues that TechCrunch did with the application unable to play movies. Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses Into Attacks That Transcend the News Cycle (New York Times) The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media.

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Twitter Widget . Get the Twitter Widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Blog Friends. WriteBlack · Toni speaks again/another Gladwell review - Over at The New York Times‘ “Papercuts” blog, Book Review editor Sam ... The Best Twitter Applications : You will definitely amaze ... Supports 100+ mobile phones [Java + BlackBerry + Windows Mobile phones]. twitter on Mobio widget allows you to update your twitter timeline, view the public timeline, and get updates on your friends timeline all from within a fast and ...

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Why you must have it: You're busy, and your plants are getting thirstier and thirstier as you neglect them. What if they could let you know they need water? With Botanicalls' DIY Plant Twitter Kit, they can. When InfoWorld Test Center contributing editor Peter Wayner saw these at the ThinkGeek.com site, he immediately knew they belonged in the InfoWorld geek gadget gift guide. These kits let ... Twitter Grows Up (The New York Observer) Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been tauting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ...

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Twitter stepped into the spotlight this week, not only as a charity organizer and possible advertising goldmine during the holidays , but as a legitimate news aggregator . Lots of tech blogs have been tauting Twitter's potential since its inception, but on-the-ground reports from the Mumbai terror attacks put the idea in motion. In some cases, Twitterers were able to be on the scene ... Twitter drops SMS support for Canadian users (Guardian Unlimited) Three months after dropping SMS support in the UK citing prohibitive operator charges, Twitter has done the same to users in Canada . Twitter's blog said last night that "unexpected billing changes" have forced it to stop delivering messages directly to users' mobiles because costs have been doubling for several months. That echoes its position in August, when it claimed that ...

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Fred Wilson watches television in a modern room, but it probably isn’t quite like yours. Call it living room 2.0. As managing partner of Union Square Ventures—which invests in budding tech start-ups like Twitter, Tumblr and 10gen—he often brings the latest gadgets and social networking whats-its into his West Village home. He says his big “‘aha’ moment” came last year, when he plugged ... Mel Gibson ordered to court (Channel 4) Mel Gibson has been ordered by a judge to answer questions in court about The Passion of the Christ in response to a screenwriter's lawsuit. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Alarcon ordered Gibson to appear for a depositions hearing by mid-January.

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NEW YORK - Facebook plans to start charging for verifying applications built for the social network — an optional process that has upset some developers despite the company's assurances it will bring plenty of positive benefits. A Guide to LinkedIn's Free New Apps (PC World) Here's an introduction to four of the first nine free applications available on the social networking site.

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There are two approaches to Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that got its name from the notion that holiday shopping... 'Killing machine' gets life for murders (WABC-TV New York) A man dubbed a "killing machine" has been sentenced to life behind bars.

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