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Snaptu: How to Get the Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

2011-01-09T10:51:00.001-08:00

Every year, I spend hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours reading articles on Internet Marketing for my annual Best Internet Marketing Posts blog post. The effort to find these posts, read them thoroughly, identify whether they meet certain criteria,…

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Snaptu: 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands

2011-01-09T10:50:00.003-08:00

terThis is a guest post from James Adams. People often brand themselves as an expert in a field or an authority on a topic, but are careless with the way they present themselves, calling into question their expertise, and injecting doubt into the minds…

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Snaptu: Why Most People Fail in Social Media

2011-01-09T10:50:00.001-08:00

Tools are a wonderful part of today's information age, but if you're going to use "social networks" or that thing we call "social media," it's important to remember the common denominator: the social. Without an understanding of your community and an…

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Snaptu: Apple CEO Jobs takes $1 for 2010 compensation

2011-01-09T10:48:00.001-08:00

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs earned another $1 in salary 2010, the technology company said in a regulatory filing on Friday.

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Snaptu: Five Best Question and Answer Tools [Hive Five]

2011-01-09T10:46:00.001-08:00

When you've got a question but no answer, you can always ask the internet. But where do you start? Here are five popular options for finding answers online. More »

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Snaptu: Mopay added 150 merchants in 2010

2010-12-15T03:46:00.003-08:00

Record growth for Mindmatics-owned m-payments company.

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Snaptu: Nokia cuts 800 jobs, reveals Symbian plans

2010-12-15T03:46:00.001-08:00

Finland headcount to be cut from January.

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Snaptu: Google reveals mobile shopping survey stats

2010-12-15T02:24:00.001-08:00

Holiday shopping on the rise.

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Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2010 [Best Of 2010]

2010-12-14T17:45:00.003-08:00

We've featured quite a few Windows downloads throughout 2010. Here's a look back at the most popular free applications to help you tweak, customize, and enhance your Windows experience More »

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Facebook for Android updated with chat and push notifications

2010-12-14T17:45:00.001-08:00

Facebook chat addict? How about an Android phone owner? Well, if you answered "yes" to both of those questions, you're in luck this lovely evening. Closing the gap a bit between its Android and iOS offerings, Facebook has finally gone and added both...

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Man v machine showdown date set

2010-12-14T17:44:00.003-08:00

IBM prepares for supercomputer showdown as man versus machine on a TV quiz show for $1m prize money.

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Yahoo cutting its workforce by 4%

2010-12-14T17:44:00.001-08:00

Yahoo confirms it is cutting its workforce by 4% or 600 people, its fourth such move in three years as it seeks to cut costs.

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Humble Indie Bundle 2 Available, Now With Y Combinator Backing

2010-12-14T09:50:00.001-08:00

You may remember the Humble Indie Bundle from May, which was a sort of experiment in payment, trends, and distribution. It was extremely successful, raising quite a lot of money for the EFF, Child's Play, and of course the developers themselves. Now,...

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Prosecutors to appeal bail for WikiLeaks' Assange

2010-12-14T09:48:00.001-08:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Tuesday they would appeal against a British judge's decision to grant bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been arrested in Britain on Swedish allegations of sex crimes.

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Avoid These Overused Phrases to Make Your Resume Stand Out [Resume]

2010-12-14T09:46:00.003-08:00

We've shown you a few phrases to avoid to keep your resume relevant, and this week business networking site LinkedIn totaled up the 10 most overused buzzwords on their users' profiles. Here are a few more phrases to stay away from. More »

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Gmail's New Contact Restore Feature Is Like a Time Machine for Your Contacts [Gmail]

2010-12-14T09:45:00.003-08:00

Gmail's undo send feature is a godsend for those of us constantly trying to recover from our mistakes, and now Google's added a similar feature for Contacts. Now, you can restore your address book to any state from the past 30 days. More »

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Six Days Working Entirely from Chrome OS [Productivity]

2010-12-14T09:45:00.001-08:00

For the last six days, I've used a Chrome OS netbook as my primary computer, and it's been a blast. Using a "just enough", basically Chrome-only system provides a rare chance to reexamine what it is you really need to be productive. More »

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Dell Venue Pro apparently delayed again, targeting January now

2010-12-14T09:43:00.003-08:00

We'd been following this story for a few days and holding off on calling it a delay since even the quickest orders weren't expected to arrive in owners' hands until today, but would-be Venue Pro owners now seem to be getting emails directly from Dell...

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France says Google ads 'dominant'

2010-12-14T09:43:00.001-08:00

Google holds a dominant position in the online advertising market linked to search engines, the French regulator says.

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Michael Jackson photo sells for just under $35,000 (Reuters)

2010-12-14T06:46:00.001-08:00

Reuters - A photograph of Michael Jackson posing as an Egyptian pharaoh sold for 26,000 euros ($34,880) Monday at an auction featuring four never-before-seen portraits of the "King of Pop."

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Nokia delays flagship E7 phone to early 2011

2010-12-14T06:45:00.001-08:00

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia has delayed the rollout of its next top-of-the-range model to next year, another blow to the cellphone maker's plans to regain ground lost to Apple and Google in the smartphone market.

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Nokia to cut 800 jobs in Finland: report

2010-12-14T06:44:00.001-08:00

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker by volume, plans to cut 800 jobs in its home Finnish market, the STT news agency reported on Tuesday, citing labor sources.

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Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit: Chrome OS Will Perish Or “Merge” With Android

2010-12-14T03:22:00.005-08:00

Former Googler, FriendFeed founder and Facebook-er turned investor Paul Buchheit just tweeted this zinger:

Prediction: ChromeOS will be killed next year (or "merged" with Android)

Considering his former employer just launched the Chrome OS pilot...

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Assange still committed to publishing secret documents: mother

2010-12-14T03:22:00.003-08:00

SYDNEY (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told his mother from his prison cell in London that he remained committed to publishing secret U.S. cables, despite condemnation from Washington and elsewhere, Australian television reported...

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Dell doubles China spending to $250 billion by 2020

2010-12-14T03:22:00.001-08:00

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Dell will likely spend $250 billion in China on procurement and other investments over the next 10 years as it expands in the world's No. 2 PC market, the head of its China operations said on Tuesday.

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MTVN Begins Testing Music Meter For 'Popular' Discovery (No Bieber Or Gaga)

2010-12-14T03:21:00.001-08:00

For years, the people who remember MTV Networks' early days have lamented that it's been more known for shows like The Hills or Jersey Shore than about "the music." The company has long shaken its head at that characterization, but be that as it may,...

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Apps Of The Day: Google Latitude, Doctor Who SFX, BlackBerry News Feeds and more...

2010-12-14T03:20:00.001-08:00

What's new on the app stores on Tuesday 14 December 2010.

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Google apology to New Zealanders over Wi-Fi data (AFP)

2010-12-14T00:12:00.001-08:00

AFP - Internet giant Google said sorry to New Zealanders Tuesday for collecting personal data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service, in the latest in a series of apologies.

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Facebook Intern Is Smarter Than You, Creates Data Visualization Of World Friendships

2010-12-14T00:11:00.001-08:00

Facebook engineering intern Paul Butler has created the stunning map of international human relationships above, using a ten million friend pair sample size from Facebook social graph dat. His methodology? "I defined weights for each pair of cities...

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The Technology newsbucket: password hashing, RIM's real problem, data from Facebook and more

2010-12-13T22:53:00.001-08:00

Plus Schmidt on the cloud, Groklaw on Allen, a new programming language called Grace and more

A different sort of hash (browns). Photo by jeffreyw on Flickr. Some rights reserved

A burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology...

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'Jeopardy' to pit humans against IBM machine (AP)

2010-12-13T22:31:00.001-08:00

AP - The game show "Jeopardy" will pit man versus machine this winter in a competition that will show how successful scientists are in creating a computer that can mimic human intelligence.

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Yahoo preparing to lay off 600 to 700 workers (AP)

2010-12-13T22:09:00.001-08:00

AP - Yahoo Inc.'s holiday trimmings will include 600 to 700 layoffs in the Internet company's latest shake-up triggered by lackluster growth.

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Best Buy tells the Nexus S retail story: 8AM online sales, two per customer maximum

2010-12-13T22:08:00.001-08:00

Want a Nexus S this Thursday? Yeah, well, welcome to the club, pal -- you're not alone, so you're going to want to be armed with the right information to figure out your plan of attack. Best Buy has announced the details of how it'll go about selling...

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Google, These Aren’t Really The Best Answers For Users. They Are The Best Answers For You.

2010-12-13T21:25:00.001-08:00

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal ran an article pointing out how Google is increasingly favoring its own properties, in search results over natural results to outside sites which previously commanded the top spots. This practice is...

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Snaptu: Reuters America Gets News Service Deep Into Aggregating

2010-12-13T21:23:00.001-08:00

As part of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) expansion into more general news service in addition to its financial reports, the company has launched Reuters America, it's most direct challenge to the Associated Press position as a supplier of articles and...

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How hackers breached Gawker's security - and how to protect yourself

2010-12-13T20:48:00.001-08:00

Just how safe are your details after the emails and passwords of around 1.3m registered users were released by Gnosis?

What was hacked into?

Nine websites owned by New York-based Gawker Media, including the media and technology site Gawker and...

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With Chrome, Google Is Moving Towards Deeper Location Integration

2010-12-13T20:46:00.001-08:00

It should be pretty clear by now that Google is taking location very seriously. The original launch of Latitude in early 2009 was just a first step. Now they have robust APIs, Google Places, and key executive Marissa Mayer is now in charge of these...

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Chip converts video from 2D to 3D

2010-12-13T19:49:00.003-08:00

Dialog Semiconductor aiming for mass production in late 2011.

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Opera Mini link to be pre-loaded by 3UK

2010-12-13T19:49:00.001-08:00

Operator portal to offer browser for speedier web surfing.

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Facebook in challenge to Google crown

2010-12-13T19:48:00.003-08:00

New York: Facebook is challenging Google's supremacy on the Internet with a radically different approach to how people live, work, play and search online.

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Most Popular DIY Projects of 2010 [Video]

2010-12-13T19:48:00.001-08:00

Whether it's to save money or just because you love that do-it-yourself feeling of accomplishment, we all love to make stuff. Here are our most popular DIY projects of 2010. More »

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Total Hotspots v.v1

2010-12-13T19:47:00.001-08:00

Use Total Hotspots to find available WiFi Hotspots around you! Hotspots are listed as paid or free. Rate places and share your experiences with others! Total Hotspots is powered by Rummble, which helps you to find any place in the physical word.

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Why Nokia is still doomed, no matter how many words Tomi Ahonen writes

2010-12-13T19:45:00.003-08:00

Tomi Ahonen just wrote thousands of words about why Nokia has the best smartphone strategy in the market. It's a very compelling read and I found myself almost ready to give up my iPhone and new Android-based Google Nexus S Samsung smartphone and...

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Justin Bieber tops list of most-viewed YouTube videos

2010-12-13T19:45:00.001-08:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teenager Justin Bieber had four of the top 10 most-watched music videos in the world on YouTube in 2010, with "Baby" taking claiming the top spot at more than 400 million views, YouTube said on Monday.

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Email, birthdays of McDonald's customers hacked

2010-12-13T19:44:00.003-08:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Monday hackers gained access to a database containing information such as the email addresses and birth dates of people who voluntarily signed up for its websites and promotions.

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WikiLeaks's founder Assange seeks bail in UK court

2010-12-13T19:44:00.001-08:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Julian Assange, held in Britain over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden, will try again on Tuesday to win bail for the WikiLeaks founder who provoked U.S. fury by publishing secret diplomatic cables.

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Cuba launches Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia

2010-12-13T19:43:00.001-08:00

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has begun its own online encyclopedia, similar to Wikipedia, with the goal of presenting its version of the world and history.

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T-Mobile drops the G2 to $50 on contract, really wants you to buy one

2010-12-13T19:42:00.003-08:00

Pretty self-explanatory really: the T-Mobile G2 is now available to buy for a measly 50 greenbacks from its carrier's online store. It's a web-only deal, but it's sweetened by free overnight delivery for anyone ordering before the 20th of December....

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Samsung Vibrant gets official Froyo update on Bell (sorry, T-Mobile customers)

2010-12-13T19:42:00.001-08:00

Those promised December Froyo updates for Canada's Galaxy S models? Yeah, they've started hitting -- or at least one of them has. Owners of Bell's Vibrant are the first to get hooked up, though you'll need to use Sammy's Kies desktop software to...

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Mobile Gmail site adds features, comes to 44 more languages

2010-12-13T19:41:00.002-08:00

Previously a US English exclusive, Google has just turned loose a new version of its shockingly-good mobile Gmail site that can be used in some 44 additional languages, including Arabic, Vietnamese, and just about everything in between (though no...

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Toshiba building new factory to churn out iPhone LCDs, says Nikkei

2010-12-13T19:41:00.001-08:00

Word on the street -- and by that we mean a Nikkei Business Daily report -- is that Toshiba's dropping a cool 100 billion yen (around $1.2 billion in US currencies) for a new factory in the Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. Its raison d'être?...

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Yahoo to lay off more than 600 staffers: sources

2010-12-13T19:28:00.001-08:00

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc plans to lay off more than 600 employees as early as Tuesday, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.