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• Google gets into the URL-shrinking biz with Goo.gl
• Seesmic Twitter app lands in BlackBerry store
• Seagate Unveils World’s Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive for Slim Laptop Computers
• Nokia 5235 Comes With Music Mobile Phone
• Embedded Video in E-mail Slows to a Trickle as Brands Back Away
• Few Google Users Are Opting Out of Behavioral Targeting
• Social network searches could be a hacker’s dream
• Apple apologizes for iMac delays
• Google to sell its own ‘Nexus One’ mobile phones

Google gets into the URL-shrinking biz with Goo.gl Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:51 PM PST Google ventured into new territory on Monday with the launch of a new URL-shortening service it’s calling Goo.gl. Unlike some existing and high-profile shorteners such as TinyURL and Bit.ly, Goo.gl is not a general-purpose link shrinker that users can access by going to a standalone site. Instead, it’s been built into Google products, beginning with Google’s [...]

Seesmic Twitter app lands in BlackBerry store Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:41 PM PST Seesmic released an update to Seesmic for BlackBerry, a Twitter app that first debuted in late November. Back then you had to download Seesmic from the company’s Web site. Now you can get it directly from BlackBerry App World online or from the App World app on your smartphone. Although Seesmic’s interface is a bit light on [...]

Seagate Unveils World’s Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive for Slim Laptop Computers Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:34 PM PST Seagate Technology today announced the Momentus® Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for ultra-portable and entry-level laptops, high-end netbooks, backup devices and consumer electronics. At a wafer-thin 7mm in height – 25 percent slimmer than traditional 9.5mm 2.5-inch laptop hard drives – the Momentus Thin drive gives original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and [...]

Nokia 5235 Comes With Music Mobile Phone Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:28 AM PST Nokia 5235 Comes With Music Phone is basically the Nokia 5230 that was launched back in August, but it comes with Nokias unlimited music download service. Nokia 5235 features a 3.2 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 640 x 360, it also features a 2 megapixel camera, which can record video at 30fps. On top of [...]

Embedded Video in E-mail Slows to a Trickle as Brands Back Away Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:15 AM PST A recent report on videos used in e-mail campaigns included a striking fact. Out of more than 150,000 campaigns delivered by 57,000 brands in the Implix research, none of them involved embedded videos. Not one. Even though most of those campaigns were delivered by SMBs, after a look around at what major brands are doing and [...]

Few Google Users Are Opting Out of Behavioral Targeting Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:09 AM PST Nine months ago, when Google first introduced behavioral ad targeting, it also rolled out an ad preferences manager. The page allows Web site visitors to edit their advertising interest categories — for instance confirm an interest in cars or entertainment — or to opt out of behavioral targeting altogether. As it turns out, relatively few users [...]

Social network searches could be a hacker’s dream Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST The race to include up-to-the-minute postings from popular social networks atop search results from Google, Microsoft Bing and Yahoo Search should trigger a boon — for spammers and cybercriminals. That’s the consensus of search and tech security experts following Google’s announcement that it has now matched Microsoft’s and Yahoo’s recent moves to integrate Twitter micro-blog entries [...]

Apple apologizes for iMac delays Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:32 PM PST Apple on Sunday apologized to customers amid reports of shipping delays of its recently introduced iMac computer. “The new iMac has been a huge hit and we are working hard to fulfill orders as quickly as possible,” an Apple spokesperson told CNET. “We apologize for any inconvenience or delay this may cause our customers.” Apple declined to [...]

Google to sell its own ‘Nexus One’ mobile phones Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:24 PM PST GOOGLE plans to sell its own mobile phone direct to consumers – bypassing wireless operators in a rare strategic move – as soon as next year, according to the Wall Street Journal. Called the Nexus One and made by smartphone maker HTC, the phone will run on the search giant’s Android operating system – around which [...]

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