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Google's April Fools: Google Rooms — Later today at www.google.com/rooms, Google will unveil their April Fool's site (a prank, not a real launch, if there's gonna be one). A Googler who wants to remain anonymous sent me these screenshots: — This is from the Google Rooms help entry:
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Scobleizer / Google Geek Blogger:
Announcement, I'm going to Google — I just got off the phone with Larry Page. He's offered me a job to run Google's PR department and I've decided to take him up on it. Why? Because I finally realized that Steve Gillmor is right. Microsoft Office is dead and I wanted to be at the company that is the future of everything.
Dashboardspy / The Dashboard Spy:
The Scobleizer Dashboard - Scoble is using an MS Sharepoint Dashboard for The Scoble Meter — Thanks to a Dashboard Spy inside the Scoble encampment, we have this peek at the executive dashboard that Robert Scoble, famed blogger at microsoft, uses. This screenshot was grabbed from Scoble's screen and smuggled out to us last night.
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Scripting News
Team Register / The Register:
China buys Google — Exclusive The People's Republic of China has acquired a controlling stake in the United States' fastest growing technology company, Google. — Google announced the transfer of 140m shares of Class B stock to a new entity owned by the Chinese Ministry of Information in typically forthright style.
Shel Israel / Naked Conversations:
Why Amazon Should Blog — Enough with the mutual acrimony. We didn't like the way you asked your question and you didn't like the way we answered it. But these dueling blogs on both sides are avoiding the central question: Should Amazon blog? From where I sit I see a great number of ways that Amazon will benefit from blogging.
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Scoble's Bad Month — · I don't always agree with Scoble, but the man doesn't have an ounce of malice, near as I can tell. I think that, by and large, he towers over the people who've been giving him a hard time, and I'd advise him to tune 'em out unless they're really adding value.
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Where Apple fails — If Apple Computer is so great, how come it's so small? — With all the hoopla surrounding the company—and you'll hear a lot this week as Apple turns 30—you'd think it pulled off the first manned spaceflight to Neptune or invented long division.
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Earthling / EarthLink blog:
Seeking An RSS Reader For The Rest Of Us — EarthLink's Director of Web Applications Gregg Hartling borrows Earthling to share some thoughts about RSS readers, inspired by today's TechCrunch article: — "I read through today's excellent TechCrunch review of web-based feed readers with great interest.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
AT&T: 15 Mbps Internet connections "irrelevant" — At this week's Media, Entertainment and Telecommunications conference, AT&T COO Randall Stephenson told his listeners that increased bandwidth was no longer of great importance to consumers. … Certainly this is true for general web browsing …
Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
NEW VERSION OF GOOGLE TALK LEAKED — Philipp has a nice scoop: Google has quietly put a new version of Google Talk up for download, with no public announcement. Download it now, in case them yank it! — So, what's new? The big new feature is buddy icons, or whatever Google chooses to call them.
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Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
March SF Tech Sessions summary — Over 100 people participated in the second meeting of SF Tech Sessions last night at the Westin St. Francis. The crowd was a mix of bloggers, journalists, developers, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs all interested in learning about new products, people and ideas.
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Eolas: Changing IE User Experience a Shame — Eolas Technologies says the decision by Microsoft to modify its Internet Explorer browser at the expense of a seamless user experience is a "disappointment" and a "shame." — Reacting to news that the next cumulative IE security update …
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Google AdWords Unveils Two New Image Sizes — Yesterday Google's AdWords team announced they had been testing two new image ad formats. The first, a large 2560 x 1920 image is designed for advertisers who want to appear "larger than life," according to AdWords Developer Arnold Ferguson.
mopocket.com:
THE 21ST CARNIVAL OF THE MOBILISTS — Welcome to the 21st Carnival of the Mobilists!!! It is an honor to be hosting this weeks Carnival of the Mobilists here at MOpocket! Its hard to believe that the Carnival is now 21 which means, to remind my European readers, that the Carnival …
The Ask.com Blog:
Update: Launching Tonight! — Thanks for your feedback! Due to popular demand, the launch will occur ahead of schedule. We're launching it tonight at 6pm PST, so be sure to visit Ask.com starting at that time if you'd like to check it out. (What better way to pre-party on a Friday night than to Gamma-test a new search product?
Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide:
GTA Chicago Official and Exclusive to PS3 — The site's up for Grand Theft Auto Chicago, due to hit the Playstation 3 exclusively in October 2007. — Shocker! Or perhaps April Fools joke is more likely. When did Rockstar ever do a real city? — Update — I just heard back from Rockstar.
Brian Murphy / Associated Press:
'Kosher' Phone Merges Technology, Faith — JERUSALEM — It sounds like the setup for a punch line: What do you get when you cross an ultra-Orthodox rabbi with a mobile phone? But the "kosher phone" is real and its developers are serious about looking beyond the religious enclaves of Israel.
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IFTF's Future Now
Caterina / Caterina.net:
9 reasons why people will *love* your web site — In response to Scott's post: 50 reasons people aren't using your web site and list of reasons why people will LOVE your web site: — Because it makes them feel good about themselves — There's a great blog about how making people feel …
revenews.com:
180 From The Inside Out — I also blog about stuff on RealTechNews.com, the blog of former Cnet editor Alice Hill, and in one post about 180solutions called 180solutions Blows More Smoke Up.... I was told by a former employee of 180solutions to — So I emailed him and asked him for an interview …
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