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If The Desktop Is Dying, Mobile Sync Is King

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:23 GMT

Matt Asay, CNET News

Google has proclaimed that the conventional PC will become "irrelevant" within the next three years, and it insists that it puts mobile first in development.

That's a bold statement indicating just how much Google is betting on the mobile Web. But it's also an indication of just how critical synchronization technology is going to become--especially syncing to an open web.

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Twitter CEO Unveils '@Anywhere' Platform

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:21 GMT

Caroline McCarthy, CNET News

A brief demo of @Anywhere showed off "hovercards" that bring up Twitter information with a mouse-over, let readers or users connect with their Twitter accounts much like Facebook Connect, or explore more specific possibilities, like instantly following a newspaper columnist's Twitter account by clicking on his or her byline.

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Telling Friends Where You Are (Or Not)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:01 GMT

Jenna Wortham, New York Times

Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cell phones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.

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