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Google (and Library of Congress?!) now indexing all tweets

Twitter's search function is great for finding out what is happening at this very moment. It's so great that Google and Bing have added the results to their search results and, in the process, given Twitter its first revenue source (more $ are coming).

Today, Google announced that it would be searching across the whole Twitter archive.

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Upgrades to Google Docs bring exciting new features to Cloud Office

At the inaugural Atmosphere 2010 Cloud Computing conference today, Google introduced some interesting new features to Google Docs that not only make them more familiar to Microsoft Office users, but also take collaboration to whole new levels.

Check out the new features in the video below:

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iPhone OS 4 liveblog here Thursday at 1pm ET

Bookmark this link to catch the iPhone action live as we find out what goodies Apple has in store for us in the next generation of its category-defining OS.

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First Google Android-powered TV announced

People of Lava, a Swedish startup, have announced an Android-powered TV, dubbed 'Scandinavia'. Set to ship later this year, the HDTV resembles the AppleTV interface in many ways but adds additional features that Apple users have been after.

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iPad vs. Nexus One vs. iPhone 3GS browser speed test

AnandTech benchmarked the iPhone 3GS, iPad and Google Nexus One device and found that the iPad is usually faster than the Nexus One, but the Nexus One also routinely beats the iPhone 3GS by significant margins. Why?

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'iPad in Business' site goes live

As people all over the US wait in line to pick up their iPads, Apple is updating its site to showcase the different usage scenarios of the device. Apple's 'iPad in Business' sites covers the business uses:

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Did Apple drop PA Semi for Intrinsity to create the A4?

News today is that Apple has purchased another processor company called Intrinsity. Apple purchased PA Semi two years ago for almost a quarter of a billion dollars. Now they've purchased another big semiconductor player.

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Is Android going to surpass iPhone?

The numbers this week from two separate sources seem to indicate that Apple's iPhone may not be the run-away success that the iPod was and Apple shouldn't soon expect it to own a majority of the market.

Who's in the way? Android.

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Android Market comes to the Mac desktop with DoubleTwist

...and it isn't just Android Market, DoubleTwist allows you to sync your Music, Movies and Photo collection to your Android Device.

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AT&T's WorkBench to bring Enterprise Web apps to iPhone

It looks like AT&T is creating a separate, secure Web browser (with all types of controls and offline access) for accessing enterprise apps remotely.

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Does Google really need to be 'in' China?

Google left China today and will stop censoring its Chinese search results. While it is a monster step for the world's biggest search engine, it doesn't mean the end of the world for Google in China.

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Will GoogleTV light a fire under the AppleTV?

The New York Times last night revealed that Google, in partnership with device manufacturer Sony and peripherals manufacturer Logitech, were working on a 'GoogleTV'.

Yes, it is exactly what it sounds like and probably inevitable for the company that knows no bounds in their reach for the digital consumer.

But are there chairs being thrown in Cupertino? Perhaps, but they've had it coming. AppleTV could've been so much more than it is. Apple could own this market, yet they've let all matter of competitors come in and take some space, including Boxee which rode to prominence hacked into an AppleTV.

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Google's Nexus One will be available on all four big US networks

Even though the Nexus One has had a slow start on Tmobile, you have to believe that the current flagship Android phone will have a little bit more success on AT&T...and Verizon... and now on Sprint.

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AT&T/Rogers Nexus One now for sale

AT&T won't subsidize it, but Google and HTC have built a Nexus One that will be able to pick up 3G signals on AT&T's 3G network.

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Apple hires 'Senior Prototype Engineer' for work on wearable computing

Richard DeVaul's Linkedin status changed last month from Founder & President at AWare Technologies to Senior Prototype Engineer at Apple computer. This is a significant hire for Apple and one that shows the company is looking far ahead into the future of mobile computing.

DeVaul will be working under Jonny Ive in a secret lab focused on wearable computing technology where only seven people besides Ive and CEO Steve Jobs know what he is doing.

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