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updated at 1:52am on 3/10/2010

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Ben Parr, Mashable! — Today at the Google’s Campfire One event at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View the Internet search giant is launching its new app store for business, known as the Google Apps Marketplace.Last week, we broke the story that Google Apps Marketplace would launch today, reporting that it would be an...

Secondary Memes

Facebook’s Coming Location Service: Feature for Users, Platform for Apps

Eric Eldon, Inside Facebook — Facebook is going to launch its location-based features “next month,” according to a report today from the New York Times — a confirmation of many months of rumors that we and other publications have been hearing. Sources close to the company shared specific knowledge of the tightly-wrapped project...

Twitter Steps Up the Fight Against Spam and Scams

Dan Nosowitz, Fast Company — With popularity comes trouble. Ask any Windows user, or the Notorious BIG. As Twitter's popularity has skyrocketed, it's become the target for various scams, and the Twitter team is now taking action to stop the abuse.The fight against spam is a consistent one for the Twitter team, but recently, phishing...

Tertiary Memes

Verizon Wants to Sell You Data for Your iPad… via MiFi

Rene Ritchie, TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog — Verizon is looking to turn no-iPad 3G lemons in iPad Wi-Fi MiFi lemonade by craftily counter-programming the...

New Cisco Router Supports 322Tbps, Designed for Internet Video

PCWorld Latest Technology News — Cisco's new router for the IP video age could allow every person in China to make an Internet video call--at...

Yahoo Search: Look Out Below, as Bing Gains Again (and Google Remains as Scary as Ever)

Kara Swisher, BoomTown — Say this about the toolbar and distribution deals, which Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz keeps saying were too pricey...

HP faces Chinese class action on notebooks

FT.com - IT — Chinese lawyers file a complaint on behalf of more than 170 consumers against Hewlett-Packard, asking the...

T-Mobile HD2 Receives Unboxing Treatment

Alex, TmoNews - Unofficial T-Mobile Blog - News, Videos, Articles and more — The last time we the saw the HTC HD2 getting unboxed was all the way back in October 2009 with some magical...

Samsung Finding New Ways to Push 3D to Users

PCWorld Latest Technology News — Samsung launched new 3D TVs, and is investigating 3D movie streaming and a new lens to remove the need for 3D...

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