Mat Honan on Google Music

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Mat Honan, at Gizmodo:

But it’s still an island. It’s still a self-contained unit. Youhave to manage it yourself. It won’t grow unless you manually addtracks to it. There’s no serendipitous discovery. No socialcomponent. No Pandora or Last.fm-style suggestions that droptracks you’ve never heard before, but already love. Google isn’toffering you a vast, new catalog. It’s just offering to hold yourshit for you.

(Happy to see Gizmodo hire a good writer.)

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Ben Horowitz on Microsofts Purchase of Skype

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The inside perspective.

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iPhone Still Dead in the Water

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John Paczkowski:

Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley says his retail checksshow continued strong demand for the iPhone 3GS at AT&T and iPad 1at Verizon, even as the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 continue to fly offthe shelves. At AT&T, for example, the iPhone 3GS is outsellingnewer Android phones like the HTC Inspire and Motorola Atrix.

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roids-new-stuff/

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Blanket Statement of the Day

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Jordan Yerman, beginning his summary of today’s news from Google I/O:

Android dominates the smartphone market, even though the iPhone gets most of the press and hipster love.

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Android Market Gets Movie Rentals

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Matthew Lynley for MobileBeat on Google’s just-announced movie rentals for Android. One of the biggest holes in the Android landscape. I’ve always found it curious that the lack of any way to rent movies for offline viewing was seldom mentioned in Android product reviews. Not available yet anywhere other than on tablets running Android 3.1, though:

The new service will be available for Android 2.2 users in a few weeks.

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http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/10/android-market-movies/

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EZ-Log Software for Commercial Drivers

post from prMac on 10 May 2011 05:17:00 PM. © prMac

EZ-Log announces the release of their flaship product, EZ-Log. EZ-Log looks and works like a paper logbook. EZ-Log uses drag and drop to quickly convert driver's paper logbook into a digital image. EZ-Log accurately calculates duty status totals that the driver then copies to their paper logbook. EZ-Log's visual interface is faster than manual calculations while eliminating common math errors. It is a complete set of logbook tools for commercial drivers subject to U.S. DOT logbook rules.

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Home Improvements of the Software Kind from Boinx

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Boinx Software is ready for Spring with a special Home Improvement Promotion - all Home products, including FotoMagico Home, BoinxTV Home and iStopMotion Home, available now through May 15 for just $9.99 (USD) at the Mac App Store. Boinx Software's Home products are specially tailored to help the at-home user create professional-looking creative projects. The Boinx Home line is geared toward at-home software enthusiasts to now have more creative possibilities than ever.

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