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Digital Trends – Wordpress wants to make it easier for smartphone users to blog remotely. The popular blogging platform has been putting time and energy into making mobile applications to do just that. Wordpress recently launched mobile apps for both Android and Blackberry users and have just announced that an open source Wordpress app for Nokia phones is here.
AP – A recent spate of TV blackouts and the lack of government intervention suggests that broadcasters have the upper hand over TV signal providers when it comes to negotiating fees, at least until Congress decides to act.
AP – Before picking up any Wii games or downloading apps on her iPhone for her two daughters, Lillian Quintero does her homework. She’ll first read reviews online and in magazines, then try them out for herself. If she thinks the games are engaging and educational enough, 4-year-old Isabella and 2-year-old Sophia are free to play.
AP – The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard cables strung overhead illegally.
Ben Patterson – Last week, I got the chance to spend some quality time with the stand-alone Logitech Revue, one of the first Google TV-enabled devices, and now I’ve got Sony’s Google TV-ready Blu-ray player whirring away in my living room. So, how …
Ben Patterson – Yet another major publication is coming forward claiming confirmation that the long-rumored Verizon iPhone is real. But don’t get your hopes up for an iPhone 4 that’s compatible with the carrier’s soon-to-be-launched 4G network. In its lengthy profile of Verizon …
Kaitlyn Dhanaliwala of the search engine optimization firm Search Mojo along with Marijean Jaggers of Standing Partnership will headline a free webinar explaining how search engine optimization (SEO) is impacted by social media and public relations efforts. “How PR and Social Media Impact SEO” will be held on Thursday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m.
AP – Broadcasters took a big step toward eliminating free TV shows on the Web after they blocked access to their programming online this month to enforce their demands to be paid.
AP – MySpace has been sharing with its advertisers data that can be used to identify user profile pages, but the company doesn’t consider that to be a problem.
Ben Patterson – Google TV promises nothing less than to meld live TV with the Web by piggybacking onto your pay-TV setup â and ever since Google first announced the service back in May, I’ve been dying to take it for a spin. …
AP – Google Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don’t intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.