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SEC Considering Changes in Startup Regulation, Google May Benefit From Shutdown, and more...

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.READ»

Apple to Challenge Facebook, Instagram with "Photo Stream" in Future iPhones

Is Apple genuinely pursuing a push into social media sharing and location-based gaming? Code hidden inside the latest developer release of iOS 4.3 suggests plans to challenge Facebook and Instagram with a new, friend-based, live sharing system. READ»

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iFive: U.S. WikiLeaks Probe Illegal?, Apple's Friend-Finding, NASA's New Rocket, HP's WebOS Tablet, Rapidshare's Defamation

On this day 11 years ago Bill Gates left Microsoft, but that doesn't mean that his firm stopped innovating--nor anyone else either. On that note, here's this morning's early innovation news:READ»

Google's Success in Facebook Game: Handicapping the Odds

Google's on the defensive over Facebook's new Places location-based feature, and is preparing the ground for its rumored social network "Me." How will it fare? READ»

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Google Location History Traces Your Steps, Knows Where You've Been

Google just launched a new element of Latitude that traces your steps and provides data gleaned from that. How much time do you spend on your couch? Latitude knows.READ»

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Tech Edge: Is Geolocation the Next Social Empire?

Everyone from Google to HBO thinks 2010 is the year we embrace geolocation and tell friends and marketers our every move. Farhad Manjoo locates the problem with that idea.READ»

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Google Really Wants to Monitor Where You Are: May Link Buzz and Latitude

Google's Buzz has hit the tech headlines in good and bad ways, but it's totally swamped other Google offerings like Latitude. Google's not forgotten it of course, and has revealed it may well intertwine Buzz with Latitude. LBS ...READ»

Glympse: The Coolest Thing Your Smartphone Can Do

That's not a title I toss out lightly, but Glympse deserves it. Since smartphones first made Google maps mobile, no single application has offered so much practical functionality. Not only that--Glympse might be the only one that ...READ»

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Evolution of a Facebook-Killer

Plenty of people have been wondering about which company might come along and dethrone Facebook. What if the answer is so obvious that you wouldn't notice until all the pieces came together?READ»

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AT&T Rolls Out Orwellian "FamilyMap" Feature

There are plenty of voluntary ways to use your GPS-enabled phone to locate your friends in real time: Loopt, Google Latitude, or a simple text message will usually do. But if you're more into the constant-surveillance kind of thing, ...READ»

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Google Latitude Makes History

Yesterday Google [GOOG] announced a nifty mapping feature called Latitude, soon to be available for every major mobile phone platform that supports Google Maps. Latitude keeps track of your friends like so many tagged woodland ...READ»