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Twitter Promoted to Ad Network

BY Brian Solis
Relevancy Score: 18

In just four short years, Twitter would emerge as something more personal than a social network, it would serve as a human seismograph for facilitating, tracking, and measuring human movement and experiences. Twitter is now starting to introduce new programs that officially position the company as both an integrated information and ad network.READ»

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Open Thread: How Could Blockbuster Reinvent Itself to Become Relevant Again?

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 16

Blockbuster is currently searching for a new CEO. Who should they select? How can Blockbuster remake itself to compete with Netflix, Redbox, Apple, and the whole slew of companies that caused its demise?READ»

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Windows 7 Apps Are Just Like iPhone's (In a Good Way)

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 34

Standardized hardware and great support may beckon to developers to Windows 7 Phone despite its belated arrival.READ»

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How Windows 7 Phones Use Apple and RIM's Powers Against Them

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 14

Microsoft is using two ideas borrowed from Apple and RIM's smartphone dominance: Business app integration; and AT&T's U-Verse to take on Apple TV.READ»

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Xbox, Rockstar Games Among Twitter's First Promoted Accounts

BY David Zax
Relevancy Score: 85

Twitter continues to take monetizing slowly, with its minimally invasive ad strategy.READ»

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iFive: Hurricane Igor, Obama's Solar Snub, Nokia's Brain Drain, Google Quicksee, Facebook's Page Discoverer

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 39

While you laid down in bed, the rest of the world didn't rest its head. Here's what went on instead:READ»

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Google Instant Redefines Your ABCs

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 33

A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets.READ»

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AMD's Chip Architect Brad Burgess on Mobile Computing's Future

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 21

AMD's Brad Burgess is the chief architect behind the company's future low-power/portable device Bobcat CPUs. We spoke to him about them, but also about the future. READ»

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Boxee Responds to Apple TV: "We're Taking a Different Path"

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 19

The immediate reaction to the new, redesigned, strikingly cheap Apple TV is pity for Apple TV's competitors. Boxee, one of those competitors, sees it differently--and they might just be right.READ»

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Major Brands Look to Point About, Zumobi, NellyMoser to Create Apps

BY Christianna McCausland
Relevancy Score: 39

A new class of developers ushers major brands into an app-centric world.READ»

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Apple Game Center for iPhone Beats Xbox Live to the Mobile Punch

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 24

Along with Microsoft's Xbox Live for Windows Phone 7, Apple's new Game Center is going to change the very nature of portable gaming. READ»

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Blockbusted: A Netflix Knock-Out, Bad Metaphors on the Path to the Movie Monster's Bankruptcy

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 10

A look back at the best denials of Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes. READ»

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App Smackdown: Netflix vs. Blockbuster

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 10

Now that Netflix is available on the iPhone and iPod -- and Blockbuster is dominating Droid -- which movie rental giant will win the mobile market?READ»

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Windows 7 Phones Will Interact With Xbox, Demo Future of Gaming

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 87

Real-time console game interactivity is coming to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 devices, which transforms the phone from a communications curio to an integral part of your game system. Apple may be following the same route. Should Sony be scared?READ»

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Halo: Reach, the Biggest Xbox 360 Game of the Year, Leaks to BitTorrent

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 21

Halo: Reach, one of (if not the) biggest, most anticipated games of the year, is all over the pirate-friendly BitTorrent sites today. How did it happen?READ»

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First Look: Bundle's Savvy New Features Prove It's More Than Just a Pretty (Inter)face

BY Dan Macsai
Relevancy Score: 46

This week, Bundle unveils its "Version 1.0" redesign, offering a host of new features including -- at last! -- the option to sync to multiple accounts.READ»

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Blockbuster's Digital Chief Attacks Apple, Netflix

BY Austin Carr
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The movie rental giant says Steve Jobs' software is too restrictive, and its online movie rival is too geeky for regular users. Part one of our interview with Blockbuster's digital chief.READ»

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Microsoft Finally Launches a Portable Xbox--Inside Windows Phone 7

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 94

Years ago, there were rumors of a handheld Xbox to compete with the PSP and Nintendo DS. Microsoft finally delivered today, in a very bold way--high-end integration of Xbox and Xbox Live into Windows Phone 7. Gamers: read this.READ»

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Apple's Gaming Future May Play Against Sony, Nintendo

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 16

Apple really wants to take a bite at the gaming market, as some novel patents show. But its third-party developers are already doing half its work for it, and dooming the PSP along the way.READ»

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Netflix and GameFly Beware: Blockbuster Adds Games to By-Mail Service

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 20

A look at how Blockbuster's new gaming offerings will impact competitors Netflix and Gamefly.READ»

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Analyzing Steve Ballmer's Language: He "Thinks" a "Lot" About "Things"

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 14

Steve Ballmer's a famously eccentric public speaker, and apparently this even extends to presentations at Microsoft's annual financial analyst meeting. We've looked at his language for you. And it's... interesting.READ»

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Microsoft Announces Record 4th-Quarter Revenue, Over $16 Billion

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 18

Microsoft's quarterly (and yearly) earnings report came out today, and it's mostly good news: major sales for Windows 7 and Xbox, with Bing losing money but showing positive growth.READ»

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Microsoft Announces Kinect Price, Hopes to Boost 360 Sales Further

BY Alex Porter
Relevancy Score: 19

A full year after revealing plans to jump into the motion-controller game, Microsoft has finally announced the price for their Kinect hardware, a motion sensor that sits atop the television. The add-on, which works with Xbox 360, ...READ»

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The Creativity Gap

BY Josh Linkner
Relevancy Score: 83

Creativity is declining in America, yet business leaders say it is the most crucial factor for success. We all have tremendous creative potential, but how do we tap into it?READ»

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Hands-On With Windows Phone 7 Shows Innovative Interface (and Worrisome Rough Edges)

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 17

A near-final build of Windows Phone 7 went out to journalists and developers today, the best look we've gotten at this do-or-die Microsoft product yet. How does it look? Mostly good--mostly.READ»

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