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Google Toolbar Now Translates Pages In Firefox
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Google has launched a new version of its Toolbar for Firefox that lets you translate any webpage with the click of a button without leaving the page. Google will also add web-site suggestions and sponsored links to the toolbar as you type in any query. The new toolbar is synced with Firefox version 3.5’s Private Browsing mode so that the tool bar will not record your searchbox history while
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TaxiMagic Launches Web Portal For Online Taxi Booking
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Nine months ago we wrote about Taxi Magic, a nifty service that hooks directly into local dispatch systems to let you book cabs from your smart phone. Since then the startup has been doing quite well — it now supports the iPhone, Blackberry, and SMS booking. It’s also grown from supporting 25 fully supported cities to 40. And tonight it’s launching a new feature that exposes it to
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Amazon Clarifies What Can Go Down The Memory Hole
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Bezos may have apologized, but the stink of Amazon's unprecedented act of cyberburglary is still strong enough that people aren't likely to forget any time soon. It's a good thing, then, that Amazon has struck while the iron is still slightly hot by announcing the terms under which they will consider themselves justified in making your book an unbook.Nobody likes the idea of having a corporation
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Wiggio Adds Facebook Integration, Video Conferencing And More
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Wiggio, the a communication application for college students, has added a slew of new features to its collaborative product. Similar to Yammer, Wiggio provides a Twitter-like message stream from all the group members, lets users share calendars, use text and voice messaging, share files and more. Wiggio, which is free, now lets users host free, Web-Ex like “virtual meetings” for a group, which
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TrialPay Bundles A Bunch Of Deals To Raise Money For Cancer
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If I told you that you can get over $700 worth of stuff for $29.99, you’d probably be interested. But you’d also likely think there was a catch. And there is — but in this case it’s a good one: The net proceeds of that $29.99 are being donated to the American Cancer Society.TheBigBundle is a site put together by TrialPay. Basically, they rounded up a bunch of tech companies (and
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Photobucket Founders On To Their Next Startup: SlimeSandwich
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In early August we broke the news that Photobucket founders Alex Welch and Darren Crystal would be leaving parent company News Corp. to try something new. Now we know what that new thing is – an ambitious new online MMO and first person shooter game company called SlimeSandwich. So far the company has been operating in stealth mode. But sometime in the next couple of months they’ll l
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Google Has A Plan To Stop The Mass Exodus From Orkut: No Friend Exports For You!
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Just yesterday, we wrote about how Facebook was quickly gaining on Google’s social network, Orkut, in places like India where Orkut is still the big dog. One reason for Facebook’s gains is that they’ve been heavily promoting the fact that you can import your Orkut contacts via a special tool. Well guess what? As of today, that tool no longer works.And that’s not all. Previ
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