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Twitter Tuesday – the official Tweet Button arrives, Twifficiency explained, and more

Written on August 17th, 2010 by PricesTechno shouts

Filed under: Features , Social Software , Microblogging , Twitter There’s been plenty of big news from the Twitter camp in the past week, so let’s jump right in and start with Twitter’s official announcements, including the new Tweet Button ! The first thing everybody thought when Twitter announced an official sharing button was “Uh, but what about TweetMeme?” The popular tweet sharing site — it’s like a Digg based on retweets! — is just the latest third-party service to get some competition from Twitter itself, but Tweetmeme is a different case than the clients and ad networks which met with a similar fate earlier this year. See, TweetMeme realized that they likely wouldn’t survive by competing with Twitter’s Tweet Button, so they made a deal to help launch it. The terms of the arrangement are unclear, but the Tweet Button will certainly benefit from TweetMeme’s expertise. Twitter will also get the benefit of TweetMeme’s userbase, because TweetMeme will now be pointing to the Tweet Button. Check out Twitter’s Tweet Button video, plus more Twitter news, after the jump

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DLS Review: Live Documents is almost like Office, but for the Web

Written on August 17th, 2010 by PricesTechno shouts

Filed under: Features , Productivity , web 2.0 I first got word of Live Documents via our trusty tipster, Forboden (Thanks!). And I have to say that it’s impressive! The idea of an online office suite is far from new; Google Docs is the largest player in this market, but of course there’s Zoho and Microsoft Office Live. So, what’s Live Documents’ claim to fame? Basically, they say that their solution is “more powerful than Microsoft Office” and offers “better collaboration than Google Docs.” Those are a couple of hefty statements to make, and I must disagree with one. Still, the product is certainly powerful.

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Spain becomes latest country to take on Google (AP)

Written on August 17th, 2010 by PricesTechno shouts

AP – Google says it is under investigation in Spain over its “Street View” mapping feature.

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HP buying cyber security firm Fortify Software (AP)

Written on August 17th, 2010 by PricesTechno shouts

AP – Hewlett-Packard Co. says it is buying Fortify Software to beef up its cyber security offerings.

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Survey of viewers shows extent of TV time shifting (AP)

Written on August 17th, 2010 by PricesTechno shouts

AP – If you’ve never time-shifted a prime-time television series — watched it later on a DVR, over the Internet or ordered it on demand — you’re now in the minority.

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