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AT&T ads tout advantage over Verizon iPhone: Talking while browsing

In an attempt to retain as many customers as it can, AT&T has sent out emails to customers reminding them that the Verizon iPhone won't be able to talk and browse at the same time.

80 percent of teens have texted in the last week

A new study shows that teens prefer texting to all other forms of communication and nearly 80 percent of them have done it in the last week alone. Even young kids 6-10 are getting in on the action.
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Global spam levels…in decline?

Global spam levels have dropped to their lowest levels since the McColo shutdown in 2008...and nobody really knows why.

7 trillion texts expected to be sent next year

A new research report claims that 7 trillion text messages will be sent from 4.8 billion phones.
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Court rules Fourth Amendment protects email

The U.S. Sixth Circuit court of Appeals has ruled that the government needs a search warrant to search email - even if it's stored at an ISP.

Gawker hacked, 1.5 million accounts compromised

Hackers that may or may not be from 4chan took down all Gawker Media sites over the weekend, publishing staff passwords and obtaining usernames, emails, and passwords for 1.5 million users registered on the Website network.

Man behind a third of the world’s spam heading to court

Oleg Nikolaenko will head to court in the near future for running malware that has been linked to extraordinary amounts of the world's spam.

GSA picks Google Apps; Microsoft retorts

Google has won a multi-million dollar deal to serve its suite of apps and email to the GSA, a federal agency that's 17,000 people strong. Microsoft is not happy about the deal.

AOL acquires email prioritization app Unblab

AOL has acquired email prioritization app, Unblab. The acquisition was made public on Unblab's website.

Facebook hosts meandering Q&A with George W. Bush

An interview with George W. Bush and Mark Zuckerberg went on quite a few tangents, failing to focus on much, but establishing that the former president does enjoy the iPad.

Study: 59 percent of people check work email during the holidays

A new study commissioned by Xobni finds that more than half of adult workers check their email while on holiday.

Google: social is only “one chapter” in future plans

Google's CFO says that social networking is just "one chapter" of Google's plans, but an important one.

Facebook’s U.S. traffic has grown 55 percent since 2009

Facebook's traffic has grown by 55 percent since October 2009. We explore how the world has changed for the social network in 2010.
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FriendFeed, Gmail creator quits Facebook

Paul Buchheit is leaving Facebook to join tech startup investor Y Combinator. He is the man who created FriendFeed, Gmail, AdSense, and Google's slogan "Don't be evil."

Gmail isn’t as big as its hype, report shows

Gmail has garnered the reputation of being one of the most popular email providers. A report from the web analysis company, Compete, paints a very different picture.

Gmail allows users to turn off Conversation View

Email purists are rejoicing over Google's decision to allow Gmail users to turn off Conversation View.

Sun CEO Resigns via Twitter Feed

Sun's former CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, announced his resignation via Twitter.