Google has just acquired eBook Technologies , according to a notice that is currently appearing on the company’s homepage. Google confirmed the acquisition, with a spokesperson giving us this statement: “We are happy to welcome eBook Technologies’ team to Google

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Google Acquires eBook Technologies

As part of their effort to speed up release cycles , Google no longer likes to acknowledge in a big way when they update Chrome. They’re simply doing it too often for it to mean much. But today they’ve taken a bit of time to  acknowledge an update to both Chrome and Chrome OS, in part because they were able to quash a big bug

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Chrome, Chrome OS Updated With First “Elite” Bug Squashed

What do you get when you mix Groupon’s business model, a country with 200 million souls, and an ex-Facebook exec? A company that Benchmark Capital will invest in, that’s what. Brazil’s Peixe Urbano, a Groupon-type startup founded by the former Brazilian country manager for Facebook Julio Vasconcellos , launched in mid 2010 (we first wrote about them in March 2010).

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Benchmark Capital Takes Stake In Brazil’s Peixe Urbano

Well you have to give T-Mobile one thing: they sure are quick. It was only yesterday that Verizon announced that the iPhone 4 was coming to their network in a few weeks. That means that both AT&T and Verizon, the two largest carriers in the U.S., will now have the device

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T-Mobile Wastes No Time Taking A Shot At iPhone On Verizon (And AT&T)

Given how popular YouTube is on the web, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that a lot of people also enjoy watching video clips from their phones. And, given the surge in Android, iPhone, and iPad sales, that adds up to a lot of videos

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YouTube Mobile Traffic Tripled In 2010, Android App Gets Music Videos (And Ads)

It’s not that Amazon set out to destroy small book stores. They just offered a better option for a large number of people. Now, Amazon is increasingly offering small features here and there that taken together may start to make a traditional publisher a lot less necessary for authors.

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First Amazon Took Down Booksellers….Are Publishers Next?

Maybe you heard, Verizon finally has the iPhone. Or it will, in a few weeks .

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So When Do The “Droid Did” Verizon iPhone Commercials Start?

We’ve written about Mixpanel, an analytics-focused startup whose backers include Y Combinator, Michael Birch, and Max Levchin. The startup, which currently tracks over 1 billion actions per month, allows developers to track a variety of user actions, including the number of pages a user has viewed, iPhone app analytics , interactions on Facebook apps and email analytics.

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Mixpanel Gets A UI Makeover; Monthly Data Volume Growing By 40 Percent

When it came to translations, you used to either need an interpreter or a book to navigate another language. That was either costly or cumbersome, respectively

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¡Increíble! Google Turns Your Android Phone Into An On-The-Fly Conversation Interpreter

Google Places is now on your iPhone . If you download the app ( iTunes link ) you get a mobile version of Google Places, Google’s local directory. It shows you nearby restaurants, coffee shops, bars, ATMs, gas stations, hotels, and other attractions.

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Google Serves Places On The iPhone With A Side Of Hotpot