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Provided by: techmeme.com2862012-05-16 03:25:00buzz / techmeme.com /: Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Google Docs Research sidebar looks up terms, adds images, quotes, and citations — Google Docs has a lot going for it as an office or writing tool, and we imagine the Research sidebar, which appears to have recently launched on the suite, will help bolster its popularity.

Provided by: techmeme.com2872012-05-16 02:40:00buzz / techmeme.com /: Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Banters Hits The Deadpool, Co-founders Leto & Moberg Are Betaworks Bound — Today, the Banters social experiment has officially come to a close, as the startup's co-founder Lauren Leto said via blog post today that the team will be no longer actively working on the site beginning June 1st.

Provided by: techmeme.com2882012-05-16 03:15:23buzz / techmeme.com /: Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Facebook Is Still Figuring It Out. Will Advertisers and Investors Wait Around? — There are a bunch of ways to explain away GM's decision to stop spending ad dollars on Facebook. We'll get to those. — But there's one thing that even the most ardent Facebook fan can't argue with …

Provided by: techmeme.com2891970-01-01 00:00:00buzz / techmeme.com /: 04qxVNDao4c Tex Murphy: Project Fedora (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251414413/tex-murphy-project-fedora) has begun its Kickstarter drive. So far they've made $108,000 of their $450,000 goal. ---Quote--- An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/html; charset=UTF-8 An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/html An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Tech Web, page A1
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Banters Hits The Deadpool, Co-founders Leto & Moberg Are Betaworks Bound — Today, the Banters social experiment has officially come to a close, as the startup's co-founder Lauren Leto said via blog post today that the team will be no longer actively working on the site beginning June 1st.

Provided by: techmeme.com2902012-05-16 02:15:23buzz / techmeme.com /: Elinor Mills / CNET:
Judge dismisses piracy suits, says IP address doesn't confirm state — A California judge has dismissed 15 lawsuits against John Does accused of sharing pirated adult movies on BitTorrent, saying the court lacks jurisdiction because the geolocation tools relied on don't always accurately identify …

Provided by: techmeme.com2912012-05-16 01:45:22buzz / techmeme.com /: Olivia Oran / Reuters:
Facebook expands IPO size, aims for $15 billion: source — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is increasing the size of its IPO by 85 million shares to about 422 million, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, raising more than $15 billion in Silicon Valley's largest market debut.

Provided by: techmeme.com2922012-05-16 01:50:18buzz / techmeme.com /: Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blogcast:
The All New Evernote 4.0 for Android — Major operating system updates are a great opportunity for us to rethink our apps. That's exactly what happened when Google released the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Today, we're excited to unveil the completely redesigned Evernote 4.0 for Android.

Provided by: techmeme.com2932012-05-16 01:20:01buzz / techmeme.com /: Pamela Parker / Marketing Land:
Ahead Of IPO, GM Drops Facebook Ads; Forrester Warns Other Companies May Follow — It couldn't have happened at a worse time for Facebook, which has its initial public offering of stock later this week. General Motors has decided to stop advertising on the social networking giant, citing concerns about the site's effectiveness.

Provided by: techmeme.com2942012-05-16 01:00:40buzz / techmeme.com /: Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
3,997 Models: Android Fragmentation As Seen By The Developers Of OpenSignalMaps — Over the past six months, the folks at OpenSignalMaps have been keeping tabs on the devices that have been downloading their network monitoring app, and so far they've recorded downloads onto 681,900 separate Android devices in 195 countries.

Provided by: techmeme.com2952012-05-16 01:05:01buzz / techmeme.com /: Peter Sciretta / /Film:
Aaron Sorkin To Adapt ‘Steve Jobs’ for Sony — Last year we heard that Sony wanted Academy Award-winning The Social Network/The West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin to write the screenplay for a Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography. Sony had purchased the rights …

Provided by: techmeme.com2962012-05-16 01:10:02buzz / techmeme.com /: Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Expands: Adds Audio From NPR, Public Radio & SoundCloud; Introduces Japanese Version — Social magazine Flipboard may have to think up a new tagline for itself, as tonight the company is rolling out an update which greatly expands its focus beyond text-based content to also include audio.

Provided by: techmeme.com2972012-05-16 00:50:02buzz / techmeme.com /: Nilay Patel / The Verge:
HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE indefinitely delayed at US Customs for investigation of Apple patent infringement — The HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE are a notable devices for many reasons, but today it becomes notorious: it's the first device to face an import delay at US Customs for potentially infringing an Apple patent.

Provided by: techmeme.com2982012-05-16 00:10:02buzz / techmeme.com /: Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
FCC wants to know if Verizon is warehousing spectrum — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is curious why Verizon Wireless bought a bunch of 4G spectrum back in 2008 but now plans to sell it, just because some better airwaves have come along. In a letter to Verizon …

Provided by: techmeme.com2992012-05-16 00:35:02buzz / techmeme.com /: Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS:
How Does Gmail Work? Google's Story of Send Site Explains — Before you hit the “send” button on an e-mail, you might proofread your message. Or maybe you make sure you've included the right attachment. Or maybe, just maybe, you contemplate what is actually going to happen to that message once you hit …

Provided by: techmeme.com3001970-01-01 00:00:00buzz / techmeme.com /: 04qxVNDao4c Tex Murphy: Project Fedora (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251414413/tex-murphy-project-fedora) has begun its Kickstarter drive. So far they've made $108,000 of their $450,000 goal. ---Quote--- Tech Web, page A1
Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
FCC wants to know if Verizon is warehousing spectrum — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is curious why Verizon Wireless bought a bunch of 4G spectrum back in 2008 but now plans to sell it, just because some better airwaves have come along. In a letter to Verizon …