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Provided by: mashable.com1212012-05-19 20:58:23web and programming / mashable.com /: On Sunday, May 20, a spectacular astronomical phenomenon will occur when our moon passes between the Earth and the sun. The result for the luck…

Provided by: mashable.com1221970-01-01 00:00:00web and programming / mashable.com /: More casting is being announced out of the Cannes Film Festival today as sales and financing company The Solution Entertainment Group has announced that British comic actor Simon Pegg has been cast in the lead role of Peter Chelsom's dramatic comedy Hector and the Search for Happiness . Based on the bestselling novel by FranAn 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 Founded in July 2005, Mashable is the world's largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what's new on the web and offering social media resources and guides. Microsoft has revealed an updated desktop user interface for Windows 8. “In the end, we decided to bring the desktop closer to the Metro aesthe…

Provided by: webware.com1232011-08-03 00:02:45web and programming / webware.com /: The medical appointment booking service plans to use the DST Global investment to expand its presence to more cities nationwide.

Provided by: webware.com1242011-08-03 00:30:39web and programming / webware.com /: Popular microblogging site says it will migrate users still on old home page interface to the redesigned home page this week.
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Provided by: techcrunch.com1252012-05-19 19:34:54web and programming / techcrunch.com /: TechCrunch is a group-edited blog that profiles the companies, products and events defining and transforming the new web. It's been just over nine months since Google announced their intentions to acquire hardware manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, and now it seems that the final pieces of the deal have fallen into place. According to a new report from the Associated Press, Chinese officials have finally given the Google-Motorola deal their blessing.

Provided by: mashable.com1262012-05-19 19:55:58web and programming / mashable.com /: Microsoft has revealed an updated desktop user interface for Windows 8. “In the end, we decided to bring the desktop closer to the Metro aesthe…

Provided by: programmableweb.com1272012-05-19 15:00:31web and programming / programmableweb.com /: MICHAEL DAVID CRAWFORD and ORION BLASTAR Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE, INC. Defendant. COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELEASE. Online reference, blog and news source for the Web as Platform. Because the world's your programmable oyster. This past week 10 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 19 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Allogarage, Brown Paper Tickets, Evri, GeoAdmin, mydigitalstructure and QuickBlox. The most often used APIs this week are Brown Paper Tickets, Google Maps and QuickBlox. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Music (3 APIs, 3 mashups), Shopping (3 APIs, 3 mashups) and Mapping (2 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:

Provided by: techcrunch.com1282012-05-19 19:34:54web and programming / techcrunch.com /: It's been just over nine months since Google announced their intentions to acquire hardware manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, and now it seems that the final pieces of the deal have fallen into place. According to a new report from the Associated Press, Chinese officials have finally given the Google-Motorola deal their blessing. China's official approval of the deal has been a long time coming -- Google managed to score regulatory approvals from the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission back in February (on the same day no less), but China's anti-monopoly bureau leapt into action just a few days later. That period of intense regulatory scrutiny is a routine part of the purchasing process, as every company that makes more than 400 million yuan ($63 million) in China and 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) globally is subject to the process.

Provided by: mashable.com1292012-05-19 18:54:47web and programming / mashable.com /: There are cats on Twitter, dogs on Facebook, birds that won’t stop checking in on Foursquare (OK, we haven’t witnessed that last one, but…

Provided by: mashable.com1302012-05-19 19:17:26web and programming / mashable.com /: Jobs in tech are stronger than ever. In 2011, Amazon hired 22,500 people, bringing its workforce up to 56,200, and Google hired 8,000 people &#…

Provided by: programmableweb.com1311970-01-01 00:00:00web and programming / programmableweb.com /: More casting is being announced out of the Cannes Film Festival today as sales and financing company The Solution Entertainment Group has announced that British comic actor Simon Pegg has been cast in the lead role of Peter Chelsom's dramatic comedy Hector and the Search for Happiness . Based on the bestselling novel by FranOnline reference, blog and news source for the Web as Platform. Because the world's your programmable oyster. This past week 10 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 19 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Allogarage, Brown Paper Tickets, Evri, GeoAdmin, mydigitalstructure and QuickBlox. The most often used APIs this week are Brown Paper Tickets, Google Maps and QuickBlox. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Music (3 APIs, 3 mashups), Shopping (3 APIs, 3 mashups) and Mapping (2 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:

Provided by: solutionwatch.com1322007-10-09 04:33:36web and programming / solutionwatch.com /: Solution Watch surveys the new generation of the web, reviewing and providing in-depth walkthroughs of today's best products and services. Tractis, which recently came out of private beta, allows you to negotiate and execute worldwide legally binding contracts online. Tractis’ focus is making e-commerce more safe by providing not only digital signing of contracts, but conflict resolution and micro-insurance services. Today, they officially open their doors for Spain and plan to eventually make their service [...]

Provided by: mashable.com1331970-01-01 00:00:00web and programming / mashable.com /: An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/xsl Founded in July 2005, Mashable is the world's largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what's new on the web and offering social media resources and guides. There are cats on Twitter, dogs on Facebook, birds that won’t stop checking in on Foursquare (OK, we haven’t witnessed that last one, but…

Provided by: gigaomnetwork.com1342012-05-19 18:51:14web and programming / gigaomnetwork.com /: Google has finally received approval from China to complete its purchase of Motorola Mobility, Google said Saturday. That paves the way for Google to integrate Motorola, though it remains to be seen exactly how it wants to use the phone maker.

Provided by: gigaomnetwork.com1352012-05-19 18:51:14web and programming / gigaomnetwork.com /: Google has finally received approval from China to complete its purchase of Motorola Mobility, Google said Saturday. That paves the way for Google to integrate Motorola, though it remains to be seen exactly how it wants to use the phone maker.