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Sassyqarla Entertainment Blog SiteGoogle buys Angstro, hires co-founder to build social networking serviceLos Angeles TimesThe Internet giant, striving to counter the growth of Facebook, brings in Rohit Khare, whose firm had built innovative tools for soc...

Metro-North Service Grinds to Near Halt for Suspicious PackageWall Street Journal (blog)Most of Metro-North Railroad's Hudson line was shut down Friday morning because of a suspicious package spotted on the tracks just south of Irvington station by an...

Moneycontrol.comRIM Falls to 17-Month Low as India BlackBerry Service Ban LoomsBloombergRIM offered to lead an industry forum in developing standard practices for balancing the Indian government's security needs with customers' privacy requirement...

Moneycontrol.comGoogle raises stakes with disruptive phone serviceMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc.'s effort unveiled earlier this week to expand the use of its Internet-calling service by enabling easy access through email account...

Moneycontrol.comGoogle raises stakes with disruptive calling serviceMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc.'s effort unveiled earlier this week to expand the use of its Internet-calling service by enabling easy access through email accou...

Washington PostGoogle introduces Gmail-linked phone serviceSan Francisco ChronicleGoogle Inc. offered consumers another reason to ditch their traditional landlines Wednesday by unveiling a service that lets them make free phone calls through its popular e...

Techworld.comPlaces check-in service lets Facebook know where you areDetroit Free PressAnd, even if you're not on Facebook, there are some things you need to know about the new check-in service Places to protect your privacy. Location services like Fo...

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Telegraph.co.ukFacebook Unveils Service That Lets Users Share Their LocationsBusinessWeekAug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. introduced a service that makes it easier for users to share their whereabouts with other people, making a deeper push into a fas...

Telegraph.co.ukLive Stream: Facebook Could Announce Location ServicePC WorldA Facebook location-based service might threaten smaller location players like Foursquare, and might reawaken privacy concerns. Click through to see Facebook's live stream of ...