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Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure (AP)
 AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."5 New Ways Small Business Can Offer Location-Based Deals (Mashable)
Mashable - This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Craigslist.com blocks access to adult services ads (Reuters)
Reuters - Craigslist.com has dropped its "adult services" listings, which have become the target of U.S. state attorneys general who say the much-visited online classified ad site is not doing enough to quash prostitution. Over one million join Apple's music social network Ping (AFP)
 AFP - More than one million users joined Apple's new music-focused social network Ping in the 48 hours following its launch, the company said.Craigslist removes adult services section (AP)
AP - Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website Saturday, replacing it with a black bar that says "censored," just over a week after a group of state attorneys general said there weren't enough protections against blocking potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution. |
Aiptek I2 Shoots 3D Video on a Budget (PC World)
PC World - Aiptek has introduced the i2, a pocket-sized twin lens camcorder that can record 3D video, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Kanye West and How Twitter Has Changed the Way We Communicate (Mashable)
Mashable - If you needed any more proof that Twitter has transformed how we absorb information and communicate, look no further than Kanye West. Texas probing Google over search results (AFP)
 AFP - The attorney general of the US state of Texas has opened an inquiry into whether Internet giant Google manipulates search results.Kinect's Israeli partner sees a remoteless world (AP)
AP - Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push. The air conditioner senses your presence and changes the temperature to your liking. The Macalope Weekly: The machine that goes Ping! (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Apple held its annual iPod show this week and the Macalope’s here to give you the final take-away. Truth be told, he’s not even going to talk about Ping because he doesn’t get it, but you know how it is with nerds: we can’t pass up a chance to make a Monty Python reference. |