“News Near You” Added to Google News Mobile App for Android, iPhone Smartphones

Google News for mobile, today received a new feature in the U.S. English edition called "News near you" that surfaces news relevant to the city you're in and surrounding areas.

“News Near You” Added to Google News Mobile App for Android, iPhone Smartphones

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Fred Wilson: The end is near for CDs, record companies need to invest in the streaming market if they want to survive.

Fred Wilson: The end is near for CDs, record companies need to invest in the streaming market if they want to survive.

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Fred Wilson: The end is near for CDs, record companies need to invest in the streaming market if they want to survive.

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Office Robots of the Near Future, Gearing Up

Reader jsrodrigues points out Businessweek's article on the predicted coming wave of office robots. These include offerings from Willow Garage, Anybots, and Smart Robots, all designed to automate certain bits of office-building meatspace gruntwork, like ferrying mail and making coffee, but more intelligently and smoothly than previous generations of such tools. Smart Robots has posted a scenario describing the benefits of office life with robots; a test run of robots from that company is set for early 2012 at "a major office building in Manhattan."

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LivingSocial's John Bax On Google's Near $6 Billion Bid For Groupon: "I Think They Are Underpaying"

I think [Google is] getting a steal, I think they underpaying," said LivingSocial's John Bax at today's IGNITION: The Future of Media conference, in reference to Google's near $6 billion bid for Groupon, which some have called wildly excessive. "[Groupon] should hold out for $12 billion or $18 billion..."

Bax was half-joking, but he went on to discuss the value of the social commerce business. "No one has cracked local advertising, a lot of people are trying different angles... Groupon works with tens of thousands of local businesses, they are generating a lot of cash.”

"The most well-read publication now might be Groupon," said Ben Lerer, the CEO of Thrillist, who was also part of the same IGNITION panel discussion.

"I don’t think $6 billion is a crazy price,” said Bax. “I think it might be cheap."

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• Gawker Media Paid $12,000 For The Nude Pictures Brett Favre Sent Jenn Sterger
• Google's Groupon Bid Signals Desperation, Loss Of Confidence

LivingSocial's John Bax On Google's Near $6 Billion Bid For Groupon: "I Think They Are Underpaying"

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