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Corbin Hiar

by Corbin Hiar, April 1, 2011

  1. Google adds +1 button
    Social feature to compete with Facebook's "Like"
  2. Subscribers up at UK Times
    60 percent increase in 4 months; enough to offset lost ad revs?
  3. Tech giants bet on cloud computing
    Amazon follows Apple and Google into cloud content race
  4. Facebook unifies mobile website
    Developers can now create apps for all handsets
  5. Google wins April Fools' Day
    Pranks range from 100-yr-old YouTube vids to Gmail Motion
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