Reuters – Yahoo Inc has struck a deal to expand the role of its services on cellphones of the world’s second-largest handset maker Samsung, as the two battle larger rivals on the wireless market.

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Leaving us so soon? BumpTop, the OS overlay specialist that gave Windows 7 touchscreen PCs a great reason to exist back in early 2009, seems to be pulling the plug on its one and only claim to fame. In a somewhat terse update posted to the site, the company — which just outed a Mac version of their software in January — has been acquired by Google, which means that BumpTop (for both Windows and Mac) will “no longer be available for sale.” This plug pulling also means that no future updates are planned, but if you’re not shaken by such a thought, the app can still be downloaded for the next week free of charge. As for BumpTop Pro users? End-of-life support will be provided for you all, but there’s no guarantee that won’t change as the wind blows. We’re definitely curious to see what Google has in store for BumpTop — ChromeOS and Android could get real crazy, real fast.

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There’s precisely no way to know for sure, but it looks as if the perpetual mystery surrounding the Motorola Shadow may be nearing its end. Just as the weekend was getting kicked off in earnest, a new Moto handset managed to get its own stamp of approval from the fine folks at the Wi-Fi Alliance, and pictures of something that might be the Shadow appeared on laptopmemo. The MB810 is said to be equipped with both 802.11b/g/n as well as a cellular data connection, though it’s impossible to tell from the paperwork whether it’ll be outed in GSM or CDMA form. The leaked handset at laptopmemo is said to have a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, an eight megapixel camera with HD video capability, and a slider QWERTY keyboard. Are they the same handset, and is any of this real? We should know whether or not this guy has slipped through the cracks under another moniker in due time, but if you’re anything like us, “due time” won’t ever come soon enough.

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Launch day jitters or something more? These are the questions circling around the iPad 3G today, as owners of the new tablet are finding video playback is not as “magical” on their device as it is on the wifi version. More »

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Hey, remember how Microsoft released a very limited version of the Windows Phone 7 binaries for developers, and then it took about 34 seconds for someone to unlock them to open up all their hidden goodness? Well, MS has just the delivered an updated set of tools for developers to help them get a little closer to making millions on the Maketplace, and yet again it took no time at all for that release to be unlocked This time there are a few new goodies to take a look at and if you’d like to take a peek, and learn how to try them out for yourself, click on through.

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Drawing on the iPad makes good sense, and there are tons of apps that mimic natural paint brushes. iBrite from aCleverTwist is a fun iPad drawing app that that takes a lighter approach to drawing on the iPad. It’s sort of like Etch a Sketch with colors and easier use. More precisely it’s a [continue reading...]

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Text messaging is now the primary way in which teenagers communicate: ahead of face-to-face conversations. That’s the conclusion of a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
One of the key questions in the survey was which methods teenagers use each day to contact friends:

Text messaging: 54 percent
Cell phone voice call: 38 percent
Face-to-face [...]

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NewsFactor – Twitter continues to press forward with improvements to its platform even as the young social-media phenomenon moves toward monetization with advertising opportunities. On Friday, Twitter announced it has acquired a mobile-messaging company called Cloudhopper. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Remember InstantAction? You know, that startup that debuted at GDC in an effort to take on OnLive and catch the world ablaze with browser-based embedded gaming? If you’ve forgotten the dirty-dirty on this here company, be sure and give our prior hands-on a look; once you’re up to speed, you may be interested in knowing that the company’s first weekend in business (in the consumer’s eye, anyway) is this one you’re living in right now. The new “direct-to-consumer online video game distribution service” has gone live with LucasArts’ The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, enabling gamers to embed full titles into blogs, Facebook profiles and pretty much any other site that’ll handle an HTML embed string. The magic involves a delicate mix of in-browser, thin-client, and progressive downloading technologies, and while this title may not float your boat, the concept could be gold for indie developers looking to reach directly to potential clients. Head on past the break for the full release, not to mention a play-by-play of how to try this thing out.

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