Google today released a new web page that allows users to better see how much of their data are being stored by the Internet search giant. Google Dashboard lists all of Google's services that a user is subscribed to, in one location.

In a Blogpost on the subject,  a Google (Alma Whitten, Software Engineer, Yariv Adan, Product Manager, and Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products and User Experience) said:

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Apple's iPhone App Store, as long expected, passed the 100,000 app mark today.  Apple has been counting down the milestones since the store opened, last mentioning 85,000 in a conference call last month.  There are some interesting trends developing, however, that put that number into perspective.

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AT&T is suing Verizon for their recent "There's a map for that" ad campaign.  They complain that the maps that Verizon publishes could confuse people (even though they are clearly stating "3G Access") into thinking the white spaces on the map represent areas where AT&T doesn't have coverage.

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MediaMemo today reported that Apple has been shopping a $30/month, all you can watch TV service to the networks that would compete with Hulu and to a lesser extent cable.  The service would be built into iTunes and run across all of Apple's products.  To me this has tablet written all over it.

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By most accounts, the iPhone's debut in China has been lackluster. Figures at the only Apple Store in Mainland China are incredibly bad. They sold 10 on Saturday and only one on Sunday. The Apple Store manager hopes that sales pick up during the week.

This, in a nation of 1.3 billion people and almost 800 million mobile users. In fact, China's leading mobile carrier has more subscribers than the US has citizens.

What's the problem?

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NetNewsWire is the most popular RSS newsreader client on the Macintosh. It isn't just my favorite; the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg and many others mark it as their favorite way to read news on the Mac.

I thought it would be interesting to talk to Brent Simmons, the developer behind NetNewsWire, about the recent changes in the application and where it is heading.

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