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Social Media Users Turn to Twitter for News, MySpace for Entertainment

Online advertising network Chitka recently released the results of research it conducted into the personal interests of users of different social networking sites. Mashable analyzed the results and found that — not surprisingly — different sites attracted users with different interests. In many cases, the nature of the social media site seemed to be directly related to the type of person who uses it.

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Nielsen Reports February U.S. Search Rankings

Americans conducted more than 9.17 billion searches in February 2010, according to recent data from the Nielsen Company. Google Search accounted for 65.2 percent of the market share with a total of 5.98 billion searches. Trailing far behind, Yahoo! Search came in second with 14.1 percent of the market share with a total 1.29 billion searches.

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Chinese Advertising Resellers Post Open Letter to Google

Google’s advertising resellers in China posted an open letter to the company on Tuesday, urging the company to resolve its issues with the Chinese government and avoid leaving the market. According to MarketWatch, a plea from more than two dozen local advertising resellers was posted on the state-run CCTV Web site, calling for Google to reach an agreement with the government over privacy concerns that has caused Google to threaten to leave the Chinese market.

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Find Bike Routes with Google Maps

With the help of nonprofit Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Google has biking directions in the U.S. to Google Maps with information on bike trails in more than 150 cities.

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Google Books to Feature Rare Italian Books

Google today announced an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage to digitize up to one million out-of-copyright works by Italian authors that were published before 1868.

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Google Testing TV Search with Dish Network

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is working with Dish Network to test a new TV search function that would allow users to look for shows along with online videos from popular sites such as YouTube.

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Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball ’10 Deemed Official Online Fantasy Game for MLB.com

Yahoo! today announced a deal with Major League Baseball that makes Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball ‘10 the official fantasy baseball game of MLB.com.

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