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Press conference sparks rumours of Amazon tablet

Amazon is rumoured to be announcing a new tablet this week at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday in New York. Speculation about an Amazon tablet has been growing for months, reigniting this week when word broke about Wednesday’s press conference. Analysts speculate the Amazon tablet will be a revamped version of the existing Kindle e-reader. It will be priced cheaper, however, undercutting Apple by selling its tablet for $250, but, similar to the iPad, will operate by touchscreen. Unlike other competitors, Amazon is well positioned to take on Apple’s stronghold on the market because of its online store, which makes books, movies and music available to users at the touch of a button. While the Amazon tablet is expected to be a simpler tablet than the iPad, it could offer consumers the features they want most at a lower price. Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps told the New York Times : “The No 1 thing consumers do on tablets is email. The No 2 thing is look up stuff on the web.

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Google Invests in New York Property

Google announced Wednesday that it has expanded its facilities in New York by purchasing property in the Chelsea district at 111 Eighth Avenue. The Wall Street Journal reports that according to sources familiar with the deal, the search giant purchased the building for close to $1.9 billion — representing the largest deal for a single building in the U.S. in 2010.

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Google Instant Becomes Default Search Choice

The New York Times reported that Google Instant feature out of beta on Wednesday, bringing predictive searching to the masses. The new instant search feature predicts what a person’s Internet search queries will be as soon as they start typing and immediately brings back results which are updated as new characters are inputted into the search field.

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Google Breaks Into VOIP Space

Google made a major push into the VOIP market on Wednesday, announcing that U.S.-based customers can make domestic and international phone calls from inside their Gmail accounts. The move brings renewed competition to leading VOIP provider Skype as it nears its initial public offering.

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Yahoo! Search is Now Powered By Bing

Yahoo! announced Tuesday that the organic search transition between Yahoo! and Microsoft is now complete, only one week since the transition began.

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Google Experimenting with Instant Search Results

Google might be ready to take the idea of “instant” search results to the next level. CNET reports that UK-based SEO expert Ron Ousbey posted video on his website showing a search results pages that instantly updates with each letter typed into the search query bar. You can watch Ousbey’s video here:

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Latest Updates on Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance

Yahoo! on Monday announced the latest developments in the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance, in particular regarding the transition of Yahoo!’s search back-end infrastructure to Microsoft. The complete transition to Microsoft is expected in 2012.

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Anonymous Google Search Service Scroogle Back Running

Scroogle, a Web service designed to allow for anonymous surfing of the Internet while using the Google search engine, has been restored to full functionality. According to PC World, the service was shut down earlier this week after Google instituted changes to a Google Search web page that apparently had the unintended effect of breaking the code needed to make Scroogle work. However, Scroogle engineers have been able to fix the code and as of Wednesday the service was up and running.

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Google Enterprise Chief: Switch from Office to Google Docs

In an interview with CNET on Monday, Google Enterprise President Dave Girouard encouraged businesses to consider switching to Google Docs rather than purchasing an upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010 when it is released on Wednesday. According to Girouard, Microsoft is lagging in its cloud computing abilities, something that Google sees as a critical element in future business communication.

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Google Expands Fast Flip with 55 Major Publishers

Google announced through its blog on Wednesday that it is expanding Google Fast Flip, a news reading service that aims to make the experience of reading newspapers and magazines online similar to reading hard copy versions. Fast Flip launched three months ago with a small handful of publications including the New York Times and Washington Post.

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