 | | The Android is here: Google launches smartphone | | Search giant Google has teamed up with T-Mobile to launch the G1, the first smartphone to use Google's Android operating system. The G1 features a touch-screen interface, a QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, a music player, and support for third-party applications. But should you rush out to get one when it goes on sale October 22? CNET has extensive coverage of this Web-friendly phone on a special aggregation page, with photos and videos, too.
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Webware.com |  | | New on Webware.com | | | MySpace Music debuts
Posted by Greg Sandoval
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is officially taking on Apple CEO Steve Jobs. MySpace has launched MySpace Music, the music service formed by the world's second largest social network and all four of the largest recording companies. Read more |  | Election season comes to Twitter
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
Now live, from the team behind Twitter: a site for tracking "tweets" pertaining to the fast-approaching U.S. presidential elections. Enter an election-related post on the page and it will appear in the continually-updating feed, which also aggregates other Twitter posts that contain election-related terms like the candidates' names. Read more | | Glubble: Nannybrowser
Posted by Rafe Needleman
The family "social network" and browser, Glubble, is now in open beta. The Glubble.com service is a home page for families. The Firefox extension converts the browser into a locked-down system that monitors which sites the user views and where he or she searches, and that can only visit sites that are on the parents' approved list. Read more | | Scott McNealy: Entrpreneurs need good spouses, or none
Posted by Jessica Dolcourt
Pour your heart and soul into a start-up, but try to do it before you marry. That's advice from Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy, who didn't marry until he was 39. For more of his wisdom, read the full story. Read more | | Celeb startups: Fame does not guarantee success
Posted by Josh Lowensohn
Earlier this week, Gwyneth Paltrow's new start-up Goop.com went live. Paltrow is simply the latest in a long string of celebrities who have come off the big screen (or out of the recording studio) and onto the Web with products and services backed with their money and persona. But is this a formula for success? Read our rundown of 14 celeb-powered start-ups. Read more | | |  | Beta watch | | | Nearly half of Google in beta
Posted by Stephen Shankland
Google has an infamous propensity to keep projects in beta for an unusually long time, and now somebody has done a count: "Of the 49 Google products we could find, 22 are in beta. That's 45 percent," according to a blog post at Pingdom. Read more | | Skyfire prepping open beta
Posted by Jessica Dolcourt
Skyfire, a start-up that competes directly with Opera Mobile browser, announces the opening of its public beta for Windows Mobile phones. This is good news if you've been waiting months to join Skyfire's private beta program. Read more | | | | | Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most |
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