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Issue no. 413 - 20 February 2011

US - Google scores big federal government contract (CNET)
Google has won a major contract to provide Google Apps for an entire federal government agency. Teaming up with Unisys and two other companies, Google will deploy Google Apps for Government to all 17,000 employees and contractors at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA handles business for the entire federal government by providing real estate and building management services along with buying assistance to other agencies, according to a Google blog post.

Issue no. 412 - 28 November 2010

Facebook to Foursquare: You're out (CNET News)
It's obvious that Facebook sees serious potential in mobile check-in service Foursquare: it tried to buy it for $125 million. That didn't work. So Facebook started to get into the location game, too. It launched Facebook Places, its own geolocation service. And today, Facebook went ahead and launched a big new suite of mobile features that includes, notably, enhancements to Facebook Places that let businesses easily automate "deals" for when users check in. On the surface, given Facebook's scale, this looks like it could spell difficult times ahead for Foursquare. See also Facebook Deals A New Threat To Google Places Search (LA News Monitor) .
Facebook unveils new mail system (CNNMoney.com)
Facebook is launching a new product barrage aimed at capturing the heart of its 500 million users' digital lives: their inboxes. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a major overhaul to Facebook's messaging system, which he said currently currently fields 4 billion messages a day.
'Project Phoenix': Aol tries to raise email from ashes (CNN)
Having lost the email crown long ago to Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo, Aol wants to jump back into the fray with 'Project Phoenix,' a web-based client built from scratch.

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a free newsletter appearing approximately every two to three weeks. The newsletter is distributed by electronic mail through an "announcement only" mailing list.
a Web site with frequent updates, an events page, news items organised by category as well as chronologically by issue and full text search.

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