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Lady Gaga Tops YouTube Charts, Twitter Coming to Android

by Matthew Zuras on April 15, 2010 at 11:45 AM



Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Our favorite avant-garde entrepreneur/pop star just got a little more famous. Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' music video just took the number one spot for most viewed on YouTube -- which is kind of surprising. Considering the bated breath with which the world waited for 'Telephone,' you'd think her Tarantino/'Thelma and Louise' homage with Beyoncé would be in the top spot. [From: Mashable]
  • You mean to tell us that you weren't glued to your computer screen for yesterday's Twitter Chirp conference? Well, shame on you. One thing you missed: Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced that the company will be launching an official Android app. This comes on the heels of Twitter's acquisition of Tweetie, which will become the official Twitter app for the iPhone. So now, nerds, you have no excuse not to be attached to the Internet every waking moment of the day. Gah! We're in The Matrix! [From: TechCrunch]
  • Speaking of Internet fame, the Opera Mini browser for the iPhone just reached a million downloads. Those of us too cool for the native Safari browser will revel in Opera Mini's abilities to search within a Web page and to adjust image quality. It may not have the touch-zoom refinements of Safari, but when you set out to damn the Man, you have to make some sacrifices. [From: PC World]
  • Our ravishing First Lady Michelle Obama recently said that she and her husband keep a watchful eye over their daughters' Internet use. She told CNN en Español, "We ask a lot of questions about what our kids are doing while they are on the computer." She also tries to steer the girls from the "gossip mill" of Facebook and other social media -- which, in our opinions, is exactly what parents should be doing. You don't have to be a draconian censor, but a little guidance is always good. [From: HuffPo]
  • In no-brainer legislation news, Rep. Eliot Engel of New York recently introduced the Truth in Caller ID Act, a bill that promises to crack down on those nefarious types who would block or modify their caller IDs in order to trick you into picking up the phone. (Telemarketers and other scammers are the main culprits.) The bill flew through the House without a hitch, and is now headed to the Senate, where it is expected to pass. The only catch: cops and feds can still "spoof" their caller IDs in order to bait criminals. [From: The Hill]

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