Foursquare Flirting With Search Engines, The Silent Death of a Smartphone (Or Two)

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
- Foursquare (whose relative anonymity may soon end) is reportedly engaged in discussions with Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft about implementing a real-time, Twitter-esque service that would generate trending "venues" in search results. [From: The Telegraph]
- Microsoft is silently and unceremoniously dispatching its enormous Kin surplus to an unknown resting place, a fitting end for the rejected and jeered gadget. [From: WM Experts]
- While rummaging through source code for the Droid Does website, a scavenging geek may have unearthed the first official Droid 2 snapshots, and the purported gadget definitely sports a sleek and smooth exterior. [From: Engadget]
- Prosecutors in the iPhone raid case have struck a deal to remove the search warrant executed on Gizmodo's Jason Chen (and to return his confiscated computer) -- as long as Chen willingly and satisfactorily surrenders all pertinent information. [From: Wired]
- Another ill-fated and "doomed" smartphone is officially meeting its premature demise, as Google has announced that -- once the remaining inventory is gone -- the company will halt the U.S. online sale of its Nexus One devices. [From: Engadget]





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Subscribe to commentsDokemionJul 23rd 2010 4:05AM
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