It may not be the most socially acceptable way to check in, but Vlingo has created a way for Android app users to check in on Foursquare with their voices.

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Google and AOL have signed a deal that extends the search and advertising partnership between the two companies for another five years.

Apple made a lot of announcements today, from the new Apple TV to the Ping social network for music built into iTunes 10.

As he was boasting that Apple is activating 230,000 iOS devices a day at Apple’s San Francisco event yesterday, Steve Jobs took the opportunity to accuse competitors of boosting their numbers when it comes to device activations.

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Twitter has just announced the service’s official iPad app.

It’s free and comes with a slew of touch interface bells and whistles built right in.

iTunes 10 is now live and available for download. It comes bundled with its own killer feature: music-centric social network Ping.