From a Twitter TV deal to a new Google programming language, it’s been a surprising week on the web.
Here’s our pick of the top 5 stories this week, from the serious to the bizarre.
1. From Twitter to TV: Sh*t My Dad Says Gets CBS Deal – A Twitter account got a TV deal…has the social media and mainstream media fusion gone too far?
2. Google’s Plan to Make the Web Twice as Fast – The web is about to get SPDY, writes Barb Dybwad.
3. GO: Google Launches Its Own Programming Language – Google launched a new programming language this week: Ben Parr explains. Full story...
A non-profit organization called Reboot has a mighty challenge for you this Friday night: Power down your cellphone, let your FarmVille crops languish and sign out of Skype for a full 24 hours.
If you weren’t able to pick up tickets for Conan O’Brien’s “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” the first time around, you’ve just been given a second chance by way of a contest the former late night host announced on Twitter.
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Calling all iPad and would-be iPad developers: Starting today, Apple will be accepting apps for review.
The Predator franchise of science fiction/horror/action films is coming back into the zeitgeist, this time without the Aliens.
The e-book war between Amazon.com and Apple is
getting uglier. Dennis Johnson cites a report in Publishers Marketplace (subscription required) that alleges that Amazon.
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The first car equipped with Google’s Android mobile operating system will hit the streets this April 23.
Twitter appears set to tweak search results to return the most popular tweets first — instead of the most recent — for any given search query.
Following a disappointing earnings report, a Wall Street analyst has cut his price target on Palm to $0.