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What I’m reading and finding for April 27th 2011 through April 28th 2011:

• From Twitter – RT @sdtips Live on http://j.mp/zo6r4 @ 10a London time. 2a (PST), 5am (EDT), 10a (London), 11a (CEST), 2 30 (IST)…
• Greplin: 1.5 Billion Documents Indexed, Six Engineers -
  techcrunch.com - Michael Arrington
  

  Late last year we first mentioned Y Combinator startup Greplin – it’s a startup that indexes your social stuff in the cloud, making all your Facebook, Gmail. LinkedIn, Google Calendar, Evernote, Twitter, Dropbox and just about everything else searchable. The easiest way to describe it is “the other half of search.”
  They opened their doors to customers in February. The company won’t talk about total user numbers yet, which isn’t surprising. But we have dug one..  show all text

   
• YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious from Yahoo! | Yodel Anecdotal -
  ycorpblog.com - Yahoo
  

  Today YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen announced they have acquired the Delicious technology from Yahoo!. They plan to continue the service that users have come to know and love and make the site even easier and more fun to save, share and discover the web’s “tastiest” content.
  Providing a seamless transition for users is incredibly important. Yahoo! will continue to manage Delicious over the next couple months as users are able to sign up for new accounts. After th..  show all text

   
• Clay Hasenfuss – 3rd story of my apt – TwitVid -
  twitvid.com
• danah boyd | apophenia » Tumblr disappeared me… -
  zephoria.org - zephoria
  People wonder why I have control issues. I refuse to use third party email services because I’m terrified of being locked out of my account (as I was when Yahoo! thought I was a part of a terrorist organization because I was working with Afghani women in 2001). I maintain a blog on my own server because I’m terrified of it all just disappearing. So I shouldn’t be surprised when it actually happens but it doesn’t stop me from being shocked, outraged, and disappointed.
  I&r..  show all text

   
• Yahoo Sells Delicious To YouTube Founders -
  techcrunch.com - Michael Arrington
  

  Yahoo has finally found a buyer for long suffering Delicious. YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have acquired the company, says Yahoo, via a “new Internet company, AVOS.” We’re still gathering details, but here’s the official stuff:
  Yahoo’s statement:
  Today YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen announced they have acquired the Delicious technology from Yahoo!. They plan to continue the service that users have come to know and love and make the site ..  show all text

   
• Apple – Press Info – Apple Q&A on Location Data -
  apple.com