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Motorola And Blockbuster On Demand Attempt To Save Each Other

7:20AM Joanna Stern | On the list of tech companies in need of mouth-to-mouth, Blockbuster and Motorola are pretty up there. So we can’t exactly believe that their new partnership is going to turn it all around. More »
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Google Voice To Get More Amazing By Letting You Port Your Number

7:22AM Matt Buchanan | If you call Jason, his iPhone, Pre, Ion and pants all ring because he has Google Voice. The service’s biggest downside is that you have a new number to deal with—but TechCrunch says number porting is coming. More »
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Last.fm Silences Third-Party Mobile Apps

10:40PM John Herrman | Hot off an announcement that they’d be charging for radio access outside the US, UK and Germany, Last.fm has said that all non-official mobile clients will be banned. This isn’t going over well. More »
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GrandCentral Sputters Back To Life as Google Voice, Adds Voicemail Transcription, SMS Support

8:55PM John Herrman | Google really took their time on this one, leaving GrandCentral sitting dormant ever since they purchased it in 2007. But nonetheless, it’s back, and now it’s called—wait for it— Google Voice. More »