“Logorama” duo take aim at “Ghost Recon” videogame (Reuters)
Reuters – The directors behind the Oscar-winning animated short “Logorama,” are moving into the live-action world — but they aren’t going Hollywood just yet.
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature (AP)
AP – Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
Samsungâs 3D TVs: Bold and Bright (PC World)
PC World – If you watched the Oscars on Sunday, you knew a new wave of Samsung 3D
TVs were coming thanks to the commercial that aired, but you didnât know what youâd have to pay for them. On Tuesday Samsung tore open the envelope and rolled out a raft of 3D-capable LCD, LED and plasma TVs.
Summary Box: Google expands sales of business apps (AP)
AP – NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers.
Google opens Web store for business applications (AP)
AP – Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (AP)
AP – Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users’ posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth (Reuters)
Reuters – With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year.
Google opens Google Apps Marketplace (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld – Google will launch on Tuesday evening Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google’s own online applications.
Ex-Sun Chief Dishes Dirt on Gates, Jobs (PC World)
PC World – Don’t expect Jonathan Schwartz to go quietly.
LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone (Reuters)
Reuters – LG Electronics Inc, the world’s No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak smartphone line-ups.
