Google - Company hiring mobile app developers to tap into projected $15 billion market...and compete with Apple. http://ping.fm/HxxBC

Facebook - Social media giant explains how they ensure strong security. Now, what about that pesky privacy stuff? http://ping.fm/o7Diz

Will Larry Page as CEO help Google better compete against facebook? http://ping.fm/o6G8S #Google #facebook

Mobile email - Study finds increase in mobile email and decline in laptop/desktop based email. http://ping.fm/t58vP

Verizon v. AT&T - A comparison of the carriers' voice and data plans for the iPhone...in case you want to switch. http://ping.fm/eHbJr

HITEC Congratulates Filippo Passerini, Named 2010 CIO of the Year By InformationWeek
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Innovation - MIT survey shows gap between creativity and inventiveness that could be filled by women. http://ping.fm/mnekv

Cloud Computing - Strategic technology but how do you integrate into your existing infrastructure? Part I. http://ping.fm/E91ga

Tech bubble? - Are Facebook's, LinkedIn's, and Groupon's sky high valuations a warning sign? http://ping.fm/ei8fC

Apple's App Store hits 10 bln downloads
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Mobile payments - Starbucks rolls out new technology. But what about the rest of the USA? http://ping.fm/IDNdX

Google - Co-founder Larry Page takes over as CEO. Is Google really slipping? See http://tinyurl.com/62v46cj and http://ping.fm/aY9kb

Do you have a twitter account and how do you like it? http://ping.fm/TgBkf #hitec #twitter #internet

Google CEO to step down "Adult supervision no longer needed" http://ping.fm/0RtzM #HITEC #internet #latism #google

Facebook - Company does u-turn on allowing external websites to see users' mobile numbers after uproar from users. http://ping.fm/37Hyq

Google TV - Service wants to provide seamless search for content on TV, the Net, and DVR. Is this the future? http://ping.fm/ytprN

How big is the internet? http://ping.fm/H33Ne #hitec #latism #internet

Who are the wealthy owners of facebook? http://ping.fm/Xw2kI #facebook #VC #hitec #latism

Women in IT - Key researcher at Toshiba helps company do 3D without the glasses...and break Japan's glass ceiling. http://ping.fm/9ugRG

Apple - Company CEO, Steve Jobs, takes medical leave and leaves COO Tim Cook in charge of day-to-day. http://ping.fm/7unZ9

What do you prefer for reading ebooks the iPad or Kindle? http://ping.fm/Fl5On #HITEC #iPad #kindle

Retail Tech - National Retail Foundation conference touts Macy's My Macy as model to connect with customers. http://ping.fm/AOFKj

Google - Is it losing its mojo? What do you think? http://ping.fm/ighhG

Facebook - Is Goldman's investment worth $50b? With annual sales of $2b, they are paying 25 times current revenues. http://ping.fm/lKunk

iPhone - Verizon version could bring Apple millions of new users. http://ping.fm/gNXLJ

Retail Tech - Kroger goes high-tech with coupons. http://ping.fm/hn2aN

Media in the US - Nielsen shows interesting stats. Among the findings: number of txt msgs equal number of voice mins. http://ping.fm/jXDni

Is Xbox Micorsoft's lever/wedge to gain against Apple? http://ping.fm/xxWqw #HITEC

Net neutrality - British Telecom offers new service, for a fee, claiming it doesn't violate rules. Contradictory? http://ping.fm/PcuMJ

IT Leadership - CIO magazine's annual state of the CIO survey is out. Some interesting findings. http://ping.fm/ONkyU

Facebook - Goldman Sach's $500 million investment keeps company private, but is it creating another bubble? http://ping.fm/bKp61

Time.com: 135,849 photos are added to Facebook every 60 seconds, about 100 million each day. http://ping.fm/FwFeB #HITEC

Top 10 Google Predictions For 2011
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The 19 Most Wired iPhone/iPad Apps of 2010
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Will Google come back to be the most visited site in the US? http://ping.fm/wMI63 #HITEC #Google #facebook #Latism