On October 22, 2007, Matchbox Twenty paid a visit to Google’s campus in Mountain View, CA and thousands of people showed up for the show! This was one of their first performances in support of “Exile on Mainstream.” Rob, Paul, and Kyle performed 5 songs for the Googlers, plus answered some Google and non-Google related questions. Visit matchboxtwentyvideos.blogspot.com to see all the videos! Check out www.matchboxtwenty.com for more information and tour dates.

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Mobile manufacturer and platform market share stats for the US are in for the month of January thanks to comScore, and as usual, they tell a fascinating (and somewhat unpredictable) story of what’s actually going on at the cash registers. Motorola — which has long since fallen off its high horse on the global stage — still maintains a commanding presence in the American market by representing some 22.9 percent of all subscribers, though that’s down 1.2 percent from October 2009; that’s particularly interesting in light of the Droid’s success, and a possible sign that smartphones still aren’t on the cusp of dominating the phone market overall. Samsung recently touted the fact that it had held onto the States’ overall market share crown, though Sammy was undoubtedly referring to sales, not subscribers — in other words, there are still a ton of legacy RAZRs out there inflating Moto’s stats.

Turning our attention to smartphone platforms, BlackBerry OS, iPhone, and Android all saw gains, while Windows Mobile and Palm both saw significant downturns. You might use Palm’s loss of 2.1 percent of overall market share in a single quarter as a big nail in webOS’ coffin, but we’re inclined to believe this includes legacy devices — and considering the huge installed base of Palm OS-based handsets (Centros, for instance) that are coming off contract these days, it’s neither surprising nor alarming to see that kind of drop. Android’s gain, meanwhile, likely comes in large part from WinMo’s whopping four percent loss — it’s no secret that WinMo 6.x is well past its expiration date with customers leaving in droves (even before Windows Phone 7 Series announcement), and our informal observations lead us to believe that many of those folks are heading for Android. After all, it’s kind of convenient that Android gained 4.3 percent and WinMo lost about the same, isn’t it? BlackBerrys still dominate the American smartphone landscape, and the iPhone market looks like it might be mature for the time being — Apple added just 0.3 percent to its market share in the quarter, possibly a sign that folks are holding out for whatever Cupertino brings us come Summer. Is this a sign that Palm needs to step up its game yet again? Undoubtedly — but at the same time, we wouldn’t call the loss of those Palm OS subscribers a death knell just yet.

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Ways iPhone is better than Android
We recently gave you a list of the ways Android beats the iPhone, and just to be fair, we now offer 10 areas where Apple’s device fights back.

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Part 1 of my Google Nexus One Android smartphone review, including the unboxing. The N1 features an awesome AMOLED display and a blazing CPU, as well as a few UI tweaks that come with Android 2.1. More info: www.mobileburn.com

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HP’s Windows 7 Slate Strikes at the iPad
HP is set to launch a new tablet that will strike back at Apple’s iPad. The new HP slate is a sleek design, startling in its resemblance to the iPad but will offer Flash support.

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Today in Most Innovative Companies
Daily news of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Apple, Nokia, and Google. Apple : Most of you probably caught a glimpse during the Oscars of the dozen ways you can hold an iPad , and I’m sure many of you were excited to find out that the tablet will ship April 3, with pre-orders beginning March 12 –but don’t worry about getting in line too early. Analysts now estimate that …

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Google Chrome is NOW FINAL! No longer in beta, take a look here at my latest video www.youtube.com .Google claims their new browser combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Lets take a look and see how it stacks up

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Ready to graduate from DJ Hero? Got a house payment handy? Then Pioneer would like to show you the way to the pros. Say hello to the DJM-2000, a four-channel digital mixer built around a 5.8-inch multitouch screen and sporting enough knobs, buttons and sliders for a NASA launch sequence. Designed to play nice with the matching CDJ-2000 players Pioneer released last year, the unit features an integrated audio effects suite with six dedicated processors and several intriguing modes for multitouch music control. While the mixer has the traditional crossfade slider that allows DJs to assign a certain percentage of the output to channels on the left and right, the DJM-2000 debuts with “frequency mix,” a mode that lets DJs assign within seven narrow frequency bands as well by manipulating virtual sliders on the touchscreen, and a “sidechain remix” mode that uses the screen to apply custom effects in real time. Yeah, it’s not as wild as some other touchscreen DJ rigs we’ve seen, but at least this one’s for sale: Pioneer says the mixer will retail for $3000 this June. Droolworthy video demonstrations after the break.

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Android native development kit gets third revision
InfoWorld – Developers of the Google-backed Android mobile application platform have released revision 3 of Android NDK (Native Development Kit), which complements Android SDK by enabling developers to build performance-critical portions of an application in native code.

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GDC 10: Com2uS Wants to Lead on iPad
Korean developer has big iPad plans.

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