Our top story this week was about “zippy cloud machines,” which are not, as I first hoped, personal flying machines. Instead Marshall Kirkpatrick looked at the Jolicloud operating system, which you can now run on computers as old as 10 years. Turning a Dell that’s older than your kids into a usable computer isn’t a jet pack, but it’s still pretty cool.
In mobile news, Sarah Perez looked at what you can do if the Windows 7 update bricked your phone. The top location story was about how the designer of Google Images is launching a search engine for hotel rooms. Read on for more to stories.
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Top Stories of the Week
- Got an Old Computer? Jolicloud OS Can Now Make it a Zippy Cloud Machine
- Hotmail One-Ups Gmail, Takes Facebook Chat Global
- What Happens to .ly Domains When Libya Shuts Down the Internet
- Twitter Puts the Smack Down on Another Popular App: Whither Twitter as a Platform?
- Like Windows Phone 7, Bing Gets “Live Tiles” Too
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- Designer of Google Images Launches Search Engine for Hotel Rooms
- Augmented Reality Field Trips & the 150th Anniversary of the U.S. Civil War
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- A Sneak Peek Into the Future of Beluga: Going Beyond Group Messaging
App Stores
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- Android Market and Windows Phone 7 Marketplace are Today’s Fastest-Growing App Stores
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