Roundup: Google improves mobile spreadsheets, pirates plunder the App Store and more

Here’s the latest action:

Google improves mobile access to spreadsheets — Now, instead of just viewing Google Docs spreadsheets on your phone, you can add, edit, sort, and filter.

Pirates run rampant in Apple’s App Store — This article profiles Imagenuity New Media, which released its iPhone app Rocky Artue earlier this month, only to have a pirated version become wildly more popular than the paid app. The writer is a bit alarmist for my taste, (he refers to people who download bootlegged apps as “ass clowns” and “the unscrupulous minority”), but it’s still an interesting read.

Google bails on radio ads — Apparently the three-year-old program failed to meet expectations, and now up to 40 people will lose their jobs.

Redpoint Ventures gives some Sequoia-flavored advice to its portfolio companies — The Silicon Valley venture firm told its portfolio companies to cut their work forces by as much as 10 percent.

Google removes duplicate content from search results — There’s a new tag that lets webmasters specify which version of a web page is “canonical,” i.e., the preferred version for search engines.

Federal Trade Commission criticizes Internet privacy policies — The FTC says companies aren’t explaining enough about what information they collect from users and how they use it.

Social news aggregator Mixx launches new homepage — Its traffic is growing quickly, although Mixx is still well behind better-known competitor Digg.

Paul Allen’s cable giant Charter Communications expected to file for bankruptcy — The move will reduce Charter’s debt by about $8 billion.

Twe2 provides free SMS support for Twitter — I haven’t tried it, but you can check it out here.

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