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Facebook users vote on site’s governing documents — An overwhelming majority of votes supported the new terms of use (which were rather controversial) over the old ones.

Google adds new features to Toolbar — New features include a search using your current location and a simplified Chinese toolbar.

Amazon earnings jump – The online retailer handily beat analysts estimates during the first quarter of the year.

Twitter gets 19 million global users – That’s according to comScore, a firm whose numbers for social networking sites sometimes seem a bit high.

Obama to get his new BlackBerry this week — The president was reportedly deeply attached to the device, but it had to be souped up to meet higher security requirements.

Dot-com collapse prepared Bay Area companies for downturn — We all suspected that already, but the Bay Area Council recently released a survey of senior executives repeating the idea.

Basecamp even useful for comic books – The project management tool from 37signals was apparently used to help turn a series of Batman: Black and White comic books into animated “motion comics.”

Share and save directions in Google Maps – It’s now possible to save, annotate, and share directions using the My Maps feature.

Julia Allison’s quest for Facebook fame — The Internet famous co-founder of Nonsociety may have crossed some ethical and even legal lines, suggests Valleywag’s Owen Thomas, in her attempt to get more fans on the social networking site.

One million G-1s sold since October — In comparison to these phones, sold by T-Mobile using Google’s Android operating system, Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs on launch weekend.

Samsung’s net income falls 72 percent – Weak sales of both flash chips and flat panels sink the Korean electronics giant’s profits.

The innards of the Kindle 2 — Amazon’s latest book reader has $185.49 worth of components from vendors such as E-Ink, Epson, Freescale, Multek, Lico, Novatel, Qualcomm, Samsung, according to iSuppli.

Microsoft’s game business loses $31 million — Despite healthy Xbox 360 hardware sales, Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices group goes back into the red.

Square Enix closes $120 million purchase of Eidos — Japanese company acquires Tomb Raider owner, and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series hits 85 million games sold.

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