Here's the latest action:
Microsoft launches Office apps for free on the webThe Seattle Times has more.
Senate's carried interest proposal more favorable to VCs than House's -- The Senate Finance Committee has drafted its own version of the bill that would establish taxation on carried interest for venture capitalists. It has lowered the House's proposal for taxation at ordinary income levels from 75 percent to 50 percent.
ReputationDefender snaps up Ziggs -- The online reputation manager has bought Ziggs, a social network that allows people to brand and market themselves for various purposes. The former says it plans to adds the latter company's services to its portfolio of offerings.
Schoology gets funding for academic social networking -- The learning management software maker has raised $1.25 million. In addition to social network setups for academic institutions, the company offers cloud-based tools to improve learning tactics.
Google Maps come to all GM, Ford cars -- The Chevy Volt made news recently when it announced that it would be running its OnStar system on Android. Now Google Maps will be available for all Ford cars equipped with its Sync connected media system, and all GM cars with OnStar service.
HTC EVO sold out -- Sprint is seeing huge success with the HTC EVO 4G, selling ore than 200,000 units, a record for the carrier, which may actually have trouble keeping up with demand.
Turkey blacklists Google -- The country has banned use of the search engine in the country due to mysterious "legal reasons." Almost all Google IP addresses have been ruled out, including YouTube, Analytics and FeedBurner pages. Facebook has also been banned.
Comparing Web videos -- ZDNet has published a side by side comparison of Adobe Flash, Quicktime and Windows Media videos, judging them based on battery life, among other results.
BP buys up 'oil spill' search terms -- As part of its damage control strategy around the massive Gulf oil spill, BP has bought the top ads that appear on Google and Yahoo when people search "oil spill." Cnet has more.
Twitpic debuts face tagging -- Following in Facebook's footsteps, Twitpic introduced face tagging abilities to its Twitter photo posting service. Now, when you do tag people's faces in photos, you will have the option to tweet the names of those pictured too.
