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I get the sense that Facebook has shifted the focus away from widgets in recent weeks (particularly for developers), but activity in that space continues. Spinlets, a series of widgets for Twitter, Flickr, Fark, Google Maps, Craigslist, eBay, Digg, YouTube and more, launches today. We’ve covered the service before. Like many of these services, [...]

There can be no doubt why Google has acquired Zenter, one of many tools for creating online slideshows and presentations. The site hadn’t entered private beta (there was an “enter your email” form on the homepage), but clearly the name will now be dropped, and the features and team amalgamated into Google’s upcoming Powerpoint [...]

As it continues its march into every online market imaginable, Google is taking a shot at Yelp and other business review sites: they’ve added user-contributed business reviews and ratings to Google Maps. It’s also another venture into user-generated content for the company, which needs to step up its game in the UGC and social [...]

ThinkFree, the online office suite offering, has launched a private beta of its Premium Edition. This version lets you save files to be worked on offline. It’s product is of course compatible with Microsoft Office products, and lets document creation and editing become more portable with the ability to work offline. With this version [...]

SearchforVideo has partnered with LiberatedFilms to provide syndicated premium content on the video search engine site. Clips, trailers, behind-the-scene videos and interviews from Liberated Films will now be available on SearchforVideo’s website, where users can browse through and find the videos they’re looking to watch. With contributors such as Mirimax, Universal, Sony Pictures, Warner, New [...]

Prom Queen’s final episode will be posted online today, culminating the web’s most popular mini series to date. The following Prom Queen has gained, along with its backing from former Disney CEO Michael Eisner’s production company Vugaru, is directing webisodes into a genre of its own. This coupling of traditional media with new media has [...]

A few of you may have noticed that we soft launched a social network here at Mashable about 10 days ago. You can create a profile, list the social networks you’re a member of, find members on the same networks, add photos, customize your profile and more. You need to log in to see [...]

Nimbuzz, the interactive mobile company, has raised $10 million in a round of funding, led by Mangrove Capital Partners, MIH Group and Mangrove Capital Partners, MIH Group and Holtzbrinck Ventures Holtzbrinck Ventures. The company, founded last year and currently in beta, enables you to call the friends you have on your instant messenger lists. The [...]

Ziff Davis Media now has an online community, IT Link, for IT professionals to network and learn from each other. IT Link is very specific in its networking offerings for those involved with IT. You an indicate your profession, your reasons for joining the network, as well as what you’re looking for in terms of [...]

Vivisimo’s web search engine, Clusty, now has a mobile search component. Clusty Mobile aims to offer a simple way to search from your cell phone, and has been optimized for cell phone navigation. Search results are organized by relevant topics and categories instead of as a list of pages, which could be cumbersome for [...]