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Google buys a startup to improve Spaces
It's no secret that Google Spaces in its current incarnation is... undercooked. The group-oriented app missing features you might expect from an internet giant, and those features that are there don't always behave like you'd expect. Google is in it for the long haul, though. It just bought Kifi, a startup that focuses on internet-based collaboration and sharing. The Kifi team isn't shy about what it'll be doing -- it's joining the Spaces team to improve its underlying features. While you'll probably have to wait some time to see what that entails, it's clear that Spaces isn't going to wither from neglect.
Local news stations switching to HDTV before the Super Bowl
Marty Lee dropped us a tip that KARE-11 in Minneapolis/St. Paul is going to switch their news broadcasts to high definition in late April, but they're not the only ones. Apparently it's not just consumers and advertisers who are hyped up over Super Bowl Sunday, as NBC affiliate WXIA-11 in Atlanta switched to HD last night, and ABC affiliate KIFI-8 in Idaho will make the switch Sunday.In the Detroit area, I believe the Fox affiliate broadcasts local news in high definition, but that is it. With the rapidly dropping equipment costs and coming conversion to DTV, has your local news team made the change yet?
