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June 9, 2010, 5:55 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Google launches Caffeine, CNN teams up with Foursquare, Yahoo still snapping up bloggers

Yahoo is still snapping up bloggers. This time it’s Movieline columnist and Defamer founder Mark Lisanti http://j.mp/c8yRar »

Clay Shirky: “… if you’re in a group of people who make things, you’re in a group of optimists” http://j.mp/cEK1mB »

The hype cycle comes full circle, or, the New York Review of Books reviews the iPad (via @carr2n) http://j.mp/cI5kNG »

Why The Week has grown as other mags decline: lessons worth hearing again http://j.mp/aUlFY4 »

Meet the [sweet, shy, sort of baffled] guys behind Pulse http://j.mp/aF18bL »

“We want to display links in a way that…lets you know where a link will take you” http://j.mp/cnaHa8 »

Which news orgs have begun using Spot.us to raise money? http://j.mp/9YOi3d »

Oh, YES: Instapaper for video is here http://j.mp/9DP4vX »

“Exploring the real world”…via TV: CNN teams up with Foursquare for World Cup badges http://j.mp/bTZlQB »

Google launches Caffeine, the new index providing “50% fresher results for web searches” http://j.mp/cTEo9v »

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