Today, Twitter has expanded the testing of its own URL shortner — which is now using the t.co domain .

Exalead , the search engine that (no kidding) underlies Friendster and has been behind French government attempts to build a platform to rival Google (yes), has been acquired by Dassault Systèmes, a leader in 3D software for big company processes for about €135 million ($161.5m). Exalead was also key member of Quaero , a technology consortium with a five-year budget of €199 million, funded by the French government to develop multimedia search tools. Where is Quaero now

Big changes are coming to Twitter links.

Over the past couple of months, Google’s Android mobile operating system has made significant headway, both in the public and in the tech world, with reports showing Android sales catching up to the iPhone. Yet we’ve also seen multiple sources note that Android has not succeeded on Facebook.

In case you still had any doubts that Yahoo and AOL are pursuing the same strategy when it comes to building a media brand online, all you have to do is listen to the two executives running the respective content businesses of each company. Yahoo Media VP James Pitaro and AOL Media president David Eun were both on a Future Of Media panel together in New York City today, but they sound like they work for the same company. Mimicking the line his boss told us at Disrupt a couple weeks ago, Eun says, “Our strategy is to become the largest producer of high quality content” on the Internet

Back in September of last year, Google unveiled an early look at an interesting (and rather hilarious) new project: Chrome Frame . What it does is take Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser and basically turn it into Google Chrome via a plug-in.

If you’ve been to San Francisco in the past few months, you’ll know that the entire city is plastered with iPad advertisements.

A pair of reports from Reuters today spell out some of the latest moves that electronics manufacturer Foxconn has made in response to a tragic wave of suicides at its largest Chinese factory.

It’s amazing what an on-stage Steve Jobs mention will do. Everyone has been buzzing today after Pulse , the awesome news aggregator , was pulled from Apple’s App Store after the New York Times apparently complained about their use of content. But what’s really odd about this is that just 24 hours ago, Pulse was highlighted on stage by no less than the Apple CEO himself as a great new app for the iPad

Jimmy Fallon is so excited about the new iPhone 4 that he gave a preview of some new apps which his comedy writers created for the device.