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March 19, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: FT ends its free-for-all, an all-in-one check-in service, a side-by-side look at healthcare bills

FT removes last free-to-all articles from site; now, free viewing requires registration/Google path (ht @felixsalmonhttp://j.mp/9gnbI7 »

Photojournalism prof calls @NiemanReports‘ latest issue “a treasure chest.” We agree http://j.mp/d5JH0n »

Nice. @ProPublica launches interactive #hcr news app: compare Senate-passed bill, House reconciliation changes http://j.mp/bo7GNN »

New front in the geowars? The Brightkite guys are launching a one-stop check-in service, @caro reports http://j.mp/cbvFqW

Apple is now accepting iPad apps; submit them by 3/27 to get them in App Store by 4/3 launch http://j.mp/dkR5bJ »

MPA launches “mapps,” a comprehensive list of magazines’ mobile apps (via @fishbowlnyhttp://j.mp/bwO6AU »

Facebook, social justice edition: the Jumo rollout begins http://j.mp/b7IADM »

WaPo attributes paucity of databases to old CMS; says “state-of-the art system” will be in place by year’s end http://j.mp/fVHi5 »

Twitter search returns may soon be ranked by popularity, rather than immediacy (via @mathewihttp://j.mp/9uCVSe »

In Feb 2010, global web users spent two hours more on social networks than they did in Feb 2009 http://j.mp/c4Gz4n »

Startups compete to determine who’ll get to do your menial tasks for you http://j.mp/b83B2U »

“Digital content, like water, will always find a path to freedom. You lock it down, someone else will open it up.” http://j.mp/d4yZIg »

Why hasn’t Facebook overtaken Google in the UK? Hitwise has the numbers http://j.mp/bfG8R5 »

Sleepless? Try counting…tweeps. 48% of social media users check Facebook and/or Twitter after they go to bed http://j.mp/9IYr9X »

Good morning! Google may pull out of China as soon as April 10, China Business News reports http://j.mp/8YFJSM »

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The California Google deal could leave out news startups and the smallest publishers
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