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Feb 12 2009 8:55am EDT

First Bytes: Twitter, Startups, Gmail, Microsoft

Twitter held its first ever awards show in Brooklyn last night. The Shorty Awards, according to one attendee, "was def. weird, but it def. ruled." [Bits]

More tech startups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are calling it quits, sparking more fears of a slowdown in innovation. [Wall Street Journal]

Gmail's new "Add Location" feature will make it difficult for you to lie about where you are, and the ability to lie about where you are is important. [Wired]

Microsoft continues to poach high level Yahoo execs. [All Things Digital]

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