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YouTube Opens Streaming Floodgates

YouTube’s move into live streaming took a big step forward today with the initial rollout of YouTube Live, which will integrate the tools for producing and discovering live feeds into the site’s core system for the first time. Google’s video site is also opening its streaming platform to approved YouTube partners and hopes thousands of them will climb aboard. The amount of live programming now warrants its own viewing guide page.

Mobile World Congress Notebook: Battle of the Behemoth Booths

Aiming to capture the flavor of Barcelona, Mobilized’s Ina Fried reports back on some of the more massive booths at Mobile World Congress, including a two-story booth devoted to Android and an entire hall of wares from Sweden’s Ericsson.

Exclusive: Nokia’s Stephen Elop Talks About How He Made His Big OS Decision

In an interview, Nokia’s chief executive talks about the factors that went into choosing among three possibilities for its high-end smartphone business–sticking with plans to develop around MeeGo, shifting to Android or adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

Former Apple Designer Launches Digital Book Start-Up Push Pop Press

Mike Matas, the designer known for joining Apple at age 19 after creating the media management tool Delicious Library, today launched a new start-up called Push Pop Press.

When It Wasn't Stuffing Cars, EMC Was Doing Real Business

Aside from producing oddly funny onstage stunts, storage company EMC launched 41 new enterprise products at its New York event yesterday.

RIM Preps Cloud Services, Considers Managing Non-BlackBerry Devices

The BlackBerry maker tells Mobilized it is re-engineering its core BlackBerry server so that the product can be run as a cloud-based service by either partners or RIM itself. The company is also considering whether to expand its software to manage rival mobile devices.

Weathering the Storm, RIM Makes Its Business Case in Boston

Mobilized is in Beantown Thursday to hear Research In Motion talk about its plans for the enterprise. The event, at the Marriott Copley Place downtown, kicked off around 10 am ET. Here are the highlights.

Why Verizon’s iPhone Won’t Be So Bad for RIM

A year ago, an iPhone on Verizon would have been a disaster for Research In Motion. This year, it will only sting, which says a lot about how RIM’s business has improved.

Korea Not Too Keen on Nexus S

Google’s Nexus S smartphone isn’t generating quite the same interest in Korea as its predecessor. Though Korea Telecom eagerly added the Nexus One to its lineup this past June, the carrier has greeted the debut of its successor with disinterest.

Does the FCC Want to Kill Hulu?

Exclusive: Meebo Raises $25M More

Hulu’s Growth Curve Flattens Out

Hulu: We’re Profitable, Booming