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A little less than a month ago, Google announced that it had indexed 1 trillion unique URLs.  In a slightly apples to oranges comparison, the 400 or so publishers connected to Yahoo Buzz seemed like a tiny group.  Now, however, Yahoo Buzz is knocking down all its barriers.

When trying to separate the good Facebook applications from the bad - or at least the popular apps from the ostracized ones - a statistic known as the "daily active user count" often came in handy.  Facebook's now trying to make it better by switching to a monthly perspective, and the social network is even recommending apps to some users.

Wikipedia is defined by its community contribution model, and so far, the approach has worked quite well.  The German version of Wikipedia has been experimenting with an edit approval system, though, and it seems the system may be ready to spread.Under the stricter rules, anyone and everyone can still edit articles.  The main difference is that new changes are kept out of public sight until a designated checker can look at and okay them.

Last night I met Dan Pritchett, technical fellow at eBay. He told me that eBay alone has 21 identity systems. So, if you wanted to use every part of eBay’s empire, like Skype, PayPal, StumbleUpon, etc, you’d need to sign in 21 different times. Needless to say he, and others at eBay, are working on solving that problem. Why did I meet up with Dan Pritchett? Because of a speech by Tim Berners Lee, the guy who invented the Web. No, Al Gore didn’t do that. Heh.

Subways have a bad reputation, but Google’s not (too) afraid - at long last, the search giant is mapping New York City’s subway system, and this move is likely to draw in more users than all of Google’s other transit-related projects.

Filing lawsuits is as routine for lawyers as grabbing a Starbucks on the way to the office. And they're kind of (to stereotype an entire profession) sensitive about things. So who could have predicted that a consumer website dedicated to rating lawyers would get sued?

Hey, maybe we should think about how the tech industry could work the political system to protect its interests. Just like the NRA does, according to this Washington Post article.

Just when you think you understand the content publishing trend of the day, here comes another one to mess up your plans.