Google's NYC partner event happens tomorrow, join the liveblog fun here live

By Tim Stevens posted May 25th 2011 10:26PM Well, it's certainly been a busy week in the city! First Kobo, then Mango, then Nook, and now... Google Wallet? Yes, it looks like Big Search is coming to contactless payments, finally giving Nexus S users something good to do with that NFC chip. The event happens at noon EST, and we'll be bringing it to you live. Set your bookmark here if you'd like to join in the fun, and if you happen to be tuning in from a land far, far away, check out the local times below:

06:00 - Hawaii
09:00 - Pacific
10:00 - Mountain
11:00 - Central
12:00 - Eastern
17:00 - London
18:00 - Paris
20:00 - Moscow
00:00 - Perth
00:00 - Shenzhen
01:00 - Tokyo (May 27th)
02:00 - Sydney (May 27th)

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Spotify and Facebook partner up, send Europe a friend request?

By Brian Heater posted May 25th 2011 4:04PM

Spotify may still be in tough negotiations with record labels to bring its streaming music service to the US, but the Swedish company has managed to score a powerful stateside ally, reportedly striking a partnership with Facebook. Neither party is dropping any cash on the deal -- set to be called either "Facebook Music" or "Spotify on Facebook," according to Forbes's anonymous sources -- which will let members of the social network stream songs at the same time as friends and share their listening habits with those in their social circle. The service is reportedly currently in testing and could be launched in a fortnight, but its arrival in the US still hinges on those ever important label deals. In the meantime, we'll all have to share our listening habits the old fashioned way: by posting on our friends' walls.

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