The Digital Dish

Google to develop a PC operating system – Google has announced its plans to launch the Google Chrome OS, an operating system designed from the ground up to run the Chrome web browser on netbooks. Google said it plans to launch the operating system in the second half of 2010 in an “attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.”

Bloomberg plans to stimulate NYC’s media business – In a press conference yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a plan to create 8,000 jobs in the city’s media industry by putting eight initiatives in to action including teaming up with Hive@55. Hive@55 will serve as an outlet to provide media professionals with a space to work and will seek to “maintain New York City’s competitiveness by attracting and training top talent.”

Technorati to launch Twittorati – Technorati, the seven-year-old blog index site, is launching Twittorati in an attempt to have some of that sparkle that Twitter brings. Twittorati will be a feed of tweets from Technorati’s Top 100 listed bloggers, complete with its own list of most popular hashtags. CEO Richard Jalichandra blogs and tweets, “This is where the Blogosphere meets the Twittersphere.”

Pandora, other online radio stations, won’t be going anywhere – After a two-year court battle, music companies and online radio stations finally reached an agreement on a royalty payment deal, reports the NYTimes. The deal, made yesterday, requires online stations be charged royalties depending on their size. In essence, this means that stations will pay either a 25% revenue (Pandora and AOL, for example) or a fee per song.

Google Maps shows you real estate availability – Google has improved its Google Maps feature by letting users search for sale and rental property listings on its mapping service. The tool allows real estate agents and publishers to upload listings into Google’s database and in return, allows buyers to link directly to property and rental listings.