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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:13:21 -0800

Report: Bidding War Over, O2 Rings Up Jajah For $200 Million
Last month, we wrote about the VoIP startup Jajah being the target of a bidding war. Today, it appears that war is over, with...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:29:26 -0800

The Difference between $1 Billion-Plus in Exits and “Success”
I had a lot of theories back in 2008 when I started researching entrepreneurship in emerging markets, and I had one big,...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:15:23 -0800

YC-Funded Lingt Uses Games To Turn You Into A Language Learning Addict
If there's one thing that 2009 proved, it's that there's nothing like an addictive game to keep people coming back to your...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:50:01 -0800

Ribbit Mobile Gets An iPhone App By Sticking To Voicemail
Ever since Ribbit Mobile launched, I've been using it to forward my calls to Skype when I am at my computer and transcribe...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:49:06 -0800

Behold Kincaid’s Law. My Law.
"The amount of fun you're having at a party is inversely proportional to the number of times you've tweeted about...
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bfeld posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:34:04 -0800

Being Syndication Agnostic
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:00:37 -0800

Nomadesk, Not Just Another File Sharing Service, Launches FolderLink (Video)
The hundreds of web and desktop clients built for sharing, backup or on-the-fly synchronization of digital files that have...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:15:04 -0800

Beyond Realtime Search: The Dawning Of Ambient Streams
The following guest post was written by Edo Segal (@edosegal). It was 1993 and I had just decided to drop out of college. I...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:58:35 -0800

Each And Every Person With An iPhone Owes Me 100 Nazi Scalps
When I was growing up, one of the most popular PC games was Wolfenstein 3D. It was a great first-person shooter in general, but...
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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:00:13 -0800

MacStories Is Giving Away $10,000 Worth Of Mac Apps
The Mac community and TechCrunch love giveaways, but nothing beats the MacStories giveaway. MacStories is giving away over...
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bfeld posted a blog entry

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:17:28 -0800

Help Reform Computer Science Education
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:47:54 -0800

Avatar Is Like The iPhone Of Movies
I've seen Avatar twice now, which is saying something when you're talking about a nearly three hour movie that was released...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:37:55 -0800

B&N Confirms Nook Shipment Delay, Says Only “very small percentage” Affected
The Barnes & Noble Senior VP of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Mary Ellen Keating, just confirmed to us that...
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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:41:35 -0800

Google To Acquire DocVerse; Office War Heats Up
Google, which is currently on one heck of a spending spree, is closing an acquisition of San Francisco based DocVerse, a...
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bfeld posted a blog entry

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:18:09 -0800

Short URL’s Are Entertainingly Out of Control
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:29:14 -0800

Dictionary.com’s iPhone App Agent X Word Helps You Solve Crossword Puzzles On The Go
If you enjoy crossword puzzles, you are going to love Dictionary.com's new iPhone app, Agent X Word. The app, which is...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:38:21 -0800

Quicktime Vets Bring Mobile Video And Photo Sharing With Thwapr (Beta Launch)
Sharing videos on the Web is easy: Upload to YouTube or Facebook, send out a link. Sharing videos on mobile phones is still...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:10:15 -0800

Yahoo’s 2010 Turn-Around Strategy Revealed: A Cycling Team
Oh, Yahoo. Revenues are down. Search share is down. The social stuff has been outsourced to Facebook. The search stuff is...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:17:55 -0800

Rackspace Goes Down. Again. Takes The Internet With It. Again.
Another day, another Rackspace outage. The hosting company had a complete and total failure today that took down a number of...
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bfeld posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:28:35 -0800

Score Two Wins Against Software Patents
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bfeld posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:47:35 -0800

Jack Bauer vs. Santa Claus
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:14:29 -0800

Very Cool: World’s Largest Spherical Photo (18-Gigapixel Awesomeness)
Jeffrey Martin from 360Cities (our earlier coverage) has spent over a month stitching together what he believes is now the...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:56:26 -0800

Trackle Launches Real-Time Social Directory Of Tracking Alerts
Trackle, a personalized web and RSS feed tracker we wrote about earlier this year, is making itself a whole lot more social...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:27:04 -0800

The UltraMega Weekend Giveaway: $500 Gift Card From Lottay.com
Good morning. We have a week until Christmas and we've been pounding out giveaways left and right. We've had Smart Pens,...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:48:44 -0800

Seedcamp Releases Its Dates And Cities For 2010
Seedcamp, the pan-European early stage startup programme that tours Europe to find companies for a week-long annual...
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