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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:00:14 -0800

Skout Studies What Happens When Dating Goes Mobile
Over the last decade or so, the public perception of online dating has shifted from being a bit odd to something that's pretty...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:56:57 -0800

The Great Location Land Rush Of 2010
Back in November, at our Realtime CrunchUp event, I sat on the geolocation panel with members of Twitter, Foursquare,...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:25:33 -0800

Chegg Founder Raises Another $7.5 Million For Stealth Startup Kakai
It's not often that you hear about a startup still in deep stealth that has over 40 employees and backing from some of the...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:15:06 -0800

Amazon Takes A Holiday Vacation, Takes Customers With It (Update)
Looks like Amazon has decided to go on holiday vacation early, and invited all of its customers to go along with it. Amazon...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:20:37 -0800

Introducing… The 27-inch iLemon
Regular readers will know my affinity for Apple products. In general, they're high quality, and I'm willing to pay a bit more...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:03:49 -0800

ChaCha Raises Another $7 Million
Human-powered mobile answers service ChaCha has raised $7 million funding, according to an SEC filing. The company has...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:31:08 -0800

Apple Not Liable For Plagued iMac Screens, Updates Firmware Anyway
Apple just dodged a bullet. A New York federal judge dismissed a potential class action lawsuit which alleged that Apple...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:48:46 -0800

Opera Reports Massive Growth For Mobile Web Usage, Particularly In Asia And Africa
Browser maker Opera Software has released its latest 'State of the Mobile Web' report this morning, which is based on the...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:28:31 -0800

Raptr Loses Director Of Product Strategy To Twitter
Whether Twitter is at some point going to launch (or buy) a desktop client is subject to speculation, but it's clear that...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:38:30 -0800

Apple May Be On The Verge Of Kneecapping The Cable Industry. Finally.
The cable companies suck. All of them. Some suck less than others. But they all suck. We need someone to whip them into shape....
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:46:19 -0800

YouTube Gets Its Own Short URLs. Except They’re Still Pretty Long.
Looks like Google is really going full steam ahead with its shortened URLs. Only a week after the search giant launched its...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:57:57 -0800

Backed By Google Ventures, EnglishCentral Raises $3.5 Million For Video Language Learning
Video language learning website EnglishCentral recently raised a total of $3.5 million, according to an SEC filing. Part of...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:50:55 -0800

Twitter Captures A Nexus One Unboxing And Another Video
A number of pictures have hit the web now showing the Nexus One, aka the Google Phone, in the flesh. But there haven't been...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:05:31 -0800

KPN Acquires Rest Of iBasis For $93.3 Million In Cash
Dutch telecom group KPN has agreed to acquire the 44% of U.S.-based operator iBasis that it doesn't already own for $3 a...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:08:26 -0800

TC50 Star Tonchidot Releases Its Augmented Reality Sekai Camera Worldwide
The wait is finally over. Over a year after its memorable (and zany) debut at TechCrunch 50 2008, Tonchidot's Sekai Camera...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:03:37 -0800

Limelight Networks Shells Out $110 Million For Ad Platform EyeWonder
Content delivery platform Limelight Networks has acquired ad platform EyeWonder for $110 million. The deal is expected to...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:39:23 -0800

The Anti-Ad Network Contenture Shuts Its Doors
Contenture, a startup that aimed to be the “anti-ad network,” is shutting its doors after only a few months of business....
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:54:16 -0800

Mobile Roadie And Random House Partner To Launch iPhone Apps For Authors
As the way consumers read books evolves, there is an opportunity for mobile technologies to connect consumers with their...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:00:11 -0800

Google Web Toolkit: Now With Speed Tracer, Code Splitting, And More
This evening at its Campfire One event, Google showcased a number of new technologies coming to Google Web Toolkit (you can see...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:50:05 -0800

Service-now.com Gets $41M Infusion; CEO, CFO Take $37M Off Table
Service-now.com has raised $41M of a $66M funding round, the company disclosed in an SEC filing today. The company was...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:19:53 -0800

Brizzly Is The Most Handsome Chrome Extension. If Only It Were A Little Faster…
As we all know, today was Chrome Extension day. By now, you've likely tried out many of them and picked some that you like as...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:04:51 -0800

Live From Google Campfire One
Tonight at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA, Google is holding a Campfire One event to annouce some of its new...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:41:42 -0800

Why The Magazine Industry Wants Its Own App Store. It’s All About The Data.
The magazine industry is falling over itself over a new shiny object. It wants to remake its product for a new class of...
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:35:41 -0800

Cut The Social Location BS And Get Right To Drinking With Happy Hour App
A lot of people use location-based apps to find out one thing: Which close-by bars have the best happy hours. But many of those...
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