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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

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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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:53:14 -0800

World Map Of Social Networks Shows Rise Of Facebook
Italian writer, blogger and photographer Vincenzo Cosenza has for the second time put together a visualization that shows the...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:27:24 -0800

Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars
Jeremy Stoppleman, the CEO of Yelp, has walked away from an all-but-signed deal to be acquired by Google for more than half a...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:27:41 -0800

After A Few Fits And Starts, Hunch Begins To Sprint In The Right Direction
Sometimes it takes a while for a site to find its legs. Hunch, which launched last March to much fanfare, is only now in the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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