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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:34:12 -0800

Flurry: App Store Sees Record Breaking Christmas, 50% Growth From November To December
As predicted here on MobileCrunch earlier this month, Apple rocked it this holiday season, and the early numbers are showing...
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:00:03 -0800

Privacy Theater: Why Social Networks Only Pretend To Protect You
Editor's note: The following guest post was written by Rohit Khare, the co-founder of Angstro. Building his latest...
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:40:55 -0800

Diggnation’s Alex Albrecht launches an iPhone app: Duel
Alex Albrecht is on Wikipedia. Therefore, he is important. Not only that, but he also made a cool iPhone app that hit the store...
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:31:00 -0800

JibJab’s Year In Review Plays Off 2009, With Help From Keyboard Cat
2009 is coming to a close, which means it's time to reflect on the events that shaped the last twelve months. And there's...
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:25:04 -0800

The Best iPhone Apps Of 2009 (Appvee Edition)
This guest post was written by Erik Fikkert, Lead Reviewer, AppVee. Also check out Appvee's previous picks of the best apps...
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:52:55 -0800

370 Passwords You Shouldn’t (And Can’t) Use On Twitter
If you're on Twitter, that means you registered an account with a password that isn't terribly easy to guess. As you may...
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Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:42:42 -0800

Pedal Brain’s Gadget Turns Your iPhone Into A Powerful Cycling Computer
For years, runners have been able to take advantage of Nike+, a nifty accessory that lets your iPod communicate with your shoes...
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Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:12 -0800

NSFW: The Physical Impossibility of The Future in the Mind of Someone Trapped In Chicago
A weary hello from O’Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois - the world's coldest and most inhospitable airport, right in the...
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Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:34:18 -0800

Apple Expanding iWork In The Cloud?
A year ago Apple launched iWork.com in beta, which allowed users of their office suite of applications to publish documents...
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Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:29:47 -0800

CrunchBoard Jobs: Dictionary.com, Playdom, KickApps and More!
If you’re on the hunt for a new job, check out our CrunchBoard. We’ve added nearly 50 new jobs from leading internet...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:22:19 -0800

The Wonder Of Apple’s Tablet
In 2007, just prior to its launch, I was absolutely positive I wasn't going to buy an iPhone. My rationale was that I didn't...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:20:19 -0800

Merry Christmas, Meagan Donahue. You Are Going To Machu Picchu
A month ago we ran a contest giving to give away a 7-day adventure trek for two to the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. ...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:44:47 -0800

GROU.PS DIY Social Network Platform Reaches 2 Million Users, Becomes More Customizable
GROU.PS, a do-it-yourself social network focused on moderated online collaboration has steadily gained an impressive amount...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:20:21 -0800

Apple’s New Tablet To Be Baptized iSlate? Let’s Dig A Little Deeper
Nice scoop by MacRumors, which reportedly retrieved historical evidence that Apple has acquired the domain name islate.com back...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:07:20 -0800

CrunchBase Funding Digest: Center’d, Lexy, Accelerate Mobile Apps, Brickfish
Every day I troll SEC Form D Filings to discover new startups, fundings and investments. I put everything I find into...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:58:47 -0800

Flixup Brings Its Movie Tweet Aggregator To The Web For The Holiday Movie Season
At our Realtime CrunchUp in November, Bazaar Labs showed off their iPhone application Flixup, which scans Twitter to create...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:31:11 -0800

Polyvore’s Virtual Styling Tool Aims To Be More Social With Facebook Connect
As "Fashion 2.0" sites continue to innovate, the social component of these style-focused sites becomes an important tool...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:29:23 -0800

SCVNGR Raises $4 Million From Google Ventures
SCVNGR, the platform that lets you build location-based games compatible with any mobile phone, is on a roll. The company has...
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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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