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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:57:59 -0800

Andy Rubin Has Some Steve Jobs In Him
Andy Rubin, pictured above surrounded by press after the Nexus One event today, is the guy who founded Android and sold it to...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:59:20 -0800

ReelSurfer: A White Label Solution For Video Search
When you're looking for a specific movie clip, it can often be hard to find exactly what you're looking for on sites like...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:54:06 -0800

gWallet Sees Deeper Consumer Engagement With Branded Video Campaigns
We just wrote about gWallet's secret weapon, gLTV, that hopes to legitimatize the virtual currency monetization world,...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:35:03 -0800

Zero Motorcycles Kicks It Into Gear With $5.5 Million Series A
California-based Zero Motorcycles has taken $5.56M in a Series A add-on according to an SEC Report, filed today. Investors in...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:30:50 -0800

Gowalla Plays Around With Virtual Product Placements In Apple Stores
As geo social networks gain some traction, we are beginning to see novel forms of marketing and advertisements triggered by...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:10:49 -0800

Rally Software Grabs $16 Million For Agile Software Development Tools
Rally Software, a company that provides agile project management applications to for software development, has just raised...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:30:22 -0800

PoketyPoke Dials Into Conference Calls For You (100 Beta Invites)
Invariably, whenever you dial into a conference call, someone is always late. Everyone waits until the last minute to call,...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:51:37 -0800

No Flirting! Social Network Badoo Is Banned In Iran
Badoo, a social network popular in emerging markets like Russia and Brazil, has been banned in Iran. As of December 2009 Badoo...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:35:30 -0800

Research Consolidation: Gartner Acquires Burton Group For $56M In Cash
Big news in the research world today: Gartner has announced that right at the end of 2009, it acquired competitor Burton...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:56:53 -0800

Apple’s App Store: From 2 To 3 Billion Downloads In Just Over 3 Months
Apple this morning announced that more than 3 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store by iPhone and iPod touch...
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Brian Solis posted a blog entry

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:31:42 -0800

Dissed by Santa, So Suggesting Resolutions Instead
by Cathy Brooks Even though I’m pretty sure there isn’t actually a portly old dude in a red suit who slips down...
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michael Arrington posted a blog entry

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:12:40 -0800

The Pricing Smoke Around The Tablet Fire
Just when you thought everyone was all talked out about the Apple Tablet, there comes more news. But today's news is both odd...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:51:28 -0800

Denied AdMob, Apple Buys Competing Ad Platform Quattro Wireless For $275 Million
We're hearing that Apple is buying mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless for $275 million. This jives with reports...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:07:33 -0800

Pearl Jam Gives A Song Away For A Tweet
Regular readers may know my affinity for Pearl Jam. The band, which released a new album, Backspacer, last year had a series of...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:25:38 -0800

Confirmed: Critical Path Buys ShoZu – Price Unknown, But Here Are The Terms
Our earlier report about Critical Path buying mobile services startup ShoZu turns out to have been right on the money. Tomorrow...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:04:11 -0800

Apple Tablet shipping in March
This just in: the WSJ is reporting that an Apple Tablet device thinger will ship in March after a January announcement. The...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:37:54 -0800

Photocheck.in: A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Foursquare Check-Ins. Or At Least One.
One of the greatest things to rise out of the existence of the Twitter ecosystem has been all the picture services that allow...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:05:38 -0800

News Corp. Unloads Rotten Tomatoes Onto Flixster
News Corp is unloading more of its digital assets. This time it's the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, which is being...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:42:08 -0800

EMC To Acquire IT Risk And Compliance Software Developer Archer Technologies
Software giant EMC starting the New Year with another acquisition. EMC is acquiring Archer Technologies, a company that...
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Brian Solis posted a blog entry

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:05:47 -0800

The Greatest Hits of 2009 Part X
Source: Shutterstock Happy New Year! Well, this is it. The final installment of the most read, shared, and discussed posts of...
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Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:46:40 -0800

The Greatest Hits of 2009 Part IX
Source: Shutterstock Happy New Year! The closure of 2009 sparked a series of important news and events that only seemed to...
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Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:20:35 -0800

The Most Influential Conversations on Twitter in 2009
What follows is the unabridged version of my current post on Mashable, “Twitter’s Most Influential Topics of...
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Brian Solis posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:12:51 -0800

The Socialization of Service and Relationships
Wherever the balance of influence falls in new media, without genuine, empathetic service, recognition, or reciprocity, we are...
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Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:12:51 -0800

Brian Solis posted a blog entry

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:59:06 -0800

The Greatest Hits of 2009 Part VIII
Source: Shutterstock Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010…this is your year. Let’s build upon the lessons we learned in...
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