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Steve Jobs / Apple:
To all iPhone customers: — I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale. After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Dear Steve Jobs — Dave Winer wants a T-shirt. — Me, I'd like to let you keep the $100 per iPhone you so generously are going to give me and other early adopters who bought the iPhone. — Here's what I'd like for my $300. — I'd like an iPhone where software developers can go to town and play.
Terrence Russell / Epicenter:
Four Mistakes Apple Made With The IPhone Price Drop — Don't get us wrong—price cuts are a good thing. But yesterday's $200 iPhone price drop has left many current iPhone owners seething. Based on a lot of what we saw at the Moscone Center yesterday, it's clear that Apple made the following four mistakes:
Dave Winer / Scripting News:How about a T-shirt?? — Apple is offering a $100 store credit …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:Google Fight: Nokia & Apple Ads Trade Blows Over iPhone Price Cut
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Associated Press:
Feds OK Fee for Priority Web Traffic — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday said Internet service providers should be allowed to charge a fee for priority Web traffic. — The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices …
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US Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Comments on "Network Neutrality" in Federal Communications Commission Proceeding — Antitrust Division Says Regulatory Proposals Could Limit Consumer Choice and Deter Network Investment — WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice cautioned against imposing regulations …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
DoJ argues against net neutrality in FCC filing, says "trust us" — The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has two words for all the network neutrality backers who believe that a bit of government regulation could go a long way towards keeping the Internet open: trust us.
Phil Windley / Between the Lines:
Why Vista? — I'm working on a head-to-head review of Parallels and Fusion, two competing virtualization packages on OS X, for InfoWorld. As part of that review, I'm doing a Vista install in both to check the experience, resource usage, and so on. — One of the cool features of Parallels is something they call "Smart Select."
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Exclusive: Screen Shots And Feature Overview of Delicious 2.0 Preview — Social bookmarking site Delicious launched a limited, invite-only preview of version 2.0 of the service this afternoon. The new site can be accessed at preview.delicious.com, although only invited users can actually get in.
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Multiply, social networking for 30-somethings, raises $16.6 million — Multiply, a social network aimed at 30-somethings, has just announced additional venture funding of $16.6 million — The Boca Raton, Florida-based Multiply struggled after launching in late 2003.
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I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
The Puppet Master — I have never before quoted myself at length in a column, but this week's Apple iPhone pricing fiasco calls for it, so here is the beginning of a column I wrote back in January 2002: — In 1999, I was commissioned by Vanity Fair magazine to write a story about the relationship between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple Hi-Fi, RIP: 2006 - 2007 — Who can forget the Apple Hi-Fi's, shall we say, inauspicious introduction? A product Steve, an audiophile himself, proclaimed Apple developed so he could throw out his system, was introduced along side the infamous $100 leather iPod case to deafening silence amidst …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
The Engadget Interview: Phil Schiller, Apple Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing — At this week's Apple event we got a rare chance to speak with one of the most well regarded and tight-lipped veeps in the biz, Apple's Phil Schiller. It's never fun knowing you have to throw half …
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Microsoft hires WebGuide developer — Firs there was Windows XP Media Center Edition. Then there was Windows Vista with media center features built into the operating system. But while Microsoft has built an excellent 10-foot interface for interacting with TV, video, radio …
Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
MySpace to get popular Facebook travel app — Soon you can brag about your travels to your fellow MySpace friends as well as your height, weight and looks. — Where I've Been aka WIB, an application for sharing a map on places you've visited, lived in or want to visit …
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Facebook: Opening Up, But on Its Own Terms — Last week we began talking with a independent programmer who ran into a bit of trouble with Facebook over a snippet of code he developed and published that allowed users to update their Facebook status without visiting the site.
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