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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook VC: No Rush For More $, Would Work W/Google — An update from Facebook investor and board member Jim Breyer: The company doesn't need to raise more money, won't go public for at least another 14 months, and isn't afraid of Google's OpenSocial platform — and may be willing to join it.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Jim Breyer: Extra $500 Million Round For Facebook A "Total Fiction" — When Facebook announced that Microsoft would invest $240 million in the company, a rumor quickly spread, which we noted, that some hedge funds were about to put in another $500 million. Since then I've been trying …
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
50M Facebook users don't care about OpenSocial APIs — There are 50 Million Facebook users who don't know what OpenSocial APIs are...and don't care. There are about 5,000 tech bloggers and developers who think it is a revolution that will "Checkmate" Facebook and leave them with no moves.
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Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:Report from the front: Tonight's launch of Open Social
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OpenSocial API Blog:The web is better when it's social
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Powerset, the hyped search engine company, sees shakeup — Powerset, the "natural language" search engine company saying it wanted to take on Google, has seen a shake up in its management. — The San Francisco company received substantial hype when it emerged last year saying it had found …
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Barney Pell / Barney Pell's Weblog:
Management changes at Powerset — In this posting, I want to talk about some significant management changes at Powerset. The main changes are: — Powerset is looking for a CEO to take the company to the next level of growth. — I am transitioning my role from CEO to CTO.
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Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
AT&T intros new international iPhone data plans for $25 and $60/month — Perhaps in response to growing noise over international travelers trying to use their iPhones and being slapped with outrageous bills, AT&T has announced today new international iPhone data plans.
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Ryan Block / Engadget:AT&T whips up international iPhone data plan, also adding iTunes radio?
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PC World:
Everex Readies Sub-$300 Linux Notebooks — After introducing a $198 Linux desktop this week, PC vendor Everex said it will bring Linux laptops under $300 to users next year. — The laptops will come with 12.1-inch to 17-inch screens and run the GOS version of the OS, built on Ubuntu Linux 7.10.
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ap.org:
Remarks by Tom Curley President and CEO/Associated Press Knight-Bagehot Dinner — Madi Reddy is a 22-year-old resident of Hyderabad, India, with ambitions to rise above his hereditary caste. He's a newshound, investing time every day turning the news into diagrams on a whiteboard in his small apartment.
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Fortune:
The blogs of war: Engadget vs. Gizmodo — In the consumer-technology blogosphere, the battle between Engadget and Gizmodo has become an all-out smackdown. — (Fortune Magazine) — In the consumer-technology blogosphere, the rivalry between Engadget and Gizmodo is as lively as a big-city tabloid war.
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Leopard early adopters suffer for the rest of us — I can't decide whether early adopters are saints or fools. — Mac OS X Leopard, the latest version of Apple's operating system, turns one week old today. An estimated 9 percent of the Mac OS X installed base had already signaled …
Shimon Sandler / SEO Consultant:
NEW: "Google MDS" - Manager Defined Spend — This is so new that there is no documentation on this anywhere I can find. — My Google team is hot for me to get on this, and I think it's a great product enhancement. — A MDS is essentially a MCC (My Client Center).
Rob Beschizza / Gadget Lab:
The 15 Dumbest Apple Predictions Of All Time — It's easy to dump ire on anlysts for getting it wrong so often. What those guys do, however, is provide a particular service to particular people. Interpreting what analysts say in terms of truth or falsity is to forget the real lesson …
Wi-LAN (TSX: WIN):
Wi-LAN Initiates Litigation for Patent Infringement — Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX: WIN) ("Wi-LAN") has initiated litigation against 22 major companies in two actions. The companies include chip suppliers, equipment vendors and electronics retailers. They are: Acer Inc., Apple Inc. …
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sprint Weighs WiMax Unit Spinoff — One Option Under Review — Is Merger With Clearwire; — Plans Likely to Await CEO — Sprint Nextel Corp. is weighing changes to its plans to offer high-speed wireless Internet service using WiMax technology, including a potential merger …
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New York Times:
A Bitter Rift When a Boss Is the Buyer — "We could fire you and the entire management team," the five directors wrote, "but that would not help our shareholders, customers or employees." — So they quit instead. — Corporate boards rarely confront their chairman so publicly …
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