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BIZ / Twitter Blog:
It's Not Rocket Science, But It's Our Work — The general public is fascinated with every bug that pops up on board the Mars Phoenix Lander because no matter how small, they always seem mission critical. It's exciting stuff and we hang on every bit of news.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Hey Twitter I Have A Few Questions Too — Lately Twitter has been cleaning house, raising money, doing interviews and actually talking to users. In a blog post last week they did a Q&A session, directly answering questions about Twitter's architecture. — So I have a couple of questions …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Clearing the air with Twitter — Yesterday Evan Williams (co-founder of Twitter, his Twitter account is here) wrote me an email telling me he wasn't blaming me and trying to clear the air. I said “can I come over?” to talk more about these issues face-to-face.
Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Bought Me.com? . Mac's New Name? — Earlier today, John Gruber of DaringFireball.net suggested that Me.com might be the name for Apple's .Mac rebranding. There was no real evidence, however, except that Me.com was registered under MarkMonitor's domain service.
Steven Musil / CNET News.com:
Minnesota town tells Google Maps to get lost — A small town in Minnesota has told Google that its Street View feature can hit the road. — The community of North Oaks, a private community of 4,500 north of St. Paul, isn't too keen on outsiders traipsing through its privately owned streets—even if is only on the Internet.
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Wikipedia 3.0: You can now edit any page on Mahalo — The most powerful feature of Wikipedia is that anyone can edit any page at any time. This feature has allowed everyone to get involved, even if their contribution is bad. The brilliance of this move is that the bad editors grow to be poor editors …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Like.com's Creepy, But Effective, Facebook Ads — Is a picture worth a thousand clicks? You've heard of contextual ads triggered by keywords on a Web page. Now, get ready for contextual ads triggered by images on the page. Visual-shopping search engine Like.com is running ads on Facebook …
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
Offbeat Guides: Build your own travel books — David Sifry, founder and former CEO of Technorati, has apparently had enough of new media and of blogs. His new venture is attacking a traditional business: printed travel guides. — Offbeat Guides is a service for printing customized travel books.
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Randall Stross / New York Times:
Can Anything Replace My Old Reliable Friend? — IF you reach me on my cellphone when I'm home, I always ask, “Can I call you back on my landline?” Then we enjoy a crystal-clear connection, and I say to myself, “Nothing matches POTS,” or Plain Old Telephone Service.
Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Google To Launch Large Scale Geo-Services — Our sister publication Techcrunch UK noticed that a Location services API had been added to Google Gears. The developers behind Gears have been plotting out future API additions for a while, and those plans have included having Geo-data available …
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Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
What Friendfeed's “MicroMeme” Means For You, Brands, and The Web — Bret Taylor, one of Friendfeed's four founders — After experimenting with Friendfeed (add me) on and off since March, and more heavily the last few weeks, I decided it was time to meet Founder Bret Taylor …
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Nick / Rough Type:
Understanding Amazon Web Services — There are two ways to look at Amazon.com: as a retailer, and as a software company that runs a retailing application. Both are accurate, and in combination they explain why Amazon, rather than a traditional computer company, has become the most successful early mover …
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Dave Munger / Cognitive Daily:
Casual Fridays: Mac users don't like people touching their technology — A few weeks ago, Greta got a new iPod. I was, naturally, interested to see how it worked since it was supposed to be the latest technology, but Greta would hardly let me touch it: “It's mine, and I want to learn how to use it before you do,” she told me.
