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Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
NSFW: After Fort Hood, another example of how ‘citizen journalists’ can't handle the truth — I'd probably feel slightly smug, if I didn't feel so sick. — Smug that after two weeks of me suggesting that social media might not be an unequivocally Good Thing in terms of privacy and human decency …
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Citizen journalism: I'll take it, flaws and all — Paul Carr, who started writing for TechCrunch not long ago, is an entertaining writer, and he often puts his finger on issues that others tend to avoid in their headlong rush towards whatever is shiny and new, which is why I'm glad Mike Arrington hired him.
Mark Pincus Blog:
Ensuring zynga's user experience - removing all cpa offers — michael arrington posted yesterday on mobile offerings still being shown in our new game fishville. I want to explain why this occurred and how we are taking more aggressive steps to ensure this never happens again.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Zynga's FishVille Sleeps With The Fishes For Ad Violations — Zynga's most recent Facebook game, FishVille, has temporarily been taken offline by Facebook for advertising violations. — FishVille will remain suspended, Facebook tells us, “until Facebook is satisfied that Zynga demonstrates compliance …
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys — AT&T might be suing Verizon for misrepresenting its network in ads, but that doesn't seem to have dissuaded Big Red from using that same map image in this new spot, which casts the iPhone away to the Island of Misfit Toys.
Chris Messina / FactoryCity:
New microsyntax for Twitter: three pointers and the slasher — Image based on Kevin Van Aelst's original. — Since it's apparently all the rage to design your own features for Twitter now, I figured I'd build on my success with the hashtag and crank out a few more.
Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Why the mainstream media is dying — Every once in a while you get to see a mainstream outlet cover a story right alongside a blog, so you can put them up against each other and see why one was so much better than the other. This week TechCrunch and the New York Times (photo) provided just such a lesson.
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Mahmoud Al-Qudsi / The NeoSmart Files:
Watch YouTube Videos Without Flash in HTML5 — Running on Mac or Linux and tired of Adobe Flash eating up all your CPU cycles while you're watching YouTube? Buggy plugins that crash your browser and freeze your PC? Proprietary formats that get in the way? Want to embrace HTML5 and the future?
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone — So, the hype got to me. Yesterday I headed to Verizon and bought a Motorola Droid, which runs Google's Android operating system. — Last night my friend Luke Kilpatrick came over and we compared the Droid to the Palm Pre and iPhone.
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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Cisco Software Takes On Microsoft, IBM — The networking giant announces new collaboration tools for IM, e-mail, social networking and more. — If Cisco wasn't making enough enemies with its string of bold acquisitions and a brazen push into the server market last spring …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Apple Still Not Allowing VoIP Calls Over 3G — Earlier today in response to my post about Nimbuzz, a good pal emailed to find out why the service didn't work over the iPhone's 3G connection. After all, a few weeks ago AT&T announced support for VoIP over 3G with much fanfare …
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Nook e-Book Reader on Back-Order — Demand for Barnes & Noble Inc.'s yet-to-be-released electronic-book reader is so strong that the retailer is telling customers that new pre-orders won't ship until Dec. 11. — In October, the nation's largest bookstore chain told its first wave of customers …
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