Techmeme: Bogus report of venture capitalist vice arrest seems to have cooled off Rosewood's ‘Cougar Night’ (Peter Delevett/Mercury News)

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September 10, 2012, 1:05 AM

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Bonnie Cha / AllThingsD:

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Peter Delevett / Mercury News:

Bogus report of venture capitalist vice arrest seems to have cooled off Rosewood's ‘Cougar Night’ — MENLO PARK — The talk around Sand Hill Road last week was, “Who killed Cougar Night?” — For months, the five-star Rosewood Hotel in the heart of Silicon Valley's venture capital community …

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Dan Primack / Fortune:

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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft gives Yahoo name top billing in Microsoft Advertising rebrand — Summary: It looks like Microsoft is rebranding Microsoft Advertising as the “Yahoo Bing Network” and its own online ads as “Bing Ads.” — As reported on September 9 on SearchEngineLand.com, Microsoft seems …

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Zee / The Next Web:

This letter from PayPal's President might just make you believe in the company again — It began in May with a frustrated customer, Andy McMillan, discovering his PayPal had been locked. Nothing new. Frustrating, but usually remediable with a phone call or a couple of emails.

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Juro Osawa / Wall Street Journal:

Alibaba's New Goal: Taking On Android — HANGZHOU, China—While the technology industry is closely watching Apple Inc.'s patent war against rivals using Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system, China already has homegrown software that is trying to take on Android in the country's fast-growing smartphone market.

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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Google Glass Meets Fashion, Smart Glasses To Be Part Of DVF Fashion Show — Google Glass — Google's smart glasses project — is heading into the new world of fashion. Designer Diane von Furstenberg and others have been using them to record preparations for the upcoming DVF Spring 2013 Fashion Show …

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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

Meet The Disrupt SF 2012 Hackathon Winners: Livebolt Takes Grand Prize, Auctopus And HeatData Are Runners Up — The night has been a long one for our intrepid crew of hackers, and all their arduous, caffeine-fueled work has led to this moment. A stunning 147 teams have taken the stage …

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Klint Finley / Wired:

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