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Social Currency CrunchUp Live

bestcbstore — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:06:38 +0000

Good morning from the Social Currency CrunchUp at the Stanford Campus, which today is the epicenter of the entire tech world.

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Social Currency CrunchUp Live

Dave McClure Files For $30 Million Venture Fund: 500 Startups

blogger — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:24:32 +0000

In January, we broke the news that prolific Silicon Valley angel investor Dave McClure was to set up its own venture capital fund .

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Dave McClure Files For $30 Million Venture Fund: 500 Startups

China’s Focus Media Sells Internet Division Allyes To Silver Lake For $124 Million

bestcbstore — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:56:03 +0000

Focus Media , one of China’s leading digital media groups, this morning announced that it is selling a 62% indirect equity ownership of its Internet division, Allyes , to US-based private investment firm Silver Lake .

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China’s Focus Media Sells Internet Division Allyes To Silver Lake For $124 Million

100,000 Android Applications Submitted To Date, AndroLib Claims

blogger — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:07:16 +0000

Despite earlier reports to the contrary, Android Market watcher AndroLib says there aren’t 100,000 applications available in the store – yet.

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100,000 Android Applications Submitted To Date, AndroLib Claims

Apple Quietly Settles Patent Lawsuit, Promptly Gets Hit With Another One

bestcbstore — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:05:28 +0000

Ah, the good ol’ patent minefield. According to Law360 , a paywall-shielded newswire for lawyers, Apple yesterday settled a patent infringement lawsuit with patent troll Minerva Industries, whose website is apparently currently, ahem, ‘temporarily closed under repair’ . This morning, Apple was hit with another patent infringement suit , brought on by Israeli technology holding Emblaze , which alleges the Cupertino company has refused to license its media streaming technology at issue.

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Apple Quietly Settles Patent Lawsuit, Promptly Gets Hit With Another One

It’s Hard To Tell If Voyurl Or Their Ads Are Creepier

admin2 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:06:58 +0000

A few weeks ago, we were alerted to a new site currently in stealth mode called Voyurl . As the name implies, the idea behind it is to make it so you can see what other people are looking at on the web (and to make your clickstream seen). It sounds creepy as hell

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It’s Hard To Tell If Voyurl Or Their Ads Are Creepier

The New Kindle, And Ebooks Generally: My Questions Answered [Video]

bestcbstore — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:57:43 +0000

All this talk about the new Kindle reminded me that I still have some questions about Amazon’s e-reader specifically, and ebooks generally. Why do people persist in comparing the Kindle to the iPad (something I first asked months ago); what is the relationship between hardback book sales and ebook sales ( ditto ); if e-readers keep getting more accessible, is the end of the paper book nigh?

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The New Kindle, And Ebooks Generally: My Questions Answered [Video]

Kindle iPhone/iPad App Now Smarter With A Dictionary, Wikipedia, And Google

jos — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:40:24 +0000

Despite their clear commitment to the hardware version of the Kindle, Amazon continues to make the Kindle apps that run on the iPad and iPhone better.

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Kindle iPhone/iPad App Now Smarter With A Dictionary, Wikipedia, And Google

Google Confirms: We’re Not Currently Blocked In China

ACMAir — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:01:59 +0000

We’ve just received official word from Google confirming that they are not currently blocked in China and that a server issue was most likely the cause of their dashboard misread . One month ago, Google put up their watered-down engine to avoid being shut down completely in Mainland China.

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Google Confirms: We’re Not Currently Blocked In China

Google Opens Places API With Initial Focus On Check-In Apps

kram412 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:52:12 +0000

At Google I/O in May, the search giant indicated that they were about to take their commitment to location to the next level. Sure, Latitude had been around for a while, but everyone knew that Google could do more in the space. The announcement of some new location APIs seemed to a big part of the solution.

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Google Opens Places API With Initial Focus On Check-In Apps