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Figuring FiOS — Will it really cost Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board) more than $9,000 to bring fiber to your home? — Yes, it could. And bear with me, please: I'm about to attempt some FiOS math. — The company today said it plans to pass 18 million premises with its fiber network by the end of 2010.
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Barbarian / Forever Geek:
Debunking the MySpace Myth of 100 Million Users — The hype around the 'web 2.0' buzzword continues to grow and grow. From bulls**t statements like 85% of college students use Facebook (umm no, that was when less than half of US colleges were supported, yet everyone continues to cite that magical number) …
Rafat / MocoNews.net:
Major Change Coming At Mobile ESPN; Winding Down Likely, Possibly Being Sold — Exclusive: [by Rafat Ali & Staci Kramer] We have heard from numerous sources that MobileESPN, the ambitious yet doomed MVNO effort from Disney, is in for a big change this week: either a phased winding down/transition …
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David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:
iPhone Rumors — Everyone's always asking me when Apple will come out with a cellphone. My answer is, "Probably never." — I have friends who worked on the Palm Treo. And to this day, my gut churns to recall the hell they went through. — The problem is that when you build a cellphone …
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Daily Mail:
Apple go to war over 'pod' — Apple is waging war against companies that use the word "pod" in product and company names, arguing customers will be confused by what brand they are buying. — The action has been fuelled by Podcast Ready, a 13-employee company, which has developed software …
Steve Bryant / Google Watch:
Three Conspiracy Theories (and One Black Helicopter) Concerning Comcast and Google — When I posted that bit about Comcast and Google yesterday, I swear I didn't think many folks would care. But all of a sudden I started getting these quacky e-mails about how Comcast was intentionally blocking Google …
Phil Wolff / Skype Journal:
SJSU: Campus OK's Skype, for now — Absent any immediate threats, and after Monday's conference call with eBay's government affairs people, San Jose State University 's University Computing and Telecommunications department (SJSU UCAT) said they will not ban Skype.
Gizmodo:
iTunes 7.0.1 Has Buttloads of Mobile Phone Mentions — Normally, an iTunes update wouldn't be much news. But this one has lots of mentions of a "mobile phone" that can play video and display pictures. As far as we know, the ROKR and RAZR V3i can't do that. — Here's a taste of the strings:
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Donald Melanson / Engadget Mobile:
Mercora launches "M" music service for Windows Mobile — Mercora has joined the burgeoning mobile music fray in what looks to be a fairly big way today, launching its minimally-named "M" service for Windows Mobile 5.0-based devices. Unlike other mobile music services …
Kotaku:
X06 News Shocker Summary — It sounds like X06 was quite an amazing press conference, filled with the sort of surprises and delights befitting a regular carnival of gaming. — We've posted all of the news on the site, but I thought it would be best to summarize it somewhere for those not into browsing, or reading.
Randfish / SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog:
11 Best Practices for URLs — I could have sworn that someone has already a great post or forum thread on this topic, but I can't seem to find it (no matter how advanced my operators). I'm sure Mr. Malicoat has it in his bookmarks, but since blog posts are one of my personal systems for public bookmarking, here goes.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
AOL Pictures goes social and it's not pretty — The new version of AOL Pictures came out of beta today and it's thoroughly underwhelming. The new features are basically all the social things that are standard from a Web 2.0 perspective but none of them are done particularly well.
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Lifehacker:
One phone number to rule them all — GrandCentral is a brilliant new web app that lets you consolidate all of your phone numbers into one number, meaning someone can call you on your GrandCentral phone number and all of your phones (cell phone, work phone, home phone) will ring. And then it gets interesting.
Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
VideoEgg Gets a Jolt of VC — With $12 million from the Starbucks chairman's venture capital firm and other investors, the startup capitalizes on the rise of Web video — Seeing riches in the Web's sudden emergence as a mainstream vehicle for video, a venture capital firm co-founded …
Writer Zone:
New Release! Windows Live Writer 1.0 (Beta) Update with Windows Live Gallery — This update to Windows Live Writer 1.0 (Beta) features: — Tagging support — Support for Blogger Beta — Improvements to categories — And more... (details below)
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Steve Yegge / Stevey's Blog Rants:
Good Agile, Bad Agile — Scrums are the most dangerous phase in rugby, since a collapse or inproper engage can lead to a front row player damaging or even breaking his neck. — Wikipedia — When I was growing up, cholesterol used to be bad for you. It was easy to remember. Fat, bad.
Mark Glaser / pbs.org:
Your Guide to Citizen Journalism — From time to time, I'll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of tips. The idea is to help you understand the topic, learn the jargon, and hopefully consider trying it out — even if it's all new to you.
