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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook Blog:
Thoughts on Beacon — About a month ago, we released a new feature called Beacon to try to help people share information with their friends about things they do on the web. We've made a lot of mistakes building this feature, but we've made even more with how we've handled them.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Mark Zuckerberg on Beacon: We Made Mistakes — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, after taking it on the chin for nearly two weeks, is apologizing about the company's Beacon advertising platform fiasco. In his blog post, in which he explains his side of the story and rationalizes his reasoning …
Dave McClure / Master of 500 Hats:
Facebook Beacon: Privacy Disaster or PR Blip on the Road to World Domination? Let's look at the data. — thanks to Jay Meattle at Compete for some data & a reality check. — note: i *still* think Facebook should have have stuck to their "Beacon is opt-out" guns, but they also should rollout …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Pre-Launches New iPhone Interface — We heard a rumor that Google was going to launch a new interface for users accessing the site via an iPhone in the next few days. But an anonymous tip let us know it actually launched without any warning or announcement this evening.
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Elinor Mills / Webware.com:
Google apps get faster on iPhone — Google has optimized its applications for the iPhone so they are integrated into a single interface and operate faster. — Now, if you go to Google's home page on your iPhone you'll see the Web search box and links to Gmail, Calendar and Reader up at the top of the screen for quick access.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:Google updates iPhone interface; ties apps together
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Oliver Starr / StarrTrek:
AN OPEN LETTER TO SAM SETHI — Please Note: This is an open letter to Sam Sethi, Founder and CEO of Blognation. I have elected to write this letter after having been one of the principal Blognation authors since August of this year. In all that time I have not received the pay promised …
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Mobile Jones / mobilejones:Blognation: The Blogger's Prelude and Tale
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Postal Rate Change to Wallop Netflix, Help BBI? (NFLX) — Another reason for Netflix (NFLX) to hurry up and transition to a purely digital model: A potential postal rate change could cut the company's operating income per subscriber by two-thirds, say Citi analysts Mark Mahaney and Tony Wible.
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USA Today:
Cellphone could be boarding pass, too — Continental Airlines passengers in Houston will be able to board flights using just a cellphone or personal-digital assistant instead of a regular boarding pass in a three-month test program launched Tuesday at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Stephanie Kang / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen to Be Video Cop — For years, media and technology companies have been ensnarled in a battle over the rights to video posted online. Now ratings giant Nielsen wants to be the policeman. — Nielsen is rolling out a new service that aims to ensure that video is distributed and viewed …
StarrTrek:
Marc Orchant Updates and Information — This page is dedicated to providing information and updates concerning the status of my good friend and colleague, Marc Orchant. — As you know, Marc suffered a massive cardiac infarction on Sunday morning, December 2nd 2007. My original post is copied below.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Windows Server 2008 public test build available — On December 5, Microsoft made available for download the Release Candidate (RC) 1 version of Windows Server 2008. — Microsoft is making the RC1 bits available for download from the Windows Server evaluation site on Microsoft.com.
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Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Announcing Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC) — Today we're making available the release candidate (RC) of Windows Vista SP1 via Microsoft Connect, and tomorrow subscribers to TechNet and MDSN will have access to those RC bits too. In addition, the RC will be available to the public next week via Microsoft's Download Center.
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Youths who lost homes in wildfires given iPods — Apple donates popular devices — More than 100 high school students in the Poway school district who lost homes in the October wildfires have received a surprise gift - iPods donated by Apple. — Kari Afshari, 15, a sophomore at Rancho Bernardo High …
Nokia:
Classically designed and fully featured Nokia 6263 now available at T-Mobile USA — New fold-style phone includes 1.3 megapixel camera, e-mail capability and a music player — WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Designed for customers who want to have the latest features like e-mail capability with support …
BBC:
20% of French iPhones unlocked — Mobile phone company Orange has said 20% of customers who have bought iPhones from it in France have opted for unlocked ones. — Orange sold the popular Apple product for 399 euros (£288) with a two-year contract, or 749 euros without one.
Tim Lee / Techdirt:
Apple Wants To Make DRM Extortion Explicit — For years, DRM critics have been arguing that the technology isn't so much about stopping piracy as it is about taking away traditional fair use privileges and then selling them back to you. I've agreed with this for a while …
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