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Jack McKenna / TechCrunch:
You Can Block Any Facebook User Except Mark Zuckerberg — The title of this post kind of says it all. As pointed out by blockzuck.com, you can block anyone on Facebook except CEO Mark Zuckerberg. If you try to do it (we did), you'll get a message saying “General Block failed error: Block failed.”
Kevin Rose:
Why Apple's iTV Will Change Everything — The rumor: Apple will be releasing a revamped/renamed version of their ‘Apple TV’ set-top box, called ‘iTV’. The box will run the Apple iOS (same as the iPhone/iPad), and be priced around $99. — Why will this change everything?
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AppleInsider, Fortune, PadGadget, Erictric, Silicon Alley Insider, TUAW, App Advice, TiPb, Redmond Pie, I4U News, Velocity, 9 to 5 Mac and Conversion Rater
Jeff Rivera / GalleyCat:
New York Times Bestseller Seth Godin to No Longer Publish Books Traditionally — New York Times bestselling author and marketing guru, Seth Godin vows to never publish traditionally again. After over 12 books with a legacy publisher, Godin says he's had enough.
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TeleRead
Kunur Patel / AdAge:
How to Almost Sabotage a Dinner Party With Facebook ‘Places’ — I Thought My Group of Gen-Y Over-Sharing Friends Would Be Fine Being Checked In. I Was Wrong. — Facebook Places went live last night and I decided to give it a whirl soon after being seated for Mediterranean food at a neighborhood restaurant.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Chatroulette Taken Down. Get Ready For Chatroulette V.2 — Chatroulette, the service that lets strangers meet over video, has been taken down. A message reads “The experiment #1 is over for now. Thanks for participating - Redesigned and updated version of the website will be launched tomorrow.”
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Mashable! and The Next Web
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Kindle Outselling iBooks 60 To 1 — If you follow the ebook market you were likely stunned this June when Steve Jobs claimed to have captured 22% of the electronic book market overnight with the release of iBooks and iPad. Many of us who watch this market with careful eyes were leery …
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Exclusive: Samsung Cetus i917 bows for AT&T, shows off its Windows Phone 7 ways — Does the almost Pre-esque shape of this beast look vaguely familiar? It should, because it matches up nicely with the outline of the Samsung Cetus we saw in the FCC a little while back.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Exclusive: Viacom Digital Boss Greg Clayman Headed to Rupert Murdoch's iPad Newspaper — Rupert Murdoch's iPad-friendly digital newspaper doesn't have a launch date or a name yet, but it is hiring. News Corp. (NWS) has tapped Greg Clayman, who runs digital distribution for Viacom (VIA) …
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The Digital Reader and Electronista, Thanks:rawmeet
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
Forget Ads In Books, Lit-Lovers Face An Even More Hideous Prospect — It's a pity readers don't want to pay for stories about the death of traditional media, because otherwise journalists and commentators would be riding a big fat cash cow. — In recent months it's been impossible to open …
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TeleRead, Snarkmarket and NevilleHobson.com, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:sierragator
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Motorola clamps down on Droid X's leaked Android 2.2 upgrade with cease and desist scare — Hoping to spoon-feed your Droid X some Froyo before the official OTA rollout? You'd better do it now — Motorola's sending out cease and desist emails in an attempt to shut the leaked ROM down.
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IntoMobile, CNET News, Computerworld, Gizmodo, Boy Genius Report, PhoneDog.com and Startup Meme
Karl Ritter / Associated Press:
Swedish prosecutors defend WikiLeaks about-face — STOCKHOLM — Swedish prosecutors defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks, saying Sunday that they had made no mistakes in issuing an arrest warrant and withdrawing it less than a day later.
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Aljazeera:
Assange claims ‘smear campaign’
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Guardian, Agence France Presse, Associated Press, VentureBeat, aklagare.se, BBC and CNET News
Leo Laporte / LOL: The Life of Leo:
Buzz Kill — Something happened tonight that made me question everything I've done with social media since I first joined Twitter in late 2006. — You know me - I'm a complete web whore. I sign up for every site, try every web app, use every service I can find. It's my job, but I also love doing it.
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TechCrunch, Collaboration 2.0 Blog, The Next Web, Stowe Boyd, Andy Beard, LiveSide.net, The Raw Feed, Howard Owens and TomsTechBlog.com, Thanks:rawmeet
Fred / A VC:
The Expanding Birthrate Of Web Startups — There is a general consensus that web startups are being created at a faster rate than ever. The impact of accelerator programs like Y Combinator, Techstars, Seedcamp, and dozens more are one factor. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another.
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