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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar... Yesterday I was tipped off about a “secret meeting” between a group of “Super Angels” being held at Bin 38, a restaurant and bar in San Francisco. “Do not come, you will not be welcome,” I was told. — So I did what any self respecting blogger would do …
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Dave / Master of 500 Hats:
Fire in The Valley, Fire in My Belly... and Yes, Mike, I Have Stopped Beating My Wife. — So i've been debating whether to write this post all day. — Unfortunately i probably have more balls than sense, but it drives me f**king insane to see some bulls**t superangel conspiracy theory …
Discussion:
VentureBeat, Thanks:davemcclure
Fred / A VC:
Collusion — Mike Arrington posted about a secret meeting of angels and super angels in San Francisco the other night. In the post he suggests that they are colluding to keep valuations down, terms intact, and traditional venture capital firms, such as ours, out of their deals.
Discussion:
Feld Thoughts, Victus Spiritus and VentureBeat
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Hooray For Mike Arrington — If you haven't already, go read Mike Arrington's story about how he barged into a secret meeting of Silicon Valley's super-angels and discovered that the angels were discussing how to screw traditional venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, the latter by pushing down the prices of early-stage deals.
Quora:
Who are the Super Angels that Michael Arrington is talking about in his 9/21/10 Techcrunch post, “So a Blogger Walks into a Bar...”? — And if you can elucidate, what merit is there in his accusations? — Article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/ 21... — 4 Answers
Discussion:
Venture Chronicles and Stowe Boyd
Wall Street Journal:
RIM Readies Its Answer to iPad — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. could unveil its new tablet computer—as well as the operating system that will power it—as early as next week, at a developers' conference in San Francisco, say people familiar with RIM's plans.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Connecting the dots: RIM may launch its Black Pad Monday
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Boy Genius Report, The Register, Engadget and Electronista, Thanks:jasonhiner
Surur / WMPoweruser.com:
Exclusive: The real HTC HD7 revealed! — Unfortunately its not an actual picture, but for a black slab the schematic s close enough. Above is the real successor to the HTC HD2, the HTC HD7, previously of course the HTC HD3, featuring the near bezel-less 4.3 inch screen we are so familiar with.
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pocketnow.com, SlashGear, Engadget, DailyTech, TmoNews, Pocket-lint, Softpedia News, Neowin.net, MobileCrunch, WMExperts, Phones Review, Know Your Cell and Ubergizmo, Thanks:gamalmsabry
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Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
HTC confirms Windows Phone 7 launching October
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Fast Company, WMPoweruser.com, Gulf News, Phones Review and Softpedia News
Jared Morgenstern / Facebook Developer Blog:
Making Games on Facebook Better — First, hello from the new Games team! Over the last few months, we've assembled a team of dedicated engineers and product managers who are focused exclusively on designing the platform you need to maximize the potential of your games. And we are game lovers, every last one of us.
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Fast Company, Facebook Blog, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, Download Squad and TechCrunch, Thanks:atul
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Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Making Changes to News Feed, Requests, Bookmarks …
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Inside Social Games, VentureBeat and CNET News
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Mark Zuckerberg navigates the tightrope between gamers and non-gamers (video)
Discussion:
TechCrunch and Edge Magazine
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
200 Million People Are Playing Facebook Games Monthly
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VentureBeat, msnbc.com, All Facebook and Inside Facebook
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Suppliers say Apple will build first 3M CDMA iPhones in December — Apple is expected to build its first 3 million Verizon-compatible CDMA iPhones in December 2010, contacts in the company's overseas supply chain reportedly indicated. — Analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro with Susquehanna Financial Group …
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asymco, Cult of Mac, Electronista and Softpedia News
Google Mobile Blog:
Updated Gmail app in Android Market — We just released a new version of the Gmail app in Android Market, so Gmail updates aren't tied to Android version releases anymore. Now you can get new Gmail stuff faster without having to wait for system updates. To start you off …
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eWeek, Engadget, Inquirer, Electricpig.co.uk, Electronista, The Mobile Gadgeteer Blog, Fonehome.co.uk, Android Community, pocketnow.com, The Next Web, Computerworld, TechCrunch, Neowin.net, AndroidGuys, SiliconANGLE, 901am, Switched, Google Operating System, WebProNews, AndroidSPIN, Boy Genius Report, Phone Arena, Droid Life, mobiputing, Lifehacker, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, Technologizer, Download Squad, GottaBeMobile, EuroDroid, BlogsDNA, Startup Meme, techeblog.com, Erictric and Gizmodo, Thanks:rawmeet
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Oracle Growth Plans Worry Rivals and Customers — SAN FRANCISCO — Each year, Oracle's presence looms over this city for a week, during the company's Open World customer conference. About 41,000 people arrived this week to discuss business software in fine detail and talk over beers.
Thanks:atul
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
TripIt's Pro Plan Now Pays For Itself, Will Track Flight Itineraries For Price Drops — TripIt, the site that creates customized travel itineraries from travel confirmation emails, is upgrading its premium version today to be even more useful. Now TripIt Pro will track any pro member's flight itinerary …
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TechStartups.com, Thanks:waldrich
Ry Crozier / iTnews:
US hunters shoot down Google fibre — Repairers forced to ski in to Oregon back woods. — Google has revealed that aerial fibre links to its data centre in Oregon were “regularly” shot down by hunters, forcing the company to put its cables underground. — The search and advertising …
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Gearlog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Gizmodo, Gizmodo Australia, TechFlash, The Register, Data Center Knowledge and Geek.com
Dan Gallagher / MarketWatch:
AT&T chief not worried about losing iPhone — Most of iPhone's users already were customers, Stephenson says — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The chief executive for AT&T Inc. tried to cool investors' fears Tuesday about the potential loss of its exclusive deal to sell the popular iPhone …
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TechCrunch, AppleInsider, everythingiCafe, Fast Company and ReadWriteWeb
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Adrianne Jeffries / ReadWriteWeb:
Developers Can Now Access Locations of 250 Million Phones Across U.S. Carriers — Location Labs today announced a “Universal Location Service” platform that aggregates locations of phones across carriers for developers and centralizes privacy management for end-users.
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VentureBeat
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Verizon Storms the App Castle: Launches Wave of Location …
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jkOnTheRun, Verizon, mocoNews, Urban Airship Blog and PreCentral.net, Thanks:turoczy
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Tecca, Best Buy's New Shopping App, Isn't a Best Buy Shopping App — Here's another shopping app: Tecca promises to “help you find, buy and get the best from personal technology.” It's available for Apple's iPhone, Google's Android as well as Web browsers.
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GigaOM and paidContent
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Verizon: Our Apps Aren't About Taking Over The Phone — It's About “Choice”. Puke. — About a week ago, we noted that Verizon was gearing up to launch its own app store for Android phones. This app store, called V CAST Apps, would be completely separate from Android's existing Market for apps.
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Mobile Entertainment, Fast Company, Softpedia News and Electronista
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Google Campaign to Build Up Its Display Ads — Google, the online search ad giant that rarely advertises, has decided it needs to advertise the fact that it is in the online display advertising business. — And if that is not enough advertising about advertising, it has picked …
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Silicon Alley Insider
Kevin Fox / fox @ fury:
The first step to fixing the Android Marketplace has nothing to do with the Android Marketplace — Much fuss has been made about the user experience of the Android Marketplace and how it compares to the iOS App Store but, while there are many points to be made about how the Marketplace's design …
Thanks:louisgray
Seth Weintraub / Fortune:
Windows 7 Phone author/blogger lavishes praise on Android — One of the biggest voices of the Microsoft Windows world likes just about everything about his new Droid X and his wife's Droid. — Thurrott's Twitter picture — Paul Thurrott took some time out of writing his book …
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Computerworld, SuperSite for Windows, eWeek and Electronista
Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
Oracle surprises with new Sparc chip launch — When the news broke that Oracle was buying Sun, it seemed quite unlikely that Oracle would soldier on with Sun's boutique chip architecture, the aging SPARC family. But the company announced that Sparc lives, at least for now.
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Inquirer, Oracle, Lockergnome Blog Network and virtualization.info
John Biggs / MobileCrunch:
ChatSquare: Chat With Your FourSquare Friends Live — FourSquare has been historically underpowered. You can check in, but then what? You add a tip? Who wants that? ChatSquare, soon to be found at ChatSQ.com and on iPhones near you, is an app that lets you chat with other people in the same FourSquare location.
Thanks:nirofir
