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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels [Email] — As we just stated in our previous post, there was clearly an email sent by angel investor Ron Conway to a group of super angels who were likely involved in the Bin 38 “AngelGate” meeting that Mike stumbled into a couple days ago.
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Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider:
Dave McClure Says Ron Conway Is Throwing Super Angels Under The Bus — Angelgate just got interesting again. — In a tweet a few minutes ago, Dave McClure, one of just two super angels who admits to attending the controversial meeting at which Mike Arrington alleges investors discussed …
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The secret hell of tech industry angel investors — Damn, the secret hell of angel investors in San Francisco has come to all of our attention over at Techcrunch. Mike Arrington started out the week reporting that there was a secret meeting of 10 angel investors who met over dinner. All well and good.
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Angelgate in a Nutshell — I was talking about Angelgate earlier today …
Derek Andersen:
Can we trust Michael Arrington? (AngelGate)
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DailyFinance and Silicon Alley Insider, Thanks:alexia
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Facebook Blames Outage On Database Failure — Programming chief says lengthy downtime was traced to an automated system designed to detect and fix error conditions. — Facebook officials said the lengthy outage that hit the site Thursday was the result of a glitch in the social media network's database software.
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Robert Johnson / Facebook Engineering:
More Details on Today's Outage — Early today Facebook was down or unreachable for many of you for approximately 2.5 hours. This is the worst outage we've had in over four years, and we wanted to first of all apologize for it. We also wanted to provide much more technical detail on what happened and share one big lesson learned.
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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
How Facebook fixed the site: they turned it off and on again — An unusual database problem at the giant social networking site could only be cured by taking the sort of action you normally take with a misbehaving PC … Ever been on the phone to IT support and they told you to turn it off and then on again, and that sorts it out?
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Frederic / NewsGrange:
The Microsoft Tanker Has Turned and You Ignore it at Your Own Peril — Whenever I hear people discussing Microsoft, it usually doesn't take long before somebody mentions that the Redmond-based giant is like a huge oil tanker. It takes a while to turn such a huge company around and get it back on track.
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AppleInsider:
Apple issuing refunds for Apple TV rush orders, citing delay — Some customers who paid Apple for expedited shipping on the soon-to-ship Apple TV are receiving emails from the company Thursday informing them that those shipping charges have been waived due to a possible ‘delay.’
Electronista:
Netflix gets deal to stream previous season NBC TV shows — Netflix and NBC today announced a new content deal that will give Netflix members access to a range of previous season cable and broadcast TV series. Starting next week, shows on will include Saturday Night Live as well as prior season …
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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Netflix May Launch Streaming-Only Plan in the U.S.
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Associated Press:
Target to start carrying iPad in October — Target to start carrying iPad in October; plans to sell 4 models — Related Quotes — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. says it will begin carrying four models of Apple Inc.'s iPad, starting at $499. — The nation's second-largest discount chain …
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Pascal Finette / Mozilla Labs:
Concept Series: Seabird - A Community-driven Mobile Phone Concept — Since Mozilla Labs launched the Concept Series with an open call for participation we've had thousands of people join in, share ideas and develop concepts around Firefox, the Mozilla projects and the Open Web as a whole.
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Inquirer, TechEye, Network World, Techland, SlashGear, Crave, Electricpig.co.uk, ReadWriteWeb, Geek.com, Thoughts from the Sidelines, Phone Arena, Edible Apple, Softpedia News, techeblog.com, Mobile Entertainment, MobileBurn.com, Google Android News …, IntoMobile, iClarified, Between the Lines Blog, Gizmodo, V3.co.uk, Gizmodo Australia, Ubergizmo, Web Browsers, Fone Arena, Pocket-lint, Engadget, TechCrunch and 9 to 5 Mac, Thanks:atul
Matthaus Krzykowski / VentureBeat:
Will Nokia build Windows phones? — According to a trusted source, Nokia is now likely to use Windows Phone 7 as an additional platform for its phones. Also, Nokia's board has given new ex-Microsoft CEO Stephen Elop the green light to change the company's strategy if needed, a source familiar with these matters said.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
If Yahoo Goes Private And Bartz Is Fired, Quora Wins — My love affair with Quora continues. I simply can't think of another site where so much useful information is being organized so rapidly in one place. You've got experts fielding anonymous questions.
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Working on the Next Wave of Digital Camera Technologies — Apple finally introduced a camera system with their latest iPod touch which was released earlier this month and they're already preparing for their next wave of advanced camera technology releases.
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Electricpig.co.uk, Phone Arena, Gizmodo and 9 to 5 Mac
Tim Ferrill / WMExperts:
Director of Windows Phone 7 Confirms Tethering Support — Following on the heels of the rumors last week regarding tethering support, Microsoft's Director for Windows Phone 7 (Brandon Watson) announced on the Windows Weekly Podcast (at 1:05:40) that tethering will be supported at launch …
Brandon Miniman / pocketnow.com:
iPhone vs. Windows Phone 7 (Video) — In this video, we compare the interface of Windows Phone 7 with that of the iPhone. Previously we showed you a web browser and email comparison between iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7. This is a closer look at how the iPhone differs from Windows Phone 7.
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Firmware, forums, and desperation — the dark side of Android hacking — That picture above is no joke — that's where I ended up last night trying to revive my Droid X review unit. It was fun, in a hacky mad-scientist sort of way, but it's also really sad — a testament …
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Saudi Arabians Will Soon Need A License To Blog — According to The Media Note, Saudi Information and Culture Ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman Al-Hazza announced last night Saudi time that all Saudi Arabian web publishers and online media, including blogs and forums, will need to be officially registered with the government.
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Fast Company, Gearlog and Ubergizmo
Bloomberg:
Oracle Plans to Acquire Chipmakers, Industry-Specific Software — Oracle Corp., building on a run of more than 65 acquisitions during the past five years, is looking to purchase semiconductor companies and makers of industry- specific software, Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison said.
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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Startup: Education — Education has always been important to me and my family. Growing up, my parents emphasized the importance of learning and academic success. They both worked to make sure my three sisters and I could all go to good colleges. My grandmother was a teacher …
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Jonathan Allen / Search Engine Watch:
Propeller.com Spinning to a Stop — Social news site and once pretender to the Digg throne, Propeller, announced today that they are shutting down. — Propeller was the new name for NetScape's social news experiment, a project which first emerged out of AOL as the killer app for the Netscape portal …
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