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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AngelGate: Chris Sacca Responds To Ron Conway — Quick summary of “AngelGate” to date: — A Blogger Walks Into A Bar — Dave McClure Gets Mad — Dave McClure Gets Really Mad — Ron Conway Goes Nuclear — Ron Conway Clarifies — As I said the other day, there would be more private emails getting published.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ron Conway Would Like To Clarify His Nuclear Attack On Fellow Angels — If angel investor Ron Conway wants us to post something here on TechCrunch, we're going to post it. This morning he asked us to do just that. — This is a clarification, he says, to the private email slamming investors over “AngelGate.”
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BoomTown
Paul Thurrott / Windows Phone Secrets:
Windows Phone US launch is November 8 — I mentioned on this week's Windows Weekly podcast that the October 11 date people have been tossing around for the Windows Phone launch was incorrect. (Microsoft is holding an annual event in NYC on that day, but it's unrelated to Windows Phone.)
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IntoMobile, MobileTechWorld, Go Rumors, Electronista, WMExperts, Erictric, Ubergizmo and MobileCrunch, Thanks:rawmeet
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Tom Warren / Neowin.net:
Exclusive: Microsoft set to launch Windows Phone 7 devices on October 21
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Softpedia News, Fonehome.co.uk, MobileTechWorld, Pocket-lint, LiveSide.net, Gizmodo, 9 to 5 Mac, iThinkDifferent, Internet2Go, Redmond Pie, Tracy and Matt's Blog, WMPoweruser.com and Mobility Site, Thanks:gamool
Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times:
Nokia's Bureaucracy Stifled Innovation, Ex-Managers Say — BERLIN — A few years before Apple introduced the iPhone in early 2007, the prototype of an Internet-ready, touch-screen handset with a large display made the rounds among upper management at Nokia.
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asymco, The Nokia Blog and Gizmodo
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” …
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VentureBeat and CloudAve
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Study Finds That Apple Dominates Tech News — A new study confirms what some in the technology industry have long sensed: that Apple commands an inordinate amount of the media's attention. A yearlong look at technology news coverage by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence …
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FM Blog
Benny Evangelista / San Francisco Chronicle:
Techmeme keeps up with lighting-fast tech news — In the five years since Gabe Rivera founded Techmeme, the speed and volume of technology news has increased dramatically. — And that's helped the San Francisco firm's website become the go-to place for the technorati.
Thanks:jasonlloren
Mark Hendrickson / Ursus Rex:
How to Pitch A Tech Blogger — I've been asked privately quite a few times over the last couple of years how one should pitch their startup to a tech blog like TechCrunch, GigaOm, VentureBeat or ReadWriteWeb. So I've decided (quite selfishly) to write a post about the subject instead of repeating myself or re-forwarding emails.
Verne G. Kopytoff / New York Times:
Shifting Online, Netflix Faces New Competition — SAN FRANCISCO — Even though Netflix's arch rival Blockbuster has filed for bankruptcy protection, the victory lap will have to wait. The company that filled American mailboxes with red envelopes containing DVDs is already fighting the next war.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Chegg Raises $75 Million in Additional Funding From Asian Firm — Chegg, the online textbook rental service, has raised another $75 million from Asia-based Ace Limited, according to sources. — Ace seems to be non-existent on the Internet, although sources said it is a Hong Kong-based investment firm.
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TechCrunch
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
ADT iPhone App Lets You Play Big Brother In Your Own Home — Leaving town and want to keep your home safe from thieves-or worse, your teenage kid's unauthorized house party? ADT is offering customers a surveillance-state level of information about what's going on in and around their homes …
Thanks:forbestech
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Twitter Boosts Marketer Reach With Plan to Blast Promoted Ads — Positive Signs So Far, With Higher-Than-Average Interaction Rate — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Even after six months, campaigns with nearly 40 different marketers and repeat customers such as Ford, Virgin America and Verizon, Twitter still views its ads as experimental.
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Softpedia News
