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10:50 AM ET, October 24, 2010

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Jim Moran / Yipit Blog:
Groupon Reveals Its Future Lies In Self-Serve  —  Groupon is quietly testing a self-serve deal platform for merchants to manage real time offers for consumers named Groupon Stores.  According to Groupon, this is the future of the company: … Based on a google site search …
Discussion: Screenwerk, midVentures, CenterNetworks and Pulse2, Thanks:jdmoran
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Netflix testing $7.99 and $8.99 streaming-only plans in US right now, one is not a discount (update)  —  When CEO Reed Hastings called Netflix “primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail,” he wasn't messing around, as the company's quietly made streaming-only plans a reality on US shores.
Ryan Block / gdgt:
Will the Mac App Store have enough to sell?  —  Apple bringing the App Store to the Mac was a pretty obvious move — I know I'm not the only one who was predicting it would happen sooner or later, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this is going to have a huge impact for some Mac software developers.
Chris / cdixon.org:
You need to use social services to understand them  —  I don't know if Malcolm Gladwell is right when he claims “the revolution will not be tweeted,” but I can say with certainty that the Twitter he describes is not the Twitter I know.  Gladwell's central argument is that Twitter creates weak ties …
Markcuban / blog maverick:
How Google TV Could Hand Netflix the entire streaming universe  —  I personally can't think of anything stupider for the big broadcast networks to do than give their shows to Google for free.  Why ?  Because they are finally getting BILLIONS of dollars in retransmission fees from their distributors.
Discussion: The Next Web and jungleG
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
There is No New Media: It's All New Consumption
Cade Metz / The Register:
Gosling blows lid off Jobs Java nonsense  —  Java daddy deprecates Apple cult leader  —  Steve Jobs has apparently weighed into the debate over Apple's decision to deprecate Java on the Mac, and his terse explanation was promptly deprecated by Java founder James Gosling.
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Rafe / rc3.org:
The future of Java on the Mac platform
Discussion: Macworld and Apple Outsider
Esther Schindler / ITworld.com:
Programmers Who Defined The Technology Industry: Where Are They Now?  —  Some early programmer names are familiar to even the most novice of software developers.  You may never have seen a line of code written by Bill Gates, or written any application in BASIC (much less for the Altair).
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Thousands of Reddit Users Donate Their Data for Research  —  Last month, Condé Nast social news site Reddit asked users if they would donate their data for research purposes.  This week the site made available a data dump from more than 40,000 people who opted-in to sharing what they do on the site.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
In The Fight Against Apple's iAds, Google Plays The Cross-Platform Card  —  While there are many players in the mobile advertising market, there's no doubt that there's a little bit of a rivalry between Google's ad network AdMob and Apple's new foray into mobile ads, iAd.
VoIP & Gadgets Blog:
Asterisk 1.8 - Major Release Sports 200 New Features  —  Digium today released Asterisk 1.8, a major new release of the popular open source telephony platform.  According to Digium, it includes more than 200 notable new features.  —  I spoke with Digium's Product Manager, Steve Sokol, to learn more about this important release.
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Wikileaks Founder Will Walk Out of Your Interview If Asked About His Rape Case  —  In addition to facilitating the largest military leak in U.S. history yesterday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is a petulant man-child.  Watch him walk out of a CNN interview when talk turned to his pending Swedish rape case.
Vivek Wadhwa / TechCrunch:
The Goldmine Of Opportunities In Gov 2.0  —  Seeing a need to help 60 million Americans manage their $4 trillion dollars in retirement accounts, Mike and Ryan Alfred launched BrightScope in 2008.  They headed to Washington, DC, to obtain electronic data on 401K plans from the Department of Labor.
 
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Reuters:
Italy orders Google to mark Street View cars: report
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vox Media Union says it has reached a tentative three-year agreement with Vox Media, averting a strike

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
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Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
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