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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.
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Boy Genius Report and Electronista
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 …
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midVentures, CenterNetworks and Mashable!, Thanks:jdmoran
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.
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The Next Web, jungleG and Stowe Boyd
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
There is No New Media: It's All New Consumption — “The most ominous of fallacies-the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.” -Freyda Stark — So, now television broadcasters are blocking Google TV from getting access to the content they're putting online.
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TeleRead, more at Mediagazer »
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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On a New Road, Wild Webmink, Crave and Guardian
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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).
Serkan Toto / CrunchGear:
End Of An Era: Sony Stops Manufacturing Cassette Walkmans — Truth be told, I wasn't aware Sony was still producing cassette Walkmans. But the company today announced it will stop manufacturing and selling these devices in Japan - after 30 years. Sony says the final lot was shipped …
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.
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New York Times, New York Magazine, Switched and Politics Daily, more at Mediagazer »
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Marketers Can Glean Private Data on Facebook — SAN FRANCISCO — Online advertising offers marketers the chance to aim ads at very specific groups of people — say, golf players in Illinois who make more than $150,000 a year and vacation in Hawaii. — But two recent academic papers show …
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Gawker, VatorNews and TechCrunch
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.
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Meet Google's New Search Boss: Udi Manber — Now that Marissa Mayer has been moved from search to local, Udi Manber is Google's search boss. — Google search is the world's most lucrative technology product, so this promotion makes Manber a pretty big deal at Google and in Silicon Valley.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
The new king of Apple analysts — He's a Romanian blogger with a Harvard MBA who lives in Finland. Go figure. — Horace Dediu. Photo: Rami Salle — What if you took all the estimates by all the analysts who write about Apple (AAPL) — and there are dozens — and ranked them by how closely …
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