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Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
A Web Pioneer Profiles Users by Name — In the weeks before the New Hampshire primary last month, Linda Twombly of Nashua says she was peppered with online ads for Republican Senate hopeful Jim Bender. — It was no accident. An online tracking company called RapLeaf Inc. had correctly identified …
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Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch:
UberCab Ordered to Cease And Desist — Did Ubercab just crash and burn? Taxi and limo industry insiders in California today informed TechCrunch that the San Francisco Metro Transit Authority & the Public Utilities Commission of California have ordered the startup to cease and desist.
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Zee / The Next Web:
Apple to Invest in Facebook? Facebook says “No”. — Earlier today Mashable broke a rumor that Facebook would be taking investment from Apple in a new Series E round of funding. Understandably, twitter is abuzz with discussion but a sharp response from Facebook's Director …
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Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Facebook to Raise Series E Funding with Apple as Investor [DEBUNKED]
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9 to 5 Mac, BlogsDNA and Velocity, Thanks:nathanielmc
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Adobe announces Air 2.5 for TVs, tablets and phones, launches Adobe InMarket to package apps — Adobe's making a serious play for the app space today, and it's not limiting itself to phones — its new Air cross-platform runtime environment is designed to toss apps on your smart televisions and tablets as well.
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ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, CNET News, BlogsDNA and Gizmodo
Tobias Kemper / Nimbuzz Main Blog:
What the Skype/Nimbuzz Breakup Means To You — Yes, it's true. Skype will no longer be accessible via Nimbuzz starting October 31, 2010. Why? Skype asked us to remove support for their service. — In 2008 we started working on creating a free mobile communications service …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Skype Demands Mobile App Nimbuzz Remove Support, Effective October 31st — Exclusive: Nimbuzz, a popular mobile communication service provider, has been asked by Skype to remove support for all Skype services as from October 31st. — The startup will be announcing the news to its 30 million or so registered users later today.
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Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Jobs: There won't be a ‘mute-switch becomes an orientation lock’ option for iPad — Back in January 2010 Apple announced that the hardware switch on the side of the iPad would be a mute switch, just like on the iPhone. Then, closer to the product's launch in March of this year …
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TUAW, TiPb, MacRumors and BlogsDNA, Thanks:markgurman
David Carnoy / CNET News:
Is this the new Nook Color? — This image is part of a Nook Color accessory product page on the Barnes & Noble website. — A few days ago, we posted a story about Barnes & Noble's next-generation Nook e-reader, which an anonymous tipster claimed would be a $249 touch-screen, Android-based color e-reader called the Nook Color.
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Andy M. Zaky / Fortune:
The amazing Amazon stock bubble — The online retailer's shares are valued at more than three times Apple's and more than two times Google's. And there's no reason why. — by Andy M. Zaky, contributor — Whenever a stock can potentially drop 50% and still be considered overvalued, that's when you know the stock is a bubble.
Evelyn Rusli / TechCrunch:
Firesheep In Wolves' Clothing: Extension Lets You Hack Into Twitter, Facebook Accounts Easily — It seems like every time Facebook amends its privacy policy, the web is up in arms. The truth is, Facebook's well publicized privacy fight is nothing compared to the vulnerability of all unsecured HTTP sites …
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codebutler, Thanks:evolvetom
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Google's Self-Driving Car — I want one! You probably do, too. So do millions of readers of John Markoff's October 21st NY Times piece on Google's revolutionary cars that drive themselves—in traffic! (More drooling on this ABC News video here.) — Is this really real, or is it a demo …
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
App Makers Take Interest in Android — There was cold beer, hot pizza and shop talk at a recent informal gathering of Android programmers in downtown Manhattan. Inevitably the chatter turned to money. — One software developer, James Englert, 26, had just released his first application for Android …
