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Fred / A VC:
Invest In The Mess — There's a front page story in the NY Times today about the hyperactivity in web startupland. They quote from a few posts I've made on this blog and I think Jenna and Evelyn did a nice job with the story. The thing that's clear from reading the story is the hyperactivity …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google's Possible “+1″ iPhone App, Facebook Similarities, And Social “Loop” Groups — Since we broke the news a couple days ago that Google's secret social project, formerly known as “Emerald Sea”, is now being called “Google +1″, we've gotten more confirmation about the naming.
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Electronista and WebProNews
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Groupon Annual Revenues Actually $2 Billion — According to sources close to the situation, Groupon's actual run rate for this year is clocking in at $2 billion in revenue, rather than the widely quoted $500 million. — Who knew hawking spas treatments and stripper pole lessons could be so lucrative?
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Fortune, Tech Trader Daily, AttentionMax, Techie Buzz, Androinica, Examiner, The Blog Herald, Search Engine Journal, CNNMoney.com, Screenwerk, TechCrunch, SAI and The Next Web
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Melissa Harris / Chicago Breaking Business:
Sources: Groupon rejects Google's offer; will stay independent
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Director Of Monetization Tim Kendall Steps Down — Tim Kendall, Facebook's Director of Monetization, has left the company. This is particularly noteworthy because Kendall first joined Facebook nearly five years ago, in June 2006. He architected all of the company's early monetization strategies …
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Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Testing New Registration Social Plugin — Facebook is currently testing a new registration plugin that enables websites to make it easier for users to register for their site. — Site owners will be able to select which fields they'd like to capture and then as much of that information …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Friendly, The Hugely Successful Unofficial Facebook iPad App, Goes Free — As we're all well aware, Facebook doesn't offer an iPad app. Well, maybe we're not all so aware of that. Because Friendly, an unofficial app made by Oecoway, has been a massive hit on the platform.
Joanna Stern / Engadget:
This is the Google Chrome OS netbook keyboard — It's just a Chrome OS sorta day, isn't it? To catch you up here, we told you earlier that Google is planning to announce its own Chrome OS netbook this coming Tuesday, and well, now we're peering at a supposed picture of that very machine's keyboard.
New York Times:
Cables Discuss Vast Hacking by a China That Fears the Web — As China ratcheted up the pressure on Google to censor its Internet searches last year, the American Embassy sent a secret cable to Washington detailing why top Chinese leaders had become so obsessed with the Internet search company: they were Googling themselves.
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Runnin' Scared and Guardian
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Skype Staffing Up For A Big Push To The Cloud — As Skype prepares for an IPO in the next year, the VoIP company has been looking for new ways to expand its business both in terms of revenue and product development. One avenue the company is exploring to bring in more revenue …
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BGR and VoIP Watch
Zach Epstein / BGR:
RadioShack takes $50 off Apple's iPhone 4 and 3GS — RadioShack announced a limited-time promotion on Friday that offers a $50 discount on Apple's iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS. The promotion applies to brand new devices — not refurbished phones — and there are no tricky terms and conditions to be afraid of.
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Examiner, Engadget, L.A. Times Tech Blog, PhoneNews.com, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, App Advice, Phones Review, everythingiCafe, SlashPhone, Go Rumors, Electronista, GigaOM, iLounge, Apple Gazette and iClarified
Joseph Galante / Bloomberg:
PayPal Cuts WikiLeaks' Access to Funds Amid Global Scrutiny — Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — PayPal Inc., the payment processor owned by EBay Inc., cut access today to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.org for violating its acceptable use policy. — PayPal suspended the account after the U.S …
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Examiner, The Next Web, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable!, Go Rumors, SAI, The PayPal Blog and Guardian
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple patents map-based iPhone radio app — Back in '09 we reported that Apple was working on a Radio app for the iPhone and today Patently Apple reports that Apple has patented a Radio.app. As you can see in the image above the iPhone mockup on the right is displaying your traditional radio app with presets and song info.
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TiPb and App Advice
Horace Dediu / asymco:
Half of US population to use smartphones by end of 2011 … via comScore Reports October 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share - comScore, Inc. — Separately, Nielsen reports on the same market: … via U.S. Smartphone Battle Heats Up: Which is the “Most Desired” Operating System? Nielsen Wire.
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Android Phones, Tips …, comScore, Inc., Fortune, MobileBurn.com, TechSpot and Between the Lines Blog
