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Dan Kaplan / The Quora Review:
Sorry, Scoble, Quora is not your playground — “This used to be my playground. This used to be my childhood dream. This used be the place I ran to...whenever I was in need.” -Madonna — So Robert Scoble, it seems you don't like the heat. In the bygone days of what feels like ten minutes ago …
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TechCrunch, Greg Hard, @mathewi and @semilshah, Thanks:dankaplan
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Why I was wrong about Quora as a blogging service ...
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TechCrunch, Thomas Hawk Digital Connection, @copyblogger, @glennf, @eghosao, TeleRead, @animal and The Quora Review, more at Mediagazer »
Frederic Lardinois / NewsGrange:
Why One Egyptian ISP is Still Online — For all intents and purposes, Egypt is currently cut off from the Internet. Even today, though, the Noor Group's DSL service in Egypt remains available (though it experienced some downtime earlier today). Why is Noor, which has about an 8% market share in Egypt …
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ITProPortal, The Next Web, L.A. Times Tech Blog, ReadWriteWeb and GigaOM
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Andrew McLaughlin / The Huffington Post:
An Open Letter to Dr. Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt … Dear Tarek: — The news anchors are reporting that Egypt's Cabinet has just submitted its resignation, and a new Prime Minister has been appointed. As Egypt's Minister of Communications …
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ISOC Monthly Newsletter, Thanks:jarredt
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google Searches for Mobile-App Experts — Engineers, Product Managers Are Needed as More Development Is Brought in House to Counter Apple — Google Inc. plans to hire dozens of software developers to create applications for smartphones and other mobile devices, people familiar with the matter said …
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The Next Web, counternotions, Relevant Results, @alsutton and ThinkMobile
Edward Moyer / CNET News:
WikiLeaks founder Assange talks to ‘60 Minutes’ — Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, part 1 — In an exclusive interview with “60 Minutes” tonight, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange discussed, among other things, his relationship with sources (a crucial legal issue, as the U.S. considers taking court action …
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CBS News, TechCrunch, @ioerror, The Firewall, Mashable!, Between the Lines Blog, The Next Web, WatchingTV Online and The Register, more at Mediagazer »
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
Apple's Wozniak confirms white iPhone 4 camera issues, showers more love on Android — Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak confirmed today that early white iPhone 4 parts caused issues with its camera, which led to multiple delays and its near-mythical status among gadget hounds.
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Engadget, Electronista, Softpedia News, Neowin.net and MacStories
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Learning from our Mistakes: The Failure of OpenID, AtomPub and XML on the Web — I've now been working and blogging about web technology long enough to see technologies that we once thought were the best thing since sliced bread turn out to be rather poor solutions to the problem or even worse …
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Quora and OakLeaf Systems
Jack Loftus / Gizmodo:
“Experiment In Cord Cutting” Shows Good Enough Is Perfect for Most — “I feel really good about Comcast” is not something Roku, Boxee or Google execs would want said by people who've tried out their connected TV products. Nevertheless this past Friday there were five Boston-based families doing just that.
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Hill Holliday, Electronista, Advertising Lab and Off On A Tangent
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
100,000 P2P Users Sued in US Mass Lawsuits — Check out TorrentFreak's new News Bits feed! . — Mass P2P lawsuits have been filed all across the United States in recent months, especially by companies dealing with adult content. They have embraced this new revenue stream by the dozen and new studios are joining every month.
Sandy Brundage / Palo Alto Online:
Facebook scoops up Menlo Park properties — City finalizing paperwork for Sun campus sale — As rumors swirled about social-networking giant Facebook buying the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park, the company quietly bought 22 acres of business property near the campus.
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VentureBeat, Mercury News, SAI and Forbes
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Facebook Launches Places Deals in UK and Europe — Facebook has just announced the launch of Places Deals in the UK and Europe, a service that will allow its users to check-in to shops, businesses and locations using their smartphone in order to get special offers, discounts and coupons for outlets that partner with the social network.
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Telegraph, TechCrunch Europe and Mobile Entertainment, Thanks:martinsfp
Jeff Valvano / 9 to 5 Mac:
Analyst on iPad 2: 3 versions, iPod touch cameras, 1024 x 768 display — Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities released a note to investors today detailing his ideas on the iPad 2′s components. The analyst seems to agree with 9to5mac's findings in the SDK and is claiming the iPad 2 …
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Fortune, AppleInsider, Go Rumors, Apple Gazette, MacRumors, MacStories, CNET News, Edible Apple, Electronista, I4U News, Macgasm and iClarified
