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Quora:
Why did Twitter suspend UberTwitter? — Answer (1 of 7): Twitter told us today that they suspended our applications for three reasons: — 1. Twitter said that in UberTwitter and Twidroyd we use a tweet-elongation service named tmi.me that allows people to write more than 140 characters …
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Twittercism, GigaOM, PC World, Business Wire, PC Magazine, Scripting News, @scobleizer and The Next Web
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Twitter Suspends UberMedia Clients For Privacy And Monetization Violations, Trademark Infringement — We'll this is interesting. According to this post, Twitter has suspended UberTwitter and twidroyd for violating its policies. It's unclear how the clients violated Twitter's policies …
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Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:
Twitter, I love you man, but ... I'm not an investor, I have no right to tell you what to do. — I'm not an advisor & I'm not privy to any internal information at your company. You have to make the tough judgment calls. — I'm not omnipotent so I can't use market power to influence your behavior.
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Why does everything suck?, @dickc, @raulsantaella and Quora, Thanks:pkedrosky
Anil Sabharwal / Docs Blog:
12 new file formats in the Google Docs Viewer — The Google Docs Viewer is used by millions of people every day to quickly view PDFs, Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint presentations online. Not only is viewing files in your browser far more secure than downloading and opening them locally …
Quora:
What will happen to http://bit.ly links when Gaddafi shuts down the Internet in Libya due to protests? — Answer: Should Libya block Internet traffic, as Egypt did, it will not effect http://bit.ly or any .ly domain. — For .ly domains to be unresolvable the five .ly root servers …
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SAI, Domain Name Wire, @borthwick, Mashable!, CenterNetworks and SAI
Arn / MacRumors:
New MacBook Pros Likely to Launch on Thursday, February 24th — Apple last updated the MacBook Pros almost one year ago with Intel's Core i5 and i7 processors. Apple has been due to refresh the MacBook Pros with the latest Intel Sandy Bridge processors which are said to be a significant improvement over last year's processors.
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RazorianFly, MacGazette.net, Neowin.net, MacStories, TUAW and Electronista
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Brad McCarty / The Next Web:
The AOL Way claims its first victim: Engadget editor Paul Miller resigns — A few weeks ago, in case you've missed the news, AOL released an internal document to its staff that was entitled The AOL Way. The documents contained what could be taken as a manifesto, of sorts, but really showed how AOL was intending to do business.
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@joshuatopolsky and @joannastern
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Futurepaul / paul j. miller:
Leaving AOL
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SAI, Neowin.net, VentureBeat, @peterrojas and @mathewi, Thanks:lockergnome
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Obama's Silicon Valley “Tech Supper” - Who Sat Where? Why Was He There? — Why was he there? Who wasn't invited and why? What did they talk about? Why was he really there? — These are the questions being debated this morning about Obama's visit last night to the home (dare I say …
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Mercury News, Bloomberg, ITworld.com, @stevenjayl, Bits, internetnews.com, TechFlash, SlashGear, p2pnet, Between the Lines Blog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, The Next Web, Pulse2, MacDailyNews, Runnin' Scared, MediaFile, Computerworld, PC World, Gizmodo, Gadgetell, TG Daily, The Seattle Times, Digits, Gearlog, techPresident, Venture Capital Dispatch, Techie Buzz, Geek.com, MacRumors Page 2, SAI, The Huffington Post, Covering Web, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Epicenter, Techland, San Francisco Chronicle and Google Watch
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Jared A. Favole / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Talked R&D With Jobs, Zuckerberg
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Gov 2.0, VatorNews, eWeek, Engadget, Switched, TiPb, TechCrunch, Voices on All Things Digital and Deal Journal
James Cowie / Renesys Blog:
Libyan Disconnect — Renesys confirms that the 13 globally routed Libyan network prefixes were withdrawn at 23:18 GMT (Friday night, 1:18am Saturday local time), and Libya is off the Internet. One Libyan route originated by Telecom Italia directly is still BGP-reachable, but inbound traceroutes appear to die in Palermo.
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@mattcutts, ArabCrunch, p2pnet, TechCrunch, thinq_, VentureBeat, Friending Facebook Blog, ReadWriteWeb, Aljazeera and Guardian
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Ahmad F Al-Shagra / The Next Web:
Internet Restored in Libya After 6 hours Offline
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L.A. Times Tech Blog and Fortune
Michael Stone / Examiner:
Anonymous delivers ultimatum to Westboro Baptist Church — Anonymous, a notorious collective of unnamed Internet activists, has put the Westboro Baptist Church on notice. Tuesday, the group Anonymous released an open letter to Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church (WBC).
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Joe. My. God., p2pnet and Slashdot
Tom Krazit / Relevant Results:
Krazit says, ‘So long, CNET’ — Today is my last day at CBS Interactive and CNET. I've accepted an offer to write about mobile technology—what I've come to realize is my passion in this slice of the world—for the fine folks at ContentNext Media, who operate PaidContent.org.
Owen Thomas / VentureBeat:
What President Obama's Web-hipster beer hoax tells us — “Pics or it didn't happen,” the kids like to say on Internet discussion boards when confronted with an unlikely scenario that calls for photographic verification. — How about making that “Pics and it didn't happen”?
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple television in the works, Apple job listing hints — Not the Apple TV, but an Apple television. Apple has posted a new job position looking for people to work on next-generation power supply technology. Apple needs people to to “work on the forefront of new power management designs …
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SlashGear, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Redmond Pie, Neowin.net, VentureBeat, SAI, RazorianFly, BlogsDNA, TiPb, CrunchGear, MacRumors, Crave and Electricpig.co.uk
Terhi Kinnunen / Reuters:
Nokia sees Windows phone prices dropping fast — (Reuters) - Prices of smartphones using Microsoft's Windows Phone software platform will fall fast, Nokia's chief executive Stephen Elop said on Friday. — Last week Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, said it would adopt …
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SlashGear, Electronista, Mobilized, SAI, WMPoweruser.com, Pulse2, WinRumors, WPCentral.com, PhoneArena, Neowin.net and The Next Web
