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Steve Cheney / steve's blog:
How Facebook is Killing Your Authenticity — We all know that the delineation between public and private was eroded by Facebook a long time ago. Over. Done. But now Facebook's sheer scale is pushing it in a new direction, one that encroaches on your authenticity. — Facebook is no longer a social network.
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zenroll.com, Howard Lindzon, broadstuff, @stevecheney and @loic
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The Real “Authenticity Killer” (and an aside about how bad the Yahoo brand has gotten) — Steve Cheney has never written something that so pissed me off than the blog he wrote today stating that Techcrunch's switch to Facebook comments has killed authenticity. — Here's the rub. He used his real name.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Facebook Comments Have Silenced The Trolls — But Is It Too Quiet? — As you've noticed by now, we're about a week into our latest experiment in troll-slaying with Facebook Comments. So far, the reactions have been very mixed and very interesting. Publicly, many of the reactions were initially negative.
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@sbmiller5, @parislemon, The Next Web, @ed, @mattcutts, @loic and @stevecheney, more at Mediagazer »
Lucas Atkins / N4BB:
Exclusive: BlackBerry 2011 Software Roadmap - OS 7, BIS 4.1, and more! — In the beginning of the year we learned the 2011 BlackBerry lineup through various leaks and roadmaps surfacing. It looks like an exciting year to see RIM release the Dakota/Montana, Malibu, Apollo/Sedona, Monaco …
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iGeneration Blog, TechEye, Softpedia News, Electronista, GottaBeMobile, IntoMobile, Life On My Mobile, BlackBerry Cool, MobileWhack and SlashGear
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Sprint's Nexus website is ‘coming soon’ — Just to throw a little more fuel on the fire, it turns out that directing your browser to now.sprint.com/nexus takes you to an landing site where you're told that “this page will be ready soon.” Certainly sounds more likely than ever that Sprint's preparing …
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Crave, @dannysullivan, Android Phone Fans, GottaBeMobile, Softpedia News, BlogsDNA, The Next Web, Electronista and Phones Review
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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Google buys UK comparison website BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7 million — Google has bought UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote.com, acquiring the web property for £37.7 million earlier today. — John Paleomylites, Managing Director of the newly acquired company, took to the website to announce the deal, posting:
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Martin Lane / money.co.uk:
Google to Buy UK Finance Comparison Site BeatThatQuote.com
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Search Engine Land, Search Engine Land, @ashleyjfletcher and Blogstorm, Thanks:aaronwall
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Feature: Ars reviews the Motorola Xoom — Motorola's Xoom tablet is the first device to ship with Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, a highly anticipated new version of Google's mobile operating system. Honeycomb introduces a sophisticated new user interface that was designed for the tablet form factor …
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MacDailyNews and Edible Apple
Jonathan I Ezor / PreCentral.net:
HP lists TouchPad on Amazon (but not for preorder) — HP has taken one more step toward actually selling the TouchPad to customers: it has listed it on Amazon.com. Although the TouchPad shows as “currently not available,” and there's no pricing either, the page allows Amazon customers …
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Engadget, ZDNet, Unwired View, MobileBurn.com, Liliputing and Gadgetell
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Western Digital drops $4.3 billion to acquire Hitachi GST, enter staring contest with Seagate — Yow. Western Digital — the company responsible for shipping the planet's first 1TB 2.5-inch hard drive way back in 2009 — just announced a monstrous deal to acquire one of its primary competitors, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Mobile Messaging Startup Kik Raises $8M; Launches Group Chat And Photo Sharing — Mobile messaging startup Kik Interactive has raised $8 million in Series A funding from RRE Ventures, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures. Kik also announced that Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson …
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A VC, VentureBeat, VatorNews, alarm:clock and bijan sabet
Surur / WMPoweruser.com:
More pictures of the Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 prototype — More pictures of the supposed Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 prototype handset has popped up on a Chinese blog, clearly taken at the same session as the first leaked picture. These show a device clearly labelled as a prototype not for sale …
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Engadget, GottaBeMobile, SlashGear, Techie Buzz, Esato, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, Fonehome, Phones Review, Electricpig.co.uk, Gadgetell, SlashPhone, Windows 8 Beta, Neowin.net and WinRumors
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
TV's Next Wave: Tuning In to You — The television is channeling you. — Data-gathering firms and technology companies are aggressively matching people's TV-viewing behavior with other personal data—in some cases, prescription-drug records obtained from insurers—and using …
Doug Bewsher / The Big Blog:
Advertising in Skype — Today we announce something new - the launch of advertising in Skype, which will appear in the Home tab in Skype starting this week. — The Skype experience is our first priority, which is why we we've taken a lot of time working through and testing what kind …
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mocoNews, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, The Next Web, AdAge, BW: GUEST HOME, WebProNews and Download Squad
Sylvia Chind / The Three Blog:
Samsung Galaxy Pro coming soon to Three. — Samsung has just announced their Samsung Galaxy Pro and I'm happy to confirm that it'll be coming soon to Three. — The Galaxy Pro is a great smartphone, it features a 2.8" touch screen and a Qwerty keypad and runs on Google's Android 2.2.
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The Toybox Blog, GigaOM, Inquirer, BGR, Samsung Hub, IntoMobile, AndroidGuys, Engadget, PhoneArena, Android Community, MobileWhack, The Next Web, SlashGear, IntoMobile, Pocket-lint and Android Phone Fans
BBC:
Cyber attack on France targeted Paris G20 files — It appears that somebody was trying to sneak a look at documents ahead of the G20 summit in Paris — The French finance ministry has confirmed it came under a cyber attack in December that targeted files on the G20 summit held in Paris in February.
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CNET News, Fox News, Help Net Security, The Atlantic Online, Computerworld, GigaOM, TechSpot, The Register, Agence France Presse and Neowin.net
Jay Bhatti / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Ex-Microsoft Employee: 5 Things The Kayak Deal Tells Us About Bing — On Friday, Microsoft announced a partnership with Kayak to provide travel results. Jay Bhatti is a former Microsoft employee who founded the people-search engine Spock. Here's what he sees in the deal:
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LiveSide.net, Search Engine Roundtable and All about Microsoft Blog
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
AOL-HuffPo Deal Officially Closes Today-More Big Media Hires Signal New Content Direction Under Arianna — AOL will officially close its $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post today, according to several sources close to the situation. — The culmination of the deal-which has already …
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CNET News, BW: GUEST HOME, TechCrunch, Fortune, Black Web 2.0, GMSV, Softpedia News, SAI and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
iPad 2 Extends Apple's Lead: Apple Will Dominate The Tablet Market For Years — Apple's iPad 2 isn't a massive advance over the first iPad, but with hardware, software, apps, distribution, and pricing combined, it is still by far the best tablet on the market.
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MacGazette.net, Appolicious Advisor and The Orange View
Sarah Tavel / Adventurista:
Prediction: Facebook is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups — Chris Dixon is causing (surprise surprise :) a bit of an uproar with his blog post “SEO is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups.” Chris's post is overstated but what I agree with is that SEO …
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PR Newswire, the Econsultancy blog, Soshable, @lusciouspear, Nick Halstead and cdixon.org
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
SEO Remains A Viable Marketing Strategy For Anyone
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Blogstorm, Rev2.org, @mattcutts and SEO Book.com
