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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Editorial Independence — There's confusion - way too much confusion - about my status at TechCrunch and TechCrunch's status at Aol after last week's announcement that I was launching a venture fund, partially backed by Aol. — The multiple conflicting statements made by Aol.
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
YOUR MOVE, AOL: The World Awaits AOL's Response To Mike Arrington's Classic Ultimatum — You've got to love Mike Arrington. — Four days ago, in response to Arrington's plan to operate a venture capital fund within TechCrunch, AOL president Arianna Huffington immediately fired him.
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Give Me Back My Baby: Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL — But Would AOL Sell It? — Here's another interesting wrinkle to the ongoing saga of AOL, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and his nascent venture firm, CrunchFund. — Arrington has reached …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over — This is a post I never thought I'd have to write.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Google Goes Big With Its Hulu Bid — Hulu's corporate owners are currently mulling bids from three would-be buyers: Amazon, Yahoo, and the Dish Network. — And then there's Google. The search giant has also made an offer for the video site, but it seems to be playing a different sport …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Conde Nast Spins Out Reddit, Without Letting Go — Five years after buying Reddit, Conde Nast is giving the social news site a gentle shove out the door. — The publisher isn't pushing Reddit very far away, though. It is spinning out the company as a standalone operation, but will retain full ownership of it, for now.
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Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:
A Startup Is Reborn: Reddit, No Longer Part of Conde Nast, Seeks CEO
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, reddit, Alexis Ohanian, TPM Idea Lab, WebProNews and Soshable, Thanks:adrjeffries
Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal:
Groupon Reevaluating IPO Plans Due to Market Volatility — Groupon Inc. is reevaluating its plans to go public in the face of stock market volatility, said a person familiar with the matter. — The Chicago-based daily deals site isn't cancelling its initial public offering, said this person …
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
GROUPON CANCELS IPO ROADSHOW, SEC Wants Answers On Leaked Memo — Groupon has canceled its IPO roadshow, which was scheduled for next week, Shayndi Raice of the Wall Street Journal reports. — The SEC has reportedly been asking questions about the internal email that was leaked two weeks ago …
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Sprint Newsroom:
Sprint Files Suit to Block Proposed AT&T and T-Mobile Transaction — Sprint Nextel [NYSE:S] today brought suit against AT&T, Inc., AT&T Mobility, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile seeking to block the proposed acquisition as a violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act.
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Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop:
AT&T Responds to Sprint Lawsuit
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Following Justice Department, Sprint Sues to Stop AT&T From Buying T-Mobile
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Ari Burack / San Francisco Examiner:
Google exec Marissa Mayer threatened by man on Twitter — A man accused of threatening a prominent Google executive via Twitter has been arrested and indicted on felony charges by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, court documents show. — Gregory Calvin King, 27 …
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Pew Internet:
28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services — More than a quarter (28%) of all American adults use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities:
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Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
Apple May Have to Show IPad Sales to Successfully Bar Samsung in Australia — Apple Inc. (AAPL) may have to reveal iPad and iPad 2 sales figures in the U.K. and U.S. to improve its chances of barring Samsung Electronics Co. from selling the Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in Australia, a judge said.
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TechCrunch, CNET News, PadGadget, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Electronista, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, Edible Apple and The Next Web
Tomio Geron / Forbes:
After Doubling Fund Size, Google Ventures Looks For Next Google — First, it's the strength of Google — it is Google Ventures. We have access to all these resources. It'd be foolish to ignore them. Google is really great at recruiting. We get millions of resumes at Google.
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In E-Mail Age, Postal Service Struggles to Avoid a Default — The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due …
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Best Buy's October 21st ‘Apple Fixture Installation’ Debunked as iPhone Launch — Over the weekend, several Best Buy-related tips surfaced in connection with Apple. One of those tips came in the form of a new “Apple Fixture Installation” scheduled for October 21st that some have speculated …
Hugo Miller / Bloomberg:
RIM Investor Jaguar Says Company Should Explore All Options Including Sale — Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, should consider selling itself or spinning off its patents to boost investor returns after a slump in its stock price, investor Jaguar Financial Corp. (JFC) said.
David Segal / New York Times:
Closed in Error on Google Places, Merchants Seek Fixes — In mid-August, Jason Rule learned some surprising news about the coffee shop that he owns and operates in Hays, Kan.: the place had closed for good. — Not in the real world, where it is thriving.
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Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Apple designer Jonathan Ive enters a new era — The synergy between ‘Jony’ Ive and Steve Jobs set into motion a decade of hits from the iPod to the iPad. Now Apple will be counting on Ive to deliver breakthrough designs without much input from Jobs. — Reporting from San Francisco …
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
Details on new battery suggest thinner, lighter iPad 3 design — Apple has secured Simplo Technology Co. and Dynapack International Technology Corp. to supply battery packs for the vendor's upcoming iPad 3 tablet, Taiwan Economic News reported on Tuesday. According to the report …
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Redmond Pie, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacNN, MacDailyNews, SlashGear, Edible Apple, iClarified, I4U News and CENS.com
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Feature: Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its own game — My desktop isn't the only computer I plan to replace in the next few months. I need a new laptop too, and my goal is simple: to find a 13" MacBook Air that isn't made by Apple.
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Notebook players limit initial Ultrabook shipment volume below 50,000 units
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