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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Scoble's New Thing: Building 43 — A week ago we reported that blogger Robert Scoble is leaving his current job running FastCompany TV. Now he's going to start talking about his new project - a new content and social networking community called Building 43, which he's building in partnership with his new employer, Rackspace.
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Connect for iPhone Now Live - First Apps Released (Updated) — Last summer, Facebook originally announced that it was bringing Facebook Connect to the iPhone. This morning it's launching, and several popular iPhone apps are live with Facebook Connect integration in the iPhone app store …
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Gareth Davis / Facebook Developers:
Facebook Connect for iPhone. Friends Now Included. — We're really excited to launch Facebook Connect for iPhone today. Facebook Connect easily lets developers make their websites and desktop applications more social. And with the explosion of iPhone apps over the last year …
Clay Shirky:
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable — Back in 1993, the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain began investigating piracy of Dave Barry's popular column, which was published by the Miami Herald and syndicated widely. In the course of tracking down the sources of unlicensed distribution …
Andrew Mager / The Web Life:
Kevin Rose creates Twitter directory — WeFollow is a simple site that lists top Twitter users by tags. — Simple tweet @wefollow with the top three tags you'd like to be associated with. — Categories listed on the front page include news, celebrities, sports, and politics. You can also search by tags.
stevenberlinjohnson.com:
Old Growth Media And The Future Of News — The following is a speech I gave yesterday at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin. — I — If you happened to being hanging out in front of the old College Hill Bookstore in Providence Rhode Island in 1987 …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Hit iPhone Developer: Not Making Any More Mac Games — Pangea Software has been making software for Apple's (AAPL) computer platforms since 1987. No more. — Why not? Because the iPhone app store has been such a huge success, the company is only going to focus its efforts …
Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
Seesmic Launches its Facebook Desktop Client Available Today — We're proud to announce the launch of the “Seesmic for Facebook” desktop application, which is available from today as a free download. — Based on the technology behind Twhirl, Seesmic for Facebook lets you keep track …
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
At SXSW, attendees confront Twitter saturation — AUSTIN, Texas—By now, the story of how Twitter exploded onto the scene at the 2007 South by Southwest festival is legend in technology circles. — But here at SXSW 2009, the notion of the perfect match among community, service, and event seems flipped on its head.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
AT&T Fails The SXSW iPhone Test — South by Southwest is one of the biggest annual geek shows, so naturally there are thousands (tens of thousands?) of iPhones roaming around downtown Austin. Good luck making calls or receiving text messages, especially anywhere near the convention center.
Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
Rumor: iPhone to Get a Premium App Store — As Apple gets ready to preview its new software developers' kit and an updated iPhone operating system next week, there could be some changes to the company's App Store too. — We're hearing rumors that Apple could introduce a “premium” …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Amazon invokes DMCA against Kindle e-books from other vendors — MobileRead.com posted a letter this week that Amazon.com apparently sent regarding alleged copyright violations. This is an excerpt. — When President Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law 11 years ago …
