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A Retail Bloodbath Now Featuring AT&T, Conducted By Steve Jobs

December 26, 2008

Hot on the heels of confirmed reports that both Wal-Mart and Best Buy are selling iPhones at a reduced price of $197, AT&T is now reportedly selling refurbished iPhones at an even lower price point. Not to be outdone, AT&T will offer the 8GB iPhone at $99 and the 16GB iPhone at $199 2-yr standard [...]

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Yahoo Shortens User Data Logs To 3 Months, Passes Mic To Google

December 17, 2008

Yahoo announced the shortening of its data anonymizing period from 13 months to 3. Let’s glance at the current anonymizing practices among the big three:

Google – 9 months…as of september
Microsoft – 6 months…as of last week
Yahoo – 3 months…as of today

Based on these figures, it would seem that the time personal data is kept on [...]

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+1 Relevance For Old Media, NYT Social Network Reaches 100K

December 10, 2008

Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? The New York Time’s social networking service TimesPeople which launched in September has now racked up 100,000 registered users.
SAI notes that 100k users for TimesPeople is a paltry figure when compared to the NYT’s 15M monthly uniques. Yes it is. But let’s not withold a [...]

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tinycomb @ TECHSET Event In LA Tonight, Thanks LaLaWag

December 10, 2008

Via Sean Percival’s recently launched LaLaWag:

BizSpark, a program designed to help support startups in their early stages, is having their Los Angeles launch party Wednesday, Dec. 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Beso in Hollywood. Partnering Microsoft Startup Zone with Stephanie Agresta and Brian Solis of The TechSet, BizSpark is hosting local startups to [...]

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RIMmed Out: After The Storm Has Passed, A Survery Of The Damage

December 8, 2008

Research In Motion, Blackberry-maker, and supposed star of the corporate productivity scene has seriously boggled the launch of its newest smartphone: the Blackberry Storm. The phone saw major supply line issues/backorders and terrible reviews despite a relatively sizable marketing effort by both Verizon and RIM.
Over a nearly three week period, RIM is the odd man [...]

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