Buzz put the last nail in mainstream media coffin? - I've come to the conclusion in the last day or two that Google has seriously dealt the final blow to the already walking dead. I abandoned Google Reader quite awhile ago for my old school desktop...
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Sagem Orga's SIMFi merges WiFi with SIM cards at long last, turns any phone into a hotspot - Engadget - Thought WiFi spectrum was congested now? You ain't seen nothin' yet, because SIM card provider Sagem Orga has hooked up with Telefonica to develop a marvel of modern technology called "SIMFi" that combines -- you guessed it -- WiFi with a run-of-the-mill SIM card like you'd slip in your cell. In practical terms, this means that you're able to turn virtually any phone (or "classic handsets," as ...
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Summer-loving NASA engineers launch SDO probe to worship the sun (video) - Engadget - Say all you want about how bad your local forecast is, it's way more accurate than our local solar forecast. The last time we checked, solar storms are said to knock out GPS temporarily sometime in the next two years -- the kind of window that would make even the most suave meteorologist smirk. With the launch of the new Solar Dynamics Observatory we're hoping NASA can shrink that window down b...
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A VC’s tips on securing seed and series A financing - VentureBeat - (Editor’s note: Carl Showalter is a general partner with Opus Capital. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) While the economy is finally showing signs of life, securing capital for early-stage ventures hasn’t gotten any easier- so it seems timely to let start-up owners in on the criteria by which they will be judged. Each year our firm typically reviews more than 2,500 companies seeking s...
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The Fatal Flaw With Google Buzz's Edit Button [Comics] - Gizmodo - Fixing a typo is handy, sure, but something tells me that the less morally scrupulous among us will have a field day with Google Buzz's edit button—namely, this comic. [DogHouseDiaries via reddit]
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Introduction to Square. A simple way to get payments via a... - Minimal - Introduction to Square. A simple way to get payments via a credit card using your iPhone More info here
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theagent: @ChesterLugnut Where's the parties tonight for TED? #lbc - theagent: @ChesterLugnut Where's the parties tonight for TED? #lbc
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