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Close Encounters Of The Republican Kind: McCainSpace Relaunches
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Why is it that both political campaigns feel the need to have their own social networks. Barack Obama has my.barackobama.com and John McCain has McCainSpace, readmore
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YouTube Adds Closed Captioning
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
YouTube has turned on the ability to add full closed captions to videos. This will not only allow videos to appeal more directly to foreign audiences, but will give YouTube excell readmore
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Microsoft’s Live Search Cashback Scheme Fails To Move The Market Share Needle
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
When it comes to search, Microsoft is trying everything it can to become a serious player. It tried to acquire Yahoo, its latest version of Internet Explorer attempts to readmore
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JamLegend Takes On Guitar Hero On The Web (1,000 Invites)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
One of the most promising startups to come out of the LaunchBox incubator is JamLegend readmore
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JamLegend Takes On Guitar Hero On The Web (1,000 Invites)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
One of the most promising startups to come out of the LaunchBox incubator is JamLegend readmore
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Google Expands Its Wiki Approach to Map Making (India Edition)
Erick Schonfeld via Ajax Blog on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
When it comes to the availability of good mapping data, not all parts of the world are created equal. That’s why Google is taking a wiki approach to filling out the white spaces on its maps, particul readmore
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Google Expands Its Wiki Approach to Map Making (India Edition)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
When it comes to the availability of good mapping data, not all parts of the world are created equal. That’s why Google is taking a wiki approach to filling out the white spaces on its maps, particul readmore
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Cisco Beefs Up WebEx With $215 Million Acquisition of Email Startup PostPath
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Cisco is getting into the Web e-mail game with a $215 million purchase of five-year-old PostPath. PostWho? The company sells a Linux-based e-mail service to enterprises somewhat like Zimbra (which Yahoo boug readmore
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Russia Is Rising In Internet Population
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
For Web companies looking to expand abroad, Russia needs to be at the top of their list of markets to enter. Russia has the fastest growing Internet population in Europe, followed by France and Spain. In a comparison of 16 European Internet populations by country, readmore
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How Google Earth Helped Win A Gold Medal
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Google Earth is getting a nice plug from Olympic Gold Medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong. When she did her time trials in December, 2007 in China, she took along her husband’s GPS unit to capture the elevation along the route. Then she used that data to find the best training route back home. In a guest post on readmore
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If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity.
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups. Today, he is announcing the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment in using natural language to invoke Web services. Ubiquity is readmore
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Study: Blogs Love Obama, News Sites Love McCain. But McCain Is Catching Up By Going Negative.
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Who is doing a better job of getting his message across on the Web: John McCain or Barack Obama? Conventional wisdom says that it is Obama, whose performance on the Web has been strong readmore
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Dexter Ad Rips Off Wired
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Is there an overlap between readers of Wired and viewers of Dexter, the Showtime series about a serial killer? An upcoming ad campaign for the show will feature readmore
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Jumptap Raises $26 Million Series D To Take On Google In Mobile Search; Strengthens Ties to AT&T
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Mobile search and advertising startup Jumptap has raised more than $26 million in a series D round led by AllianceBernstein. Existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Summerhill Venture Partners, Redpoint Ve readmore
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Scrabulous Taken Down Worldwide By Facebook (Except In India)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
In July, after Hasbro and Electronic Arts launched the official version of Scrabble on Facebook, they asked Facebook to take down Scrabulous, the competing app that started it all (and borrowed heavily from the tradema readmore
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What We Need Is A Digital Bill Of Rights
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
As the Democrats and Republicans gather at their national conventions, it is time to really think about a comprehensive national technology policy for the Internet Age. Many laws and policies governing the Internet and digital property are inadequate attempts to transplant rules f readmore
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Microsoft Invests In Silverlight Streamer Move Networks
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
Microsoft making a strategic investment in Move Networks, which helps deliver Web video for Silverlight-powered sites. Technically, the investment will be a follow-on to the $46 m readmore
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Digg Takes Your Questions To The Conventions
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
Digg is adding its own twist to the whole politicians-listen-to-the-people act that every social media site is getting in on (both YouTube and Facebook readmore
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No Matter How NBC Spins It, Olympics Web Strategy Comes Up A Loser
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
Despite its special Silverlight-powered Website and more than 2,000 hours of online video, it looks like NBC flubbed its opportunity to make its Olympics Web revenues more than a rounding error. NBCOlympics.com may have readmore
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Trulia Goes Mobile, Adds Feeds
Erick Schonfeld via Ajax Blog on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
If there is any type of site that screams for a mobile edition, it is real-estate. Why print out all of those search results when you can have them on your mobile phone or in your Dash GPS car n readmore
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