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What Will Mark Zuckerberg Announce Today?

Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Mark Zuckerberg takes the stage at Facebook's f8 conference in San Francisco in about five hours, which means the Web is full of speculation about what he might announce. Here's a handy scorec readmore
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Goowy Gets New Push From AOL

JR Raphael via The Inquisitr on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
A small startup acquired by AOL earlier this year is now being incorporated into the company’s advertising platform. Widget-maker Goowy will be used as part of AOL’s Platform-A as of this week. Clients will be able to use the already free service to bu readmore
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Flock Launches Gloss; Customized Browser for Fashion and Entertainment

Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Social browser Flock has announced the launch of a new, customized version of their browser today. The new version is named Gloss and readmore
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CollegeHumor Finally Graduates To MTV

Peter Kafka via Silicon Alley Insider on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Took a while, but its a done deal: IAC's CollegeHumor/Connected Ventures dudes finally have an MTV show. Or at least a readmore
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Can't Finish Your New Limerick? Try WriteRhyme!

Lee Mathews via Download Squad on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Filed under: web 2.0 Rhyming dictionaries are great, not only because they help us finish o readmore
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It’s Facebook Day! Say Hello To The Three Tier App System

Michael Arrington via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Today is definitely Facebook day as they hold their second annual F8 developers conference in San readmore
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Video: Scoble Tells the Comment Trolls To Go Back to Digg

Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Robert Scoble caused a stir yesterday with a post on how tech bloggers are failing our readers. We all chase the same stories, get spun like a top by the PR machine, and can’t sustain a conversation about a single topic for more than a few days before we all rush to the next shiny object readmore
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Gotta have more cowbell on your iPhone? Try Cowbell Plus

MG Siegler via VentureBeat on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Those of us who love Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell or Christopher Walken undoubtedly have already downloaded the More Cowbell application from the iTunes App S readmore
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AT&T tests voice-controls on the iPhone — but not voice dialing…

MG Siegler via VentureBeat on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
When I upgraded from my Motorola RAZR to the original Apple iPhone last year there was only one thing I missed about my old phone: Voice dialing. As advanced as the iPhone is, even the 3G version still lacks this feature which many other cellp readmore
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Selective denials fuel speculation about Digg’s sale

MG Siegler via VentureBeat on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
The problem with directly addressing rumors rather than using “no comment” is that the public then expects the same treatment each time. Thus is the predicament Digg’s chief executive Jay Adelson now readmore
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If Google Buys Digg, What Happens Next?

Stan Schroeder via Mashable! on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
My prediction: nothing. Not a damn thing. If Google acquires Digg, which many si readmore
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Glam Media Snags A Google Exec To Head Up Corporate Development

Michael Arrington via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Glam Media has hired Michael Adair, most recently Google’s head of North American sales finance, as their new VP Corporate Development and Finance. Prior to Google Adair was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and he has an MBA from Harvard. He’ll be responsible for making investments and acqu readmore
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Roundup: Yahoo’s bad (but not awful) day, Icahn’s wild weekend, shuffle at the top of Etsy and more

MG Siegler via VentureBeat on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Here’s the latest action: Yahoo has a bad day, but it could have been much worse — The Internet giant announced its earnings today and fell short of expectations, but only by about a penny-a-share. Net income was down 19 percent from the same quarter last year. Still, considering readmore
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Tonight on ReadBurner Weekly LIVE! - Chris Pirillo

drew via Official ReadBurner Blog on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
We’re extra lucky this week to have none other than Mr. Chris Pirillo on RBWL! at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. Be sure to dial in, log in, whatever yo readmore
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Digg, Facebook Connect To Headline at f8Con

Om Malik via GigaOM on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Now that Facebook has announced its redesign that features a new improved news feed, what will Mark Zuckerberg, the enigmatic and somewhat shy CEO of Facebook is going to readmore
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Viscous keyboard-cleaning goop

Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
This Swiss goop ("Cyber Clean") is a viscous slime that you roll around on your keyboard, so that all the food particles and fingernail parings are swept away, while the germicidal surface de-germifies your icky, filthy, disgusting keyboard. readmore
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QLOL: Violet Blue turns from victim to aggressor

Duncan Riley via The Inquisitr on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
The days top stories, bought to you in finest LOLCat Violet Blue has slapped a restraining order on a Wikipedia editor who objects to her boyfriend editing her Wikipedia Entry. Victim 2 Aggressor fail. More readmore
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Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know

Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
The future of software development is about good craftsmen. With infrastructure like Amazon Web Services and an abundance of basic libraries, it no longer takes a village to build a good piece of software. These days, a couple of engin readmore
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Zynga Raises $29 Million B Round (Led By Kleiner Perkins) and Buys Virtual-World Facebook App YoVille

Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Social gaming network Zynga just got some serious funding. It raised $29 million in a B round led by Kleiner Perkins. (IVP and prior investors Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures also participated in readmore
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