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Bye, Bye, Borders?

Posted by MotorMouths on Thursday January 06, 2011 @04:53PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/01/bye-bye-borders/68916/

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Deal Of A Lifetime: First Marriage Proposal On Groupon

Posted by MotorMouths on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @03:31PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/05/groupon-marriage/

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What Happened to Net Neutrality?

Posted by MotorMouths on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @06:02PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/what-happened-to-net-neutrality/68843/

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Business Blunders of the Year

Posted by MotorMouths on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @02:13PM
from the bnet.com dept.

http://www.bnet.com/photos/business-blunders-of-the-year/493483

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Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution

Posted by MotorMouths on Sunday January 02, 2011 @04:08PM
from the americanscientist.org dept.

http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/electrifying-language

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Step Away from the Smartphone

Posted by MotorMouths on Sunday January 02, 2011 @04:03PM
from the good.is dept.

http://www.good.is/post/step-away-from-the-smartphone1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+good%2Flbvp+%28GOOD+Main+RSS+Feed%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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The New Speed of Money, Reshaping Markets

Posted by MotorMouths on Saturday January 01, 2011 @04:55PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/business/02speed.html?hpw

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"Man in a Blizzard," by Jamie Stuart

Posted by MotorMouths on Friday December 31, 2010 @02:01PM
from the blogs.suntimes.com dept.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/movies-1/man-in-a-blizzard-by-jamie-stu.html

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Amazon patents system to stop bad gifts

Posted by MotorMouths on Thursday December 30, 2010 @06:46PM
from the latimesblogs.latimes.com dept.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/12/amazon-patent-bad-gifts-exchange.html

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Proposed U.S. House Rules Welcome (Quiet) Mobile Devices to the Floor

Posted by MotorMouths on Friday December 24, 2010 @01:42PM
from the techpresident.com dept.

http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/proposed-us-house-rules-welcome-quiet-mobile-devices-floor

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We Are NY Tech

Posted by MotorMouths on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @01:45PM
from the wearenytech.com dept.

http://wearenytech.com/

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Liquid antenna turns sea water into signal

Posted by MotorMouths on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @03:02PM
from the wired.co.uk dept.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/09/sea-water-antenna

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Programmers Who Defined The Technology Industry: Where Are They Now?

Posted by MotorMouths on Friday October 22, 2010 @02:30PM
from the itworld.com dept.

http://www.itworld.com/print/124541

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Ridiculous-Sounding Math Classes Currently Offered at Liberal-Arts Colleges

Posted by MotorMouths on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @04:01PM
from the nymag.com dept.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/10/math_classes_for_people_who_ca.html

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Twitter Crushing Facebook's Click-Through Rate

Posted by MotorMouths on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @03:42PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1694174/twitter-crushing-facebooks-click-through-rate-report

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Amazon launching mini e-book section: Kindle Singles

Posted by MotorMouths on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @01:44PM
from the reuters.com dept.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS253507592420101012

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Re:Rethinking the Whiteboard on Friday June 25, 2010 @04:36PM (#1462046)

Does anyone else think that "WhiteyBoard" is a problematic name? I initially thought it was a Chris-Rock-style joke.

Re:How to suck at raising angel investment on Saturday June 05, 2010 @07:25PM (#1407649)

Ping me and I might be able to help. I went through something similar with my start-up.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my new website on Friday March 05, 2010 @01:15PM (#1170002)

Agree about how Rotten Tomatoes lost its way. But Metacritic does a very good, clean quick aggregation of movie, TV, and game reviews:

http://www.metacritic.com

Entrepreneurs offer their life’s future earnings for an investment

Posted by MotorMouths on Thursday March 04, 2010 @02:25PM
from the deals.venturebeat.com dept.

http://deals.venturebeat.com/2010/03/03/life-investment/

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How tablets will change magazines, books, and newspapers

Posted by MotorMouths on Wednesday February 10, 2010 @12:47PM
from the money.cnn.com dept.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/09/technology/tablet_ebooks_media.fortune/index.htm

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Re:Ask HN: Should TechCrunch Reveal Who Paid For Posts? on Friday February 05, 2010 @03:04PM (#1104648)

Over the past year we've tracked more than 30,000 published car reviews, including reviews by Consumer Reports as well as 100 other major publications. There is absolutely a correlation between review scores given to vehicles by publications that accept advertising and junkets, and those that do not. Make of that what you will.

Re:Spinning the Web: P.R. in Silicon Valley on Saturday July 04, 2009 @06:29PM (#687644)

I'm not sure if I should be impressed or depressed by this article.

What Does a Community Manager Do?

Posted by MotorMouths on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @09:20PM
from the 37signals.com dept.

http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1753-what-does-a-community-manager-do-i-see-a?9#comments

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Re:Review our startup: AppStoreHQ -- Mobile app search/discovery on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @05:54PM (#640509)

Nice site. I've been hunting for good executions of this idea. Thus far these have impressed me most:

http://www.freshapps.com http://www.apptism.com http://iphone.iusethis.com

But yours is right in there in the mix. Add a recommendation engine, and you're really on to something. Good luck!

Re:CueCat 2.0? on Monday May 25, 2009 @09:33PM (#626094)

I wasn't trying to snark as much as invite some discussion about this whole barcode approach. As you suggest, it just seems so...anachronistic.

CueCat 2.0?

Posted by MotorMouths on Monday May 25, 2009 @06:29PM
from the usatoday.com dept.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2009-05-19-2d-barcodes-camera-phones_N.htm

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Re:Nate Silver: The End of Car Culture on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @06:28PM (#596876)

oldgregg: Get back to me after you've spent a carless winter in Boulder. (And I love Boulder.)

Re:Get Rich Slow on Friday April 10, 2009 @02:13PM (#556501)

Hi. I am that guy. And we do have some generic offshoots to do other products. But the car thing is our first project, followed by international versions of it. (We're bootstrapping, after all.)