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by bproper 15y ago
According to Jay Yarow, Facebook is quietly phasing out Places. Instead any status update can be tagged with location. http://www.businessinsider.com/foursquare-facebook-2011-8 MG Siegler Confirms - http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/23/faceb
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It's nice to see a young startup with great UI and deep, predictive analytics steal the pole position from older incumbents.
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Bradfa - Do you want to talk for a story next week about Rochester to NYC tech corridor? @benpopper
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Right, but given the labyrinthine nature and colossal volume of software patents created over last decade, having your own trove and a team of lawyers to pore over them is best chance at catching prior art.
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by bproper 15y ago
Meant it in the sense of, you are defendant in patent lawsuit, and can show within your patent holdings, prior art related to plaintiff's infringement case. Probably worded wrong, I'm not patent expert.
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Kogeto, a small NYC start-up, is already investing there. I can imagine a very productive corridor opening up between software companies funded and headquartered in NYC and manufacturing/hardware in Rochester.
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There is actually a very active start-up scene in Rochester fueled by all the former Kodak folks who lost their jobs.
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Betabeat did put some money into the Bitcoin wallet MyBitcoin.com and lost it all when the site got hacked. http://www.betabeat.com/2011/08/02/digital-derivatives-bitco...
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Acquired was the term used in the original Fast Company story that broke the news and the term used by Jumo General Manager Kristen Titus.
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As Betabeat wrote on Twitter in response" "@chrishughes @techmeme @GOOD as we said to you before we published, confirm or deny on the record, and we're happy to report it. You can't decline to comment beforehand, then refuse to go on record
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Fred Wilson is planning to teach his MBA Monday's class via Skillshare - http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/08/mba-mondays-live-and-skillsh...
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Notice how short and thin those quotes are. They have no choice but to try and give it some positive spin.
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But Google can afford to use subsidized MotoGoogle phones as loss leader to capture nice chunk of high end market, and bank revenue on mobile ads. Then, later on down the line, they can start to look for hardware profits.
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While Google stated in its blog post this morning that it plans to run Motorola as a separate business, honor existing partner agreements and avoid favoritism at all costs, this language far more about anti-trust scrutiny than future plans.
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Google's display ad exchange profits, powered by DoubleClick, have been growing. Display ads is exactly where Yahoo wants to be strong, and is weak. http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/no-second-thought...
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It was 1995 and Kevin O’Connor was sitting in a basement in suburban Atlanta with Dwight Merriman trying to figure out how to build a business on this new thing called the internet. “We thought maybe car sales would be big. We figured porn
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Groupon's New S-1 Shows Merchant Pool Declining In North America(sec.gov)
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It doesn’t take a deep dive to understand the shaky ground for this patent. “That is an absolutely ridiculous claim. If this patent was filed today, it would almost certainly be rejected,” said Elliot Furman, a Manhattan-based patent prosec
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Hard to tell if this was about securing the site or just shady owners swindling noobs.
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Body hacking refers to the use of programs and gadgets to aid in your diet and exercise. Some people call it the quantified self - http://quantifiedself.com/
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Yes, a play on "the freshman 15", the weight you gain first year of college. Measured in old fashioned America LBS.
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I wonder who will get the $5 million. The suspense is killing me! http://www.betabeat.com/2011/06/03/onswipe-raises-5-m-series...
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On Sunday night, Betabeat blundered into #bitcoin-pit, an IRC channel “for professional trading,” and found a surprising number of Wall Street professionals, including “Bill,” who declined to give his name but proved his employment the next
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Top Keywords - Fox: Murder, Crime - NYT: Education, Basketball(blog.socialflow.com)
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Apparently Lady Gaga and Kanye West are now reported to be investors in Turntable as well. whoa
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It's a subtle challenge. The reason DJs cannot play music alone is that the audience has no choice of the song. So while DJs are clearly interacting/choosing songs, the majority of listeners are passive.
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Is Turntable.fm Legal? In Depth Analysis(copyhype.com)
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For God's sake we get it. Why does this drivel have to be on HN everyday? Sometimes when you deal with strangers, they are crazy. Not TECH, Not HACKER, Not INTERESTING!
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It would cost a fraction of their recent raise to make this woman whole again, at least financially. They should have brought her in, given her a heartfelt apology from the executive team, and paid her a large lump sum. In return she would
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I would argue that since no technical or creative skill was required for this, it fails the Model Railroad Club test.

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