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Blue Dot used to be a "can't live without" product for Arrington in 2007. How do we get back there again?

Quoted: At the beginning of each year I traditionally publish a list of my favorite startups and products. This is the fourth year I've ...

Blue Dot used to be a "can't live without" product for Arrington in 2007. How do we get back there again?

Quoted: At the beginning of each year I traditionally publish a list of my favorite startups and products. This is the fourth year I've ...

Quoted: Facebook Connect, a product that ties a user's Facebook account to other sites on the Internet, was first announced on May 9, more than five months ago. Digg was announced as a launch partner. It's a strategically important product, with competition from both Google and MySpace. So the big question is, how is it doing? Facebook Platform Is Dead! Long

Quoted: Amongst many things, Steve Jobs is a master story teller. Every year he delivers two signature keynotes: one at MacWorld in January and one at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in June. However, these keynotes are more than just new product introductions. They are true stage craft and accordingly they have become major media events. Job's keynotes

Quoted: Forget the stock market, it's falling apart. Invest your money in OneSeason instead, a newly launched San Francisco-based startup that lets you invest real money in professional athletes. Alex Rodriguez is a steal at $7.00 per share ($17.6 million total value). I just bought one share of Kobe Bryant for $7.48 (he's valued at $77.6 million). The company

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Thanks to RescueTime, I'm now a listed Angel investor on CrunchBase (they never got my Faves.com investment).

Ramez was the MS rep on the call about the PowerSet acquisition.

MS acquired PowerSet to add natural language capability to the Live Search engine. The guess is that this was a $100M deal. Which shows there is still room for innovation in the search realm - it's good to see MS taking a stab at innovating in search.

Quoted: Pogo is a 3D web browser created in collaboration between AT&T's business development group and Vizible. We weren't particularly impressed when we reviewed it a few months ago, but a new version has since been released. We previously noted... Pogo works like a regular browser, but it manages pages more visually. Instead of tabs, it has a scrollable