Ars Technica:
Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own. ISPs may not act for years on local complaints about slow Internet—but when a town rolls out its own solution, it's amazing how fast the incumbents can deploy fiber, cut prices, and run to the legislature.What a p (Read More)
The Guardian:
A reluctant stepdaughter herself, Cristina Odone was determined not to force a good relationship with her stepsons. But what was the alternative in a modern-day fractured family?'You're not my mum!" I wanted to scream whenever my stepmother told me off for showering late at night, talking too long on the phone, or coming ba (Read More)
TechCrunch:
At first blush, it seems like Song Li is one of those stereotypical Chinese Web entrepreneurs. The kind who rips off successful US sites and hopes operating in the world’s largest consumer Internet market will magically create a successful company. After all, he made a good bit of money investing in ChinaHR—a job board site (Read More)
Huffington Post:
SAN FRANCISCO — IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and other Web sites, said Tuesday that asset sales helped it profit in the third quarter while advertising revenue continued to slump.The results for IAC, which is led by media mogul Barry Diller, come after other Internet companies indicated in their third- (Read More)
The Guardian:
In October 1969, a student typed 'LO' on a computer - and the internet was bornTowards the end of the summer of 1969 – a few weeks after the moon landings, a few days after Woodstock, and a month before the first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus – a large grey metal box was delivered to the office of Leonard Kleinr (Read More)
SF Gate:
An attorney who wrote a book about Internet dating was arrested Wednesday for investigation of killing his girlfriend's daughter 20 years ago so his girlfriend could gain custody of her granddaughter, authorities said. Eric Fagan, 74, was arrested at his home...
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VentureBeat:
AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong is prepping his company for life after Time Warner and he remains committed to a strategy of investing in web content.Armstrong, a former Google executive who took the AOL job eight months ago, told the crowd at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that his division of Time Warner is on trac (Read More)
New York Times:
The State Department of Labor is trying out a new matchmaking service to connect unemployed New Yorkers with job listings.
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LA Times:
The man is accused of killing his then-girlfriend's daughter so the girlfriend could obtain custody of a granddaughter. A San Bernardino County sheriff's unit reopened the cold case last year. A San Diego lawyer who wrote a book on Intern (Read More)
Fox News:
An attorney who wrote a book about Internet dating was arrested Wednesday for investigation of killing his girlfriend's daughter 20 years ago so the woman could gain custody of her granddaughter, authorities said. (Read More)
Shoemoney:
I got a shirt this week for Zoosk, on online dating site, I decided I would use it for my free shirt friday cause everyone could use a little more love in their life. Although I didn’t sign up for there service (and therefor couldn’t see how things work) because I am happly married. The landing page seemed impressive, and i (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
"I didn't really use Facebook that much until I got my iPhone." Sound familiar? That sentiment and variations of it has provided powerful anecdotal evidence over the past several months about the impact smartphones are having on the way people are using the mobile web to connect with others. Through the mobile phone, today' (Read More)
The Guardian:
With disaster film 2012 set for release, blogosphere is alive with warnings of apocalypse, but Maya experts say prediction is toshThe ancient Maya calendar is about to "run out" but you should pause before partying like there's no tomorrow: rumours of apocalypse have been exaggerated.Astrologers, Hollywood, internet sites a (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Here’s our rundown of the week’s tech and business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: AVG launches its free antivirus suite as Microsoft crashes its party — “AVG Technologies has made itself into a familiar name on the Internet by giving users antivirus software at a pretty g (Read More)