TechCrunch:
I’d probably feel slightly smug, if I didn’t feel so sick.Smug that after two weeks of me suggesting that social media might not be an unequivocally Good Thing in terms of privacy and human decency, the news has delivered the perfect example to support my view.Unfortunately it’s hard to feel smug – hard to feel anything but (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Executives from Tudou—one of two companies left fighting it out to be the YouTube of China—were in San Francisco earlier this week to meet with investors and do a little schmoozing.I met up with CEO Gary Wang and COO Sam Lai, who already raised some $85 million from Granite Global Ventures and General Catalyst Partners, and (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Just five days ago Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said mobile subscriptions, among other scammy offers, would be removed from Zynga’s popular Facebook and MySpace games. “We have also removed all mobile ads until we see any that offer clear user value,” he said.So we were surprised yesterday to see a screen shot clearly showing a mo (Read More)
GretaWire:
President Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe goes ON THE RECORD at 10pm Monday night.
We had hoped to show you our interview on Thursday night ( I went to Philly Thursday to do the interview and then we had breaking news -- the shooting at Fort Hood -- that bumped the interview until Monday night.) [...]
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Drudge Report:
"Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable healthcare for the American people. The United States Senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation. I am absolutely confident it will." -- President Obama. (Read More)
Drudge Report:
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear a case to decide whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment" precludes life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders who have not committed capital crimes. (Read More)
GretaWire:
Washington Post reports today that most of the outrage over the market bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan two weeks ago that murdered more than 100 is directed not at the Islamic extremist groups the Pakistan government said did this...but rather at countries many Pakistanis say are their true enemies: Israel, India and United Stat (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Yesterday I detailed my quest to find the throngs of Droid fans who had woken up at the crack of dawn to grab a place in line before Verizon unleashed the phone to the masses. Yet despite reports of lines elsewhere, I failed — the Verizon store in Palo Alto was a ghost town, as was the Best Buy down the street. Some comme (Read More)
Drudge Report:
Rep. William Delahunt (D.-Mass.), a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, voted against a House resolution yesterday congratulating the New York Yankees on their World Series victory. "He couldn't bring himself to vote for it," said his spokesman Mark Forest. (Read More)
Drudge Report:
CBS News offers a list of what's in the health care bill passed in the House Saturday night, which includes a a public health insurance option, a a national exchange for the uninsured and small businesses and a mandates for individuals and businesses to purchase insurance. (Read More)
TIME:
Joe Cao (pronounced Gow) is the name on most people's lips Inside the Beltway this morning. So, how did this freshman Republican escape GOP Whip Eric Cantor's hammer to vote with Democrats for health care reform, ruining Cantor's goal of unified opposition?Cao arrived in Houston at the age of eight with his parents and two (Read More)
TIME:
Once again with the health reform bill, we're seeing how pro-life leaders manage to win popular support for their position by framing it in terms that seem quite reasonable. It's only if you're paying attention that you realize the description often doesn't match the reality of what they're proposing. (Read More)