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Instagram Rises as Social Web Embraces Photo Sharing (Jenna Wortham/New York Times)

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Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Instagram Rises as Social Web Embraces Photo Sharing  —  Digital camera sales may be weak, but thanks to cellphones, picture-taking has never been more of an everyday thing.  Now a wave of mobile applications is letting people tweak their cellphone snapshots and share them with friends and strangers.

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Netflix Embraces Amazon’s Cloud For Critical Services (J. Bonasia/Investor’s Business Daily)

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J. Bonasia / Investor’s Business Daily:
Netflix Embraces Amazon’s Cloud For Critical Services  —  On Aug. 11, 2008, Netflix (NFLX) tech managers detected a “database corruption event” that caused their DVD shipping system to fail.  The firm’s official blog blamed a “key faulty hardware component.”

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