Nick Bilton / Bits:
No E-Books Allowed in This Establishment — A few weeks ago I decided to mosey over to a local Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino. — After placing my order I sat down at a table and pulled out my Amazon Kindle. — I barely made it a sentence into the e-book I was reading …
Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
WPC: ‘We missed a generation with Windows Mobile,’ Ballmer says — Ah, Microsoft’s mobile operating system. These days, the phrase is almost an oxymoron — like “Microsoft Works.” Sure, companies like HTC have been able to finagle Windows Mobile into something attractive by layering their own UIs on top …
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One on One: Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures — Fred Wilson, a New York City partner in the venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, struck gold in the late 1990s, when he helped in the multi-billion dollar sale of Geocities to Yahoo. Since then, Mr. Wilson’s firm has invested in a number …
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Mobile Uploads Spurs Facebook Video Growth — Facebook’s nearly half a billion users are now uploading 20 million videos each month to the social networking Web site, many of which are shared through mobile phones. — Facebook members also watch 2 billion videos each month according to Meredith Chin, a company spokeswoman.