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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How a Zune tablet could beat Apple and Android]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Zune HD Tablet: Like the Zune HD &amp;39'cept bigger. Back on March 14, Microsoft confirmed plans to discontinue making its Zune player, a device that arrived a little too late to be a successful challenger toApple's iPod, but nonetheless had plenty of fans. At least enough that Microsoft still sees value in the brand and platform. According to a statement issued to CNET by a Microsoft representative, it's &quot;absolutely committed to providing the best movies, music, and TV show experiences through Zune onXbox, the PC,Windows Phone 7, and Zune devices.&quot; It was that last part about Zune devices that got me. While on the surface it could be read as &quot;Microsoft is not going to leave Zune player owners out in the cold,&quot; it also left me wondering if a Zune tablet might be in the works. And I'm not talking about tablets from other manufacturers running a Windows OS. I mean a Zune tablet.  But, like the Zune player, is it too late for Microsoft to get in and become a leader in the category instead of a footnote I don't think so, but it'll have to act fast. Here's what it would take to make a solid entry in the category.   No Windows 7 Windows 7 might be a good computer OS and Windows Phone 7 might be a good mobile platform, but a successful Microsoft tablet will need to be separated from the Windows OS, even if it's just in name. Any tablet running a version of anything with the words &quot;Microsoft Windows&quot; will be thought of as just another Windows PC. Microsoft needs its own iOS, its own Android OS. It needs to drop &quot;Windows&quot; for its tablet operating system and create a Zune OS. A Zune tablet should not be a full PC, so let's keep this OS clean and simple, OK Microsoft needs to be the only hardware manufacturerJust like it did with the Zune player, a Zune tablet needs to strictly come from Microsoft. It makes developing apps easier, rolling out new features simpler, device support better, and kills any fragmentation arguments. The Zune HD is a nice-looking device, so there's proof Microsoft can design attractive hardware. And actually, there's no reason it can't just be a 10-inch Zune HD with an updated OS. After all, didn't everyone call the iPad a supersize iPod Touch Zune software for everythingWhen Microsoft softly killed PlaysForSure with the Zune, it should've made a clean sweep and replaced Windows Media Player with the Zune software. If people buying Windows computers over the past several years had gotten used to using Zune for everything like they do iTunes, there's a good chance Apple wouldn't own the space with its insufferable software. Regardless, the Zune software with the Zune Marketplace is the perfect gateway for media and app purchases and device management for a tablet. Zune Pass' unlimited music streaming already offers something iTunes doesn't and it had a social network built into it before Apple invented social networking. If Microsoft can add in cloud storage for music and video, it would be hard to overlook a Zune tablet. Full Xbox and Xbox Live integrationApple iPad users might think they've got the perfect gaming platform, but a Zune tablet with Xbox integration would take it out of the running. Just let your mind run through all the possibilities--starting a game on your Xbox and continuing it on the tablet to using it as a media controller to turning it into a customizable HUD.  Take advantage of Windows Phone 7 appsI'm not a software developer, but it seems like it wasn't too difficult for iPhone app developers to tweak what they already had to run on the iPad. All the key apps that most people would want to start off with on a tablet are available for Windows Phone 7 and Xbox Live, so a Zune tablet would have no problem out of the gate. Add in easy access to Office Web apps, so Microsoft Office users can see immediate value, and you're set. And before the iPhone users get all &quot;we have 350,000 apps to choose from&quot; on me, everyone knows most of them are crap. And really, think about how many apps you use regularly' I'm sure you can get by with only a couple thousand apps being available at launch.  Needs to be the same price as the iPadA Zune tablet needs to be seen as a legitimate competitor to the iPad, so selling it for more is out of the question and selling it for less cheapens the product. As long as its performance and specs are on par with the iPad, Microsoft should have no problem moving units. Needs the same dimensions as the iPadIs there any reason--legal or otherwise--manufacturers can't make a tablet with the same dimensions as an iPad I understand that before the iPad came out it would have been difficult to make one, but what's stopping manufacturers from making something the same size now One of the reasons people like Apple's products are the available accessories, and if you can take advantage of Made for iPad stuff, why wouldn't you Microsoft couldn't come out and say, &quot;hey, you can use our Zune tablet with iPad cases,&quot; but I'm pretty sure people would figure it out on their own.  Standard ports instead of a proprietary connector That 30-pin proprietary port makes Apple a lot of money, but I've never read or heard anyone say, &quot;I'm so happy it has a proprietary port!&quot; So instead of relying on the Zune's proprietary connector, Microsoft should use three ports: microSD, Micro-HDMI, and Micro-USB. Ports do ugly up devices, so for aesthetics maybe it could have them in a small flip-down bay like that on the Samsung Series 9 laptop. Using all micro versions would allow it to be a fairly small bay and putting the card slot between the two ports would space them far enough apart for cables. Over-the-air updates and syncingI know I just made an argument for having ports, but I see no reason why a Zune tablet shouldn't have OTA updates and the ability to do wireless syncing with the Zune software. It's something that's sorely needed in the iPad and would give Microsoft an edge. While I'm at it, add NFC to the list.  Adobe Flash supportThis is kind of a no-brainer since its part of every Android fans first salvo against the iPad. However, I agree with a lot of comments that I've read suggesting it should just be something that can be conveniently turned on and off. So, Microsoft, give us Flash, but let us take it away.  That seems like everything that would be pretty crucial to making a good run at Apple and the majority of Android tablets. If I missed something or you think I'm completely insane for thinking Microsoft has a chance, well, that's what comments are for. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crave 29: Live from CES 2011 (podcast)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absirresjia</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Episode 29-Lady Gaga Polaroid glasses -WheeMe robot back massager -Star Wars coming to Blu-ray -Nike+ SportWatch -Marley iPod speaker -Android Honeycomb <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Verizon's 4G is more than just phones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absirresjia</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless did its best to steal the mobile show at its CES press conference yesterday. Not only did we get the long-rumored Xoom Honeycombtablet, but the carrier also unveiled the first selection of handsets to go with its new LTE 4G network.Admittedly, we're focused on the new handsets, like the Motorola Droid Bionic, the Samsung 4G LTE, the HTC Thunderbolt, and the LG Revolution, but Verizon had a couple of other tricks up its sleeve. In addition to Samsung's new Mobile Hotspot, which Bonnie Cha already mentioned, Big Red also unveiled another hot spot and two 4G Netbooks. Read on for the details on each device (all images are from Verizon Wireless).Novatel MiFi 4510L Intelligent Mobile HotspotBuilt for users of laptops, tablets, and gaming devices, the Novatel MiFi Hotspot is optimized for LTE, but it's also backwards compatible for the carrier's 3G EV-DO. network. The simple design includes a status display for battery life, roaming, and connectivity information and it's small enough to fit in a jacket pocket. Like with Samsung's Mobile Hotspot, it can support up to five devices and Verizon is promising 4G download speeds of 5Mbps to 12Mbps and upload speeds of 2Mbps to 5Mbps. Novatel and Verizon also introduced the 4G LTE USB551L modem, which offers similar capabilities for a laptop.Compaq CQ10-688nrMeasuring less than an inch thick, the Compaq CQ10-688nr has a 10.1-inch diagonal wide-screen LED display with antiglare. It's powered by an Intel Atom N455 processor and promises up to 8.5 hours of battery life, a multiformat digital media card reader, and a Webcam and multiple connectivity options. HP Pavilion dm1-3010nrEqually slim, the HP Pavilion dm1 has a 11.6-inch display that can show HD (1080p) video. Inside are an AMD Fusion APU that integrates a Microsoft DirectX 11-capable graphics processing unit, 320GB of memory, a multiformat digital media card reader, an HDMI port, Dolby Advanced Audio, and GPS for mapping and navigation. Battery life should be 9.5 hours.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Selling Windows Phone 7: What Microsoft could have done]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absirresjia</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[When you paint it by numbers, Microsoft did most everything right to launch Windows Phone 7. They created a bold, fresh design, which they previewed to get press excited and involved. Then there was the big, teased kickoff event in New York presided over by CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft even shelled out the appropriate bundle for for clever, engaging ads, and for prominent TV placements (units appeared in U.S. TV shows &quot;Castle,&quot; &quot;Bones,&quot; and &quot;Hawaii Five-O&quot; to name three).Yet Windows Phones aren't even coming close to turning the relentless Android tide. Microsoft kept mute on sales numbers since the smartphones' October 21 release in Europe and Asia, and the November 8 sales day here in the U.S. (Launch day was unimpressive here in San Francisco.)For weeks, Microsoft has responded to CNET's requests with responses like, &quot;it's too early to tell,&quot; and did little to rebuff rumors of poor performance. Redmond is now finally sharing that it sold over 1.5 million devices in the first six weeks--but that's to mobile operators and other retailers. It isn't clear how many units from this batch of handsets customers actually bought. (Neither AT&amp;amp'T nor T-Mobile would comment to CNET on sales numbers, but a T-Mobile representative said: &quot;Our newWindows Phone 7 offering, the HTC HD7, is also among our customers' top smartphone choices.&quot;)Here's our list of five things we think Microsoft could have done to capture more customers.Greater OS investmentMicrosoft's so-claimed strategy of playing the long game is fine--but they needed more oomph in the short game as well. In addition to overhauling the UI, Microsoft should have invested more in integrating services at launch. We're not just talking about copy/paste (it's coming in January.) We mean built-in universal voice search using Microsoft's TellMe technology, and deeper integration with social networks like Facebook, with the free Skydrive online storage, and with Microsoft's MyPhone online backup and handset recovery portal.More transparency with what's nextWe loved Microsoft's Windows Phone ads, but they did little to differentiate or show off the OS' strengths. Especially during holiday sales, Microsoft should have unleashed an advertising blitz on TV, Hulu, billboards, magazine, and Web sites to preview future improvements like copy and paste, plus original offerings like theZune music service (working from both a PC and a Mac), and gaming withXbox Live. Launch with CDMA For technical reasons, Microsoft's first Windows Phones are GSM-enabled, but not CDMA-ready. Launching phones on Verizon, the nation's largest subscriber base, could have helped gets phones in more hands, which is as good for word-of-mouth marketing as it is for the bottom line. As Forrester analyst Charles Golvin put it, &quot;By and large, [consumers] are more interested in being able to get a range of options from their current provider. Limiting distribution to just AT&amp;amp'T and T-Mobile in the U.S. was a shortcoming.&quot; We're expecting Windows Phones to arrive at Verizon and Sprint in early 2011, but many have pointed to the delay as a proof of weakness. High-profile app contestMicrosoft has certainly sponsored app contests for developers, but nothing akin to the high-stakes Android Developer Challenge, which awarded $275,000 to 10 teams, $100,000 to another ten, and $25,000 to all 50 finalists the year that Android launched. One of Microsoft's biggest challenges is restocking the app store with fresh apps--they aren't backward-compatible with any previous Windows phone operating system. There are now 18,000 developers programming Windows Phone apps, according Achim Berg, Microsoft's vice president of business and marketing for Windows Phones. In the meantime, iOS and Android have hundreds of thousands of apps already in their app stores. Target Windows Mobile, Kin customersThere are many reasons why Microsoft would want to disassociate from the failed Kin launch earlier in 2010 and the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system of the company's old mobile guard. But there are many more reasons why Microsoft would want to retain former customers who used their phones, particularly if Microsoft knows it faces an uphill battle to win hearts and minds against Apple iOS and the ever-gaining Google Android. Microsoft could have worked with partner carriers AT&amp;amp'T and T-Mobile to offer exclusives sales and steep discounts to anyone who traded up a Kin or Windows Mobile phone.  More to come Microsoft has done a decent job with promotions so far. There have been handset discounts at Costco and Amazon, and buy-one, get-one deals with T-Mobile. Just today we saw an offer of a free Xbox game in exchange for purchasing a Windows Phone. We're certain to see more sales, app announcements, and major platform developments in the early part of 2011, so check back for more, especially during CES, where CEO Ballmer is delivering a keynote. In the meantime, tell us where you think Microsoft went right or wrong. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google News trying to allow for proper credit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absirresjia</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Who broke the Beatles on iTunes story On Google News, it can be hard to tell.(Credit:Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)Google wants to give news publishers a way to highlight their original work to better stand out in a content-repurposing world, but it relies on the honor system. Two new metatags are available for news publishers to use on their Web pages when they want to highlight two specific types of content: stories that are shared with syndication partners and scoops or stories that are completely original works. Google announced the new tags in a blog post, and more specific details on how to implement the tags can be found here. Publishers of scoops or detailed investigative reporting have long complained about the tendency for their links to get lost in Google News story clusters as thousands of other sites rush to cover the story. In addition, content syndication deals can lead to the story on the syndication partner's site ranking higher in Google News than the original story on the publisher's site. The new tags are designed to solve those problems. The syndication tag isn't very complicated, as syndication partners can easily agree to use the tag on each of their pages to identify the true publisher. But the original source tag creates new minefields for Google, already struggling to contain a mountain of spam inside Google News. Any news publication can claim to be the &quot;original source&quot; for a story on a given topic, and to be properly credited as that original source, other news organizations will have to agree to put the &quot;original source&quot; tag into their Web pages identifying that publisher, not just link to their content. Google said that it might not be that hard to tell who is abusing the tag: If 20 publications credit CNET as the original source of a story, while one publication credits itself, Google should be able to tell that something is wrong with the one publication's tags. But the notion of &quot;original source&quot; doesn't take into account incremental advances in news reporting, such as when one publication advances a story originally broken by another publication with new important details. In other words, if one publication broke the news of Prince William's engagement while another (hypothetically) later revealed exactly how he proposed, who is the &quot;original source&quot; for stories related to &quot;Prince William engagement,&quot; a hot search term on Google today Google doesn't really know. For that reason, it's rolling out these tags as an experiment: their use or non-use won't affect a story's ranking position within Google News. &quot;We think it is a promising method for detecting originality among a diverse set of news articles, but we won't know for sure until we've seen a lot of data. By releasing this tag, we're asking publishers to participate in an experiment that we hope will improve Google News and, ultimately, online journalism,&quot; Google said in a help page on the topic. Google wouldn't comment on how long it would take for the company to feel comfortable it had enough data to start implementing ranking changes. It's working with &quot;two big publishers&quot; on the syndication tags, declining to identify the companies, but has done no testing on the original source tag as of yet.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conan O&'Brien Makes Fun Of Internet, Bites Hand That Feeds&nbsp'Him]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absirresjia</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Last night Internet darling Conan O&amp;'Brien triumphantlya4sreturned to television for the first time since his infamous skirmish with NBC earlier this year. While introducing the winner of the online &amp;''Conan&amp;'s First Guest&amp;'' poll, Conan started to do an impression of the kind of people who vote online (read: smartphone twiddling nerds), stopping mid sentence to state truthfully, &amp;''Wait a minute, those people saved my ass &amp;8230'&amp;'' Indeed, 4.2 million people watched last night&amp;'s TBS episode beating out viewers who watched Jay Leno on NBC by 700K. It&amp;'s probably safe to say that quite a few of those people were on Team Coco, the official name for Conan&amp;'s legions of online fans.According to Talkwit.tv, a recently launched service that ranks shows based on frequency of comments on Twitter and Facebook, Conan was the 1 &amp;''most social show&amp;'' of last night, clocking in at 27,522 related comments on the social services. At 2 was NFL Football with 24,244 comments.And while Talkwit.tv would not give me the actual breakdown, they did say most of the Conan related comments came from Twitter, where the social media favorite has 1,836,471 followers.I&amp;'ve included a really poor quality screen capture of the 40 seconds of dialogue above. You can watch the rest of the pretty hilarious episode below or at TBS.com.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Foursquare kicks off new brand loyalty program with Safeway and PepsiCo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Popular mobile check in application Foursquare today launched a new pilot program with Pepsi and Safeway that integrates check ins with loyalty rewards, reports business magazine Fast Company.The pilot could mark a new way for Foursquare to monetize using not just brands with physical locations, but now product brands.The pilot will be tested atsome 200 Vons grocery stores (owned by Safeway) in Southern California. Grocery goers will be able to link their Safeway loyalty program to their Foursquare accounts and earn rewards from swiping their card at checkout &amp;8211' launching an automatic check in (see below).Several key benefits arise from this type of pilot. First, locations don&amp;'t have to train their staff on &amp;''What is Foursquare&amp;'' or how to redeem rewards. Second, Foursquare gets an automatic check in. No more having to spend resources reminding people that they should check in.Third, and probably the biggest benefit, brands now has added incentive to participate in location-based services, like Foursquare. Brands will now have access into check in data and be able to push product to users based on their actions.For example, a check in at a gym could result in a free SoBe Lifewater or, if you&amp;'re a morning person, aTropicana orange juice or Quaker Oats&amp;8211'all specials on PepsiCo products, redeemable at Safeway stores.Foursquareis hoping that the new pilot will be a success and it can begin working with more loyaltyprograms and brands. For the time being it&amp;'s definitelya differentiator from competitors like Gowallaand Facebook Places, who remain focused on brands with physical locations.Gowalla has experimented with loyalty programs before, having worked with Intercontinental Hotel Group. The summer program asked users who checked in to the company&amp;'s hotel chains to join the promotion for a chance to win. It&amp;'s a bit different from Foursquare&amp;'s pilot, but the program shows how brands may like to link their loyalty programs to check ins.The New York City-based company, founded in 2009, has raised more than $21 million in funding and currently has more than 4 million users.Next Story: MooBella scores $9M to make ice cream on demand in New England Previous Story: The dangers that come with being on topPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: check-in, incentives, location, location based services, location-based, loyalty program, rewardsCompanies: Foursquare, Gowalla, Pepsi, Safeway          Tags: check-in, incentives, location, location based services, location-based, loyalty program, rewardsCompanies: Foursquare, Gowalla, Pepsi, SafewayCody Barbierri is a social and digital media consultant. He works for Piehead and blogs about social media at Social Tab. (None of his posts are about clients or their competitors.) Reach him at Cody@venturebeat.com. You can also follow Cody on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Savings.com mashes every daily deal onto one site]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absirresjia</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[What&amp;'s better than one daily deals site Every daily deals site a4&quot; on the same page.That&amp;'s what Savings.com is hoping to capitalize on by bringing deals from every daily deals site a4&quot; including the likes of Yelp, Groupon and LivingSocial a4&quot; onto a single landing page. The company announced that it is launching a closed beta at the Launch conference in San Francisco.Users can sign up with a Gmail, Facebook, Twitter or Yahoo account a4&quot; or create an individual account on the site. After that, they pick some specific areas they are interested in finding deals in, such as food or electronics. They then pick a few brands and some other Savings.com users to follow, and the site compiles a daily feed of deals from other daily deal websites. Users can put in a zip code to find local deals as well.After that, Savings.com users can tweak their feed in real time by searching for additional brands and deals and deleting deals in their feed. Over time, the site learns which deals the user is most interested in and tailors the feed to deals which the user is specifically interested in.Savings.com is trying to capitalize on the red-hot daily deals space that has since become a bit overloaded. Groupon dominates the space, with a big lead over LivingSocial, the second-largest site, yet it&amp;'s spawned a host of imitators. And most local-business review sites like CitySearch and Yelp have duct-taped daily deals onto their own services. That&amp;'s led to a good number of very similar deal services popping up, swamping the space and making it hard to find appealing deals.&amp;''I&amp;'ve been waiting for Groupon to do this for a while,&amp;'' said All Things D&amp;'s Kara Swisher, an adviser at the Launch Conference. &amp;''I for one am sick of all the stripper-pole offers.&amp;''Next Story: MingleBird wants to make event networking less awkward Previous Story: StorkBrokers wants to be a personalized eBay for child&amp;'s goodsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: daily deals, dealsCompanies: Groupon, Livingsocial, Savings.com, Yelp          Tags: daily deals, dealsCompanies: Groupon, Livingsocial, Savings.com, YelpMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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