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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter suspends fake Steve Jobs account, then backtracks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It seemed that these were ceoSteveJobs&amp;39' final tweets.(Credit:Screenshot by CNET)Updated at 9:30 a.m. PT: The account is accessible once again. Updated at 10:15 a.m. PT: The account has apparently been renamed.Twitter suspended a popular (and fake) Steve Jobs Twitter account recently, only to see the page come back up today.When people had been attempting to access @ceoSteveJobs, a message would state that the &quot;profile you are trying to view has been suspended.&quot; The suspension of @ceoSteveJobs was discovered yesterday by technology blog Geek Smack. In addition, when people would try to click on @ceoSteveJobs in a tweet, a message would state that the &quot;user does not exist.&quot;However, at some point this morning, the account popped back up on Twitter. For a while, tweets were visible. As of this writing, they are no longer visible, though the account is accessible.In its place, a new Twitter account has popped up, called @fakeceoSteve, which includes the former @ceoSteveJobs' tweets and the full follower count, indicating it could be the new home for the former Twitter destination. Unfortunately, Twitter isn't saying what the status of @ceoSteveJobs is. The company would not provide any details to CNET on why so many changes have been made to the account yesterday and today and said that it wouldn't comment on &quot;alleged user violations.&quot;The @ceoSteveJobs Twitter account had more than 460,000 followers. It is normally updated with comedic comments several times a day, all pretending to come from Apple's CEO. The account's bio does state that it is a parody.Prior to its suspension, @ceoSteveJobs was on a long list of Steve Jobs parodies, including Fake Steve Jobs, a satirical blog penned by Dan Lyons. For years, that blog was the subject of much controversy (and delight for those who read it) over the blogger's real identity. Lyons was finally revealed as its author in 2007.The fake Steve Jobs Twitter account was under the radar until last June when The Daily Mail, one of the most popular newspapers in the U.K., ran a story about the iPhone 4's antenna problems and quoted from the fake account. The story was quickly retracted after the publication discovered that the &quot;Steve Jobs&quot; it was quoting was the parody Twitter account.Although Twitter didn't provide any explanation for why it had recently suspended @ceoSteveJobs, the person behind the Twitter account reportedly told TechCrunch in January that the social network had requested an end to the &quot;impersonation.&quot; Twitter apparently said that it had received a complaint about the account, which prompted the action.The person behind @ceoSteveJobs expressed a belief at the time that Apple was behind the complaint, though the company never confirmed that. Twitter had requested that changes be made to @ceoSteveJobs within 48 hours or that it would remove the account, TechCrunch had reported.Steve Jobs parodies are still alive and well on Twitter. And people who enjoyed the musings of the fake Steve Jobs are saying now that the person behind @ceoSteveJobs has moved to a new account: @iJobsy. That account was started late last night. It already has nearly 600 followers and features the same comedic sensibilities as the former favorite.The ceoSteveJobs tweet that the Daily Mail thought was real.(Credit:Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deals &038' More: Qype gets $8.7M for European local reviews, SunPower grabs $2.5M for Austin expansion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>uckminsufkksab</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s a quick roundup of some of today&amp;'s funding announcements:Local review site Qype gets $8.7M for mobile edition &amp;8212' The European user-generated review site has raised funding from Vodafone Ventures and others to expand its Yelp-like apps on Android and Blackberry. The Qype app will now come pre-loaded on many Vodafone devices throughout Europe.SunPower grabs $2.5M to heat up business in Austin &amp;8212'  The solar energy company plans to create 450 new jobs in Texas with funding raised from the Texas Enterprise Fund, a state incentive fund. SunPower said Austin&amp;'s solar and semiconductor talent make it an attractive site. The announcement follows a handful of government contracts landed by the solar firm in August. One on One Marketing finds new students online &amp;8212' The Utah-based marketing company has raised an undisclosed amount to generate leads for online educational institutions, peHUB reports. Sales leads are delivered primarily through ClassesandCareers.com,an online education resource operated by One on One, which also runs lead-generation sites widow.com and injury.com.Helix Therapeutics brings in $2.5M to cure genetic diseases &amp;8212'  The biotech startup founded at Yale Medical School has raised $2.5M from Canaan Partners and others. Helix cures diseases like sickle-cell anemia by correcting genetic mutations in blood stem cells.Next Story: Bubble Motion puts smartphone users one step closer to voice SMS with new patent Previous Story: Sproxil takes on Africa&amp;'s drug counterfeitersPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: Android, Blackberry, Canaan Partners, Helix Therapeutics, One on One Marketing, Qype, SunPower, Vodafone Ventures, Yelp          Companies: Android, Blackberry, Canaan Partners, Helix Therapeutics, One on One Marketing, Qype, SunPower, Vodafone Ventures, YelpVentureBeat 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[TechCrunch Scores An Interview With Santa Claus. And Yes, His Epic Beard Is&nbsp'Real.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&amp;'ve come across quite a few Santa Claus imposters in my time. Most of them were easy to spot: there&amp;'s the funky smell that has more in common with aftershave than cookies' the squeaky voice that would make any reindeer snicker' or, most often, the fake beard that looks like a giant cotton ball and droops in all the wrong places.But last Tuesday, I met the real Santa. Big as a house. Able to list off a dozen varieties of cookies in one breath. Six foot, eleventy-three inches tall. Smelled like candy canes. And a voice that was somehow both jolly and booming at the same time.  So, of course, we grabbed a camera and asked him what makes St. Nick tick. Be sure to stay tuned until he discusses the tension between real and &amp;8216'designer&amp;'-bearded Santas.The visit was made possible by the goofy folks at Microsoft, who have partnered with Southwest Airlines to place Santa Clauses in over 20 airports across the US this holiday seasons. Kids will be invited to snap a photo with him, which they can then upload using Microsoft&amp;'s photo and email services. Pretty neat.You social media fiends should be happy too: this awesome Santa, who goes by &amp;8216'Walter&amp;' during the off-season, maintains a presence on both Twitter and Facebook. You can book him for parties at Santa4events.com, and he&amp;'s also part of the Santas of Northern California Club. Watch the video for more on these clubs a4&quot;a4sthere&amp;'s apparently quite a large community.Oh, and in case you&amp;'re wondering, Santa said that while I&amp;'ve had a few blips on the &amp;8216'naughty&amp;' meter this year, my needle is currently pointing toward &amp;8216'nice&amp;'. Let&amp;'s hope I can keep it together for another month.And Happy Holidays from the TechCrunch Team!<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sibblingz puts social games inside Microsoft&'s Bing search engine]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sibblingz, a startup that makes it easy to launch an app across different game platforms, is announcing today it can put social games inside Microsoft&amp;'s Bing search engine.The idea is a novel one and it fits with the notion that social games can be played anywhere that users are, whether that&amp;'s on Facebook, on the iPhone, or even while searching the internet. With the addition of Bing, Sibblingz becomes more attractive for developers. Essentially, it allows the developers to create a game once and then deploy it on Facebook, a web site, the iPhone, or Bing. The players can access their own game &amp;8212' with their own unique data &amp;8212' from any of the platforms. They can also play with players who are playing the game on a different platform. Usually, game developers have to painstakingly adapt a game so it runs on different platforms.The version of Happy Island for Bing will have a new mini-game unique to the search engine. Customers using Bing can play and progress through the first levels of Happy Island without having to sign in. They will also be able to log in using Facebook account and associate their game environment with their Facebook friends. The move comes shortly after Microsoft and CrowdStar, which is a sister company to Sibblingz (both have the incubator YouWeb as a major investor), struck a deal.It took a very short time to adapt the Happy Island game to run on Bing, thanks to the cross-platform nature of Sibblingz. The companies say it took a lot less engineering time to implement the integration with Bing. That&amp;'s important in the social game industry where speed is critical. Ben Savage, chief executive of Sibblingz in Burlingame, Calif., said, &amp;''With this partnership, wea4a4re really thinking outside the Facebook canvas.a4The appeal of Sibblingz is that it makes developers less dependent on any one platform and thus makes them more independent. Happy Island has millions of users, mostly on Facebook. But Sibblingz adapted the game to run on mobile social networks in Japan as well.Next Story: Deals &amp;038' More: Kapitall grabs $7.3M for iPad investment app, ScoreBig raises money for discounted sports tickets Previous Story: Book review: a4ATribal Leadershipa4PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Bing, mobile games, social gamesCompanies: Crowdstar, Microsoft, SibblingzPeople: Ben Savage          Tags: Bing, mobile games, social gamesCompanies: Crowdstar, Microsoft, SibblingzPeople: Ben SavageDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.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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