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SoMe is a film about the rise (and fall?) of social media. Produced by web rabble-rouser and satirist, Loren Feldman , the film will feature Feldman’s signature puppet act (it will be cool, I promise) and interviews with and segments about web luminaries like: Julia Allison, Michael Arrington, Steve Ballmer, Henry Blodget, Chris Brogan, Robert Bruce, Paul Carr, Pete Cashmore, Brian Clark, Ron Conway, Henry Copland, Jay Cuthrell, Mike Daisey, Barry Diller, Jack Dorsey, Dan Farber, Steve Gillmor, Paul Graham, MC Hammer, Shel Israel, Andrew Jecklin, Steve Jobs, Kim Kardashian, Ashton Kutcher, Loic LeMeur, Jakob Lodwick
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Every year at Web 2.0 Expo, a handful of promising startups are invited on stage to give quick, five-minute pitches to an audience of conference attendees and a panel of judges (you can see our past coverage on these events here and here ). Yesterday this year’s batch of startups took the stage, and they didn’t disappoint. My notes on the startups are below. Each company was judged by Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb , Ellen Pack of Elance , and Brian Singerman of Founders Fund . Taking the top prize (as judged by the audience) was Rhomobile . Ask Your Target Market.com
Six Startups Blast Off From The Web 2.0 Launchpad
A couple of sites that launched at Web 2.0 2010. by May 7
A peine le dernier jeu Saint Seiya disponible qu’il est déjà temps de penser au prochain. Mais attention, cette fois, vous ne revisiterez pas pour la douzième fois le Sanctuaire, ses courants d’air et ses flèches au pif. C’est de la nouvelle série animé dont il est question : Saint Seiya Omega , qui se déroule après la saga Hades.
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TechEBlog
Cell phones and tablets have reduced our dependency on clocks, but that doesn't mean there's a shortage of cool and weird designs. First up, we have a word-based clock along with a strange bicycle chain creation. Continue reading to see more. Similar to these ultra poular Jedi kittens , this cat decided to use a couple of lightsabers to fend off nosy dogs. The cat does not hold back one bit, throwing in a few jumps, fancy handwork, and even resorting to The Force when the second dog decides to help out.
Engadget
If you're a little too impatient to wait for the Absinthe jailbreak tool to make its way to Windows, good news, there's another option. The iPhone Dev Team has released Corona, a command line-based option for Mac and Windows 7 that will deliver Cydia to your iOS 5.0 or 5.0.1-running iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Obviously, you'll want to be comfortable with the terminal and command prompt but, if you can handle a little CTRL+c and CTRL+v action, jailbreaking your brand new iOS device shouldn't prove too difficult. Hit up the source link for complete instructions on how to free your shiny A5 portable from Apple's shackles while still using your Microsoft machine.
Hit up Google 's homepage today, and you'll find the company's latest commemorative doodle, this time a celebration of the 126th birthday of Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. Born in 1886 and dying 83 years later in 1969, Mies - along with Le Corbusier and others - is considered one of the fathers of modern architecture, focusing on broad expanses of glass and narrow, discrete metal work, as well as coining some of the much-used phrases of today. Read The Full Story
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