Saturday 2011-01-22
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Disrupt Winner Qwiki Hits No. 1 On Google Trends ‘Hot Searches’ In The U.S.
Buoyed by news that early Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin led an $8 million investment in the startup, TechCrunch Disrupt winner and visual search startup Qwiki has hit no.1 on Google Trends ‘Hot Searches’ in the U.S. That’s a pretty impressive feat for a startup that was virtually unknown six months ago.I Medieakademins årligen återkommande förtroendebarometer behåller SVT sin starka ställning. 73% procent av de tillfrågade har ganska eller mycket högt förtroende för SVT.
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What Scares Twitter CEO Dick Costolo? Foreigners. (Well, Scaling For Them.)
Tonight at our Crunchies Awards in San Francisco, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo took the stage with our own Michael Arrington. The topic of discussion?This year’s fourth annual Crunchies Awards have just concluded, and we’re happy to say that it was an overwhelming success. For those who weren’t at the event or watching our livestream , we’ve included the list of nominees and winners below. Our most sincere congratulations to the winners and to all of the nominees as well.
Congratulations Crunchies Winners! Twitter Takes Best Startup Of 2010
Sony’s Cloud-Based Qriocity Music Service Debuts In France, Germany, Italy And Spain
Sony has just announced that Qriocity , the strangely named cloud-based digital music service it aims to rival Apple’s iTunes with, is now immediately available in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The service, which is apparently called “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” in full, made its debut in the UK and Ireland in December 2010, and provides users with access to a catalogue of millions of songs from labels like – surprise – Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and EMI Music as well as several independent labels and publishers. Users can play music any time on Sony devices like its Internet-enabled BRAVIA TV, Blu-ray Disc player, Blu-ray Disc Home Theater system, PlayStation 3 as well as VAIO and other PCs.Alex Tew created a website that encourages you to calm down and slow down.
Website Challenges You to Do the Impossible: Absolutely Nothing for Two Minutes
Keith Olbermann signs off from MSNBC
NEW: Olbermann was suspended in November for making political donations MSNBC has announced in a statement the end of Keith Olbermann's contract Friday was the last broadcast of "Countdown" Olbermann discussed the situation at the end of his show Friday night (CNN) -- After eight years together, MSNBC and Keith Olbermann are parting ways.
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