New and notable for February 27th 2011 through February 28th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for February 27th 2011 through February 28th 2011:

  • Revealing the Man Behind @MayorEmanuel– Alexis Madrigal – Technology – The Atlantic –
    theatlantic.com - Alexis Madrigal
    It was the best fake Twitter account ever, deftly satirizing Rahm Emanuel, and elevating the Tweet and the f-word to the level of literature. But the mystery writer was never revealed–until now. There were many storylines in Rahm Emanuel's romp to the Chicago mayor's office: a powerful presidential aide leaves the White House; a mayor's race without a Daley or even an incumbent; a candidate with a hazy claim on residency; the meltdown of former senator Carol Moseley Braun; the terrible voter..  show all text

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  • From Twitter – Facebook plans to resume address, phone sharing http://j.mp/gcpUQc
  • From Twitter – RT @Drudge_Report GMAIL Glitch Wipes Out 150,000 Accounts… http://drudge.tw/eTPqbw
  • From Twitter – RT @gcluley SSDs, encryption and decommissioning. What steps do you need to take when decommissioning an SSD? http://bit.ly/dWs2ta
  • How Chris Sacca And J.P. Morgan Acquired 10% Of Twitter Via Huge Secret Secondary Fund –
    techcrunch.com - Michael Arrington
    Lots and lots of buzz today in all the major newspapers about how J.P. Morgan is trying to buy 10% or so of Twitter for $450 million.
    As far as I can tell, all of the stories are wrong. In particular, say my sources, Twitter isn’t negotiating with anyone – J.P. Morgan or otherwise – about a new funding round. The last round with Kleiner Perkins seems to have more than satisfied their near term capital appetite. Also, J.P. Morgan isn’t currently trying to buy Twitter shar..  show all text

  • Gmail accidentally resetting accounts, years of correspondence vanish into the cloud? — Engadget –
    engadget.com - Sean Hollister
    If you've got a working Gmail account, you might want to back it up every so often — as many as 500,000 Gmail users lost access to their inboxes this morn, and some of them are reporting (via Twitter and support forums) that years worth of messages, attachments and Google Chat logs had vanished by the time they were finally able to log on. While we haven't experienced the issue personally, we're hearing that the bug effectively reset some accounts, treating their owners as new users complete w..  show all text


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