New and notable for January 20th 2012 through January 23rd 2012
What I’m reading and finding for January 20th 2012 through January 23rd 2012:
- The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast | TechCrunch –
Editor’s note: Mark Hendrickson is the founder and CEO of Plancast, a social site for planning events, which he has decided to stop working on full-time. In this guest post, Hendrickson takes us through a detailed analysis of why it never took off and what he learned. He is also a former TechCrunch writer.
Nearly three years ago, I left my position at TechCrunch to start my own Internet business, with the idea of creating a web application that’d help people get together in real-life rather than show all text - How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work –
Apple once bragged that its products were made in America. But it has since shifted its immense manufacturing work overseas, posing questions about what corporate America owes Americans.
- MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren’t Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought | Techdirt –
Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what's happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA… - From Twitter – Lego Launches Social Media Platform, ReBrick | GeekDad | http://t.co/bV2UnqPJ http://t.co/xYKwbPA2
- YCRFS 9: Kill Hollywood –
- Dodd Calls for Hollywood and Silicon Valley to Meet –
Christopher Dodd, the president of the Motion Picture Association of America, suggested the White House convene a meeting to discuss antipiracy. - Summify Joins The Flock At Twitter! | Summify –
You’ve probably noticed we’ve been quiet lately. Well, we’re extremely excited to announce that Summify has been acquired by Twitter! I know, right? We can hardly believe it ourselves!
Roughly 2 years ago, we moved from Romania to Vancouver after being accepted into Bootup Labs, an awesome startup incubator. It has been an incredible journey, with lots of highs, a few lows, and many product iterations. In March 2011 we launched our email summary product and we’ve been blown away by the response… show all text
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