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Tech news – October 7th 2012

• SpaceX | Launch Central –
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• El primer sondeo a pie de urna da la victoria a Henrique Capriles – ABC.es –
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  La consultora Varianza otorga una victoria al líder opositor por un 51,3% frente al 48,06 de Chávez. El cierre de los colegios se produjo una hora después de la estipulada
• If you can’t explain what you do in one paragraph, you’ve got a problem | VentureBeat –
  venturebeat.com
  - Brad Feld
  

  Here’s an email exchange that I had in the past 24 hours with an entrepreneur. Remember, I try to answer all of my emails and be responsive to any inquiry. This was a random one (of which I get between 25 and 100 each day).
  Entrepreneur: I just wanted to touch base with you and see if you are taking on new startups right now.
  Me: Can you send me a paragraph and I’ll tell you if it’s something we’d be interested in. Everyone else to bcc:
  Entrepreneur: It’s difficult to accurately describe the co…  show all text
• FREE VIP Gold Pass for SVCCG members in Cloud Expo 2012 Santa Clara November 5-8, 2012 – Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group (Palo Alto, CA) – Meetup –
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  From corporate giants Amazon AWS, Google, Microsoft, VMware, NASA, to startups Heroku and Scalr… Cloud computing is changing the way we work and reshaping the way we manage and run companies. From s
• AAPM –
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• Israel launches deadly air strike on Gaza – Middle East – Al Jazeera English –
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  At least one killed and number of bystanders injured in attack that targeted two men accused of cross border attacks.
• Twitter / CloudExpo: Mystery #Cloud Concert at … –
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  Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news.
• 30 Second Spot –
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• BuzzFeed Embraces Sponsored Content to Tap Social-Media Sharing – WSJ.com –
  online.wsj.com
  

  The BuzzFeed website is betting that sharing items via socia media could be a big part of online marketing, embracing so-called sponsored stories for revenue and dispensing with banner ads.
• Twitter / NASA: The @NASAAdministrator and … –
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• Russian police arrest anti-Putin protesters – Europe – Al Jazeera English –
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  At least six demonstrators arrested near the office of President Putin as he celebrated his 60th birthday.
• 15 Brilliant, Spooky, Hilarious and Creative Cinemagrams –
  mashable.com
  - Amy-Mae Elliott
  

  1. Roadtrip

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  As the popularity of photography apps continues to rise on mobile platforms, people are finding creative new ways to share special moments with their friends.
  Cinemagram, a free iOS app that creates animated "cines," lets users add filters and apply effects to clips before animating. The result is a GIF file the company calls "part-photo and part-video."
  "Cinemagram has become a fun way for people to capture and share special moments of the…  show all text