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Starbucks lets you pay with a phone
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John Moe
Jan 19, 2011
Starting today, you can pay for your coffee at Starbucks using an app on your iPhone. You'll need to go into the app and put money on that account...
Murdoch's "Daily" delayed several weeks
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John Moe
Jan 14, 2011
I've been following the path of this allegedly impending "tablet newspaper" for a while now since the whole thing seems too screwy to exist. But...
Internet big
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John Moe
Jan 13, 2011
Internet research company Pingdom took on the universe, compiling a report on just how big the internet is. How big is the internet? REAL big. That...
Google Translate
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John Moe
Jan 13, 2011
The tech world is kind of buzzing right now about a Google app available on Android phones. It's the latest version of Google Translate, a program...
What if Yahoo of all people is the one to get web TV right?
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John Moe
Jan 12, 2011
We've been cringing along with Google for a few months now as their Google TV product flounders and flops around. Apple TV is selling well but is...
Myspace hammer comes down
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John Moe
Jan 11, 2011
As expected, 500 people get laid off. That's 47% of their work force. I actually was putting this in the show, this little item, and I struggled...
THE TRASHMASTER: an 88-minute film made from Grand Theft Auto IV
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John Moe
Jan 11, 2011
So this French guy, Mathieu Weschler, spent two years playing Grand Theft Auto IV on a PC, saving clips of himself playing it, and turning those...
For public good, not for profit.
Groupon gets a bunch of money, goes on a buying spree
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John Moe
Jan 11, 2011
The shopping site Groupon is getting big. They received nearly a billion dollars in new investment and promptly bought up three companies in India,...
State Department to invest $30 million in internet freedom
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John Moe
Jan 11, 2011
On our show this morning we talked about the Justice Department trying to take down Wikileaks. But at the same time, the State Department is making...
Murdoch and Jobs to launch The Daily next week?
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John Moe
Jan 11, 2011
The question mark there at the end is because evidently the January 19th date could still slip. But the plan is for Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs...