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Russian President Launches YouTube Channel

Sep 02, 2009 No Comments

Barack Obama has it, Nicolas Sarkozy has it, Pope Benedict XVI has it, and now Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has one: his very own YouTube channel… Tweet This Post

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Interview: His Thoughts On Search, Books, News, Mobile, Competition And More

Aug 31, 2009 No Comments

A week ago I had a chance to sit down for a hour-long one on one interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. There were no rules, and the whole interview was on the record. Part of the interview was on video as well.There’s so much material that we’ve broken the interview notes up into a [...]

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Facebook 3.0 For iPhone Now Available On The App Store

Aug 29, 2009 No Comments

Nearly two weeks after submitting the app to Apple, Facebook’s totally revamped 3.0 application is finally live on the App Store, according to the app’s developer Joe Hewitt. You can download it now here. The store currently shows that the app is version 2.5, but if you click the Download button anyway you’ll get the [...]

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Former Facebook CFO Gideon Yu Joins Khosla Ventures

Aug 26, 2009 No Comments

Gideon Yu, the former Facebook CFO unceremoniously shown the door in late March, has joined Khosla Ventures as a General Partner, we’ve heard from multiple sources… Tweet This Post

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Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music

Aug 26, 2009 No Comments

Chris Stephenson, who has overseen global marketing for Microsoft’s Zune music player since its debut in 2006, is leaving Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to join Universal Music, the WSJ reports. Stephenson confirms he is leaving to the WSJ. At Universal, he will lead marketing for Interscope Geffen A & M Records. We’ve reached out to Microsoft [...]

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Steve Jobs Is Laser Focused on the Apple Tablet

Aug 24, 2009 No Comments

We know Steve Jobs is back working as Apple’s CEO. We also are fairly confident that the company plans to launch an Apple Tablet device soon, although likely not at an upcoming event in early September. And now, we have one of the more concrete reports to-date about the importance of the device to Apple… [...]

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