The Big Picture  —  Up or down?  That’s what this week’s Macworld show came down to for most news organizations.  Would the new Apple products make the company’s shares go up or down?  They went down.  Macworld was a bust, we were told repeatedly, as if it really mattered.

Source:   I, Cringely . The Pulpit […]

Sources: MacBook Air battery replacements take only minutes  —  Due to its ultra-thin profile, Apple’s new MacBook Air was designed with an integrated 37-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery that is not user-replaceable.  Though this has caused some initial concern amongst potential adopters …

Source:   AppleInsider
Author:   Kasper Jade
Link:   http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/18…

Slide: The $500 Million Widget  —  After cashing in big with PayPal, Max Levchin could be at it again with his social network tool.  The latest funding values Slide at a half-billion  —  When Max Levchin started Slide, the popular tool that lets users create slide shows and other bling …

Source:   Business Week
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Slide Slides Into Some Cash  —  Slide, the maker of applications for social networks, has raised another round of funding - $50 million from the private equity funds at Fidelity and T-Rowe Price, two major Wall Street investment houses.  The firms have taken a 9 percent stake in the three-year-old …

Source:   Bits
Author:   Brad […]

Social, work lives collide on networking websites  —  Just after her honeymoon last March, Wadooah Wali took the de rigueur next step these days: She changed her status on the networking websites Facebook and MySpace from “in a relationship” to “married” and posted pictures of her partner — another woman.

Source:   USA Today
Link:   http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife…

Facebook faces privacy questions  —  Facebook is to be quizzed about its data protection policies by the Information Commissioner’s Office.  —  The investigation follows a complaint by a user of the social network who was unable to fully delete their profile even after terminating their account.

Source:   BBC
Author:   Chris Vallance
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7196803.stm

CE-Oh no he didn’t!  Part LIV: Jobs calls Robbie Bach a drunk  —  Proving once again that the truth is stranger (and more entertaining) than fiction, Steve Jobs himself delivers one of the finest Oh no he didn’t moments ever.  Apparently riding high on the thrill of introducing the MacBook Air …

Source:   Engadget
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The “Google generation” not so hot at Googling, after all  —  A new UK report on the habits of the “Google Generation” finds that kids born since 1993 aren’t quite the Internet super-sleuths they’re sometimes made out to be.  For instance, are teens better with technology than older adults?

Source:   Ars Technica
Author:   Nate Anderson
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Slide Gets Big Funding?  —  Call it the Facebook Funding Effect.  —  I am still collecting details, but Slide-the San Francisco start-up whose widgets are among the most popular on Facebook and MySpace-is completing a round of funding that could value it at many times a multiple of its most recent $60 million to $80 […]

Sprint to cut 4,000 jobs  —  Sprint Nextel , the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, said on Friday it will cut about 4,000 jobs and close about 8 percent of its stores, predicting further pressure on its ability to attract subscribers and turn a profit in 2008.  —  Sprint shares fell 7 percent …

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