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Tuesday, 18th January 2011

EightBit.me is Going to See a Flood of Happy 30-Somethings

EightBit.me is a fun little service that makes it easy for users to create avatars for themselves in 8-bit graphics, the old-fashioned looking video-game type imagery. The site has allowed a limited number of beta testers in and today opened up a gallery of some of their avatars. It looks like a lot of fun. (Note: The site includes auto-playing…

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Apple Reports Record $26.74 Billion in Revenue

Apple reported quarterly earnings today and rode big sales increases in Macs and iPhones, along with 7 million iPads, to a company record $26.74 billion and record net quarterly profit of $6 billion. What could be a more powerful statement about the potential for strong user experience to overcome price considerations? From the announcement…

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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

Right now there are a lot of reports about large companies in the Valley not being able to find the talent they need. There are also a lot of reports about companies bending over backwards financially to retain the people they have. But what I found working for a large Valley corporate in the last few years is that it is not hard to find talent…

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Computer History Museum Goes High-Tech

The Computer History Museum debuted its updated version last week. Improvements ran to $19 million and included a permanent space for the institution in Mountain View, California. It also included a push to upload the rest of the museum's collections and exhibits online by March of this year. The museum focuses on the development of not just…

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FCC Approves NBC Sale by Weapons Giant to Cable Giant

The Federal Trade Commission has approved the controversial sale of a majority share of NBC Universal by General Electric to Comcast, leaving only Justice Department approval for a deal that could define the changing landscape of national power. (Update, it's all approved now, by the Justice Dept. as well.) Critics used to call into question the…

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