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Thursday, 30th June 2011

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Continued International Participation

True to the international dynamic of 1M/1M, during today's roundtable we had entrepreneurs from the U.S., India and Israel pitch their businesses. And in the audience, there were people from at least 30 different corners of the world. directdialogs First, Senthil Natchimuthu from Coimbatire, India, discussed directdialogs. Senthil is doing a…

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Microsoft Says It Will Give Your Data to the U.S. Government, Even If It's Not in the U.S.

Microsoft has admitted that it will hand over data to the U.S. government, if properly requested, even if that data is stored somewhere other than the U.S. The issue, according to ZDNet's Zack Whittaker, is that because Microsoft is a U.S. company it has to comply with the Patriot Act, and that means handing over data that may be offshore. The…

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RIM Employee Begs Co-CEOs to Re-Focus on End Users

An anonymous Research in Motion employee today published a letter to the company's senior management team begging them to change the companies direction by refocusing on end-user experience, among other things. The letter was published by The Boy Genius Report. While it might be easy to dismiss it as the bitter rantings of a disgruntled employee…

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Cloud Poll: Should Cloud Providers Also Be Internet Providers?

When I got my first smartphone, the original black and white Danger Sidekick, the data plan cost me something like $40 a month for unlimited data plus something like 200 anytime minutes. These days an unlimited data plan will cost you more like $30 a month, not including voice minutes. But the original Sidekick couldn't play music or movies. You…

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Hacker Poll: Do You Want to Develop with the Google Plus API?

Earlier today we mentioned that Google is looking for developers interested in Google Plus, and talked a little about what we might be able to expect from the API once it comes. There are already some mentions by developers wanting to build importers or integrations between other social media, such as Buzz and Twitter. What about you? Are you…

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