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47 min ago | Multichannel News

Comcast Exec Among FCC's Open Internet Monitors

The Federal Communications Commission has named the members of its Open Internet Advisory Committee, which is charged with monitoring the effects of the agency's Open Internet order, and it includes an executive from top cable operator Comcast.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, BitTorrent, Startups, P2P, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Public Relations

5 hrs ago | Eater

Wire: Pinkberry to Union Square, Macarons at DeLise Desert Cafe

San Francisco is finally getting a Pinkberry frozen yogurt outpost , and it's happening in Union Square.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, SoMa (San Francisco, CA), Stockton, CA

9 hrs ago | The Indianapolis Star

Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' at Radio Radio...

The Band are pictured in the film "The Last Waltz." As a tribute to Levon Helm, the Band's drummer-vocalist who died at age 71 on April 19, a robust cast of Indiana musicians will perform music from "The Last Waltz" at Fountain Square nightclub Radio Radio.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Band, Indiana

10 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Chinese Man Kills Himself to Protest Son's Death in Tiananmen Sq.

A Beijing man has hanged himself to protest the government's refusal to account for his son's death in a military assault on the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, a group that seeks justice for victims of the assault said Monday.

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14 hrs ago | Silicon Alley Insider

The Truth About Those Brutal Descriptions Of Working Conditions At Square

Over on Q&A site Quora, several former Square employees have posted harsh descriptions of the working conditions at the booming mobile payments company founded and run by Jack Dorsey.

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15 hrs ago | Wall Street Journal

The Daily Start-Up: NEA Leads $42M Series E For Database Co. 10gen

A growing need for flexible databases and a stealthy sales model has brought 10gen a fresh $42 million in financing.

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Related Topix: 10gen, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology

17 hrs ago | TechCrunch

Gartner: Over $172B In Mobile Payments In 2012; SMS, Web Most Popular Routes

Ingrid is a reporter for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London.

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Related Topix: eBay, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone

21 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Learn Why to Use a Mobile WiFi Rental, and How this New Service can...

Learn Why to Use a Mobile WiFi Rental, and How this New Service can Save Time and Money Getting Internet on the Go Pearland, TX May 29, 2012 People need the internet today, its the best way to find information quickly, and an easy way to communicate.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Pearland, TX

Mon May 28, 2012

Reuters

Hasselhoff leads off Gumball 3000 race.

For the 14th year in a row car enthusiasts got together for the Gumball 3000 road race.

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CBS Local

Groupon Testing Smartphone Payment Processing

Groupon is testing a payment service that will allow merchants to accept credit card payments from an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

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Related Topix: iPad App, Groupon, iPhone and iPad App, iPod touch App, iPhone App

Pleasanton Weekly

Author S.G. Browne will discuss his newest book Wednesday at Towne Center Books

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Related Topix: IGN Entertainment, Social Software, Pleasanton, CA

Sun May 27, 2012

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Finding love in midst of war

First Lt. Clark Irving receives a medal in Japan for liberating captured nurses near Manilla during World War II.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, Asheville, NC, US Military, US Navy, Brevard, NC

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Spirit of '45 Travels Cross Country

A trip cross country. With a pit stop in Parkersburg. This statute is making its way 4,000 miles to the Washington D.C. Memorial Day parade.

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Related Topix: Parkersburg, WV, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

SFGate

What you can rent in Monterey Heights for $3,700 and downtown San Francisco for $3,900

Francis Wood has carpet throughout and a large bonus room that opens to a deck overlooking a private backyard and patio.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Home Listing, Home

Sat May 26, 2012

International Business Times

Groupon Takes Aim at Paypal with Payment Service

Groupon is testing a payment service that will allow merchants to accept credit cards using its infrastructure, reports said, pushing the coupon company into market space already occupied by Paypal and Square.

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Related Topix: Groupon, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, eBay

Palo Alto Weekly

Kleiner Perkins lawsuit spotlights difficulties of proving discrimination

Sign up for Express New from Palo Alto Online, Express is a daily e-edition, distributed by e-mail every weekday.

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Related Topix: IGN Entertainment, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Startups, TechCrunch, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Financial Services, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Investment Services

Engadget

Google Wallet: one year later

The rumors and leaks go back a bit further, but it was a year ago today that Google officially revealed its Google Wallet mobile payment service -- a platform that the company is still betting big on, even if it may be slightly reconsidering the way it does business.

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Related Topix: WebMD, Cellphones, Gadgets

The Motley Fool

Apple's Surprising Cash Problem

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.

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Related Topix: iPod, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Marketing

Journal Gazette

Facebook IPO woes deepen market doubt

Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to jettison 27,000 workers as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, HP, Computers, Mark Zuckerberg, Financial Markets

Fri May 25, 2012

Examiner.com

James Farm, piano giants top jazz this weekend in Northern California

THURSDAY James Farm: This top-flight quartet - Joshua Redman , Aaron Parks , Matt Penman and Eric Harland - returns to Northern California.

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Related Topix: California, Jazz, Joshua Redman, San Francisco, CA, Santa Cruz, CA

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