News: July 14

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TechCrunch

Consumer Reports Slams The iPhone 4 Over Antenna Issue
Video: David Letterman’s Top 10 Signs You’ve Purchased A Bad iPhone 4
Groupon, Twitter, Foursquare, And Yelp Will Convene At The Social Currency CrunchUp
Twitter’s EarlyBird Takes Flight With Disney Movie Deal; Groupon And Gilt To Come
Here Comes Apple Earth. Map Startup Poly9 Reportedly Snatched Up By Cupertino
AndroLib Gets A Makeover, Estimates Over 1 Billion Android Apps Downloaded So Far
New York City To Keep Track Of Water Use With Wireless Monitors
Naspers Buys 28.7% Of Facebook, Zynga Investor And ICQ Owner DST
Steve Ballmer says Microsoft is 'hardcore' about tablet computers



Mashable

Facebook’s Open Graph and Like Button are Going Mobile
Bill Gates Invests in Cleaner Car Technology
Disney Is Twitter’s First @Earlybird Sponsor
What Apple Must Do to Stop the Bleed
Google Fiber Is One Step Closer to Reality
Intel Gains Almost $11B in “Best Quarter Ever”

CNet

Microsoft keeps eye on Bing's growth chart
iPhone app created for psychic German octopus
Chicken came before egg, evidence suggests
Exxon Mobil growing its algae biofuels program
Twitter's @earlybird: Not the most magical debut
Alleged Russian spy worked for Microsoft
Adobe Reader, IE top vulnerability list
Facebook's Russian investor snags $388 million
Court: FCC 'indecency' rule doesn't make tech sense
New Facebook app whitens men's profile pic
The quest for the supersonic skydive
Building the world's most advanced aircraft carrier
Internet appliances: The next generation
Solar structures offer self-sufficiency in disaster

BusinessWeek

The Factory Rebound May Be Peaking
Intel Cash Machine May Print $12 Billion
Washington is the Strongest Job Market
America's Strongest Job Markets
Microsoft Pays App Developers to Do Windows
Microsoft Worker was 12th Alleged Russian Spy
Ten Top Smartphone Apps for College
Obama Meets With Buffett to Discuss Economy, Jobs
Iran Scientist Says Americans Kidnapped, Held Him for 14 Months
U.S. Stocks Fall on Fed’s Reduced Growth Forecast; Intel Gains
How Yum! Brands Is Conquering the World
Promisec: Securing Networks from Within
Newspapers: Take a Cue From Startups and Get Cloudy
Sorting Fact from Fiction on Health-Care Reform
The Small Business Jobs Bill: To Us, It's Meaningless
The Future of Advertising
Why GM May Be Worth More Than Ford
What if Government Ran Like Business?

Time

Housing Market Sees Widespread Price-Cutting
Chicken and the Egg: Mystery Solved?
Neverland Ranch: The Newest State Park?
Buying a Corvette? Build the Engine Yourself
Will Obama's Immigration Focus Hurt Democrats?
Can the Chevy Volt Recharge General Motors?
The History of the Electric Car
11 Milestones in GM's Year Since Bankruptcy
Obama's Mideast Challenge: Trying to Look Busy
Italy vs. the Mafia: Beheading the 'Ndrangheta
Spain's World Cup Win: Final Brings Spaniards Together
Senate Midterms: How the Tea Party May Hurt Republicans
Beijing Starts Gating, Locking Migrant Villages
Scientists: Gulf Spill Altering Food Web
Cleaning Up On the Spill

New York Times

A Scientist Takes On Gravity
U.S. Delays Test of Device That Could Seal Gulf Well
On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant
Police Are Charged in Post-Katrina Shootings
Trapped by Gaza Blockade, Locked in Despair
Scientist Heads Home, Iran Says
Deterred From Gaza, Libyan Ship Enters Egypt Port
Financial Bill to Close Regulator of Fading Industry
Financial Reform Bill Limps Toward Vote
Heads Turn as a Bridge Floats By
Gatton Journal: Trying to Stop Cattle Burps From Heating Up Planet
The New Abortion Providers
On Education: A Chosen Few Are Teaching for America
Grassley a No on Financial Reform Bill
Fed Minutes Weigh on Wall Street
Citing Demand, Intel Tops Forecast
Standards Issued for Electronic Health Records
George Steinbrenner, 1930-2010: His Final Victory Is a Yankees Empire Restored
George Steinbrenner, Who Built Yankees Into Powerhouse, Dies at 80
Explorer: Walking With the Herds in Kenya
Oil Spill’s Impact on Gulf Seafood Remains Uncertain
Downsizing: Styling a Downsized Life
WattStation: An Electric Car Charger With a Designer Touch
Toyota Blames Drivers for Some Acceleration Problems
Letters: A New Approach to Immigration Raids
Movie Review | 'Alamar': A Boy’s Slice of Paradise Is Time Alone With Dad
The Loneliness of Governor Schwarzenegger
Turn 70. Act Your Grandchild’s Age.
Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan?
Is Jousting the Next Extreme Sport?

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Shopping Around For Iran

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Brad Feld and Fred Wilson did not bite - they seem to suggest Iran is not in their domain expertise - but I have a ready presentation in the process, and I have decided to shop around. This is not an investment opportunity. This falls in the public service domain.

I came across a John Boyd blog post while working on this post: Seed Money. And so I emailed him.

You have a great post on seed money ... I followed a link from Fred Wilson's blog to your post. Great post. http://www.blindreason.org/2010/07/rush-to-early-seed-stage-later-stage.html What really got my attention was your putting broadband on the top of the list. I am 15 months from a green card, and 15 months from my startup. My startup will deal with the last mile of the broadband business.

Are you in NYC? Let's meet for coffee some time.

I need you to help me with something. http://technbiz.blogspot.com/2010/07/to-iran-with-love-3.html I need you to put 3-5K into this. This is not an investment. This falls in the public service domain. This is about democracy in Iran.

I also just sent out a whole bunch of tweets to a whole bunch of angel investors. I sent out tweets to all angel investors on the List Of Angels On Twitter. The cut off point was people who had tweeted out in the past 24 hours. If you are not active on Twitter daily, maybe you are not of interest to me.

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I should not have been, but I was surprised to find so many Indians on the list, including one I am Facebook friends with. 

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