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What’s The Future for Music Streaming Services?

by Jeff Weisbein December 11, 2011
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Here’s an interesting question: can independent music services such as Spotify, Pandora, and MOG survive long-term? Or are they doomed for failure? That is a question many people (and investors) are wondering.

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Twitter Exodus Proves Jack Dorsey Is Taking Control

by Jeff Weisbein November 11, 2011
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Twitter is currently experiencing some employee shakeup, since late July Twitter has either been clearing house or losing talent such as Loren Brichter (developer of Tweetie, acquired by Twitter), Mike Abbott (VP of Engineering), Sean Garrett (Head of Communications), and most recently Pam Kramer (VP of Consumer Marketing).  Even some investors are heading for the [...]

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Adobe Kills Flash for Mobile, Steve Jobs Nailed It.

by Jeff Weisbein November 9, 2011
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The news that Adobe is killing Flash for Mobile means that Steve Jobs was right, what does it mean for the mobile industry?

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How To Fix: iPhone “Your SMS mailbox is full.” Message

by Jeff Weisbein October 15, 2011
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Did you update to iOS 5 and are now experiencing this error message when using your iPhone to send/receive text messages? “Your SMS mailbox is full. New messages cannot be received until you delete some messages.”

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UPS Delivers 800k iPhone 4S on Launch Day

by Jeff Weisbein October 14, 2011
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I was just walking home from the gym and I ran into my UPS delivery man on my way up the stairs to my apartment, so of course, I ask him “so how many iPhone’s did you deliver today?” to which his replied, “a lot!”

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Why You Are Not Eligible for the iPhone 4S

by Jeff Weisbein October 8, 2011
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So you’re not eligible for the subsidized pricing on the iPhone 4S yet? I feel your pain. Here is how AT&T calculates upgrade eligibility.

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iPhone 4S: Worth the Upgrade?

by Jeff Weisbein October 5, 2011
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Well, there is always next year for the iPhone 5, right?  Right.  Despite the rumor mill churning up some juicy stuff – some believable, some not so much about an iPhone 5, larger screen, and even Sprint exclusivity the iPhone launch has come and gone and what were we left with this year?  An iPhone 4S.  The [...]

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MG Siegler Joins CrunchFund As General Partner

by Jeff Weisbein October 3, 2011
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According to the Michael Arrington’s new blog, UnCrunched, as well as an article on TechCrunch posted by Erick Schonfeld, MG Siegler has joined CrunchFund as a general partner.  The news doesn’t come as too much of a surprise as most people who have been following the recent drama at TechCrunch probably expected something like this [...]

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Sprint to Be Exclusive iPhone 5 Carrier? I Don’t Think So.

by Jeff Weisbein October 3, 2011
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BGR reports that Sprint may have secured exclusivity of the iPhone 5 leaving AT&T and Verizon with the watered down iPhone 4S.  Is this true?  I find it hard to believe.  According to the article, Sprint would be committed to purchasing 30.5 million iPhone’s over four years for $20 billion regardless of whether how well [...]

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Rumor Roundup: Let’s Talk iPhone

by Jeff Weisbein October 3, 2011
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Tomorrow, Apple is expected to announce the next generation iPhone. Will we see an iPhone 4S or 5 with a larger screen, A5 CPU, and 8MP camera?

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