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Google In Negotiations To Acquire Digg For “Around $200M" (460)
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Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, says one source. We first wrote about the Google-Digg negotiations in March. Despite a vigorous denial by Digg CEO Jay ...Shared by 2Bad (19) AaronTN (34) abhi (2) Adam (17) Adam (18) adam flight (4) Adam Ramshaw (22) Adam Singer (6) Aditya Wirayudha (1) Adrian Bacon (20) AJ (189) Alberty Pascal (5) Alex (1) Alex (17) Alex Mitchell (0) Alexis (23) Aleyda (18) Ali T (20) Ali Tehrani (1) Allan Ruiz (6) Amer (9) André R. 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(578) zeb (2) سروش رسولی (15) शंतनु (5) 猫影 (14)Explore read 15 notes- tommyp said: aubry s going back to google?
- wvpv said: this would be huge for google -- a shift away from the index everything model to the social networking model. Hmmmmm.
- Jason Matthews said: wow. that figure is so low (for digg), that it seems like an april fool's day joke.
- Devlin D said: This is really interesting, surely there have to be some plans for digg's technology aside from just remaining a news site.
- Dan McCall said: it's about time
- Alberty Pascal said: Ouch !
- Dennis' Library said: Wow, I honestly didn't see this one coming.
- Leon Westbrook said: I bet you Kevin Rose will be poppin' some bottles real soon.
- Magnus J said: Awesome!! Go Kevin & Co! :)
- puthali said: nice!
- JuneM said: digg this its a google universe another addition to the google gobble
- Jon Winstanley said: Hopefully this will be a nice payday for Kevin!
- Ely said: HOLY COW!
- Adam said: Why exactly does google need digg?
- Cerpin Taxt said: woow
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Forget Crowd-Sourced T-shirts: Print Objects In 3D (80)
onSo first there was the online creation of pretty simple items like business cards and T-shirts - businesses which cut out the old middle-man way of doings things. Soon there will be a way to create and “print” objects in 3D on a mass scale, and the first of these is starting to arrive. Netherlands-based Shapeways is launching a private beta of a community for consumers wanting to create real objects. Eventually you’ll be able ...Shared by Aaron Ross Powell (10) Adam (7) Alan (1) Archit T (16) b-rad (14) Bananalope (8) Brit (24) BritCrit (32) bussiere (43) Camtron 9000 (20) CB (13) Ching (21) Chris (4) Chris. F. Masse (17) Christina (4) d4u (2) Dan McCall (21) darrellsilver (19) Daryl (1) David Erickson (40) davidex (7) devin (13) Devlin D (4) diffus (7) DVD (1) e-strategyblog.com (43) Ed (2) Edo (21) Ely (9) enSue (30) Eric (7) fabio (42) Fleep (3) G. (27) Gautam (15) GP (36) Harish (3) Henry Webb (20) Hervé (17) Holden Caulfield (2) hyderabadblues (5) iAlja (30) ieruo (21) Jaime (13) James Forbes Keir (19) Jason Nielubowicz (17) Joe Conyers (6) John (0) Jonathan (16) Jorg (1) Jrod (68) Kerry (31) Kin (23) marysam (11) Mike Walsh (1) ming (6) Morgan (8) MV (23) Paul (1) Philip Velichko (5) Raanan Avidor (8) Ricardo (9) Rob (6) Robin (10) rveguilla (5) Sally Robinson (0) Serginho (6) sillyjw (10) Simon Janes (1) Tabz (2) Tallin (7) Tech For Novices (4) TechDad1246 (8) Tim (43) Tomi (8) Tony Duckles (7) Valto (7) Vanguard (24) Vincent (6) woid (10)Explore read six notes
- Paul said: This is just too cool
- Valto said: very nice ;)
- Jrod said: ponoko 3d?
- Tim said: This looks really badass.. I want to try it out.
- Raanan Avidor said: I've been waiting for this forever.
- Devlin D said: This is crazy cool. From a marketing standpoint there is a lot of cool stuff that could be done with mass produced low cost customized items.
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Inspiration: Cool Vector Cars (1)
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- Ely said: Awesome. Must share.
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Help build dead simple tablet PC! (315)
onI’m tired of waiting - I want a dead simple and dirt cheap touch screen web tablet to surf the web. Nothing fancy like the Dell latitude XT, which costs $2,500. Just a Macbook Air-thin touch screen machine that runs Firefox and possibly Skype on top of a Linux kernel. It doesn’t exist today, and as far as we can tell no one is creating one. So let’s design it, build a few and then ...Shared by 100rabh™ (9) 4braham (2) AaronTN (34) Aashay (4) AC Valentine (16) achichi (16) Adam (7) Adam (5) Adam Shaw (0) adamconner7 (32) Adrien O'Leary (3) AJ (189) Alex (17) Alex (6) Alexander Carlill (9) Allen Thompson (14) amauf (13) Andreas (8) Andrew Ruess (121) Andy (16) Andy (1) Andy Wibbels (11) Angel (7) Appy (3) aqeeliz (13) Atle (3) Attila Nóbik (6) Aymeric (10) ayn (9) binarybiscuit (10) Bing (0) Boxpuppy (4) Brad Davis Seal (28) Brandon (6) Brendon Wadey (32) Brian Wilson (2) Bwood42 (8) Cast42 (19) Cavorter (25) Cem (2) cesaracardoso (76) Chandan (0) Charles Rice (3) Ching (21) Chris (14) Chris (16) chrismartintx (0) Christophe Maximin (15) Christopher Gizzi (27) Chuck LeDuc (6) Chung (111) cisellis (25) Citizento (0) Clint Ecker (15) Colin (0) corntoole (5) Crutcher D (47) Dan Kearns (28) danliebke (56) Darnell Clayton (2) darrellsilver (19) Dave (1) Dave (29) davidjs_uk (4) Deborah Petersen (36) Denny (15) Derek (13) deusdiabolus (93) Digg Boss (641) digits12 (716) diplix (3) djah (4) dolphonia (45) Dominic Foster (297) Doug (1) down (12) Drew Olanoff (144) Dustin (3) Edin (13) Edward (2) Egor (6) elmarco (5) Elroy (22) Ely (9) Eric (7) Eric (4) Eric (1) Eric (46) Eric (5) Eric (7) Eric Herboso (12) EricAppel (5) ewbrown (6) felix (3) Fernando (27) Florin (3) focoma (12) Gautam (15) Gene Locklin (49) George (6) ggatin (10) Gil (158) Gommit (28) Gonzalo Lopez (3) gort581 (29) GP (36) haraldf (1) Harell (3) Harper (91) Hassan (12) HejGustav (30) Holger (3) hoosteen (43) hoover900 (7) Iain (24) iAlja (30) Ian (7) IBCmass (177) iconolith (7) iemz (17) imma (4) invariant (0) iomegadrive (6) Isaac (3) Jackye Stephens (42) Jacob Carroll Ingalls (7) James (3) James Forbes Keir (19) Jan (17) Jane Burt (15) JayCrossler (10) Jean-Baptiste (2) Jeff (48) Jeff (23) Jeff the Great (14) Jenny (2) Jérôme Flipo (2) Jess (4) Jill (37) Jim (4) jmeallen (7) Joatmon (16) John (4) John (5) John (2) John (13) Johnny Software (67) Jon (27) Jon Ramvi (8) Jonathan (16) Jonathan Bloom (3) Jonathan Sterling (8) Jorg (1) Josh (5) Josh Bancroft (25) Joshua (71) Jrod (68) Justin (19) Justin (2) Justin Yost (81) Kabeer (1) Kai (429) Keith (7) Kesor (10) Kevin (9) kjmorley (9) Koka Sexton (12) Korben (2) kskobac (17) Lari Numminen (2) Lars Behrenroth (35) Leo K (6) Leobardo (37) Lisa Creech Bledsoe (1) LUCCHINA (442) mabisa (48) Mads (24) Manos (9) Manuj Darshan (9) marchewa (1) Marcus (0) Marin Purgar (22) Mark Cheverton (2) Marque (0) Martin (11) Matt (8) Matt (1) Matt Hoult (1) Matthew Daly (45) maxyRO (482) micah saul (0) Michael (14) Michael Jones (3) michael.twofish (7) Michaelk (17) Michel (0) Michel Rijnders (0) Mike (0) mike demarais (2) Mike F (456) Mike Perkins (90) Morgan (8) MrGuff (83) Mudiam (9) Munhitsu (3) Musa (6) NasirJumani (247) Nathan (0) Navarr (5) nicolas.boullosa (7) Nihar (19) Nikki (67) Niranjan Tulpule (1) Nitin Badjatia (3) Olya (1) onlythoughtworks (37) onurka (9) Oren (15) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (20) Pascal Sijen (3) Pat (3) Pat (8) Paul (0) Peppermint (7) Peter (2) Peter H (25) phil (3) Pierre (2) Qian (30) Rafael Capanema (17) Rainey (0) Rajiv Doshi (10) Rav (7) Régis Kuckaertz (9) Richmarcia (3) Rick Klau (105) Robert (5) rochoa (4) Roxee Cruz (6) Rumble (14) Russell (2) Ryan (46) S Anand (5) Sacha (20) Sam (12) Sandaruwan (16) sandy (8) sapereaude17 (0) Sean (0) Sergey Kapustin (12) Serginho (6) Shane (16) Shane Coffey (84) Shannon (15) Shay Frendt (8) sheng (1) sillyjw (10) simon (1) Simon Janes (1) simplynutty (0) Siva (2) Sky-Walker (38) smue (3) splashme (18) StatisticsIO (16) stephdau (4) Stephen (33) stevegio (0) Sue (33) sumidiot (5) Suraj Chandrakar (6) Tekla (2) Teresa (3) theCan (8) Theron (2) Thiago (3) Thomas (3) Thomas B (20) Thomas Reimer S (13) Tim (30) Tim Bertram (3) Tim Elliott (4) timbevil (14) Todd (21) Todd Mundt (70) Tom (0) Tom (0) Tomi (8) Tony Miller (0) Tony Ruscoe (14) Tor Erling (132) Trevor (40) twe4k (7) Uday Kiran (7) usrbingeek (6) Uzair (202) Vanchi (1) vega gravity (2) Veikko (1) Vinod (5) Vlad (7) Vudoo Vu (0) wcaw (74) WHB (1) winecast (5) wkelly (27) xcrow (0) Yan (20) YuSuPh (5) Zak M. (578) Zak Nicola (23) zapnap (33) سروش رسولی (15)Explore read 30 notes
- Marcus said: Arrington is a friggin genius and he is just the type of person who could make this happen. I really like the idea of keeping it on the cheap. IF this works out, and that is a big IF, I will line up and camp out to get one. Note: just don't screw it up like the 1G Kindle. I had high hopes for that thing and it really didn't deliver.
- Ryan said: This looks like an awesome idea. I'd love a dead simple internet tablet device.
- Isaac said: indeed. Good luck.
- Peter H said: I bet Apple will bring this...
- Brian Wilson said: I'm going to buy one of these if TechCrunch actually gets it working.
- iemz said: A eso le llamo yo tener suficiente influencia. ¡Qué nivel!
- Jeff said: This is an awesome idea! I'm looking forward to seeing how the end product turns out. I'll definitely buy one if it comes out as described in the article.
- John said: Open source product development, how cool is this!
- Fernando said: \O/
- WHB said: 200 Dollar? Hatten wir doch schonmal (und landeten bei über 300 ...). Die Idee ist jedoch recht gut. Die eingeschränkte Softwareauswahl wird jedoch meiner Meinung nach der Masse der Nutzer nicht reichen. Demnach benötigt die Hardware eine Plattform mit einer Paketverwaltung, idealerweise mit angepasster oder getesteter Software. Ich werde das Projekt auf jeden Fall im Auge behalten.
- Nikki said: THIS IS COOL!
- Darnell Clayton said: Drooooling....all over my keyboard. Where do I buy one of these? :-)
- focoma said: I don't get it, why stop at Firefox and Skype? Do something like what's in Asus EEE PC with none of the entertainment and productivity apps. Add Pidgin, some decent multi-touch, and I'll be seriously tempted to buy it.
- Jim said: I agree. With kids approaching college age, this is all they need, an open-source based $200 tablet... me too!
- Derek said: These people are so high.
- George said: Great Idea!
- Ian said: In related news, I'm building a time machine.
- John said: I would think this was BS if I hadn't seen TC's Wii (and other gameing systems) which are so cool to see in action. I can't wait to see what you all come up with.
- splashme said: If this works - it will be a huge shift in the consumer product business
- Justin said: This is how life should work - someone gets a good idea and makes a company decision to put it in action. Profit is not Michael's motivator
- Michaelk said: that would actually be kind of great. and still better than a kindle.
- simplynutty said: Freskin' sweet!
- haraldf said: I'll buy one!
- Angel said: Suena bien, aunque por un lado me parece oir "Nokia Tablet lite". Si logran hacer algo que se acerque a sus especificaciones originales bien podria valer la pena. Y si ademas esto hace que Nokia se ponga las pilas y tome un poco mas en serio sus Tablets, sera algo que agradecere mucho aunque no me compre una.
- Vanchi said: Cool Idea.
- Edward said: I want one to read ebooks.
- Matt said: This Looks Awesome. I'd Buy it immediately.
- JayCrossler said: Our RHAD project would be perfect to run on such a device - it's Open Source Java (web server, DB server, and map server), and can provide offline mapping capabilities.Of course... we already have this, just a bit smaller (with a monthly fee). It's called an iPhone3G.
- Theron said: I love tablet computers. I had a Motion Computer slate in my last job and wish I still did. Almost perfect in every way. I can't wait to see what they come up with...
- Sergey Kapustin said: I want one of those!
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Workspace of the Week: Organized Pixar wall (3)
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This week’s Workspace of the Week is hotrocket’s Pixar desk: Seeing that Wall-E was released a couple weeks ago, I wanted to highlight this organized Pixar wall, and the very empty desk that sits in front of the shrine. This reminds me of the very organized memorabilia office we featured a while back. If you have a collection of something that you truly find inspiring, it is possible to find a way to display them ...Contribute comment - Local iPhone support favors RP mobile developers (1)
