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  • Shopping With Friends: Search On Bing Mobile Deals

    Shopping With Friends: Search On Bing Mobile Deals

    So many deals, so little time! When Anna and I find ourselves out and about and in need of a good deal, we’re mostly just out of luck. Imagine how cool it would be if you could search only deals near your exact location from your mobile phone. Anna and I just discovered we can do just that because Bing mobile deals – available at m.bing.com on iPhones and Androids. Yum yum goodies!

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  • Hot And Not On Facebook

    Hot And Not On Facebook

    We aren’t actually trying to tell you what is hot and not- everyone has their own opinion. This silly video, directed by John C Dvorak, is the first step in developing a more cranky side to pop17. We’re excited for Angry Birds on Facebook!

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  • Say Cheese and Pitch!

    Say Cheese and Pitch!

    I don’t know about you but one of the highlights of my trip to Austin at SXSW Interactive this year was the Royale with Cheese Party Sponsored by Canaan Partners. Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm out of Menlo Park, CA that invests in people who turn visionary ideas into valuable companies. Cannan’s VCs are behind Match.com, DoubleClick, SuccessFactors, Associated Content, Zoosk, Lending Club, Blip.tv, Blurb, Tremor Media, PrimeSense and Kabam. The idea behid the party was brilliant! [...]

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  • #SXSW: Attending VS Watching The Tweets At Home

    #SXSW: Attending VS Watching The Tweets At Home

    SXSW is the first event many will book in. The moment the dates arrive, people scramble to book hotels and plan their schedules for the panels. This is my first time at SXSW. It is, in one word, overwhelming. The dense schedule is more then enough to make your mind go into overdrive. Weeks before I was due to come out to Austin, I was revising my schedule, trying to figure out where I could get to. To be honest, [...]

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  • Pop17 Is Coming To SXSW Interactive

    Pop17 Is Coming To SXSW Interactive

    With just one week to go until the launch of Pop17′s coverage of SXSW, we thought we would let you know about where to find us online and offline. Thanks to our video partner LiveU, Sarah Austin will be providing live video coverage of SXSW at Pop17 Live. Be sure to tune in throughout the day to catch up with what Sarah is doing. We would also like to thank Nikon for sponsoring Pop17 to be at SXSW. We really [...]

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  • Girl VS Gadget: MacWorld 2011

    Girl VS Gadget: MacWorld 2011

    Our greatest challenge yet is not just one gadget, but an entire conference for Apple fans. MacWorld 2011 takes a win after a challenging fight. The conference had some pretty cool gadgets and a silly iPhone app, but all and all Apple fans live on victoriously. It’s a great conference for Apple fans to come out and celebrate their favorite products and accessories.

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  • Drew Curtis, King of Weird News

    Drew Curtis, King of Weird News

    Drew Curtis is micro famous for his large presence online and involvement in off beat news aggregation. Fark started because Curtis liked to share news stories with his friends when in college and channeled his hobby into a website. Once Fark took off, he leveraged his fame into a multi-million dollar business and a best seller book on Amazon.

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  • Interview With Amit Gupta Of Photojojo At PSFK

    Interview With Amit Gupta Of Photojojo At PSFK

    Last week, at the Fort Mason center in San Francisco, while attending the PSFK conference, I met up with Amit Gupta. Gupta is the founder of Photojojo, a newsletter and website for photographers, and also helps to organize Jelly, collaborative meet-up style working events.

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  • Jonathan Coulton

    Jonathan Coulton is an excellent example of someone who took his internet fame and turned it into a thriving career. He is a musician with a heavy geek heart who resonates with geek cultures online. Coulton has one of the largest and strongest followings of internet fans – they totally lift him up and push his music forward. See also: music, wikipedia bio. Listen to this audio podcast interview of JoCo with Tara Hunt.

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  • The Story of Smosh

    The Story of Smosh

    Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox are known around the world (on YouTube) by millions of fans for their comedy series, Smosh. The two met in Junior High School, found that they shared a similar sense of humor, and eventually began posting lip dubs to YouTube. Fast forward to today: YouTube: #1 – Most Subscribed (All Time) #1 – Most Viewed (All Time) – Comedians #11 – Most Viewed (All Time) Now Smosh also has their own website which is gaining [...]

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  • Wiimbledon Tennis With Nintendo Wii

    Wiimbledon Tennis With Nintendo Wii

    As part of Internet Week, Wiimbledon, a tennis tournament played with the Wii, attracted enthusiasts from all over to come out, drink a beer and compete for a grand title. Other winning categories included most athletic, most dangerous, best costume and shortest shorts. Barcade in Brooklyn hosted for the second year in a row. Music by Podington Bear

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  • Interview With Nate Westheimer

    Interview With Nate Westheimer

    Nate Westheimer, born on April Fools day, is a 25 year old entrepreneur in New York City. Westheimer is the CEO of a wiki called BricaBox, a contributing writer to the Silicon Alley Insider and will be launching a live weekly tech show on the Mogulus platform.

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