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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Is This the New iPhone?	A while ago, CG’s Matt Hickey got a packet of screenshots of a squat green iPod from an anonymous source. That same green iPod got us a C&D from Apple and was finally proven to be the iPod Nano. Well, Matt just got another packet of photos and aside from a few discrepancies with might just be looking at a mock-up of Apple’s marketing collateral for the new iPhone. What does it include? GPS, 3G speeds, a front facing camera for video chat, and iChat for — along with iChat f...	June 07, 2008
Chasing Value: Lorillard Inc. joins the S&P 500	Filed under: Press releases, Chasing Value, S and P 500, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008, Loews Corporation (LTR), Lorillard Inc. (LO)Loews Corp. (NYSE: LTR) just split out Lorillard Inc., which will trade under the ticker LO. Standard & Poors has announced that it will make Lorillard the newest member of the S&P 500, dropping Ambac (NYSE: ABK) from the index. (I mentioned this in early January when I posted Chasing Value: Loews Corp. has all the right pieces making it one of stock p...	June 04, 2008
Highest Yielding Cigarette Stocks	Are you looking for a stock that is recession proof, generates worldwide sales, and pays a high yield, you may be just looking for a cigarette stock. About 5.5 trillion cigarettes are produced annually and smoked by over one sixth of the world's population. Here are some cigarette companies that have dividends that are smokin'.Vector Group Ltd. (VGR) is a Florida based company that has numerous brands of cigarettes of Liggett, Grand Prix, Eve, Pyramid, USA and nicotine-free Quest. The stock has ...	June 03, 2008
TC/CG Meet-up Berlin: They Keep Coming	How’s this for some fun: We’re planning a CG/TC meet-up in Berlin to match the one we’re having in Prague and I’d like to get some tentative numbers for attendance. Head over to to Facebook or email john@crunchgear.com with the subject line “BERLIN ME” if you’re interested. We’d hold the event on Monday, June 9 at about 7pm at a location to be announced. Let me know what you all think. Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets...	May 05, 2008
TC/CG Meet-up: The Documentary	The kind folks at Jumpoff.tv filmed our CG/TC event in New York [more pics added, incidentally, so take a look] last week and he just sent us the footage. If you were there and had a company, you’re probably mentioned so take a look. Thanks to the guys at JumpOff for the hook up. Their site is dedicated to hip hop, entertainment, and, presumably, pasty men in khakis. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0 ...	May 05, 2008
AP Launches Mobile/iPhone Local News Feeds	It’s like a newspaper in your phone. I like the idea of location-targeted news from the Associated Press coming straight to my iPhone (and probably iPod Touch); it’s like the local page from your newspaper, but without the cow-tipping updates. A lot of the big news corporations are on board, which means you won’t be getting locked out of good local content. There will, of course, be ads, but you’ve got those in real 3D newspapers too. They say they’ll be launching a...	May 05, 2008
TechCrunch/CrunchGear Prague Meet-up Update	We’re a few weeks away from the Prague TC/CG Meet-up and things are heating up. We have four sponsors lined up for the show: Nelso - Multi-language local search for Europe GoodData - A data analysis suite by Roman Stanek, founder of NetBeans and Systinet, Newstin - Global social news Geewa Multi-player games for mobile and PC We’re confirmed at Restaurace Zvonařka on Friday, May 23 from 7pm until 10pm. You can RSVP on Facebook or email me with the subject line “PRAHA I’...	May 04, 2008
Investor Insight: Cliff Goldstein, AMIDEX35 Israel Fund (AMDEX)	The entire interview with Cliff Goldstein of AMIDEX is part of our new subscription newsletter, Israel Opportunity Investor. You can find out more about the product and the opportunities we cover at www.israelnewsletter.com. Can you tell us how AMIDEX got started? Cliff Goldstein: I’m a lawyer by trade. In 1998 I saw some really compelling advances being made by Israeli technology companies. I decided to go to brokerage firms to see if I could find a way to invest in this ingenuity. I was spec...	April 29, 2008
CrunchGear/TechCrunch Meet-up in Prague, May 23	Just a note to say that there will be a CrunchGear/TechCrunch Meet-up in Prague on May 23 with some giveaways and lots of good Czech pivo. I’m organizing this with Czech entrepreneur Jack DeNeut along with his site Nelso.com. We expect to hold it at Restaurace Zvonařka but we haven’t finalized the location. You can sign up on Facebook and watch TC and CG for more updates. I know people wanted to know about meet-ups a few weeks in advance so here you go. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard...	April 24, 2008
May 1 CrunchNetwork: Waiting List, Anyone?	Just a reminder about the May 1 NYC CrunchNetwork meet-up at Red Sky at 47 E. 29th Street between Park and Madison. The show starts at 7pm and we’ll have free drinks, amazing giveaways, and the entire CG team as well as Erick from TC and maybe a special MYSTERY GUEST who’s first name starts with M and rhymes with Ikele Smarrington. That said, we’re going to build a wait list. Head over to CG to take a look at our sponsor and giveaway list (we’re giving out 8 great phones...	April 24, 2008

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