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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Posterous Beats Tumblr In Simplicity	New Y Combinator startup Posterous launches today with what might be the simplest blogging platform to date. Yes, it’s even easier to use than Tumblr, which has a cult-following of users who like to post lots of pictures and short messages. Here’s how you create a blog on Posterous - email something to post@posterous.com. You’re done. Here’s how you post something new on Posterous - see paragraph above. The subject line of the email is the post title, the text area is the...	June 28, 2008
Jaxtr Finally Enables Out-of-Network Calling, Raises $10 Million	Jaxtr, the online VoIP social network and service, has launched out-of-network calling that will allow users to call phone lines around the world. The new service will allow users to call family and friends (even non-members) from their own phones for a fraction of the costs associated with traditional long distance calling. The company has also raised a $10 million Series B funding round led by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners. To use the service, users need to enter each international numb...	June 24, 2008
Analyst initiations: AGO, LLNW, MBI and TYPE	Filed under: Analyst initiations, MBIA Inc (MBI)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Assured Guaranty, Limelight Networks and Monotype Imaging were today's noteworthy initiations: UBS expects Assured Guaranty (NYSE: AGO) to increase shares in the public finance guaranty market and take advantage of reinsurance opportunities. Shares were initiated with a Buy rating and $31 target. Merriman assumed Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW) with a Neutral rating. The firm believes investors should remain cautio...	June 23, 2008
Semtech: Analyst Sees Weak Power Management Orders	Semtech (SMTC) shares are under pressure today after Canaccord Adams analyst Bobby Burleson cut his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy, “following checks showing weak bookings in power management.” Burlseon says that orders from the notebook segment are likely to weaken, with a “negligible” presence for the companies chips in new models based on Intel’s (INTC) Motevina platform. The analysts expects “choppy revenue performance” as Semtech transitions t...	June 17, 2008
Verizon gives up the phone business, at least for some	Filed under: Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Verizon Communications (VZ)Verizon (NYSE:VZ) had decided that customers do not have to be landline clients to get the company's new fiber broadband and TV service. In other words, it is willing to walk away from its core business to move into the future. According to the AP, "Surveys point to about one in seven U.S. households now lacking landlines." More people are using their cellphones instead of the traditional h...	June 15, 2008
Foundry: S&P Cuts Rating To Sell From Hold	Standard & Poor’s telecom equipment analyst Ari Bensinger today cut his rating on Foundry Networks (FDRY) to Sell from Hold. Bensinger says he expects increaed adoption of 10-gigabit networks, voice over IP and power over Ethernet to be “solid long-term growth drivers” for FDRY. But he also cautions that near-term results could be hurt by weakening IT spending and intensifying competition, with new products from Cisco (CSCO) and Juniper (JNPR). He maintains a $12 price targ...	June 13, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round	Bullish Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Colfax (CFX) and Exxon Mobil (XOM). Bearish China Medical Technologies (CMED), Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI) and International Paper (IP). Join the fastest growing community of small cap investors at Stockhideout.com...	June 12, 2008
Apple Unveils iPhone 3G; $199 at 8 GB; Has GPS; Ships July 11; MobileMe Email Replaces .Mac; 6M iPhones Sold	The time is near. I’m sitting in an exhibition hall at Moscone West in San Francisco, waiting for Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs to give the keynote at the company’s 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference. As usual, the place is overrun with media, analysts and the Apple faithful. The 3G iPhone’s debut should be minutes away. I’ll keep updating this post through the morning. Stay tuned. It’s 10:02. We’re close. Someone just told everyone to turn off - get this - a...	June 09, 2008
BlogTalkRadio Gives Listeners A Voice With “Ask The Host”	BlogTalkRadio, the site that allows online broadcasters to generate shows using phone calls, has introduced a new feature they call “Ask the host”. The feature allows fans listening to live shows to interact with the show’s host in real-time using VoIP and their computer’s microphone. After finding a participating live show on BlogTalkRadio’s servers, listeners can “dial-in” with an embedded Flash widget. While the feature may not sound particularly e...	June 09, 2008
Ballmer Tells the Washington Post That Print is Toast	Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sat down for lunch with editors and reporters at the Washington Post and told them print will be dead in ten years: There will be no media consumption left in ten years that is not delivered over an IP network. There will be no newspapers, no magazines that are delivered in paper form. Everything gets delivered in an electronic form. I just hope the Post’s Website will still be around because it is a great distribution partner for TechCrunch. But seriously, ...	June 06, 2008

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