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The New York Times kicks up a lot of puffery about tech industry wealth It seems like all the pun...

The New York Times kicks up a lot of puffery about tech industry wealth It seems like all the pundits, er, loudmouths (including me) in Silicon Valley are talking about New York Times' Nick Bilton's article today where he points out that Silicon Valley is strutting its wealth.

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July 22, 2012 (4 photos)

A toy both my 18-year-old and my 2-year-old approve of THis weekend I got a http://littlebits.cc set. Cost? $89. What does it do? It lets you plug modules together that do various things. Start with power, a button, and a light, and you have instant fun.

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A Tesla and Twist test drive all in one

Yesterday I got to drive a Tesla S test drive. But why? To try out a new iPhone app that lets people know when you are going to arrive. Get the app here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twist/id449988837?mt=8 I've been using it for the past few weeks and it really rocks.

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STBI and Rackspace UK's Emma Boyle

Robert Scoble visits with Rackspace UK's Online Marketing Manager, Emma Boyle to talk about social media and its impact on online marketing. Emma Boyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladyblaablaa Emma Boyle on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emma.boyle.146 Emma Boyle on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/emmaeboyle

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Clustrix: The Leader in NewSQL Databases

Clustrix is the leader in NewSQL databases for transactional big-data applications. It enables fast-growing online businesses to rapidly scale to unlimited users, transactions and data, with no database sharding and full ACID compliance. Clustrix offers a radically simple yet powerful distributed database solution in the form of a MySQL-compatible appliance.

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Nokia Sold Just 600K Handsets In North America During The Last Quarter | TechCrunch

Nokia's troubles are Microsoft's troubles Nokia sold just 600,000 Lumia's in the United States last quarter. That's horrid. Really horrid. Google and Apple both ship that many in just a day or two. This matches what I'm hearing from developers: that Microsoft's Windows Phone is running at about 1.5% market share for those developers who support all platforms (which is fewer and fewer lately).

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Location-Sharing App Highlight Gets Biggest Update Since Launch

Here is + Mashable 's report on the upgraded Highlight (an app for iPhones that shows you other users who are within 100 yards). I used this as at the Flipboard Party last night. This continues to be one of my favorite new apps of the year. I'm not alone.

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