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The Leaning Tower of Ping: How iTunes Could Be Apple’s Undoing

With each new product that Apple announces, including the revamped Apple TV and the new Ping social network, Steve Jobs reveals a little bit more of his plan to dominate the media universe. But I can summarize that plan’s fatal flaw in one word: iTunes.

Don’t get me wrong. I think Apple’s hardware is unbeatable, and my admiration for it has only grown since I got my first iPod back in 2003. My home/office is virtually an outpost of the Apple Store: with the exception of the TV, the videogame console, and the coffeemaker, almost every device in my house is an iGadget of some kind. The operating systems that power my Apple devices are pretty good, too. I love OS... Read more »

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Roundup, Life Sciences, acquisitions

PerkinElmer Sells Unit for $500M, Aveo Stock Climbs, Pfizer Buys FoldRx, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News

Erin Kutz 9/3/10

This week we saw news of acquisitions from drug giants, and got updates on several New England biotechs.

—The FDA alerted South San Francisco-based Genentech that it was not going to review its application for accelerated... Read more »

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Health IT, deals, VC

Life Image Secures $5.2M in Second Financing Round to Push Medical Images in the Cloud

Ryan McBride 9/2/10

Life Image has won further investor support after more hospitals have bought its new technology for exchanging medical images via the Internet cloud. The Newton, MA-based software startup has closed $5.2 million of a planned $10... Read more »

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National
policy, Leadership, people

U.S. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council Quietly Holds First Meeting in DC, Starting with Steve Case-Hosted Dinner

Gregory T. Huang 9/2/10

It’s a big day for U.S. innovation strategy. The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is holding its first official meeting at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, today—and Xconomy has some exclusive details.... Read more »

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Software, startups, Analytics

Buzzient Makes Social Media Analytics Software, Attracting Business Customers From Gaming to Financial Services

Erin Kutz 9/2/10

You’ve been sleeping under a rock if you haven’t realized yet that what’s being said on Twitter, Facebook, user forums, wikis, YouTube videos, and personal blogs has a big impact on what people think about a... Read more »

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energy, Life Sciences, startups

Mascoma Gets New Cellulosic Ethanol Technology Through $51M Deal With SunOpta

Ryan McBride 9/2/10

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National
IT, Life Sciences, energy

Innovators in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Northwest Top World Economic Forum’s List of Technology Pioneers

Wade Roush 9/1/10

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National
Technology, innovation, Analysis

Party Like It’s 1999: 10 Old Tech Ideas That Are New Again

Gregory T. Huang 9/1/10

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San Francisco
IT, cloud computing, acquisitions

VMware Adds Integrien and TriCipher to Up Its Cloud Computing Power

Erin Kutz 9/1/10

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Life Sciences, deals, startups

Pfizer Gobbles FoldRx in Big Pharma’s Latest Rare Disease Play in Boston Area

Ryan McBride 9/1/10

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National
innovation, Competitiveness, Government

The Innovation Imperative: How Corporations and Nations Can Survive the Tsunami of Global Competition and Thrive

Ken Morse 9/3/10

Government leaders in Europe and North America are seeking to formulate enlightened, effective policies to create the necessary ecosystems and help their corporations respond to threats of loss of markets at... Read more »

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San Francisco
Life Sciences, VC, Stem Cells

Will the Stem Cell Ruling Affect Venture Capital Investing?

Brad Webb 9/1/10

Last week’s federal district court ruling ordering an immediate halt in federal funding for stem cell research has thrown academic research circles into a state of confusion. This has caught the... Read more »

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cleantech, energy, trends

Lessons in Energy from an MIT Sloan School Grad

Mahesh Konduru 8/26/10

A little less than two years ago I made the decision to enroll at MIT Sloan for an MBA. Shortly after getting to the campus, I made the decision to look... Read more »

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