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Facebook Cofounder Quits To Start Facebook Competitor

Silicon Alley Insider  Oct 03 08

More high-profile losses for Facebook: The company confirms Valleywag editor Owen Thomas' report that Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and "top engineer" Justin Rosenstein have quit to start a new startup together.

"Dustin has always had Facebook's best interests at heart and will always be someone I turn to for advice," founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement.

This summer, Facebook cofounder/CTO Adam D'Angelo, VP of Product Management Matt Cohler, and platform exec Ben Ling left the company.

Update: The new company will be building an "extensible enterprise productivity suite, along with a high-level open-source software development toolkit, built for the Web from the ground up. Full story...

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Another Steve Jobs Email, This Time On Google's Picasa

Silicon Alley Insider  11 hours ago

From 9 to 5 Mac: A UK reader writes in to say that Steve Jobs has replied to his email regarding Picasa Albums on the iPad.

CHARTS OF THE WEEK: Here's How Much A Unique Visitor Is Worth (GOOG, AOL, MSFT, YHOO)

Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago

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Look At All The Companies Starting-Up Just To Build iPhone Apps Apple's Mac Sales Set To Beat The Street Again There's A Reason They Call It 'Old Media' Here's How Much A Unique Visitor Is Worth Apple's iPhone Platform Still Light-Years Ahead

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Time For Google To Come Clean About What's Going On In China

Silicon Alley Insider  19 hours ago

If the rumors and speculation are correct, Google.cn may shut as soon as this week.

Most pundits will likely praise Google for staring down the Chinese government and choosing “doing good” over “doing evil”.

South Park Plays "Tiger Woods: The Game"

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Californians Won't Let Death Come Between Them And Their Phones

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Re-Live The Best March Madness Moments With The NCAA's Cool New 'Vault'

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This Week's Best iPhone Apps

Silicon Alley Insider  less than a day ago

In this week's reminiscent app roundup:

Music, comprehended! Transformers, done justice to!

Zombie defense, executed within the bounds of Newton's laws!

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Palm: Here Is Your Survival Guide

Silicon Alley Insider  2 days ago

Engadget's Joshua Topolsky pens a lengthy article on what has gone so terribly wrong at Palm over the last year.

Steve Jobs: "I Almost Died" (AAPL)

Silicon Alley Insider  2 days ago

During an event to introduce the first living organ donor registry in the country today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told a crowd he "almost died" waiting for his own transplant in 2009.

Even With 8.2 Million Uniques, 4chan Is Only Worth $45,000

Silicon Alley Insider  2 days ago

With 8.2 million unique visitors viewing over 600 million pages per month, photo-sharing, meme-making 4chan.



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