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From A Geek’s Geek: Daniel Raffel’s Favorite New Projects, Products and Features of 2009

TechCrunch  Dec 31 09

When Daniel Raffel emailed and asked if we'd be interested in publishing his list of favorite stuff from 2009 we quickly agreed. He has worked on some of the more interesting projects in Silicon Valley over the last couple of years, and has his finger on the pulse of new technology. His post is below. As the year winds down, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at my favorite tech launches this year. As I started assembling my list and bouncing them off friends I started to group them into the following categories: New Projects, New Products and Services, Feature Updates, and iPhone Apps. Full story...

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