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Adolfo Foronda (@nerdstalker) and Greg Viloria (@SocialGreg) Weekly Picks for the Nerd Stalker Techweek Podcast: A tale of two acquisitions: A few thoughts on the $1 billion bets by Microsoft and Facebook bit.ly/HyjHoU Windows Phone trainwreck rollout? My thoughts. White House ask: Tell us your startup story | @scoopit bit.ly/IcaRjh / Speeding Up Innovation and Entrepreneurship With the White House's Startup America Initiative huff.to/HIJYof via @HuffPostBiz Mystery company backed by James Cameron and Google executives may be an asteroid mining project. http://is.gd/SHhrCP Speed round, what our community is talking about and wants to hear about: Facebook App Bug Can Steal Your Account Info—If a Hacker Grabs Your Phone [Security] bit.ly/HjMKKY HTML5 Media Center http://sensesproject.com/ Carriers Band to Fight Cellphone Theftht.ly/1KiIoB via @allthingsd Mix.js http://is.gd/T6OtnZ Former RIM CEO Resigned Because His Ideas Were Too Good bit.ly/HG3W0Z via @Gizmodo ...

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Greg Viloria aka @SocialGreg interviews Ahmed Siddiqui of SF Bay Area Startup Weekend. Ahmed discusses his path from a "big pond" to a "little pond" and Startup Weekend. Ahmed also discusses the upcoming MEGA Startup Weekend - the largest Startup Weekend event in the world!

Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda (@nerdstalker) and Greg Viloria (@SocialGreg) Weekly Picks for the Nerd Stalker Techweek Podcast: How Serious Is Facebook About Search? http://selnd.com/Huh71J by greg sterling  Japanese Court Tells Google to Stop Search Autocomplete in Japan - http://bit.ly/H7bnOW via @geekosystem  Research In Motion is dead http://bit.ly/H4bMTP via BGR  Do Not Track: FTC calls on Congress, firms to protect consumer privacy | via @ABroaderView http://bit.ly/GYoos5   Airbnb, other sites owe city hotel tax, SF says Speed round , what our community is talking about and wants to hear about: Tweet Seats: A Special Section In Theaters For… | Bit Rebels http://bit.ly/GTJdaz   Lumia 900 Nokia Windows Phone  Half of U.S. homes own Apple products | @scoopit via @rsaltzhe http://bit.ly/H2ssbl   Selling used Android phones poses huge identity theft risk, expert says http://bit.ly/H7Erk k via BGR oh and Instagram is now on Androi...

We have received reports the sell your electronics for money company Gazelle is sending the follow email out to some. It's a shame as this was a good program for fundraising opportunities. "Thank you very much for participating in the Gazelle For Good donation drive program. We are writing to inform you that due to very limited overall usage of the Gazelle for Good program we will be suspending all donation drives effective Monday, May 7th 2012. What does this mean for you? Please be sure to discontinue any marketing of your drive prior to May 7th. As of May 7th, it will no longer be possible to access your personal drive page and make new donations. Visits to the URL for your drive will redirect to a page explaining that Gazelle for Good drives are no longer active. While it will no longer be possible to accept new donations to your drive after May 7th, rest assured we will continue to process and deliver payments for any outstanding items received for your drive. ...

Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Backblaze CEO Gleb Budman. Backblaze announced it is leading the charge in supporting World Backup Day on March 31st as the Presenting Sponsor of this seminal backup event. As an online backup service provider, Backblaze offers unlimited online backup for $5 per month per computer including their “Locate My Lost Computer” feature. The Backblaze sponsorship will help enable the World Backup Day message to reach millions of people worldwide, reminding them to backup the photos, videos, files and memories stored on their desktops, laptops, and external drives.

Download MP3 It took iOS 5.1 just 15 days to match the adoption rate of the most widely deployed Android OS. http://is.gd/8gHmgo  New Facebook – Interpretation for Brands bit.ly/xFwyDa via @SocialSteve  Amid Privacy Concerns, Apple Has Started Rejecting Apps That Access UDIDs http://is.gd/UaukS6  Apple, Amazon, Google or Comcast -- Who Will 'Win' TV 2.0? bit.ly/H0usAt  Blip sheds partners: No money in Smart TV http://is.gd/myX4hC  Speed round, what our community is talking about and wants to hear about: Happy Sixth Birthday, Twitter dthin.gs/GKQDOq  Pair Is A Path For The Two Of Us http://tcrn.ch/H1C0Df  Google Voice VM now part of Android’s phone app bit.ly/GRpZN4 or Sorry carriers, 9 out of 10 tablets sold are Wi-Fi bit.ly/GAJdZo  Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger http://bit.ly/GNd8MO Social Greg’s Drippler Tip of the Week: How to Transfer All Data from Old iPad / iPad 2 to New iPad 3! http://ht....