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Foursquare appears to be winning the SXSW battle for supremacy against Gowalla, according to a trend forming in the stream of tweets we follow on Silicon Alley Insider . On the right side of the site we have ” The Hive. ” We follow hundreds of people in tech, take the headlines and links they’re tweeting, collect them and rank them. ( More explanation here. ) Read the rest of this story

Apple had a chance to own mobile advertising company AdMob for $600 million, but blew it, the New York Times reports . In a story detailing the rancor between Apple and Google , Brad Stone and Miguel Helft report Apple made a formal bid to purchase AdMob for $600 million. Apple then had a 45 day period for due diligence where AdMob entered into an agreement that wouldn’t allow the company to shop itself around. Read the rest of this story

There are a lot of great venture capitalists who started out as entrepreneurs like Vinod Khosla or Josh Kopelman.

Whoa, Nelly! Isn’t this something? Apple has just posted details on its iPad battery replacement service, which is really not a battery replacement service at all. Check out the company’s opening line: “If your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee.” Now, let’s compare that to the verbiage found in the iPhone’s battery replacement program details: “If your iPhone requires service only because the battery’s ability to hold an electrical charge has diminished, Apple will service your iPhone for a service fee.” Read the rest of this story

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