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 | Anthony Ha Google has plans for another smart TV product, according to a report in The Verge. Apparently this set top box will be less ambitious and easier to use than... read more | |  | Greg Kumparak | |  | Tom Cross In the days before Twitter, Facebook and even Friendster had arrived, a great deal of social interaction on the Internet occurred via email mailing lists. The... read more | | |  | DJ Patil Summer is just around the corner, and if you're in college, chances are either you've already got your internship lined up or you're racing to get an... read more | |  | Devin Coldewey Participating in democracy "takes a certain amount of civic courage" -- and on the Internet, more than ever. No matter what position you take, however... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas SkillFlick is a U.K. startup with the self-described aim of building an 'Airbnb for local skills'. The site was founded two years ago, launching in beta in... read more | | |
 | The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Dan Farber, John Taschek, Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — celebrated... read more | |  | It’s that time of the week for CrunchWeek, in which a few of us TechCrunch writers plop down in front of... read more | |  | It's only been a few hours since Amazon revealed its new FireTV set top box, giving us a good chunk of time to... read more | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
