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Qualcomm Confirms FLO TV Shutdown Plans, Layoffs

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San Diego-based Qualcomm confirmed Tuesday evening that it is considering shutting down its FLO TV, mobile television service, after reports that the firm is planning to shut off the service. Qualcomm said it is suspending direct consumer sales of devices, and will continue maintaining the service until Spring 2011. READ MORE>>.

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FLO TV Offers Up Device Rebates

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San Diego-based Qualcomm has detailed rebates and refunds on users of its FLO TV devices, as the firm gets set to shut down its mobile television service. Qualcomm--which said in October that it would be shutting down FLO TV--said it is ending FLO TV service on March 27, 2011.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

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We realized afer 2011 that we were spreading ourselves thin by trying to make five to ten websites great. Evan Britton: We had worked our tails off in 2011, but at the end of the year, all of our sites were flat. That also particularly fits well on mobile. Our mobile traffic is up 450% over the last twelve months.

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What Mattered in 2010: Mike Jones, Myspace

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For us, it was a big departure from social networking and a new commitment to social entertainment. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? The second thing, is to look at companies who are creating value on mobile and the web that is not advertising based.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Armstrong, Clearstone Ventures

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Apple and the IPAD because it showed that the power of a mobile OS applied to the essentials of computing is good enough. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year (good or bad)? I am focused on two.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William Volk: One of our other real big hits is Bocce Ball, which was our first Playscreen title in January of 2011. Talk about your other titles?

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Schlep & Fetch: Delivering Anything and Everything, On Demand

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I'm also an entertainment and music writer. In May of 2011, we finally got a delivery, after two months of doing that. Our readers are very familiar with on-demand mobile apps--but it seems you were up and running even before you had an app. Bryson Strauss: I was a fine art curator and museum gallery curator for 25 years.

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