Pinger just came out of private alpha and now anyone can join the beta of this innovative voice messaging service. Send a voicemail to anyone, even to someone's email address...

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High Tech Trash: A book written by Lizzie Grossman.

First investigation of the worldwide health and environmental impacts of technology -- investigating not only the problem of electronics recycling (or lack there of), but also the damage being caused by the mining and toxic chemical production necessitated by tech manufacturing. The book doesn't just identify problems, but also details solutions. And it even offers "how-to" advice for consumers who want to properly dispose of electronics.

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My friend Tony Seba has just published his book: Winners Take All: The 9 Fundamental Rules of High Tech Strategy.

Rule 1 – Feel the Pain. Then Develop Your Product.
Rule 2 – Focus, Win, Grow, Repeat.
Rule 3 – Add Value Not Features.
Rule 4 – Have a Story. Communicate Clearly.
Rule 5 – It’s A Risky World. Sell Confidence!
Rule 6 – Convert Champions Not Deals.
Rule 7– Choose the Right Partners. Manage Them With Clarity.
Rule 8 – Design Products and Services That Are Easy to Adopt.
Rule 9 – You’re Doing Well. Congratulations. Now Change or Die.

Link to About Winners Take All - The 9 Fundamental Rules of High Tech Strategy - Tony Seba

Steve Yahn and Jake Whitney over at Editor & Publisher have written an interesting article on newspaper legal issues and blogs.

One of the few surviving stanchions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230 holds that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), one of Section 230's most ardent proponents, says it "preempts any state laws to the contrary."
Paul Alan Levy, a prominent internet authority and attorney at Public Citizen Litigation Group, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., declares: "What Congress said back in 1996 was that to encourage the development of the Internet as a means of communication, people who offer interactive computer services should not bear the liability for nasty comments posted by other people.

Link to Who Let the Blogs Out? Legal Experts Offer Tips on Avoiding Trouble

 Stanford University has a ton of resources for entrepreneurs:

• Listen to Podcasts of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capitalists, CEOs and other experienced executives, including Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Carol Bartz (Autodesk), Michael Goldberg (Mohr Davidow Ventures) and Joel Peterson (Peterson Partners, Trammell Crow).

Top-ranked Video Clips

• John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) on How to Negotiate Valuations
• Guy Kawasaki (Garage Technology Ventures, Apple) on Making Meaning, Not Money
• John Thompson(Symantec) on Core Mission, Focus and Simplicity

Newest Video Clips

• Marissa Mayer (Google) on Why Creativity Loves Constraints
• Gil Penchina (eBay, Wikia) on Working in a Start-Up
• Stephanie Keller-Bottom (Nokia) on Picking Your Partners and Your Team

Link to Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)

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