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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_56166" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://wpuploads.appadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Facebook-phone-concept-image-002.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-56166" title="Facebook-phone-concept-image-002" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/facebook-phone-concept-image-002.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="275" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Original photo: App Advice)</p></div></p>
<p>Deconstructing the myth of the "booth babe." [<a href="http://jezebel.com/5929026/the-myth-of-the-booth-babe">Jezebel</a>]</p>
<p>Speaking of myths, the Facebook phone is apparently a reality, which is a shame because nobody wants a stupid Facebook phone. [<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-25/facebook-is-said-to-work-with-htc-on-mobile-phone-for-mid-2013.html">Bloomberg</a>]</p>
<p>Roku continues getting cozy with pay TV, raises $45 million from News Corps. and BSkyB. [<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/25/roku-45-million-news-corp-bskyb/">TechCrunch</a>]</p>
<p>Kevin Rose on the new Betaworks incarnation of Digg: "It’s very simple, and there’s a lot of emphasis on real-time." Version one of the new Digg is set to debut in one week. [<a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/07/25/kevin-rose-reflects-on-digg-the-dangers-of-outside-investors-and-his-legacy/">GigaOm</a>]</p>
<p>Google is livestreaming its announcement about rolling out a fiber network in Kansas City today. [<a href="http://fiber.google.com/savethedate/">Google</a>]</p>
<p>Zynga shares tumbled 42 percent yesterday; not even gullible mothers taking care of virtual crops can fix that. [<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-25/zynga-misses-estimates-as-users-flee-social-games-for-mobile.html">Bloomberg</a>]</p>
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<p>Deconstructing the myth of the "booth babe." [<a href="http://jezebel.com/5929026/the-myth-of-the-booth-babe">Jezebel</a>]</p>
<p>Speaking of myths, the Facebook phone is apparently a reality, which is a shame because nobody wants a stupid Facebook phone. [<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-25/facebook-is-said-to-work-with-htc-on-mobile-phone-for-mid-2013.html">Bloomberg</a>]</p>
<p>Roku continues getting cozy with pay TV, raises $45 million from News Corps. and BSkyB. [<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/25/roku-45-million-news-corp-bskyb/">TechCrunch</a>]</p>
<p>Kevin Rose on the new Betaworks incarnation of Digg: "It’s very simple, and there’s a lot of emphasis on real-time." Version one of the new Digg is set to debut in one week. [<a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/07/25/kevin-rose-reflects-on-digg-the-dangers-of-outside-investors-and-his-legacy/">GigaOm</a>]</p>
<p>Google is livestreaming its announcement about rolling out a fiber network in Kansas City today. [<a href="http://fiber.google.com/savethedate/">Google</a>]</p>
<p>Zynga shares tumbled 42 percent yesterday; not even gullible mothers taking care of virtual crops can fix that. [<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-25/zynga-misses-estimates-as-users-flee-social-games-for-mobile.html">Bloomberg</a>]</p>
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