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		<title>Booting Up: The Beautiful But Deadly Emma Watson Edition</title>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:11:15 -0400</pubDate>
					<link>http://betabeat.com/2012/09/google-fiber-hackers-emma-watson-nokia/</link>
			<dc:creator>Kelly Faircloth</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_61746" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 213px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/220px-deathly-hallows-p2-1.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-61746" title="220px-Deathly-hallows-p2-1" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/220px-deathly-hallows-p2-1.jpeg?w=203" alt="" width="203" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">What, like we're going to Google a picture of her? (Photo: Wikipedia)</p></div></p>
<p>Warby Parker just raised [adjusts glasses] a $37 million round, reportedly led by General Catalyst Partners. [<a href="http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/09/warby-parker-raises-36-million/"><em>Fortune</em>]</a></p>
<p>Toys "R" Us plans to sell its own tablet for the kiddies. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443779404577641582484693296.html"><em>Wall Street Journal</em></a>]</p>
<p>If you search "Emma Watson" online, there's a good chance you'll land on malware. Also, you may very well be kind of a creep. [<a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2012/09/09/emma_watson_named_most_dangerous_cyber_celebrity/"><em>Boston Globe</em></a>]</p>
<p>Turns out even Google Fiber can't magic away racial and economic fault lines. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/us/in-one-city-signing-up-for-internet-becomes-a-civic-cause.html"><em>New York Times</em></a>]</p>
<p>Shit, remember the movie <em>Sneakers</em>? Oh, for the days when hackers had to leave their lairs! [<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/09/robert_redford_sidney_poitier_ben_kingsley_dan_aykroyd_what_it_was_like_shooting_the_movie_sneakers_.html">Slate</a>]</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_61746" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 213px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/220px-deathly-hallows-p2-1.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-61746" title="220px-Deathly-hallows-p2-1" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/220px-deathly-hallows-p2-1.jpeg?w=203" alt="" width="203" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">What, like we're going to Google a picture of her? (Photo: Wikipedia)</p></div></p>
<p>Warby Parker just raised [adjusts glasses] a $37 million round, reportedly led by General Catalyst Partners. [<a href="http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/09/warby-parker-raises-36-million/"><em>Fortune</em>]</a></p>
<p>Toys "R" Us plans to sell its own tablet for the kiddies. [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443779404577641582484693296.html"><em>Wall Street Journal</em></a>]</p>
<p>If you search "Emma Watson" online, there's a good chance you'll land on malware. Also, you may very well be kind of a creep. [<a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2012/09/09/emma_watson_named_most_dangerous_cyber_celebrity/"><em>Boston Globe</em></a>]</p>
<p>Turns out even Google Fiber can't magic away racial and economic fault lines. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/us/in-one-city-signing-up-for-internet-becomes-a-civic-cause.html"><em>New York Times</em></a>]</p>
<p>Shit, remember the movie <em>Sneakers</em>? Oh, for the days when hackers had to leave their lairs! [<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/09/robert_redford_sidney_poitier_ben_kingsley_dan_aykroyd_what_it_was_like_shooting_the_movie_sneakers_.html">Slate</a>]</p>
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		<title>Nokia&#8217;s Q1 Earnings Are In: Apparently the Beta Test Isn&#8217;t Over After All</title>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:01:44 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
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<p>Nokia may have scored a couple points on the hip chart with their commercials featuring <em>30 Rock's</em> Chris Parnell, but even Dr. Spaceman couldn't save the company from continuing to be pigeonholed as that cheap brand for throwaway <a href="http://dinofizz.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/nokia3310.jpg">phones</a> you buy during study abroad. Nokia's Q1 earnings reports are in, and while the Lumia nabbed some pretty impressive reviews, its actual sales numbers have been a little less than impressive.</p>
<p><!--more-->According to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop:</p>
<blockquote><p>We have launched four Lumia devices ahead of schedule to encouraging awards and popular acclaim. The actual sales results have been mixed. We exceeded expectations in markets including the United States, but establishing momentum in certain markets including the UK has been more challenging.</p></blockquote>
<p>As ZDNet <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/nokias-elop-lumia-actual-sales-have-been-mixed/74703">notes</a>, this is not great news for a brand attempting redefinition from low-end phones (but you can play Snake!) to high-end touchscreen devices. To top it all off, Engadget <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/19/nokia-head-of-sales-resigns/">reports</a> that Nokia's VP of sales, Colin Giles, resigned today following the release of the earnings.</p>
<p>Sad, really, because we loved Nokia's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=wK0DC7oJSJY">commercial</a> claiming that the beta test is finally over. "If you used any smartphone over the last five years," says Mr. Parnell amongst a throng of people screaming in celebration over the end of beta, "you were a secret product tester in the greatest social experiment ever undertaken."</p>
<p>It's kind of hilarious, but only if you don't think about it in conjunction with Nokia's Q1 earnings. Cuz once you do that, it becomes painfully obvious: at least for Nokia, the beta test continues.</p>
<p>Oh well, at least the Lumia makes for a great get rich quick <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/02/make-hundreds-of-dollars-from-microsoft-att-and-nokia-bending-over-backwards-to-sell-windows-phone/">scheme</a>.</p>
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<p>Nokia may have scored a couple points on the hip chart with their commercials featuring <em>30 Rock's</em> Chris Parnell, but even Dr. Spaceman couldn't save the company from continuing to be pigeonholed as that cheap brand for throwaway <a href="http://dinofizz.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/nokia3310.jpg">phones</a> you buy during study abroad. Nokia's Q1 earnings reports are in, and while the Lumia nabbed some pretty impressive reviews, its actual sales numbers have been a little less than impressive.</p>
<p><!--more-->According to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop:</p>
<blockquote><p>We have launched four Lumia devices ahead of schedule to encouraging awards and popular acclaim. The actual sales results have been mixed. We exceeded expectations in markets including the United States, but establishing momentum in certain markets including the UK has been more challenging.</p></blockquote>
<p>As ZDNet <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/nokias-elop-lumia-actual-sales-have-been-mixed/74703">notes</a>, this is not great news for a brand attempting redefinition from low-end phones (but you can play Snake!) to high-end touchscreen devices. To top it all off, Engadget <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/19/nokia-head-of-sales-resigns/">reports</a> that Nokia's VP of sales, Colin Giles, resigned today following the release of the earnings.</p>
<p>Sad, really, because we loved Nokia's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=wK0DC7oJSJY">commercial</a> claiming that the beta test is finally over. "If you used any smartphone over the last five years," says Mr. Parnell amongst a throng of people screaming in celebration over the end of beta, "you were a secret product tester in the greatest social experiment ever undertaken."</p>
<p>It's kind of hilarious, but only if you don't think about it in conjunction with Nokia's Q1 earnings. Cuz once you do that, it becomes painfully obvious: at least for Nokia, the beta test continues.</p>
<p>Oh well, at least the Lumia makes for a great get rich quick <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/02/make-hundreds-of-dollars-from-microsoft-att-and-nokia-bending-over-backwards-to-sell-windows-phone/">scheme</a>.</p>
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