1. Transparency on Trial? 2 hours ago   permalink

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A number of commenters have asked me to weigh in on the lively debate that emerged from David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog about transparency--not only on Kiva, but really about all attempts to make philanthropy more direct, starting with the pioneering efforts of Save the Children in 1940.

discussions

STEPHANIE STROM / NYT :   Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes

2. Haute Couture, Available Through Netflix Model 38 minutes ago   permalink

JENNA WORTHAM / NYT

Rent the Runway wants to do for high-end fashion what Netflix has done for movies by offering a simple mail-order system.

3. Link by Link: Refining the Twitter Explosion 1 hour ago   permalink

NOAM COHEN / NYT

There is way too much information — the number of tweets a day has risen to 26 million a day in October from 2.4 million in January.

4. Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites 6 hours ago   permalink

Leena Rao / TechCrunch

There are many sites that show trending links across the web including TweetMeme, Topsy, and Bit.ly. Recently launched splurb is now in the mix with its site that shows the most popular links that are trending on social media sites. splurb currently indexes Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Propeller, TweetMeme, Yahoo Buzz and Fark. Splurb tallies the number ...

5. CrunchGear Week in Review: Imported Treats Edition 9 hours ago   permalink

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6. Zynga’s FishVille Sleeps With The Fishes For Ad Violations 9 hours ago   permalink

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

Zynga's most recent Facebook game, FishVille, has temporarily been taken offline by Facebook for advertising violations . FishVille will remain suspended, Facebook tells us, "until Facebook is satisfied that Zynga demonstrates compliance with Facebook restrictions -- as well as Zynga's own restrictions -- on the ads it offers users." This is a ...

7. Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory 13 hours ago   permalink

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Time-lapse image taken over one night of a fireball travelling across the sky. It  was taken from a fireball camera network or observatory in Western Australia. © Phil Bland, Imperial College

discussions

Phil Plait / Bad Astronomy :   Meteorite found due to skycam

8. Tudou: A Push Towards Mobile Video and Profits 20 hours ago   permalink

Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch

Executives from Tudou—one of two companies left fighting it out to be the YouTube of China—were in San Francisco earlier this week to meet with investors and do a little schmoozing. I met up with CEO Gary Wang and COO Sam Lai, who already raised some $85 million from Granite Global Ventures and General Catalyst Partners, and they swore they ...

9. Scary Story - 2009-10-27 20 hours ago   permalink

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10. Michael Crichton 1 day ago   permalink

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11. Benjamin Franklin 1 day ago   permalink

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"All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse."