Roundup: Obama’s views on tech, Circuit City has massive store closings and more

November 4, 2008 | MG Siegler | Comments |

Here’s the latest action:

Barack Obama’s views on tech policy — The polls all have him ahead right now, so we should probably know his positions on tech.

Circuit City closing 155 stores — I bet Blockbuster is pretty happy right now that its odd idea to buy the troubled electronics chain didn’t end up happening. The AP has more.

Flickr gets its 3 billionth picture — The uploaded picture is of a door.

Yahoo loses a couple more key guys — Scott Moore, the head of Yahoo’s media group, and Alan Warms, who leads Yahoo News, Tech and Education, are both leaving, according to All Things D.

Spot Runner lays of 115 — Ouch. That’s more than was expected, as TechCrunch notes.

Digg Dialogg gets another guest: Al Gore — The former Vice President, Nobel Prize winner and founder of Current Media will be taking unfiltered questions voted on by the Digg community.

Strands gets pretty for the iPhone — The content aggregation and discovery service now has a mobile version of the site. Interestingly enough, neither it or FriendFeed have a native iPhone app, opting instead for an iPhone-optimized web page.

THQ closes some of its game studios — The economic hardships have spread to gaming as well. 1up has more.

Panasonic is trying to buy Sanyo — I can’t really tell the difference between these televisions anyway. The Wall Street Journal has more.

Is the MacBook Air overpriced? — New offerings by PC-making competitors make it seem like it could be. CNET has more.

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MG Siegler writes about technology trends and new media for VentureBeat, with a focus on mobile topics, social elements and key news stories. Before that, MG wrote about technology on his blog, ParisLemon. Originally from Ohio, MG attended the University of Michigan where he studied film. He's previously lived in Los Angeles where he worked in Hollywood and in San Diego where he did web development. He now lives in San Francisco.

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