Roundup: Obama’s big Bay Area night, Xbox 360 sells out in Japan, Hulu going international and more

Roundup: Obama’s big Bay Area night, Xbox 360 sells out in Japan, Hulu going international and more

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Obama Bay Area event sets fund-raising record — Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama visited the Bay Area and racked up $7.8 million in fund-raising, a record for a single event, according to Draper Fisher Jurvestson’s Steve Jurvetson, who, with his wife Karla Jurvetson, donated in $9,200.

Xbox 360 sells out in Japan — The Microsoft gaming console has never been able to gain a strong foothold in the country which prefers its own Nintendo Wii… Continue Reading

See you in line or in the FriendFeed room as we wait for the iPhone 3G

See you in line or in the FriendFeed room as we wait for the iPhone 3G

The iPhone/iPod Touch App Store is absolutely brilliant. Now it’s time for the next step: the iPhone 3G.

I’ll be leaving soon to go get in line at the San Francisco Apple store on Stockton St. If all goes as planned, I won’t be leaving until sometime tomorrow morning with a brand new iPhone. I hope you’ll join us in the VentureBeat iPhone 3G Live Launch FriendFeed room where I’ll be piping in updates throughout the… Continue Reading

Stitcher reads you headlines, we have invites

Stitcher reads you headlines, we have invites

After sitting at your desk all day, maybe the last thing you want to do is come home and sit at a computer to read your news. Or maybe you would just rather listen to it on your commute home via your iPhone. If that’s the case, Stitcher may be for you.

The personalized Internet radio service, which is currently in closed testing, allows you to listen to the latest news. Reading both the headlines and… Continue Reading