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links for 2008-04-30

• Charlie Rose Face Plants to Save His MacBook Air - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
  Yeah, you read that headline right. Apple couldn’t pay for better press than this.
• Thou Shalt Not E-mail Press Releases to a Supporter List - Patrick Ruffini, Twitter
• BlackBerry-Maker RIM Seeks Apple Insider - MG Siegler, VentureBeat
  “As part of a newly-created team, you’ll influence the development and design of BlackBerry software. This is a very confidential brand new team and a senior position within RIM so I can’t provide too many details. I guess you can figure out what it
• End of Speculation: The Real Twitter Usage Numbers - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
  Speculation about Twitter’s new round of financing is leading everyone to speculate on Twitter’s actual penetration into the “mainstream,” or lack thereof.
• Friends of the Earmark Make Themselves Heard - Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Washington Post
  The hottest document on Capitol Hill is an anonymous six-page white paper that defends, of all things, earmarks—those much-maligned home-state projects that lawmakers shoehorn into spending bills.