VoiceGem

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I could not get it to work on first attempt, but the promise of the service is amazing. You'd think someone would have done something like this a long time ago. I want to be podcasting with equal ease. The Twitter folks had it, but then they moved on to Twitter. They should not have shuttered down Odeo.

YC-Backed VoiceGem Brings Communication Back To The Future With Asynchronous Voice Messages

It doesn’t cost any money. It doesn’t require special software. It doesn’t have you send or open any kind of attachment. It doesn’t require a special international calling plan or card — or even a phone number at all. It doesn’t need a high-quality microphone system

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Facebook Doldrums

Facebook's problem is very real. This is not like when Amazon's stock price nosedived after the dot com bubble burst in 2000. That was an industry wide event. This is a Facebook specific event. Compared to that LinkedIn is doing fine for now.

And this is about cold, hard cash.

Data mining is where the money is at for Facebook. More mobile usage is not bad news - quite the opposite - if data mining is the primary way you monetize. More engagement means more data.

Below $20 is the red zone. Facebook has already entered that.

How Facebook Could Save Its Shattered Share Price

Now as it plunges towards half its IPO value, it’s entering a state of emergency

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