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NEWS ABOUT: hype

hype stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - 3G landed in the US in 2003. But it wasn’t until the iPhone came around five years later that “consumers finally had a device that showed them the power of mobile broadband networks,” Stephanie N. Mehta writes in Fortune. In fact, "a few executives at... More »

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Verizon • telecom • Sprint Nextel • smartphones • 3G wireless networks • wireless industry • mobile devices • hype • 4G wireless networks

Novel About Corruption May Be Kremlin Official's Work

Close to Zero portrays bribes, fraud as commonplace in contemporary Russia

Aug 13, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A novel about a publisher navigating Russia’s complex web of political favors and payoffs may have been written by a top Kremlin official, the Moscow Times reports. Sources at Russky Pioner magazine, which published excerpts of Close to Zero before its release last month, say Vladislav Surkov, a powerful... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • corruption • Kremlin • novel • Vladislav Surkov • hype • Natalya Dubovitskaya

Search Service Will Answer Questions Google Can't

Though not intended to dethrone the search king, Wolfram Alpha will compete for clicks

May 11, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - WolframAlpha, a powerful new Web service that can answer a vast array of questions, has already answered one: No, it is not intended to dethrone Google. The site’s creator, scientist and entrepreneur Stephen Wolfram, is “not keen on the hype,” but others believe WolframAlpha could be a... More »

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Yahoo • Google • search engine • search • search queries • hype • Wolfram Alpha • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

Media Gets 'Silly' Over
Obama Ties to Blago  

There's little evidence of ties as questions pour from press

Dec 12, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The media is aflutter with questions over Barack Obama’s connection to Rod Blagojevich, and although it’s fair for the press to probe, things are getting “silly,” Joan Walsh writes on Salon. The only tie we’ve seen is Blagojevich caught on tape ranting obscenely that Obama... More »

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media • press • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • hype • President Obama • pay to play

Polish Actors Paid to Fake iPhone Frenzy

Phone company tries
to boost enthusiasm
with longer lines

Aug 25, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Poland’s largest mobile provider is refreshingly straightforward about its efforts to boost iPhone sales, Reuters reports. “We have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the iPhone,” a spokesman for Orange said. The iPhone flew off the shelves... More »

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Poland • iPhone • iPhone 3G • hype

Arrogance Charge Dogs Obama, Fueled by Misquote

Mark Halperin corrects the record

Jul 30, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Post reporter Jonathan Weisman fed the GOP line that Barack Obama is more presumptuous than presidential last night by quoting the candidate telling a gathering of House Dems yesterday, “I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.” Weisman quips,“... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington Post • hubris • hype • mis-quote

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