Viral Video: Biz Stone Talks Turkey (And Will Be Partying With Them Too!)

Happy Thanksgiving — this time for turkeys and not the people who want to eat them.
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The Future of Social Gaming Isn’t All About Facebook

In fact, other platforms are slated to represent much larger opportunities than Facebook, according to a recent study.
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VeriFone Willing to Shell Out $1 Billion Annually to Grow Payments Network

As the largest maker of cash registers and other payment processing devices, VeriFone is willing to spend up to $1 billion a year on acquisitions to stay on top.
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Is Turkey the Next Big Market Opportunity?

Nope, it’s not China or India. It’s Turkey. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, best known for investing in Google, Amazon, Twitter and Zynga, has made its first investment in Turkey.
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Intel CEO: We’re Big in Brazil, and Lots of Other Places

When it comes to the PC market research, firms see business growing a lot more slowly than Intel does.
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IPad 2 Hits Japan, India, Hong Kong Friday

The iPad 2 has a new Japanese launch date: Friday. Apple originally gave the iPad 2 a street date of March 25 in Japan, but canceled it after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that savaged the country. Today it said it’s added Japan to the second wave of international iPad 2 launches which includes Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

The Turducken-Free All Things D Thanksgiving Reader (And Watcher)

Hold the Turducken! Even without that freakish Thanksgiving treat, the Web is full of fun diversions on every topic, including the thankful, enhanced-patted-down long weekend of consumption Americans have ahead of us.

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Turkey Blocks, Unblocks YouTube

YouTube was blocked and unblocked again in Turkey on Tuesday, as a dispute continued over the popular video-sharing site’s refusal to remove videos deemed illegal by Turkish courts, worldwide.

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Google Reposts Barred Turkish Videos

Google Inc. on Monday appeared to be set for a renewed clash with Turkey’s government, when it reposted videos that a court had ruled insulting to the republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, effectively rejecting an attempt to end a ban on YouTube in Turkey.

Pakistan Takes on Facebook, YouTube and the Internet

A good reminder that the definition of the “World Wide Web” can change, depending on the country you’re living in: The Pakistani government is trying to block some of the planet’s most popular Web sites, including Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia.

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Sarah Palin's Dead Turkey Interview