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Feb. 11, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Quora-fied legal advice for start-ups, hot news goes to court and Twitter advice from Judy Blume

Start your apps: Sunlight Labs released its Real Time Congress API http://nie.mn/f8DiVF »

Great for correspondent Clark Kent, bad for Superman: China to turn phone booths into WiFi hotspots http://nie.mn/h5twbi »

.@JudyBlume on Twitter: “Sometimes I think, why am I doing this?” http://nie.mn/gjxRp7 »

TIMELY! A Social Media Week panel today at 3 p.m. on Egypt, activism and social media. Follow #smwegypt http://nie.mn/dQynqe »

For their issue on fixing LA, @GOOD is asking the crowd for help with the magazine http://nie.mn/ieBsVb »

The Mercury News is working with a private developer on a crowdsourced photo app http://nie.mn/hvKGdc »

Facebook wants developers to get creative with socializing the news http://nie.mn/hcM9vj »

Hot news, new media and defining the value of information http://nie.mn/gyR35a »

Last week 57% of links on blogs were about Egypt. That may skyrocket this week http://nie.mn/hayjhz »

Dollar signs trending: The cost of a promoted trend on Twitter is likely to go up soon http://nie.mn/fFCjgZ »

A start-up that makes HTML5 products for publishers challenges The Daily to make an app-like website http://nie.mn/gnCpD3 »

The Washington Post is investing $5-$10 million on a personalized news aggregator http://nie.mn/fO7hTL »

A Quora-fied site with legal advice for start-ups? Yup! Meet LawPivot http://nie.mn/frkX3M »

When papers look to cut resources, online video is getting reduced http://nie.mn/enwUpq »

 
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