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Apr 24 2009 10:23am EDT

First Bytes: Social Videos, 1 Billion Apps, Mt. Everest Calls

Netflix posts big profits and decrees that the future of video is social. (GigaOm)

Apple hit its 1-billion-apps-sold milestone today, but not with the help of a baby-shaking game pulled after much outrage. (Reuters, AP)

The Harvard Business Review on why the New York Times should buy Twitter and not just because the author thinks the Elmer Fudd-sounding New York Twimes sounds funny. (HBR)

Finally, a cell phone signal on Mount Everest. Meanwhile, my phone drops calls in midtown New York. (Reuters)

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