Around the Web 12.17.08: Hard times at hard-drive maker, the $197 iPhone
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-- The $99 iPhone at Wal-Mart appears to be a $197 iPhone at Wal-Mart. Engadget
-- If you believe any news you read in sources called the Inquirer, more people are asking to be buried with their iPods. Inquirer
-- Hard times for hard-drive maker Western Digital means the company will cut 2,500 jobs. LAT
-- Have some money to burn this year? Buy your loved ones a $2,000 phone, complete with multiple ball bearings. Bits
-- Is popular wedding planning site the Knot coming untied? Silicon Alley Insider
-- And is Yahoo stomping on video-editing site Jumpcut? TechCrunch
-- Apparently not every company out there is dying: StockTwits raised $800K in Series A financing. Silicon Alley Insider
-- Social network Tagged gets $5 million in funding too. (Who would give funding to a new social network?) PaidContent
-- The Bush shoe toss has inspired video games too. Wired
-- Obama wants to bring high-speed Internet to all Americans, so the race is on to be the company that profits. Washington Post
-- Now you can tap on your iPhone and it will summon a taxi. Even in L.A. TechCrunch
-- Alana Semuels
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