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Thanks for the likes and comments! I'm the developer, let me know if you have feature requests or problems! adam@stumbleread.com - Adam Loving via StumbleRead

Like that I don't lose FF stream when loading an article, I don't like not being able to see the url, not being able to bookmark, etc. - Nice Fish Films

Yeah, not being able to see the URL is an unfortunate side effect of using frames. I may have to adapt it to a Firefox plugin... - Adam Loving via StumbleRead

Congrats, Adam. I'll start playing with it tomorrow. - Chris Baskind

This is a really great app... I am using it now while I post this comment. One question; what is the difference between this& an FFX plugin? - Roger Kondrat via StumbleRead

working great for me, too. Nice work - Nathan Rein via StumbleRead

StumbleRead is completely Web based, it uses Javascript and Frames. So there is nothing to download or update. - Adam Loving via StumbleRead

Come to think of it, popping out the left rame into a tall narrow window, and opening the content in a separate window might work nicely - Adam Loving via StumbleRead

It would be smart to stumble this, if you're an SU user. I've submitted it. - Chris Baskind

I don't get it... gui friendfeed? - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

Noah, sort of. Allows you to sit back and read the content discussed on FriendFeed in its natural environment - Duncan Riley

I use frames on my website. they tell designers it is a no no.... guess not - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

not good... I can't del.icio.us the frame - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

Noah, it's not perfect, but it's a reasonable start, see the comment thread here on FF for details re URL etc from the founder - Duncan Riley

I actually came across this the other day. I really like the idea, but the service could use a nice face lift and probably a few tweaks. They are on to something though... - Justin Korn

CNBC: Sources tell CNBC's Jim Goldman, No deal on the table. - Thomas Hawk

and in 60 seconds YHOO went from being up 7% to being up 2%. Wild. - Thomas Hawk

Between Mike Arrington and CNBC's Jim Goldman, Yahoo's mark cap flucuated by about $2.5 billion. What Arrington giveth, CNBC taketh away. Interesting interplay between new and old media. - Thomas Hawk

Google realtime quotes are fun http://finance.google.com/fina... - Bwana McCall

It's not Mike's effect. It's you all folks hanged to his lips. The question is "why"? I, myself, don't care actually :) - directeur

You make a great point, and it begs the question of how often power like this is abused. - Ben Reierson

and just like that back down to only up 1.4% on the day. pretty wild ride for the daytraders. - Robert Seidman

Think about this though. And I'm in no way suggesting manipulation here. Blogs tend to float rumors more than traditional journalism in my opinion. So if you *knew* a rumor was false but could get TechCrunch to print it anyways, in theory if you were well readied and positioned you could have profited millions of dollars between the TechCrunch rumor story and the subsequent CNBC reported rejection of the story. Just a thought. - Thomas Hawk

I get visions of pork bellies and orange juice and crop reports and randolph and mortimer and billy ray and louis and $1 bets - Bwana McCall

from the TechCrunch blog post: "The information we have is thin, but what one source is..." - Thomas Hawk

That's kind of a stretch. Newspapers once did the same thing. - Ryan

Correction - investors Don't Read TechCrunch . The news was on the the wire via Reuters !! So its idiotic to state that TC add's $1.5 cap to the market !- btw its not only idiotic its also stupid to think that TC blog /Mike can ever make such a dent in the market space.. he's just a blogger and cuts tech new's 2nd hand and this time its a Reuters source.. mainst/ wall street/ Puts and calls are placed based on the Reuter's news and not TC/Mike blog !! - Peter Dawson

Peter, Reuter's post at 10:22 was simpy. "Microsoft Yahoo Talks Back On -- TechCrunch" Reuter's was simply redistributing TechCrunch's story. This story was sourced by TechCrunch, not Reuters. The headline from my Bloomberg terminal rolled in at 10:07 and also referenced TechCrunch. - Thomas Hawk

I wonder if AP is going to quote TechCrunch... I don't think he got his check for the last quote :) - Bwana McCall

Thomas, arggggghh your correct.. but .. still .. I get this "traded up on bogus msft talks, then right back down" - its easy to spike the market , but creditability is also important. lets wait and see how this pans out.. then let's talk about the power of a blog. yep and dont' 4get madmoney and don't sale bearsterns call :)- - Peter Dawson

Carl Icahn and Arrington friends? - Andrew Smith

Peter, I don't think it's so easy to spike the market by $1.5 billion, even if it's just for 20 minutes. I'm not sure a blog has ever done that before actually. An awful lot of money could have been made in that 20 minutes. I've always thought Jim Cramer is a huge blowhard and his "noise" is detrimental to solid investing. I think his "Mad Money" show actually does more harm than good. - Thomas Hawk

I was a day trader 8 years ago. Made a lot of money but quit because of stress and addiction. I have not followed the market since. - Russellreno

yeah how many puts and calls were made within 20min and then how much $$$ was actually made net net ?? I am calling this as "bogus" call.. Mike is famous for this.. Please read the updates to the MSM entries CNBC later reported that the companies aren't in discussions, and the shares gave back most of the 11 percent gain." - Peter Dawson

What's interesting here is that Arrington has written dozens of posts in the past few weeks trashing Yahoo / Jerry Yang and none of those posts caused the stock to move like it did today (beating a dead horse?) - i.e. the stock seems to be more sensitive to upside rumors versus a continuous stream on negative news. Personally, I think the negative posts about Yahoo are about as enlightening as a weatherman standing in a downpour and forecasting rainy weather. - Mike Doeff

What valuation does that put TechCrunch at? Looks like they might be bigger than all the social networks combined! - Devlin Dunsmore via twhirl

well the I hope Mike A. bought a load of stock before publishing ;) - DC Crowley via twhirl

DC Crowley, nah, Mike's too smart to be involved with insider trading. It does make you wonder though if security regulators might start taking a closer look at blogs like TechCrunch. - Thomas Hawk

All hail the mighty Mike. - David Risley

ANyone who thinks Mike A can shift a stock price needs their heqd examining. Most the peeps on WS I know think he's flaky at best. - Dennis Howlett via twhirl

Thomas , SOX and SEC will catch up to Mike soon - (SEC enacted Rule 10b5-1) , itt may not for inside trading but certainly he /his blog can be termed as an instrument in a bettting and helping inside trading ( aka martha Stuwart ?) .. He'll become some1's bitch on the inside for sure .. - Peter Dawson

Dennis Howlett, explain the jump and subsequent decline of Yahoo's stock then if it wasn't Arrington who moved the needle here. He was the only source on a story and I watched the stock fluctuate about 7% in less than 20 minutes. - Thomas Hawk

very interesting... Bets are Yahoo and Microsoft are talking.. - Victor Caballero

And yet not a single comment from Arrington on this....reminds me of something similar I saw a while back.... - Snay Trivedi

@Peter your words: "So its idiotic to state that TC add's $1.5 cap to the market !- btw its not only idiotic its also stupid to think that TC blog /Mike can ever make such a dent in the market space." Followed by, "its easy to spike the market." Followed by, "I am calling this as "bogus" call.. Mike is famous for this.." Followed by, "Thomas , SOX and SEC will catch up to Mike soon - (SEC enacted Rule 10b5-1)." Which is it? Is Arrington influential or not? Did the post influence the market or not? - Christian Anderson

If I were Arrington, I'd start investing in the stock market and increase my amout of posts on "particular" companies. - Mark Frost via twhirl

marketwatch.com credits TC http://www.marketwatch.com/new... - Andrew Smith

@Christian, I was wrong w/first comment "dent in the market " and source. I corrected myself above. I still stand by "bogus call" and "spike the market". To answer the question, YES to "influential" - and YES to "influence the market". Like I said, bogus call.. lets wait to see creditability stats and see how investors / market reacts to his post.. its too early . In 30min rmarket closes. aftermarket calls and chatter will soon prove if mike was right or wrong .. and wither my bogus call is right or wrong - Peter Dawson

@mark, I agree with you.. Mike should invest and also blog about it.. then he will soon be in the slammer for inside trading.. all this personification and kissing Mike A's butt is really amusing.. - Peter Dawson

Can anything running Windows Mobile be considered an iPhone competitor? I think not. - Leo Laporte

I agree. As much as I like my Samsung Blackjack II, WM is sooo painful. - Larry

absolutely agree, anything Windows stays in a different league from OS X. Win Mobile Sux. - Parth Awasthi via twhirl

Pretty. Too bad that Windows Mobile is not on par at the moment. Then again the current iPhone OS is also a little crippled. Phones like these Samsungs make a killing on the markets where the iPhone is not readily available. - Conrad