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image thumb94 One Year Ago Today: Summing Up The Weekend: 24 And 25 April 2009

Yes, I was very lazy last year and the post frequency was almost next to zero. Chances are pretty high that I missed out the most important news of the day(s) and would appreciate if our readers can help us reflect back on history.

If you covered an interesting story on April 24 and 25 please feel free to share with with a link back to your profile.

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image thumb15 Microsoft boots 800 employees.. Don Dodge included

Bad day, very bad day at Microsoft as it cut short its staff by 800 or so employees. The worst part: firing Don Dodge, Director of Business Development for Emerging Business Team. Why exactly did that happen or needed to happen? The guy has been one of the most active people at Microsoft attending numerous conferences and events that are startup focused and to be honest it is a huge error laying off such an active person. The guy is definitely not slurring abuses at Microsoft and still honors the company, but in my opinion he simply wasted his time and energy for a company that didn’t return him with the same favor.