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Quicker Safari and iFund the iPhone cause Financial Market surge

While most people believe that the bounce back in the market today was due to the 75 basis point cut by the Fed, the truth actually lies in two new exciting announcements for Apple users.

Today Apple unveiled Safari 3.1 for Mac and Windows PCs - just 1.9 times and 1.7 times faster than Internet Explorer and Firefox, respectively.

Kleiner Perkins, one of the best-known VC firms in Silicon Valley also launched a $100 million iPhone Fund today, iFund. Ironically, their first investment is Seattle, Pelago. Check out Jeff Holden's (CEO and Co-Founder of Pelago) post on his trip to Cupertino and of course Mr. Job's presentation on the iPhone from a few weeks ago. (The iPhone purportedly now has 28% market share and 71% of the mobile phone web browsing market.)

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Brett Suchor

iCal, Yahoo! Sports, and the Rockies

For the last several years, I have struggled to keep up with the Rockies schedule. Are they home tonight or away? Is the game televised? In fact, my oldest son (7) would call me at work regularly to ask if the Rockies were on. Now after a magical season, the fever has already begun and I found myself listening to a spring training game on the radio.

Yahoo! Sports and iCal has made tracking the Rockies this year a breeze as I can easily add their schedule to my iPhone. Of course, now that I travel regularly to San Francisco and Seattle, adding the Giants and the Mariners to my calendar is just as easy (although not as important).

If you like sports, check out the Yahoo! Sports schedules offered in iCal format!

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Brett Suchor