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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>SiliconBeat</title><link>http://www.siliconbeat.com</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SiliconbeatTech" /><description>What's next in tech</description><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:27:03 PDT</lastBuildDate><generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1</generator><sy:updatePeriod xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">1</sy:updateFrequency><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SiliconbeatTech" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="siliconbeattech" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">SiliconbeatTech</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Why Marissa Mayer’s Tumblr hip replacement won’t work</title><link>http://www.siliconbeat.com/2013/05/21/why-marissa-mayers-tumblr-hip-replacement-wont-work/</link><category>1</category><category>News</category><category>Opinion</category><category>Silicon Beat</category><category>Social</category><category>Web</category><category>marissa mayer</category><category>tumblr</category><category>Yahoo</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mike Cassidy</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:05 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconbeat.com/?p=42935</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[I gotta like Yahoo&#8217;s move to get all young and hip by blowing a billion or so to pick up way-cool site Tumblr. 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