peHUB Second Opinion 11.04

Today, stocks soared to their highest levels since Lehman went kablooey. Are you considering shooting an email to a startup that's of interest? Don't do these things in that email. Think location-based services are a passing fad? According to PEW, already 4 percent of Americans are using them. A look at VCs' love-hate relationship with the GOP. Giant oops. Microsoft's new motion-sensing camera, Kinect, has trouble with dark-skinned users. Worse, it's not the first. Will Netflix destroy the Internet? Farhad Manjoo thinks it's a possibility. Size matters for investment managers. He wanted $8 billion; instead, British financier Guy Hands was handed bupkis earlier today in his lawsuit against Citigroup. Find GM's roadshow here. Bummer. No new Bond film until November 2012.