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The semantic Web has long been heralded as the future of the Web. Proponents have said that Web experiences will some day become more meaningful and relevant based on the AI-esque computational power of natural-language processing (NLP) and structured data that is understandable by machines for interpretation.However, with (Read More)
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No sale yet for Nielsen Business Media (NBM) but most of it is about two weeks away from being acquired by a consortium led by James Finkelstein’s News Communications, paidContent has learned from multiple sources. We have also learned that Lachlan Murdoch—yes, that Lachlan Mu (Read More)
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MySpace Music has now finalized a global licensing deal with the labels represented by Merlin, according to details tipped Friday to Digital Music News. Both companies confirmed the relationship, thanks to resolution on a major sticking point related to equity. MySpace noted (Read More)
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The morning-after paperwork from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) as control of Skype shifts to a private investment group led by Silver Lake Partners offers a look at the post-split financials for both companies—and the kind of detail on Skype we aren’t likely to see much of now that it’s no longer majority owned by a public company. Acc (Read More)
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Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations. The significance of this is made clear by comparing it with last week's release of 500 million time-stamped Twitter messages for analysis."You take this data, mash it up wi (Read More)
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Several well-known BusinessWeek columnists and editors are among the 100 staffers Bloomberg has cut when the magazine’s ownership is transferred next month. Some of the names include senior reporter Stephen Baker, Technology & You columnist Steve Wildstrom, personal finance e (Read More)
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As Bloomberg prepares to cut 100 jobs when it takes over BusinessWeek next month, some of the staffers being left behind are fairly high profile. The most recent names include senior reporter Stephen Baker, Technology & You columnist Steve Wildstrom, personal finance editor La (Read More)
Daily Kos:
The Breakthrough Institute issued a new report Wednesday, and it’s not good news. Teryn Norris, a senior adviser at the institute, discussed the report – Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant – in the diary Winning the Clean Energy Race: A New Strategy for American Leadership. You can read an overview and an abridged summary of the (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Great catch from the NorthDecoder on how Blue Cross/Blue Shield is trying to get its victims subscribers to do their dirty work for them. They sent out a letter [pdf] to subscribers threatening even bigger rate increases if reform passes: Your health care costs will rise even faster than they have in the recent past Healt (Read More)
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American Express just announced that it plans to acquire Revolution Money for $300 million. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval. Revolution Money, which was founded by AOL's co-founder Steve Case, launched in 2007. The company offers a number of services, including a payment and ATM card that offers discounts a (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Two pieces of great news for John McCain: In her book, Sarah Palin left what seems to be a strong hint that she is going to run for President. Sarah Palin is open to a Palin-Beck ticket in 2012. On the first item: ABC News' Teddy Davis connected the dots between a passage in Palin's book and comments by Mary Matalin whic (Read More)
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Billionaire EBay founder Pierre Omidyar is entering the local news business. In a blog post, Omidyar says he’s setting up what he is calling a “local news service” that will focus on covering public affairs and civic matters across Hawaii. The online-only service, Omidyar say (Read More)
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Research firm Gartner has just put out a list of the top ten mobile applications of the future. Well, not the distant future, but the far off year of 2012. Nothing on the list is all that surprising or, in many cases, even all that new. Instead, the list includes the sorts of technologies that are just now coming into their (Read More)
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I am at the Paley Center in midtown Manhattan, for their big yearly powwow on the future of global media and entertainment, listening to Katie Couric interview Jeff Bewkes and Les Moonves. Among the other questions, an audience member asked about the low ratings of CNN, compar (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Our friends over at the Economic Policy Institute hosted a live Webcast Tuesday featuring six speakers. The key conclusion? Progressive leaders warn of lasting damage from jobs crisis. One speaker was Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. Here's what he had to say: If you prefer to read than watch, here's a somewha (Read More)