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EBay is working on software to replace the guts of Skype but is worried that it may not succeed, may lose a court battle with Skype's founders over rights to the core technology and may need to do something drastic some time over the next few years. The company said in a regulatory filing yesterday that if the company fail (Read More)
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: My guess at what's happened over the last few months is that eBay said "we're not selling it back to you" and the old owners replied "well, we're going to fuck you over, then."
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1. Is this your first venture?2. Are you really an entrepreneur?3. Does your venture involve something you understand really well?4. Can your mother understand the value proposition?5. Can you see the right wave?6. What does your startup want to be when it grows up?7. Starting a company is hard and uncertain.8. Get a partne (Read More)
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Today we’re rolling out the long-awaited release of Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect allows Facebook’s 200+ million members to login and start Digging and commenting right away.
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A little startup called Bit.ly has unseated TinyURL as the default link shortening service on Twitter. This isn't just about shortening links, though. "The truth about Bit.ly," enterprise software analyst James Governor said today, "is that its not a URL shortener, its a trend management and metrics platform."The key idea (Read More)
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: I like http://Tr.im --1 less character and analytics--but if Bit.ly enjoys that big a lead, it'll be the one that sticks around when the Web 2.0 bubble bursts.
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i really love the NBC show #Chuck ... great geek culture references... join the #savechuck campaign and watch tonight... http://bit.ly/di0LJ. (Read More)
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This just might be unprecedented. Have we’ve seen anybody else use their own site To keep their paycheck alive?. (Read More)
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Engadget
We've been tracking MIT professor Angela Belcher's attempt to build batteries and nano-electronics from viruses since 2006. Scientifically speaking, the so-called "virus" is actually a bacteriophage, a virus that preys only on bacteria while leaving humans of diminishing scientific knowledge alone to doubt that claim. Now, (Read More)
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Can you believe that using social networking sites at work can increase your workplace productivity? A new study just published by Australian scientists found that taking time to visit websites of personal interest, including news sites and YouTube, provided workers a mental break that ultimately increased their ability to (Read More)
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TechCrunch
Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding. Twitter turned down an offer to be bought b (Read More)
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: I was amazed that the Facebook offer was not accepted but as this story points out the Facebook stock is not and cannot be considered the same as cash. Google can and will pay cash if they want but Google and Twitter do not seem to be as good or logical fit as Facebook and Twitter may have been.
: Twitter is a search engine & as a marketer, imagine the potential of knowing what your customers are thinking & saying in real time about you or the competition? Killer information. Besides, the BORG needs to continue to feed & assimilate.