8 month ago
deusx : Jaiku users flee to Twitter as a result of Google's neglect - "Unfortunately, Google has allowed Jaiku to languish and is now suffering a backlash from frustrated users who are beginning to mass-migrate to Twitter, a competing microblogging service. "
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15 month ago
Andy Baio : Last.fm co-founder on their acquisition by CBS - the $280M price seems low and the idea of CBS eventually running Last.fm scares me
Rod Begbie : Last.fm -- the Blog: Last.fm Acquired By CBS - last.fm bought by TV & radio network, CBS. OK, the radio connection makes a little sense, but still strikes me that the other half of Viacom would have been a better match. #
deusx : Last.fm – the Blog - "Today, Last.fm was acquired by CBS, a company who had the first commercial radio station in the US, ran a record label (CBS Records), and amongst other things are responsible for several respected TV series (CBS on Wikipedia)."
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22 month ago
deusx : Techcrunch - Blog Archive - Google Acquires Wiki Collaboration Company Jotspot - Congrats, guys! "Google’s office strategy just got a whole lot richer with the announced acquisition of the wiki based company Jotspot."
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31 month ago
plasticbag : Are we held hostage by Yahoo's acquisitions? - It's always worth remembering that most acquisitions come at the point where sites are growing pretty rapidly and that scaling is a difficult and time consuming business...
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31 month ago
kayodeok : BYOB: Don't be surprised if Apple saves the day for Blockbuster Video - Apple's Blockbuster product strategy is simple. Start with a new iPod that has video- and audio-out capability. Take your Video-out iPod to Blockbuster, drop it in a kiosk dock then download from the local xServe your choice of 50,000 movies. You can rent
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31 month ago
Andy Baio : Google buys Measure Map - congrats, Jeff and the Adaptive Path crew!
Jeremy Zawodny : Here comes Measure Map - Here comes Measure Map: google bought measure map... saw that coming a mile away
Douglas Bowman : Google > Measure Map - Congratulations to Jeff Veen and the entire Adaptive Path team that worked on Measure Map. Here's to even better things ahead.
Jason Shellen : Official Google Blog: Here comes Measure Map - Google picks up Measure Map plus co-creator Jeff Veen and crew. Glad to have the deal all sewn up. #
kellan : MeasureMap goes to Google, which means Ruby at Google! - Beginning of a trend? (I'd say this will fix the MeasureMap scalability probs, except G hasn't fixed the ones with Gurchin yet) #
jkottke : Google buys Measure Map, Jeff Veen leaves Adaptive Path to work at Google - Google buys Measure Map, Jeff Veen leaves Adaptive Path to work at Google.
plasticbag : It's official! Google buys Measuremap! - I've chatted to Veen a few times over the last few months but still this is a surprise. It's a lovely piece of work, which I imagine will fit Blogger very well. And I'm looking forward to hearing about Google's culture and swapping notes...
Linkorama : Here comes Measure Map - Bought by Google, congrats AP!
jimray : Official Google Blog: Here comes Measure Map - Jeff Veen joins Google, as does Measure Map
Nelson Minar : Jeff Veen to Google - Good for him
kayodeok : Official Google Blog: Here comes Measure Map - Our goal has been to use the power of web analytics to help bloggers feel that same sense of connection with their audience. Today, as the Measure Map team joins Google, our mission remains the same: to build the best possible user experience so people ca
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31 month ago
kayodeok : PBS | I, Cringely . February 2, 2006 - The Walt Within: What If Disney's Prize Wasn't Pixar, but Jobs? - What If Disney's Prize Wasn't Pixar, but Jobs?
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33 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - del.icio.us: y.ah.oo!: yahoo buys del.icio.us
Andy Baio : Yahoo! acquires Del.icio.us - everyone I know now works at Yahoo
jkottke : Yahoo! buys del.icio.us - Yahoo! buys del.icio.us...muxway is all growed up. There's an interesting story in here somewhere about how Yahoo! is hiring/buying the "alpha geeks" (hackers, tinkerers, accidental entrepreneurs) and Google seemingly isn't (Ph.Ds, computer scientists) an
jimray : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - Wow
erikbenson : Yahoo buys del.icio.us. Nice! - Congratulations, Joshua.
Linkorama : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - I just thought I would link to it and add every recommended tag. Congrats Josh!
Paul Hammond : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - We're proud to announce that del.icio.us has joined the Yahoo! family
kayodeok : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - We're proud to announce that del.icio.us has joined the Yahoo! family. Together we'll continue to improve how people discover, remember and share on the Internet, with a big emphasis on the power of community
Philippe Janvier : del.icio.us : y.ah.oo ! - Après Flickr, Yahoo achète Del.icio.us. La fin du web tel que l'on a pu le connaître ces trois dernières années. Qui sera le prochain ? [via] #
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33 month ago
Andy Baio : CNET buys Consumating - not bad for two guys in their spare time; congrats!
Jason Shellen : Consumating is now part of CNET Networks - Congrats to Ben Brown and crew. However, CNET watch out he has a propensity for putting his 'DNA' on servers. #
jimray : Consumating bought by C|Net - Seems like an odd fit, but here's to Bubble2.0!
erikbenson : Ben Brown sells consumating.com, congratulations! - Every internet rock star needs to sell a website and move to San Francisco at least once.
plasticbag : Consumating.com gets bought by CNET - There really does seem to be a bit of an explosion of really early-stage acquisitions going on around the place at the moment. It's interesting...
ricmac : Consumating: bought by CNET - via waxy links
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34 month ago
kayodeok : Techdirt:Why Microsoft Wanted To Buy Claria - The problem is that, right now, AdCenter only does keyword based matching, and Microsoft desperately wants behavioral matching -- which is what Claria is now offering (even though that behavioral matching is based on surreptitiously installed software)
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36 month ago
jimray : Singing up for a new Flickr account sucks - My parents have had a helluva time trying to signup as well - blast you, Yahoo!
kayodeok : Flickr signup: From human to droid in a Yahoo moment? - The human voice of Flickr gave it a homey, quirky sense of people having fun doing what they love. From the very first moment you not only liked the service but also cared for the people behind it
Paul Hammond : Flickr signup: From human to droid in a Yahoo moment? - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) - consider the signup screen for Flickr after Yahoo
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Wired News: Flickr Fans to Yahoo: Flick Off! - A splinter faction of Flickr photo-sharing community members is threatening a symbolic "mass suicide" to protest closer integration with the website's new owner, Yahoo.
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Flickr: Flick off ...!.?.!.... - Welcome to the Flickr Accounts Mass Resignation Countdown group !
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kayodeok : EarthLink Acquires Anti-spyware Company Aluria - Aluria, which was founded in 1999 and based in Orlando, Florida, is best known for its consumer anti-spyware application called Spyware Eliminator
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37 month ago
plasticbag : Ian Gomeche Public Information Service reports that Ian Gomeche is in custody and has been sectioned
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37 month ago
jkottke : CNET buys Metacritic - Metacritic, my first stop when looking for movie reviews, has been purchased by CNET. Press release here. (Odd stat in press release: 170K uniques a month...seems low.)
Nelson Minar : c|net buys Metacritic - Good for Metacritic! (via kottke)
plasticbag : One of my absolute favourite websites - Metacritic - has been absorbed into the belly of a larger beast. Hopefully it will find safe haven with CNET. I love you Metacritic... - "After relying on a small group of volunteers as well as our own hard (and unpaid) labor over the past six years, we are extremely happy to announce that Metacritic.com will now be part of CNET's Games & Entertainment family of websites"
Andy Baio : CNET buys Metacritic - still catching up from last week's vacation
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38 month ago
kayodeok : We Don't Buy Gators - Anti-Spyware Movie directed by Wayne Porter and in my opinion, much better than the one directed by PaperGhost
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38 month ago
Andy Baio : Yahoo buys Konfabulator - they're releasing it for free [via]
kayodeok : Yahoo Buys Maker of Konfabulator - Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo Inc. has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web br
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38 month ago
kayodeok : News Corp. Buys Intermix for $580 Million - News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, is buying the online company Intermix Media Inc., owner of the social networking site MySpace.com, for $580 million in cash
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Microsoft/Claria Deal Dead - Microsoft has ended its acquisition talks with behavioral targeting firm Claria, ClickZ News has learned from a source close to the discussions. Another Microsoft source later confirmed that report
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38 month ago
kayodeok : MS AntiSpyware "Ignores" More Adware - It looks like certain WhenU adware programs, WebHancer and Ezula Toptext have been downgraded to "ignore" status by MS AntiSpyware
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Microsoft's response to questions about Claria software - It doesn't say much unfortunately
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Looks like Forever Geek has been sold to the same guy who bought Blogging Pro - "Well, I've acquired another big site. Drum roll please... ForeverGeek.com! That's right, I've purchased another site from good ol' Paul. I plan on taking good care of it of course. I've got a few ideas in mind for improvement."
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38 month ago
kayodeok : Microsoft should buy Claria - "Microsoft would most likely immediately kill the adware distribution and pop-up business, and gut the company for its personalization technologies. It's not like Microsoft has never devoured companies before"
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38 month ago
jkottke : When one company buys another company, which one benefits more?
kayodeok : When One Company Buys Another... Who's better off? - Whose stock does better - the target of a takeover or the company that made the offer?
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