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Facebook: What If More Is Less?
Written by Alex Iskold / September 27, 2007 7:53 PM / 31 Comments
In our recent post, MySpace: Hot or Not?, we took a look at the social networking giant to understand what's going on with the site. We found that while Continue reading »


From the Dept. of What Took So Long: MySpace Moves to Stop Spam
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 27, 2007 4:34 PM / 2 Comments
MySpace may have saved itself from being absolutely intolerable today when it added an option to require a CAPTCHA entry before sending a friend request. Every one's friend Tom announced


Google Acquires Mobile Communication Company Zingku
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 27, 2007 4:09 PM / 1 Comments
The Google-sleuths at Google Operating System broke the news this afternoon that mobile startup Zingku has been acquired by Google. Zingku provides all kinds of content sharing and alert services


Tip: Gmail Can Be a Social Network Aggregator
Written by Josh Catone / September 27, 2007 1:05 PM / 6 Comments
So we remain split on whether to call it a "social graph," but one thing I think we can all agree on, is that many of us are suffering from Continue reading »


Dapper Launching Semantic Ad Technology
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 27, 2007 11:15 AM / 1 Comments
Dapper, the Israeli founded super-tool that "creates an API for any website" is looking to make the transition from useful service to viable business with the release of DapperAds, the Continue reading »


MySpace Candidate Dialogues - Preaching to the Choir
Written by Josh Catone / September 27, 2007 11:12 AM / 2 Comments
Today was the first MySpace/MTV Candidate Dialogue, featuring US presidential candidate John Edwards. The townhall meeting style event was a joint presentation between MySpace's Impact channel and MTV's Choose or Continue reading »


Microsoft Launches New Live Search
Written by Josh Catone / September 27, 2007 9:43 AM / 2 Comments
The latest iteration of Microsoft's Live Search, which was first "leaked" last week, is now live and in the wild. According to the Live Search team, the improvements cover four Continue reading »


Mashery API Managment Service Announces Series A Funding
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 26, 2007 5:21 PM / 7 Comments
Mashery, possibly the coolest company in Silicon Valley that most people have never heard of, announced a Series A funding round tonight. The All-Star crew of angel investors in this Continue reading »


Web Apps Hit the Mainstream
Written by Josh Catone / September 26, 2007 1:07 PM / 9 Comments
A new study by Rubicon Consulting released today at the AJAXworld Conference in Santa Clara, California indicates that web apps have spread beyond the so-called "early adopter" set and have Continue reading »


Yahoo! to Close Its Podcasting Site
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 26, 2007 12:29 PM / 10 Comments
Two years to the month after launching its large podcast search and listening site, Yahoo! has announced that Yahoo! Podcasts will cease operation on Halloween, October 31st. The site never


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