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Social Map Roll-up: Will Platial + Frappr Be Strong Enough to Survive?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 18, 2007 1:57 PM / 1 Comments
Portland social mapping startup Platial has acquired old-school favorite Frapper, another social mapping service, it was announced today. If the announcement had been made yesterday it would have warranted inclusion Continue reading »


Web 2.0 Summit 2007: Mary Meeker and Internet Trends
Written by Richard MacManus / October 18, 2007 11:29 AM / 6 Comments
One of my favorite parts of the Web 2.0 conferences run by O'Reilly/CMP is the 15 minute quickfire presentation done every year by Mary Meeker. There is always a wealth Continue reading »


Adobe Preparing Full Shift to Web Apps
Written by Josh Catone / October 18, 2007 10:58 AM / 18 Comments
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen said that the company is working toward shifting all of their apps online, but that it would Continue reading »


Is China Attacking US Search Engines?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 18, 2007 9:27 AM / 10 Comments
Reports are flying all over the blogosphere today about "China blocking" more US based websites, including search engines, and in some cases redirecting traffic in China to Chinese search engines Continue reading »


MySpace Evolves - Developer Platform Details, Partnerships, Growth Figures
Written by Richard MacManus / October 18, 2007 1:03 AM / 3 Comments
This evening News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and MySpace CEO and co-founder Chris DeWolfe, were the featured speakers at the Web 2.0 Summit. It is the two year Continue reading »


Automattic Acquires Gravatar
Written by Josh Catone / October 17, 2007 7:44 PM / 7 Comments
Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic, the maker of ultra-popular blog platform Wordpress, has acquired universal avatar service Gravatar for an undisclosed sum. Gravatar, which stands for "globally recognized avatar," Continue reading »


Web 2.0 Summit 2007: Mark Zuckerberg
Written by Richard MacManus / October 17, 2007 4:33 PM
I'm here at the Web 2.0 Summit 2007 in San Francisco, the third year I've been to the conference. Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle started out with an overview of Continue reading »


AltSearchEngines at the Search Marketing Expo: Social Media
Written by Josh Catone / October 17, 2007 3:47 PM / 3 Comments
For the past two days, AltSearchEngines editor Charles Knight has been attending the Search Marketing Expo: Social Media conference in New York City. He's been live blogging every session from


Screenshots Out for Microsoft Office Live Workspace
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 17, 2007 2:34 PM / 16 Comments
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Screenshots_Out_for_Microsoft_Office_Live_Workspace'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Microsoft has been sharing with bloggers today some screenshots of the forthcoming Microsoft Office Live Workspace. The company made its Continue reading »


US Congress: Bloggers Are Journalists Too
Written by Josh Catone / October 17, 2007 1:00 PM / 6 Comments
Ars Technica reported late last night that the Free Flow of Information Act, which would grant protection of sources and documents at a federal level to journalists, including professional bloggers, Continue reading »


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