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Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
My take on the Google-eBay deal: Google Talk isn't interested in Internet telephony's full potential — While I believe it is a smart move for Google to work with Skype-owner eBay for click-to-call functionality within ads that run on Google, there's another side to this deal that I'm wondering …
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Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Google, eBay form advertising alliance — SAN FRANCISCO - In a deal between two of the Internet's most prominent properties, Google will begin selling advertising for Web auctioneer eBay outside the United States and help buyers quickly ring an online merchant to do business.
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:
eBay-Google Deal: More PPCall Clarity — The WSJ and NY Times articles were a little vague on details re the implementation of the eBay and Google deal. I reached out to Google and Skype and just got off the phone with Skype. Here's more information: — The Google-eBay AdSense deal is international.
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Google To Sells Ads For eBay/Skype — It's early here on the left coast, but already the blogosphere is alive with commentary about the Google/eBay click to call deal. — Russell Shaw pins Google's ears back on the lab experiment called GoogleTalk saying this means it's not going to be a major factor, and he may be right.
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Bloomberg:
EBay Chooses Google to Run Ads on Sites Outside U.S. (Update1) — Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. chose Google Inc. to run advertising on its Web sites outside the U.S. to help counter slowing growth at its main online auction business. — The companies will also introduce ``click …
Google:
Google Launches Hosted Communications Services — New Google Apps for Your Domain Available Now for Easy Email, Calendaring, and More — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the launch of Google Apps for Your Domain (http://www.google.com/a), a set of hosted applications for organizations …
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Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Google Apps for Your Domain vs. Office Live — It looks like the big news this morning is that Google just announed Google Apps for your Domain. From the press release Google Launches Hosted Communications Services we learn … If this sounds familiar to you, that's because it is.
Stewart Butterfield / FlickrBlog:
Great shot - where'd you take that? — Flickr's great for exploring photos by photographer, tag, time, text and group, and now it's also great for exploring photos by place. There are a couple of short video tutorials (or "screencasts") which give the 90 second overview on how to geotag …
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Niall Kennedy's Weblog, Thomas Hawk's Digital …, Download Squad, Lifehacker and The Map Room
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Flickr To Launch Geo Tagging Today — Sometime Monday Flickr will add geo tagging functionality and search to its pictures. — Adding location information on Flickr is done through the Organizr, under the Organize tab. In addition to the "Your Sets" and "Your Groups" tabs in that area …
Waxpancake / upcoming.org:Undiscovered Events, Flickr Integration, and More
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Turn Your iPod into the Ultimate PowerPoint Accessory — This is the second in my series of posts on various gear that I find useful. — Many readers of this blog work in PR or marketing or for Web 2.0 related start-ups. This means you spend a lot of time preparing presentations in either Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple's Keynote.
Peter Edmonston / New York Times:
At Forbes.com, Lots of Glitter but Maybe Not So Many Visitors — If Forbes.com was looking to create some Internet buzz last week, it succeeded. — The Web site published an article called "Don't Marry Career Women," which suggested that if a man did, he was more likely to be cheated on, get divorced and have a dirty house.
Ash / The Apple Files:
Testing your MacBook for Random Shut Downs — Following the frustrating experience of having my MacBook shutting down without warning, I came across a terminal command that "tests" if your MacBook suffers from the issue. I thought I'd share this with everyone considering that many MacBook owners …
Robert McMillan / PC World:
AOL 9.0 Accused of Behaving Like Badware — Anti-malware group says the software deceives users and interferes with computer use. — AOL's free Internet client software has earned the company a slap on the wrist from StopBadware.org, a consortium set up to combat malicious software.
Ken McCarthy:
Domain name madness... Some people worry about the power of Google. — There's only one force on the Internet that I worry about and that's... The institutions that control the domain name system. — Why? Because they have the power to change the domain name rules radically. — Who cares?
Dhiramshah / New Launches:
Philips Lumalive textile garments — Philips Research seems to be very keen on attracting the tech savvy attention at this year's IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) with a world-first demonstration of the jackets and furniture that are set to change the face of global fashion.
useit.com:
Use Old Words When Writing for Findability … "Speak the user's language" has been a primary usability guideline for more than 20 years. The fact that the Web is a linguistic environment further increases the importance of using the right vocabulary. — In addition, as my new book documents …
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Zend News:
Zend Technologies receives $20 Million in Series D Funding — Additional Funding To Be Used To Further Strengthen Open Source Software Development and Infrastructure Company's Leadership In The PHP Market — Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, today announced that it has secured $20 million in series D funding.
