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Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
There's Some Mighty Pissed Off Flickr Members Right Now — Taken from the Flickr Blog announcing Yahoo's acquisition, March 2005 — [I am CEO of Zooomr] … Update #2: The SmugMug blog is offering a 50% special discount for Flickr users that want to migrate over there.
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Onethumb / SmugBlog:
The Dark Side of the Flickr Acquisition — You asked for it, you got it: SmugMug is offering 50% off to all Flickr refugees. Just sign up for our free trial using the coupon code flickr and if you like what you see, you'll get 50% off your first year. — We're getting some email …
Business Wire:
Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2006 Results — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. — "Our impressive performance in the fourth quarter demonstrates …
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Vishesh Kumar / TheStreet.com:
Mixed Message Mars Google — Google (GOOG - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) blasted past Wall Street's earnings estimates for the fourth quarter, but shares gave back Wednesday's gains in postclose trading as revenue failed to impress traders. — The Mountain View, Calif. …
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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Taking the payola out of DEMO-ing: The TechCrunch 20 Conference (or, I'm back in the conference business baby!) — I've always loved DEMO-style conferences (like the one going on in Palm Desert today) where entrepreneurs show off their creations for the first time to an audience of their peers, the press, and investors.
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ProBlogger Blog Tips, Crossroads Dispatches, The Gong Show, Scobleizer, WebMetricsGuru, Tech~Surf~Blog and Profy.Com
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The TechCrunch20 Conference — I am very excited to announce a new conference, called the TechCrunch20. This is a joint venture between us (TechCrunch) and Jason Calacanis, who broke the news about this earlier today. The format is simple: Twenty of the hottest new startups will announce …
Brian Briggs / BBspot:
Windows Vista Upgrade Decision Flowchart — With the launch of Windows Vista, many people are wondering if they should upgrade their computers to the new operating system. Here at BBspot we're dedicated to offering sound technical advice to businesses and home users, so we've created the Windows Vista Upgrade Decision Flowchart.
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Dsifry / Sifry's Alerts:
WTF? It's a new feature! — Great news - today we launched a feature I've really been looking forward to and that I hope you'll come to love as much as I do. It's called WTF (no, not that: It's "Where's the Fire.") — We've been doing a lot of thinking and planning lately about how we can help …
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The Technorati Weblog, TechCrunch, Mathew Ingram, Mark Evans, Micro Persuasion and Mashable!
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Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:Technorati WTF annotates keyword search results
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BBC:
BBC's download plans get backing — TV shows like Doctor Who are expected to be available for download later this year after the BBC Trust gave initial approval to the BBC's on-demand plans. — Under the proposals, viewers will be able to watch popular programmes online or download …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Google can't use "Gmail" name in Europe — Google's Gmail trademark just suffered a severe blow in Europe as the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market has ruled against the search giant's use of the Gmail name there, according to the man who opposed the mark.
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Jan Libbenga / The Register:Google loses European GMail trademark battle
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Lee Rainie / Pew Internet:
Tagging — Just as the internet allows users to create and share their own media, it is also enabling them to organize digital material their own way, rather than relying on pre-existing formats of classifying information. — A December 2006 survey has found that 28% of internet users …
comScore:
comScore Networks Releases Top Web Properties Worldwide for December; Reviews Biggest Gainers for 2006 — Worldwide Internet Usage Increases 10 Percent in 2006; Top Gaining Categories for 2006 Include Search, Multimedia, Community, E-mail, and Games — comScore Networks …
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Read/WriteWeb, Macsimum News, Blogging Stocks, Brier Dudley's blog and Google Operating System
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Giveaway Wednesday: FON Wi-Fi routers, Joost and some Babelgum — Update: Apologies for thinking it is Thursday. Apparently, there is two more working days, which kinda sucks. Clearly I have a bad hangover. Also, please slow down on the Joost requests. I have run out of invites.
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Business Wire:
Michael Dell Assumes Duties as Chief Executive Officer of Dell Inc. — Dell Will Remain as Chairman of Board — ROUND ROCK, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL - News) announced today that Michael Dell will assume the duties of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Games That Sell While Others Languish — Some of the video game industry's smartest minds thought that couch potatoes wanted richer graphics and more challenging virtual worlds. It turns out that a lot of potatoes simply wanted to get off the couch. — That may be the best explanation …
Peter / The Local Onliner:
Boston.com Ties Hyperlocal, Local Search — Newspaper sites have done a lot of window dressing with "hyperlocal" by adding neighborhood blogs and whatnot. But now some papers are challenging themselves to embrace hyperlocal in all things, as they seek to tame Google and Yahoo in search …
Seeking Alpha:
Google Q4 2006 Earnings Call Transcript — Executives — Larry Page - Founder, President of Products — Sergey Brin - Founder, President of Technology — Jonathan Rosenberg - SVP, Product Management — Omid Kordestani - SVP, Global Sales and Operations — Analysts
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