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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Can PhotoBucket Survive Without MySpace? — There was a lot of fingerpointing, denials, and "he said, she said" going on today as everyone digested the news that MySpace had blocked PhotoBucket's 40 million members from embedding videos into their MySpace pages.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Photobucket CEO: Our videos don't have ads — The Photobucket vs. MySpace fracas took another mysterious turn Wednesday evening, after we got a chance to chat with Alex Welch, chief executive officer and founder of Photobucket. — "We are not selling any advertising on our videos …
Frank Taylor / Google Earth Blog:
New Google Maps Feature - 2.5D Buildings — Google is yet again adding features to Google Maps which bring it closer to Google Earth. In February Google added building outlines to major cities when you zoom in close. Now Google has added 2.5D buildings to some of those cities for Google Maps.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Google's acquisition strategy should think small (and mobile) — When it comes to Google's acquisition strategy the search giant may be better off playing small ball. — Sure Google's purchase of dMarc and YouTube are significant deals that get a lot of attention-lately as potential busts in the making.
Discussion:
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Ogle Earth:
Google Maps repurposes Google Earth's 3D content — Convergence between Google Earth and Maps continues: Highest zoom levels in Google Maps for 38 US cities now sport 2.5D buildings, repurposed from Google Earth's default 3D layer, like so: — It's not Microsoft's Bird's Eye view …
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The Map Room
Kate Holton / Reuters:
EMI and Beatles settle royalty dispute — The company representing The Beatles has settled a 30 million-pound ($59 million) royalty dispute with EMI Group (EMI.L: Quote, Profile , Research), in a deal that could finally pave the way for the Liverpool band's music to go online.
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Paul R. La Monica / Media Biz:
Apple changes its iTune? — Since Apple (AAPL) launched its wildly successful iTunes music store back in 2003, CEO Steve Jobs has adamantly refused to offer a monthly subscription service. If you want to buy music from iTunes, you do it either by the single or the album, that's it.
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MacUser, Download Squad, Infinite Loop, Gizmodo, gracefulFlavor, Blackfriars' Marketing and CrunchGear
Angus Kidman / APC:
Windows XP to be phased out by year's end despite customer demand — Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite consumer resistance to Vista and its compatibility problems. — By early 2008, Microsoft's contracts …
Victor Keegan / Guardian:
To the average Joe, blogs aren't cutting it — This month's state of the blogosphere survey by Technorati, the monitoring service, was greeted as if it were the online equivalent of the President's State of the Union address. It undoubtedly reveals a fascinating array of statistics …
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The Media Age, MediaVidea, Online Media Cultist, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and The Webpreneur
Joyce Wadler / New York Times:
The Drive-In Without the Drive — FOR video razzle-dazzle, it's hard to beat the $5 million mansion of the Florida concrete multimillionaire Bill Williams, in Naples. The slickest piece of engineering in the home is most likely the 32-inch Samsung LCD screen in the master bath, which …
PR Newswire:
Vonage Holdings Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steps Down — HOLMDEL, N.J., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG - News), a leading provider of broadband telephone services, today announced that Michael Snyder stepped down from his position as Chief Executive Officer …
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
How To Make Your Nokia N95 100 Percent — It seems some of the global mobile carriers in some parts of the world just can't let a great phone stay great. I'm referring to the Nokia N95 that has more bells and whistles than just about any mobile phone on the planet.
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This Is London, The Mobile Gadgeteer, The Jeff Pulver Blog, jkOnTheRun and Alec Saunders .LOG
Samsung:
SAMSUNG Launches New Mobile WiMAX Devices in Korea — New products are available with expansion of WiBro services in Seoul — Seoul, Korea, April 12th, 2007 : Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of telecommunication network systems and handsets, today released three new Mobile WiMAX …
Andrew Shebanow / Shebanation:
The Death of UI Consistency — Yesterday, John Gruber posted a gripe about the new CS3 panels and palettes and how horrible it is that Adobe put the close box on the right side. To John, this seemed horribly un-Mac-like, and in trademark style he concludes his gripe with an elitist …
Geoff Adams-Spink / BBC:
Braille converter eases web use — Age & disability correspondent, BBC News website — A free service that provides automatic Braille conversion is proving popular despite still being in test phase. — RoboBraille was started by a Danish organisation and now has partners in five other European countries.
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