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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Why Mahalo, TechMeme, and Facebook are going to kick Google's butt in four years — The only reason you'll watch these two videos is because you trust me to add value to your lives and not sell links. — I explain how SEO-resistant technologies like Mahalo, TechMeme, and Facebook are about to upend the search industry.
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Insider Chatter, SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog, CostPerNews, Online Video Watch, Web Strategy and Joe Duck
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Google Will Be Beaten By Facebook, Mahalo: Scoble — Above is part 3 of a 3 part Robert Scoble video blog series on "Why Mahalo, TechMeme, and Facebook are going to kick Google's butt in four years." To see the other parts scroll on the player; Part 2 at around the 6 minute mark gets to the main points*.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Mail Out of Beta; New Features — The new Yahoo Mail interface went into public beta in September 2006, although Yahoo was testing it long before that. Tonight Yahoo takes the "beta" label off of the product and makes it the default interface for all new Yahoo mail accounts.
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Yodel Anecdotal, WebProNews, Read/WriteWeb, Mobile Messaging 2.0, VoIP Watch, GigaOM, ParisLemon, ResourceShelf, Download Squad and Mashable!
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Juan Carlos Perez / PC World:
Yahoo Updates Mail — Even after a long beta, revised Web mail service offers some surprises. — Recommend this story? — Yahoo Inc. will close an almost two-year public test for its new version of Yahoo Mail on Monday with several new enhancements, as the Sunnyvale, California …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Acer to acquire Gateway: so long cow spots? — Acer — the third largest PC company globally — just announced a definitive agreement to acquire Gateway. The acquisition has been approved unanimously by both boards and is expected to close by December 2007. You know, following the usual international, anti-trust approvals.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Bloglines Launches Beta Re-design and Start Page — Tonight Bloglines is launching a new design at beta.bloglines.com, which includes a new personalizable Start Page, more views, and drag and drop Ajax functionality. I spoke to new Bloglines GM Eric Engleman about the makeover and tested the Beta Bloglines myself.
Nick / Rough Type:
Should the Net forget? — The New York Times recently got some search-engine-optimization religion, and as a result its articles, including old stories from its vast archives, are now more likely to appear at or near the top of web searches. But the tactic has had an unintended consequence …
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Erica Ogg / CNET News.com:
Intel updates vPro for desktops — SAN FRANCISCO—Intel is expected to release the next generation of its vPro processor for business desktop PCs on Monday. — The updated processor—an Intel Core 2 Duo and Q35 Express chipset—includes the Trusted Execution Technology feature …
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InfoWorld
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
'South Park' Creators Win Ad Sharing in Deal — In March, the season premiere of "South Park" began by barging into typically risqué territory, with a squirm-inducing bit about the taboo of using a certain racial epithet. — To Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators and executive producers of …
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Tech companies, VCs, swing to Democrats — Now that the Democrats are the dominant party on the hill in Washington, tech companies and venture capitalists are contributing more to that party than they are to congressional Republicans. — For the first half of this year …
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Mercury News
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Play It Again, Nokia. For the 3rd Time. — Apple had the Newton. Sony struck out with the Betamax. I.B.M. blew it with the PCJr. — Every technology giant has one or two failed products it would rather the world forget. But Nokia, the world's largest cellphone manufacturer …
Dan Mitchell / New York Times:
In Online World, Pocket Change Is Not Easily Spent — The idea of micropayments — charging Web users tiny amounts of money for single pieces of online content — was essentially put to sleep toward the end of the dot-com boom. In December 2000, Clay Shirky, an adjunct professor …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Business intelligence: The next frontier — Business intelligence is arguably the most important enterprise application in your company. But questions abound: How can you get more workers using it? What are the new frontiers? And how simple can you make it?
Gail Schiller / Hollywood Reporter:
New media, new ideas tout shows for fall — NEW YORK — To launch their fall lineups, the major networks are turning to the Web like never before, offering viewers the chance to see premiere episodes for free and producing original content around their new series that doubles as entertainment and advertising.
Jeremyliew / Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog:
Will contextual advertising work for online video? — I posted last week about why I though that Google's new overlay advertising product would be good for the whole industry; Gootube has both the volume of inventory and the advertiser relationships to make the overlay a standard ad unit.
