Techmeme: NBC UNIVERSAL TO ACQUIRE OXYGEN MEDIA (nbcumv.com)

8:05 PM ET, October 9, 2007

Top Items:

We're joining Google — Exciting news: Google has bought Jaiku today. — What does that mean? First and foremost, we're of course continuing to support our existing users. So fear not: your Jaiku phone, the Web site, IM, SMS, and API will continue to work normally.

Tony Hsieh / Official Google Blog:

Reach out and message someone — Technology has made staying in touch with your friends and family both easier and harder: living a fast-paced, on-the-go lifestyle is easier (and a lot of fun), but it's more difficult to keep track of everyone when they're running around at warp speed.

Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:

Breaking: Google Acquires Jaiku, Why Not Twitter? — Jaiku has announced that it has been acquired by Google. Jaiku is the Twitter-like service for keeping up with your friends via the Web or SMS. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed by the companies. — According to Jaiku:

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Google buys social mobile startup Jaiku — BREAKING NEWS: Jaiku, the Twitter (and Pownce)-like service from Finland, has been bought by Google. — Jaiku Founders Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen today posted this on their homepage: … The terms of the acquisition have not been released.

Discussion: CyberNet, Liberate Media and WebMetricsGuru

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:

Google: making big social media moves — I was talking with a Google employee last night at the Graphing Social Media conference. — Aside: why are there more Google employees there than Facebook ones? I think Facebook's attitude toward the community is saying volumes to all of us.

Discussion: A Media Circus

Marshall Kirkpatrick / Read/WriteWeb:
Google Acquires Microblogging Service Jaiku

Discussion: Google Operating System, Good Morning Silicon Valley, People Over Process, Guardian Unlimited and Searchviews

Mathew / mathewingram.com/work: Google: Why Jaiku and not Twitter?

Telegraph:

Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead — Some of the music industry's biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album without charge. — The band's website topped the chart …

Discussion: DSLreports, WebProNews, Techdirt, BloggingStocks, The Globe and Mail, Vitalsecurity.org, chartreuse and Brandon Live!

Ashshy / Ars Technica:

Record label defections by major acts a troubling sign for recording industry — When Brit-rock veterans Radiohead decided to self-publish their next album online, it was a bucket of ice-cold water over the heads of EMI, Sony BMG, Warner Music, and all the rest of the old-school industry elephants.

Discussion: Download Squad, CNET News.com and Playlist

Stephane Lafon / Google LatLong:

More Street View cities to explore — For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting new cities to be added to Street View in Google Maps, your patience is about to pay off. Today, we're announcing the addition of Street View imagery in not one or two but six new cities!

Discussion: Download Squad, Google Operating System, Webware.com, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Google Blogoscoped and WebProNews

Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:

Windows XP SP3 to include some Vista features — It's not just a patch and hot fix update, says site that leaked details — A Web site that leaked details of Windows XP Service Pack 3 over the weekend claimed that the update includes several new features, including some borrowed from Windows Vista.

Discussion: DailyTech

Ryan Naraine / Ryan Naraine's Zero Day:
Microsoft slaps bandaid on IE, MS Word

Discussion: Microsoft

Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com: Microsoft-Zend pact bears PHP fruit

Wall Street Journal:

As Tech Heats Up, Sages Dust Off Bubble Indicators — Goofy-Names Index Rises, — Perks Gauge Glows Red; — A 5th-Grader as Founder — SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Reserve monitors things like inventory levels and housing starts to gauge the economy's direction.

Discussion: Insider Chatter, The Open Road, TechCrunch and Screenwerk

nbcumv.com:

NBC UNIVERSAL TO ACQUIRE OXYGEN MEDIA — Strengthens NBCU's Position in Fast-Growing Female Category — Seven-Year-Old Female-Targeted Network Reaches 74 Million Homes — NBC Universal is acquiring Oxygen Media, one of the nation's leading female-focused cable television networks …

Discussion: paidContent.org, Epicenter, Deal Journal, alarm:clock, Business and financial news, Los Angeles Times and Mashable!

Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:

When Google acquisitions go wrong: the disappointing story of Urchin — In March of 2005, Google acquired Urchin Software Corporation, a San Diego-based web analytics company. A few short months later, Google Analytics was unveiled, which was based on "Urchin On Demand," Urchin's javascript-based …

Discussion: Gadgetopia and Google Blogoscoped

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

The Children's Hour: Facebook Apps Are for Toddlers (There, We Said It) — Fine, call me a grumpy old lady, because I don't want to pass around a toasty complex carbohydrate globally. — Right now on Facebook, I have been trying to decide what to do near on two weeks or more, after receiving a …

Discussion: All Facebook and John Furrier

Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:

Google tools to power virtual worlds — Get ready for online games set in your favorite Google Earth locations. — Virtual-worlds platform developer Multiverse Network is set to announce a partnership Tuesday that will allow anyone to create a new online interactive 3D environment …

Discussion: Download Squad, WebMetricsGuru, RealityPrime, Ogle Earth and Virtual Worlds News

Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:

Failing Fast It's a good thing — The only thing better than a "Yes" is a quick "NO". When you are raising money, selling a customer, or trying to get a deal done, it is the long drawn out process that never ends that will kill you. It is the same thing with startups.

Discussion: Insider Chatter

Ryan Hayward / Inside AdSense:

Introducing video units — AdSense isn't just for ads anymore; it's also a place to get video content for your site — and earn extra revenue at the same time. — We're excited about the launch of video units — a new way to enrich your site with quality, relevant video content in an embedded, customizable player.

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