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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Facebook Reality Check: It's not worth $100B, and it won't crush MySpace or Google (but it does rock) — At the Social Graphing conference on Tuesday our industry went in full-blown madness. A panel filled with Facebook fans (and some investors) got so worked up they claimed—among other things—that:
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Facebook Traffic Tanks - This can't be real? — comScore is about to issue September 2007 user engagement and page views data, and it seems like the SVFurby, I mean Facebook unique visitors took a little dip. See the little decline on the red line. I can't exactly tell how many and how accurate the data is, but it looks like a dip.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
There's More To The FaceBook Traffic Story — Om Malik says Facebook traffic is tanking, based on the September Comscore data which shows a 9.3% decline in uniques v. steady uniques at MySpace. — There's a problem though - he's showing unique visitor data but talking about traffic.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Facebook Dip Seasonal, Here is Why! — Update: Hey Michael when you say, "Om Malik says Facebook traffic is tanking" it is not quite true. As I said in my original Facebook-traffic post from late last night, I don't quite buy it. My exact words, "It just doesn't make any sense!
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Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:Petition: Facebook Increase Page Width for Developers
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft 'Live Events' targets Evite, others — Microsoft is launching a Web-based service for organizing events and remembering them afterward - trying to move further into the highly competitive areas of social networking and online photo sharing. — The free Windows Live Events service …
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Elinor Mills / Webware.com:
MICROSOFT LAUNCHING EVENT PLANNER — Microsoft is jumping into the world of online event planning with Windows Live Events, scheduled to launch late Thursday. — The free social event planning service lets you invite friends to an event and creates a Web page where people can share photos …
Mike Elgan / Computerworld:
Prediction: Starbucks Wi-Fi will soon be free — The for-pay Wi-Fi model at Starbucks feels old and stale, says Mike Elgan — Editor's note: This article headlines our TechGear section and newsletter. … Starbucks, the giant coffee chain with 13,168 locations worldwide …
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Outlook + Twitter = OutTwit — If you are an Outlook user, you probably have it open all the time. Now you can update your Twitter status and follow your friends without having to open any other applications. OutTwit seamlessly integrates Twitter into Outlook.
Amin Charaniya / Google LatLong:
Now Playing: YouTube videos in Google Earth — I love watching videos on YouTube. Every once in a while I'll see something so good that it makes me stop and wonder where it was recorded or how I can find more videos from that particular location. For instance, just the other day I stumbled upon …
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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Electronic Arts pays $860 million for BioWare, Pandemic Studios — Video game mega-publisher Electronic Arts has agreed to pay $860 million to purchase VG Holdings, the parent company of video game companies BioWare and Pandemic Studios. — This deal, expected to close in January, is the largest in EA's 25-year history.
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Confirmed: Yahoo expanding to Microsoft's backyard — It looks like Microsoft employees driving past downtown Bellevue to Redmond will soon be able to gaze upon a big "Yahoo!" sign, if they're so inclined. Yahoo has signed a lease for 115,000 square feet in Bellevue's One Twelfth @ Twelfth complex.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Being Stupid And Litigious Is No Way To Go Through Life — In the past we've posted communications whenever someone has threatened to sue us. I think it's entertaining, and it hopefully makes people think twice before firing up the legal machine with ridiculous claims.
Phone Scoop:
T-Mobile's First 3G Phone On Sale — The Samsung T639, a quad-band GSM/EDGE and WCDMA 1700 clamshell, is on sale at select T-Mobile stores in New York City. The T639 was given 3G approval by the FCC in July and is the first phone to be compatible with T-Mobile's 3G network, even though the network is not yet up and running.
David Kravets / Wired News:
Court Clears Way for Mobile-Phone-Unlocking Lawsuit Against T-Mobile — Wireless-carrier T-Mobile USA lost a California Supreme Court bid Wednesday to kill a lawsuit challenging the company's early-termination fees and its practice of locking down phones to work only on T-Mobile's network.
Tom Espiner / CNET News.com:
Ballmer: In advertising and search, Microsoft's way behind Google — ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says the software giant has a long way to go to compete with Google, when it comes to search and advertising. — Microsoft is attempting to break into online advertising …
