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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Scoble To Leave PodTech, Heading For Fast Company — Famous blogger Robert Scoble will be leaving his current job at PodTech in mid January, he says. He will likely be joining Fast Company to start Fast Company TV. — Scoble was with PodTech for just a year and a half.
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Valleywag, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, bub.blicio.us, David Dalka, rexblog.com, Podcasting News and WebMetricsGuru
Times of London:
Microsoft swoop hands Multimap founder $25m — The deal, understood to be worth about $50 million, expands Microsoft's fast-growing footprint in web and mobile advertising — Microsoft has agreed to buy Multimap, the privately-owned British company that is snapping at the heels of Google's dominance in online mapping services.
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PR Newswire:
Microsoft Acquires One of Europe's Top Online Map Services — Acquisition of Multimap will help Microsoft deliver new, expanded services on the Web. — Microsoft Corp. has acquired Multimap, one of the United Kingdom's top 100 technology companies and one of the leading online mapping services in the world.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Yahoo Deal Adds Content From CNBC — Yahoo Finance, the most popular business news Web site, will begin distributing content from the business news channel CNBC on Wednesday. — Executives said the agreement would bolster Yahoo's video options and enhance the visibility of CNBC.com.
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Silicon Alley Insider, paidContent.org, BloggingStocks, Search Engine Land and WebProNews
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo (YHOO) + CNBC Distribution Deal: Cable Screwed? — Yahoo and CNBC have signed a distribution deal in which Yahoo Finance will distribute a handful of CNBC clips each day. This is a smart step for both parties, but it's also only a tiny fraction of what the two companies could and should do together.
Maryanne Murray Buechner / Time:
50 Top 10 Lists of 2007 — Top 10 Gadgets — #1. Apple iPhone — The iPhone changed the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform. The design is exceptional inside and out: It's got a slick glass-and-stainless steel case and an elegant touch screen loaded with eye candy.
Anne Zelenka / GigaOM:
The Next Social Network: WordPress — Could open-source blogging platform WordPress serve as your next social networking profile? Chris Messina, co-founder of Citizen Agency, thinks so. He's started a project called DiSo, for distributed social networking, that aims to "build a social network with its skin inside out."
Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Orb opens up iPhone — Exclusive Orb is expected to announce that it's supporting Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch in the next few days. Orb provides access to your playlists and songs on your home PC (as well as photos, videos and TV) from anywhere. It's Sling without the hardware …
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:
Mahalo takes a step forward with human-powered search engine — Jason McCabe Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo, believes that humans can outwit the machines. This is not a replay of Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" movies. Rather, Mahalo is a search engine that is powered by human judgment, known in Web 2.0 circles as "curation."
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Download Squad, PDA, Mashable!, The Jason Calacanis Weblog and Digg
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Matt Hickey / CrunchGear:
Helio's Ocean granted hot new native YouTube app; Downloads and Uploads now both totally mobile — I love YouTube. I mean I love it. I like unhinged videos of Mexican UFOs, crazy Japanese gameshows, and Lohan falling down. It's unlimited entertainment, because there are more hours …
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Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Gizmodo, Silicon Alley Insider, Electronista, Ubergizmo and localmobilesearch.net
Andrew Martin / New York Times:
Penthouse Buys Group of Social-Networking Sites — While the influx of free and low-cost video has hurt the sale of pornographic videos, the chief executive of the Penthouse Media Group remains so bullish on the sex-related entertainment industry that he is investing $500 million in a group of social networking sites.
MovableType.org:
Movable Type Open Source — As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source. This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose. — Just want the details and downloads? Skip to the bottom. But you might like the story of how we got here.
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Why do Apple customers care so much? — The question inevitably comes up when I meet people and they learn I write about Apple for a living: "So, what's that like?" — I usually answer, "It's crazy." There perhaps has never been a more interesting time to write about Apple and its growing impact …
Simon Atkins / Apple:
Apple Announces Hit Television Programming Now Available on the iTunes Store in Canada — Programs from Canada's Top Networks, US Favorites & NHL Now Available on iTunes — Apple® today announced that hit television programming from Canada's top networks, US broadcasters and the National Hockey League …
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Epicenter, Engadget, MacDailyNews, Macsimum News, MacUser, 901am, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Apple Gazette
Tony Ruscoe / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Toolbar 5 for Internet Explorer Released — A new version of the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer was recently launched. Some of the new features include: — Google Gadgets support - "With support for live feeds and custom site search, Google Toolbar custom buttons are more than just bookmarks.
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Why I Stopped Using Twitter — There's a lot of Twitter hype in the blogosphere today, and I've contributed plenty of my own Twitter hype in the past. So I thought it would be a good opportunity to offer some anti-hype, derived from my own experience using Twitter — an explanation of why I STOPPED using Twitter.
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mathewingram.com/work, Alexander van Elsas's Weblog …, rexblog.com, Virtual Economics, Chuqui 3.0, Business Week, michael parekh on IT, Hightouch, Ryan Stewart, Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab, Susan Mernit's Blog, This is going to be BIG., Mashable!, Online Video Watch, ParisLemon, Marketing.fm, How To Split An Atom, Paul Kedrosky's …, Jim Kukral, Podcasting News and Web Strategy …
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Zoho Show 2.0, Cleaner Look, New Features — Over the past two years Zoho has launched 12 applications along with 4 utilities, nearly all with APIs. The team has shown a strong commitment to steadily improving their products, making them a compelling alternative to the incumbent, Google.
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Download Squad, Zoho Blogs, CenterNetworks, Read/WriteWeb, Between the Lines, Zoli's Blog and Mashable!
