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Ian / IanSchafer.com:
So What Happened At YouTube's Videocracy Event? — YouTube trotted out all their heavy hitters for their Videocracy event in NYC last night. — Here are some highlights of what they said: — For Content Partners/Creators — Get ready for active sharing. — Get ready for upgraded video editing tools.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
What's Next for YouTube (Video Editing, Recommendations, Advertiser Analytics) — Last night at an event in NYC dubbed “Videocracy,” YouTube gave marketers a sneak peak at some upcoming initiatives. Silicon Alley Insider's Michael Learmonth tried to get in, but was thrown out.
Vodafone:
Vodafone Hires Pieter Knook to Head Up New Internet Services Function — New organisation will accelerate delivery of the Group's Mobile Plus strategy — Vodafone Group Plc today announces the creation of Vodafone Internet Services which will lead the development and delivery of Vodafone's current …
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Peter Sayer / IDG News Service:Microsoft Head of Mobile Communications Out
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Scobleizer:
Microsoft researchers make me cry — It's not often that I see software that really changes my world. It's even rarer that I see software that I know will change the world my sons live in. I can count those times pretty easily. The first time I saw an Apple II in 1977.
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Anders Bylund / Ars Technica:
Yahoo turns to News Corp., leaving Microsoft jilted at the altar — Yahoo didn't like Microsoft's advances, despite the ostensibly sweet buyout offer of $44.6 billion, or $31 per share. So management is looking around for other sweethearts that could keep it from falling under the control of big, bad Mr. Softy.
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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
P2P Companies Band Together Against Comcast's BitTorrent Blocking — The FCC's inquiry into Comcast's blocking of BitTorrent has resulted in a new wave of unity among P2P companies, with competitors like BitTorrent, Vuze and Miro demanding enforceable rules against interference with P2P traffic.
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information aesthetics:
RIP: Yahoo! Design closed down — an anonymous source just informed me the entire Yahoo! Design Innovation team (once coined yHaus) has been laid off, part of a closing-down of all innovation teams at Yahoo. in addition, their work has been completely removed from their original website. infosthetics …
Michelle Slatalla / New York Times:
If You Can't Let Go, Twitter — SOMETIMES, you just have to trust your relatives. You have to be willing to let them leave the house unchallenged. Suspend disbelief and let them take the car. — That's what I tell my three daughters, anyway. But it never works out like that.
PR Newswire:
AT&T Adds to HSUPA Device Lineup With Two New LaptopConnect Cards From Option — Option GT Ultra and Option GT Ultra Express Available for Use on AT&T's 3G — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today two new LaptopConnect cards from Option, the GT Ultra and GT Ultra Express.
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Partners fund SCO Group's next lease on life — Stephen Norris Capital Partners said Thursday it and unnamed Middle Eastern partners will fund The SCO Group with up to $100 million to take over the financially beleaguered Unix company, move it out of bankruptcy protection, and take it private.
Electronista:
Apple files patent for “podmap” podcasts — Apple hopes to cement itself as the owner of a unique podcast concept that would serve as an alternative to GPS navigation, according to a just-published patent filing by the company. Describing the creation and management of map-based media …
Eric Lai / Computerworld:
Indie coffeehouses tell Starbucks: Bring on your free Wi-Fi — Smaller chains and solo shops brew wireless access their own way — Computerworld) Like many indie cafes, Seattle's Bauhaus Books and Coffee has long relied on free Wi-Fi to help bring in customers.
Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Zimbra's new Desktop: Look ma, no browser! — I fell in love with Zimbra's Ajax-style interface the first time I saw it. — Slick, powerful, and much more extensible than Microsoft Outlook ever dreamed of being. There was just one thing I hated about the Zimbra experience …
Matt Hickey / CrunchGear:
Indiana Jones 4 trailer, now in Quicktime HD! — Today is one of the best days I've ever had here at CrunchGear. So far I've written about a new Star Wars movie, the new Star Trek movie, and now I'm really, really happy to give you the new Indiana Jones movie's teaser trailer in HD.
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Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
How I started Seesmic and raised $6 million — I closed the initial funding of Seesmic in September 2007. The main investment came from Atomico's Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis (they invested $5.5 million on the $6 million). Talking to bloggers all the time, I have not been very good at keeping …
Reuters:
Sony PS3 seen leading hardware growth in 2008 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 will double its installed base this year, posting the strongest growth of any video game console and narrowing the gap with rivals, research firm iSuppli said on Thursday.
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