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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
FriendFeed Is This Years Twitter, But Why? — If you haven't been keeping up with the noise, FriendFeed is the hot startup of the minute. The service launched to the public February 25 and announced $5 million in funding at the same time. — The concept of FriendFeed is simple enough.
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louisgray.com:
Duncan Riley Misses the Point of FriendFeed — Yesterday, it could be said that FriendFeed “tipped”, as TechMeme's Gabe Rivera put it. Dozens of visible FriendFeed users reported getting an unprecedented swarm of subscriptions by new friends, and the site gained incredible exposure via comments …
Brian Solis / bub.blicio.us:
FriendFeed Appeals to the A-List and the Entire Alphabet-List — In case you missed it, Louis Gray recently renewed the fervor over FriendFeed by publishing a list of “elite” bloggers that were using FriendFeed. Very clever Mr. Gray. Very clever. *golf clap* — I have to say, I really enjoy his posts.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Rapt — Rapt solutions will provide Microsoft with advanced technology and services for digital media publishers. — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:Microsoft picks up another ad company; Buys Rapt
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Verizon embraces P4P, a more efficient peer-to-peer tech — The Distributed Computing Industry Association's P4P workgroup is devising a new protocol for what researchers describe as carrier-grade peer-to-peer file transfer systems. Verizon reports that a recent test it conducted revealed …
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Richard Martin / TechWeb:
Google Exec: Android Will Outsell iPhone — Google has not released sales predictions for devices based on its mobile operating system Android. But that doesn't stop Rich Miner, group manager for mobile platforms at the search giant, from being confident.
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Vasanth Sridharan / Silicon Alley Insider:
Del.icio.us: Dropping The Periods, Overhauling Design (YHOO) — Remember Del.icio.us? The social bookmarking service was one of the earliest symbols of Web 2.0 — an inventive app with a cult following — but the buzz has died down since Yahoo (YHOO) acquired the company in 2005.
David Chartier / Infinite Loop:
Apple to iPhone App Store applicants: Just hang tight — It's never easy to get a Dear John letter, but it can sting a little more when you're getting the same letter as everyone else. Such is the case with the first wave of iPhone App Store “rejection” letters that Apple is now sending out to developers.
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:One App at a Time — One week in, the most controversial aspect …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Is KickApps Next to Board AOL's Gravy Train? — While a lot of focus yesterday was on the gobs of cash that Time Warner (TWX) shareholders now have to fork over to social-networking site Bebo, which was bought by its AOL division for $850 million in spite of low revenues …
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GigaOM, CenterNetworks, NewTeeVee, TechCrunch, Marc's Voice, MediaFile, Contentinople, New York Times, Silicon Alley Insider, ReadWriteWeb and The Gong Show
Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman:
Apple's iPhone Enjoys Own Halo Effect? — When Apple opened its iPhone to software developers last week, as well as enterprise clients, I surmised then that that the strategy could lead to the same kind of “halo effect” that iPod enjoyed. — Remember those stories way back when? …
David Derbyshire / Daily Mail:
The Smart Goggles that could make lost keys, mobile phones or iPod a thing of the past — Those frustratingly frantic searches for mislaid car keys or mobile phones could soon be a thing of the past. — Japanese scientists have invented a pair of intelligent glasses that remembers …
Adam / Reuters/Second Life:
EXCLUSIVE - Rosedale to step down as Linden Lab CEO — Linden Lab Chief Executive Philip Rosedale said on Friday the company he founded has begun a search for a new CEO with more operational and management expertise. — Rosedale will become chairman of the Linden Lab board when his successor is found …
kottke.org:
kottke.org is ten years old today — Three cities, two serious relationships, one child, 200,000 frequent flier miles, at least seven jobs, 14,500 posts, six designs, and ten years ago, I started “writing things down” and never stopped. That makes kottke.org one of a handful …
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Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Comscore: YouTube dominance grows — As big media companies and start-ups alike try to make headway in the crowded online video market, YouTube's dominance is still growing. — Google (which owns YouTube) accounted for 34.3 percent of the online videos watched in January, up 1.7 percent from December, according to ComScore.
